Games Encyclopedia
The Lemon Amiga Games Encyclopedia is the heart of Lemonade. Here you can organise your games and play them at the click of a button. We pre-configured everything for you!
You can also make searches, use cheats, set your favourite games, write notes, add high scores, play music modules... and more!
For a quick guide on how to launch games in the Encyclopedia, click here.
Games List
One of the features you will probably first notice in the Encyclopedia is the games list. This is a list of all the games Lemonade has stored in its database. Left clicking on a game will select it, right clicking will show a popup menu with actions you can perform on that game. Double clicking will lauch the game in WinUAE (if it is set to playable).
Game Information
On the left of the Encyclopedia you will find the game information panel and above it, a screenshot of the selected game. The game information panel holds details about the developers, publishers and people behind the game, when it was released and what genre the game is. You will also find details about how many players can play the game, what Amiga model the game is for and if you have set the game as playable or not.
At the bottom of the game information panel you will find icons which will let you read a user review of the selected game on Lemon Amiga. You can also add/edit or play a music file associated to the selected game and visit Lemon Amiga for more information about the selected game.
Please note: Some of these icons may not be available for every game listed in Lemonade, and some of the features may require an active Internet connection.
The screenshot displayed above the information gives you a quick look at the game before you play it. This is very useful if you played a game a long time ago but can no longer remember the name of it. Clicking the screenshot will open up Lemonade's image viewer and provide you with a larger display of the image.
If you are missing screenshots for some games they can be downloaded in packs from Lemon Amiga.
High Scores
Lemonade allows you to record your own high scores for each game. Clicking the Scores tab on the game information panel shows the current high scores for the selected game. You can add your own high score by entering your name and score and clicking OK. Clicking the Reset button will reset all of the saved scores for the selected game.
Game Notes
Need to keep a strategy to get past that tricky end of level boss? Then Lemonade's game notes feature is for you! Clicking the Notes tab on the game information panel will show any game notes for the current game. If no game notes exist, you can add some by typing in the textbox and clicking the Save button. Your text will be added to Lemonade's database and will be available to you to read/edit/delete whenever you select the game in the future.
To remove any notes currently saved for the selected game, delete all of the text from the textbox and click Save. Lemonade will remove the game note for the game.
Clicking the Print button will send the current game note to your printer. The Export button will allow you to save the game note as a RTF file on your computer.
Cheats
If you are stuck in a game, it is a good idea to check if Lemonade has a cheat available for it. If a cheat is available, a spyglass icon will be shown on the Cheats tab in the game information panel. Clicking the Cheats tab will display the cheat (an active Internet connection is required for this feature). If there is no cheat available for the game, a red cross will be displayed on the Cheats tab instead.
Game Music
Lemonade allows you to link a music file to any game in it is database and play it in DeliPlayer at the click of a button. To use this feature, you must have DeliPlayer installed on your computer and enter the location of its executable file on the Options screen.
To add/edit the location of a music file for the selected game, click the Information tab on the game information panel and right-click on the musical note icon. Lemonade's music organiser will open. Here you can enter the location of your music file, or use the ... button to browse for a file. The test button will launch DeliPlayer so you can listen to the music before adding it to Lemonade's database. When you are satisfied with the music file location, click OK and it will be added to Lemonade.
To play the music file, left click on the musical note in the game information panel and Lemonade will launch DeliPlayer with the selected music file.
To remove a music file for a game, right click on the musical note icon and click the Remove button.
Search Engine
Lemonade features a powerful search engine so that you can find your favourite game in seconds. The search is located directly underneath the games list. To use the search engine, select a criteria from the dropdown box, type your search terms into the textbox, e.g. "Lemmings" and click the Search button or hit your Return key. Lemonade will perform the search and return the results in the games list.
If you would like to search for something but can not remember the whole word, Lemonade can search on partial words. For example, if you wanted to search for "Superfrog" typing "Super", "Frog", "Superf" or any other combination will show "Superfrog". Lemonade does not support wildcard characters such as * and ?.
You can also perform searches using the information given in the game information panel for any game. For example, clicking "Team 17" as a publisher will return all of the games published by Team 17 and clicking "Racing" as a genre will return all of the racing games in Lemonade's database.
View Filter
Sometimes you may not want to view all of the games in Lemonade's database, you may just want to view your favourite games, or games you have set as playable. The view filter lets you do this. Located directly underneath the search engine is the view filter dropdown box, you can select what games are shown in the games list by selecting one of the different filters.
Please note: Some of the filters may not be available at all times.
Play Game
This is it... the most important button in Lemonade! Clicking this button will launch WinUAE with the selected game with either the default emulator settings set on the Options screen, or custom settings if you have clicked the override default controls checkbox in the Games Organiser.
To exit WinUAE and return to Lemonade press ALT+F11 at any time.
Set as Playable
Clicking this button will open up Lemonade's Game Organiser for the selected game, where you set what files the game uses and what Amiga model the game requires. For more information about the Games Organiser, please Click here
Add to Favourites/Remove from Favourites
To add a game to your favourites list, click the Add to Favourites button. You can view your favourite games by either choosing the appropriate filter from the View Filter dropdown box or by clicking on the Star icon next to the game title of a favourite game.
To remove a game from your favourites list, click the Remove from Favourites button.
Edit Configuration
This button will only be active if you select a game from the games list which is currently set as playable. Clicking Edit Configuration will open Lemonade's Game Organiser so you can edit the configuration for the game or set it as unplayable.