Retrorama Comic Theme

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello

that looks so nice. i really need to get off my a$$ and get this on mine.

:)

[lipebello]

@exarkuniv Thanks!

[Hex]

@lipebello will you be doing a theme for small screens ? (3.5 - 7 inchs)

[twd]

Sweet, makes me want to install some intelivison just to get heman showing. Do it have a heman game?

[lipebello]

@twd Yeah, it's pretty awesome.

[lipebello]

@hex they run in a resolution bellow 720p?

[Hex]

@lipebello Resolution is NTSC/PAL but the area is very small (3.5 inches diagonally). It is as small as the Pi3 itself.

[meleu]

@lipebello I loved the Shoot'em up system view!!! Awesome!

[ohmycommodore]

Great work, nice update. The only two systems I use that aren't yet represented... Odyssey 2 and Z-Machine (Infocom).

[HurricaneFan]

@ohmycommodore Random question, do those 2 systems use a controller to play games or is it all keyboard controlled?

[ohmycommodore]

@HurricaneFan

O2 yes (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg/1200px-Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg).

Text adventures no, just keyboard.

I think this system will be an interesting one to conceptualize and design. For starters, do you use the title Z-Machine, Infocom (which is kind of the "Kleenex" brand I suppose, or simply Text Adventures?). I think I'd prefer Text Adventures, but I guess Z-Machine follows suit if the system name is what is normally chosen. It's a unique one, so I suppose it's up for discussion.

[Zombomaster]

@lipebello You build the best theme for Retropie by far, congrats and thanks to you. Any plans on adding Daphnee emulator?

Thanks!

[twd]

@ohmycommodore man your old ;) only ever seen pics of them systems never mind use them

[HurricaneFan]

@lipebello Custom Collections is officially released. Can you make a theme folder for it?

[lipebello]

Sure thing! gonna make custom collections, odyssey 2 and daphne for the next update. Need to research about Z-machine, because i've never seen anything about it yet.

[ohmycommodore]

@lipebello

This might help a bit.

I have an O2 console (not my original, but a replacement at least) and all my old games. Very identifiable style and colour palette on the box arts, for those who remember them. Example here: https://stiggyblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/odyssey-2-game-box-art/ Will be interesting to see how you interpret it and make it your own.

For Z-Machine, In the Comic Book theme it's called "Infocom", which is likely the best title, and the main company for the most famous text adventures. The Z stands of course for the Zork series. You can research Infocom with these links. There's also the documentary "Get Lamp". Oh, and if there's not a Hitchhiker's Guide "Don't Panic!" button in your eventual screen... you're doing it wrong :)

http://www.infocom-if.org/company/company.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom
https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/info/infocom-presentation.pdf
http://toucharcade.com/2017/06/22/classic-reload-lost-treasures-of-infocom/

[ohmycommodore]

@twd

I'm 46... though i could be 47... They say -something- is the first to go, I forget what. Memory maybe. Math is the second to go, so I'm probably +/- a year either way.

Go play O2's "Showdown in 2100 A.D." against a friend and let me know how you like it.

[lipebello]

Wow! Zork I! never played because when i only started to learn english when i was 15 and the Nes RPGs had those beautiful maps and battles.
But i played a lot of Ian Livingstone's books. Those were awesome.

[ohmycommodore]

I'd like to get my kids into some text adventures. Anyone who had the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books (I'm sure there are descendants of them today, and there are certainly iOS games) found the Infocom games pretty interesting and easy to get into.

I'm positive I played the HitchHiker's Guide game before I read the book(s). I think that was part of the plan, so it worked. Fun fact: I have my original Hitchhiker's Guide "invisi-clues" (game solutions) book.

[twd]

@ohmycommodore lol yeah I am at that stage now 34 going on 54. well your not that old just a bit of banter. ;)