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    • ruckageR
      ruckage @TMNTturtlguy
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      @tmntturtlguy @LiveFastCyYoung @mattmanforever @Cybermen @Hyruleslink

      Thanks, I appreciate your replies. And you're right, the reactions here have been overwhelmingly positive and that's what I should focus on. I'm happy that I can make something that people enjoy and find useful and intend to continue working on this and other projects for the foreseeable future. I realise work on this has slowed a bit lately but I just sometimes need to work on something different as you get a bit burned out doing the same thing for too long. I will be back to this soon though once my Super Famicom build is finished.

      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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        Allanbuzzy @ruckage
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        @ruckage That is completely fine. I've noticed a lot of work going on in the NES/SNES themes, so I believe you should probably try to take a break and come up with concepts to make something different.

        "What do you play games on?"
        "A LEGO brick."
        "LEGO What?

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          ruckage @Allanbuzzy
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          @allanbuzzy

          Well I'm not leaving it behind just yet, I have a target of at least getting all of the systems on the to do list finished. I'm working on the SNES theme and my super famicom build so that's given me a bit of a change. I do have some completely new theme concepts though which I'd like to start work on at some point.

          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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          • greekmanxG
            greekmanx
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            I know you are working on this and this and Snes theme so no rush just pointing it out haven't seen it mentioned yet but Nes mini doesn't show press X for Random Game and Y for Add to Favorite in bottom left corner of screen.

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            • ruckageR
              ruckage @greekmanx
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              @greekmanx

              I'll get them added in the next version.

              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

              If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                meowmoo
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                Wow, this is some awesome work!! my New favorite Theme, thanks for that. Hope to see MSX anytime soon :D I renamed Arcede for now so i dont have the empty space in the carousel :P

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                • svmariscalS
                  svmariscal
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                  Hi @ruckage , just registered to say thanks for such a superb work. Nesmini is my favourite theme ever, looking forward to see what you have in store with the SNESmini theme.

                  Now, if I'm allowed to slip a humble request, have you considered supporting the Sega Saturn? lots of oldie classics there, like Sega Rally or the Panzer Dragoon series.

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                    ruckage @svmariscal
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                    @svmariscal
                    Hi.

                    I can add Sega Saturn to the list but is Saturn actually playable on the raspberry pi? I know it's supported but I'd expect it to be really slow and the videos I've seen of it running on the pi seem to back that up.

                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                    If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                      R2dTOO
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                      Hey @ruckage . I've been trying to get this theme running for a while now. I keep getting the white screen that everyone talks about. Well, I finally read (skimmed) through the million posts in here and discovered that I need to update Emulationstation. I just did that, and it works great!

                      Now, I am updating Kids Mode from source in hopes that it will work as well. My Retropie stays in the play room, so I really like the kiosk mode that is part of Kids Mode Emulationstation.

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                      • svmariscalS
                        svmariscal @ruckage
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                        @ruckage ok, I thought it was a bit strange the absence of the Saturn in the supported list but I understand now :)

                        I can't really tell sorry, I'm using your theme on a windows 10 PC, and at least there the Mednafen Saturn core works like a charm. I don't really know anything about hardware, but I would expect the requirements being on par with other consoles of its generation like Playstation 1 or N64.

                        I do have a RPi, but it's the old B+ model and probably wouldn't perform brilliantly. Maybe someone with a RPi3 might chime in?

                        By the way, I had the same issue as @R2dTOO: I had to use the 1.x versions of nesmini because version v2 wouldn't work with the current official windows version of ES. That was until I updated to the last windows build by jdrassa, it works flawlessly now (many many thanks also to @jdrassa).

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                          R2dTOO
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                          OK. This theme does not work with Kids Mode. It is built on an older version of Emulationstation. Hopefully the developers will update it soon.

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                          • ruckageR
                            ruckage @R2dTOO
                            last edited by ruckage

                            @r2dtoo said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                            OK. This theme does not work with Kids Mode. It is built on an older version of Emulationstation. Hopefully the developers will update it soon.

                            @Zigurana is working on Kiosk mode for the main branch which I believe also incorporates kids mode. Link: Kiosk Mode, coming back [testers needed!]

                            @svmariscal said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                            I'm using your theme on a windows 10 PC, and at least there the Mednafen Saturn core works like a charm. I don't really know anything about hardware, but I would expect the requirements being on par with other consoles of its generation like Playstation 1 or N64.

                            From what I remember I think the Saturn requires quite a powerful PC to emulate it. If you search for videos of Saturn playing on a Raspberry Pi 3 it's painfully slow.
                            However as you're using a PC that won't be an issue for you. I've added it to the list but it will probably be one of the last systems I add support for as emulators that run well on the RPI take priority.

                            However I will be adding default theme support in the next update so at least then you will get a generic theme for missing systems.

                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                            If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                              R2dTOO @ruckage
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                              @ruckage said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                              @r2dtoo said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                              OK. This theme does not work with Kids Mode. It is built on an older version of Emulationstation. Hopefully the developers will update it soon.

                              @Zigurana is working on Kiosk mode for the main branch which I believe also incorporates kids mode. Link: Kiosk Mode, coming back [testers needed!]

                              @ruckage This makes me happy! I'll go check it out.

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                              • svmariscalS
                                svmariscal @ruckage
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                                @ruckage That is great, thank you!

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                                  A Former User
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                                  1120th post.
                                  Also to keep up the positivity, this is the best theme I've ever seen. Ever. This needs to be the official RetroPie Theme.
                                  Or heck, if there's a modified version of EmulationStation that imitate the NES Classic, this should be the theme (maybe with some changes to make it look very similar to the NES Classic).

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                                    lilbud @A Former User
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                                    @itsnitro said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                                    maybe with some changes

                                    If you cut the intro out of this video, you can replicate the 'demo mode'

                                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                    • PokeEngineerP
                                      PokeEngineer @A Former User
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                                      @itsnitro

                                      I was thinking about doing something like that a while ago...

                                      Don't sweat it.
                                      When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                                      😎

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                                      • ?
                                        A Former User
                                        last edited by A Former User

                                        edit: Nevermind, solved my issue.

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                                          JohnnyPhantom
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                                          @ruckage Hey ruckage! I just stumbled upon your mini NES theme today, and its AMAZING! The perfect theme for my RetroFlag NESPi case.

                                          I have 2 system requests, if you find the time, Is it possible you can add MSX and DOS to the theme?

                                          Thanks!
                                          Once again I LOVE your work! I really want RetroFlag to make a SNESPi case now :P

                                          ~John

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                                          • belmontB
                                            belmont
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                                            @ruckage Thanks for all your work on this theme, very cool.

                                            Can I request support for 800x480 resolution screens?

                                            On my 5" display some of the elements don't quite line up. This is on a Pi3 with EmulationStation V2.6.3RP.

                                            Using the 1280x720 layout, the carousel is perfect but the gamelist is a bit wonky.

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                                            I've tried playing with the xml myself but couldn't get it right. Thanks

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