Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes

ruckage

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.

R2dTOO

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.

svmariscal

@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).

R2dTOO

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.

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.

R2dTOO

@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.

svmariscal

@ruckage That is great, thank you!

A Former User

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).

lilbud

@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'

PokeEngineer

@itsnitro

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

A Former User

edit: Nevermind, solved my issue.

JohnnyPhantom

@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

belmont

@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.

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

Malixx

@itsnitro @lilbud I edited the video of the NES Mini Screensaver, I also cropped the original video to make a borderless version of it.

rdyott

@belmont are those videos? or just snaps instead of box art?

how did you get it to work if its videos?

Id love to see @ruckage add a video version of this. remove the plot data and put in the videos there.. or split the plot data area, and make the plot data smaller and scrolling. have the video on top and the scrolling "plot" at the bottom

belmont

@rdyott that's a video playing when I took the screenshot.

I don't know if it's a new feature, I've only just installed this theme.

The boxart shows for a couple of seconds and then fades into the video, it's a nice effect.

ruckage

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

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

Can I request support for 800x480 resolution screens?
I've tried playing with the xml myself but couldn't get it right. Thanks

I can add that resolution but first can you tell me how you are connecting the pi to the 5" display?

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

@belmont are those videos? or just snaps instead of box art?

how did you get it to work if its videos?

Id love to see @ruckage add a video version of this. remove the plot data and put in the videos there.. or split the plot data area, and make the plot data smaller and scrolling. have the video on top and the scrolling "plot" at the bottom

The theme has supported video view for ages - the video replaces the preview/boxart.

belmont

@ruckage Thanks. It's an HDMI screen.

rdyott

@ruckage
ahh my bad havent updated in a while

sobrator

Hey man. I fell in love with your theme as soon as i discovered. Great job! It just needs some adjustements to be perfect. These are my suggestions:

-Game description starts scrolling down too fast (faster you can read), and then stays in the middle way too much. Then when it reaches the end it goes back to top instantly. Can this be improved?

-Is it possible to reduce the system font? Maybe it would look better (and show more text) with -1 or -2 font size?

-I dont know if retropie allows this, but is there any way to add a mark, an icon, or change the color of the roms marked as favorites?

-Scrapping sites label 2 players games as: "1-2 players" instead of "2 players". The theme is only allowing 1 character in that tag. Can you adjust this so it can show up to 3 characters? Anyway, I know this can be fixed editing the gamelist xmls.

-And I'm suggesting a new system that matches your awesome style: PINBALLS. I have that category for the 4 PSX Pro Pinball games. I made this placeholder that barely reminds your style but i'm not really happy with it

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I'm sure you will do something a lot better.

Thank you for your great job.