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    • ?
      A Former User
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      The TG16 was seriously massive. My next door neighbor had one growing up. Thing was ColecoVision long and that was only that big to store those massive controllers.

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      • ruckageR
        ruckage @A Former User
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        @livefastcyyoung

        I'm guessing at the time they thought the US customers would value it more if it was bigger - who knows for sure but it's got to be down to marketing as there is no other reason for it to be so much bigger. Just to give everyone an idea of the difference here's a comparison shot showing the Core Grafx vs the TG16 (the Core Grafx is the same size as the original PC engine). Incidentally it was very hard to find comparison photos, this was the only one I found and I actually cut this out from the background as the photo wasn't very clear otherwise.

        0_1508612437318_coregrafx vs tg16.jpg

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          A Former User
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          That shot is interesting. All the switches and ports line up.

          Always thought the most absurd thing about this system was the single controller port. I’ll never understand why they thought that was a good idea.

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          • PokeEngineerP
            PokeEngineer @ruckage
            last edited by PokeEngineer

            @ruckage

            Holy crap! The PC-Engine was that small!? That's like Classic Edition size, which coincidentally is the theme of this thread. ;)

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

            😎

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            • ruckageR
              ruckage
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              I've been working on getting 4x3 support added, it's quite time consuming tweaking everything but I have it working for a few resolutions now. I plan to add ntsc and pal support as well but I can't guarantee that they will be in the next release as they require even more modifications. I've also adjusted the US border slightly so the purple buttons are slightly further apart as it looked a bit cramped previously.

              So the plans for the next update are:

              New option to choose between large or small gamelist font.
              Choice of various resolutions including 4:3 resolutions.

              Here's how 4x3 mode looks:

              0_1508788618379_snes-mini 4x3 2.jpg

              0_1508788634299_snes-mini 4x3.jpg

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                lostless @ruckage
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                @ruckage I like that 4x3 look. I’ve never been a fan of game info metadata. Maybe make a 16:9 version of that look?

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                  ruckage @lostless
                  last edited by ruckage

                  @lostless said in SNES mini theme:

                  @ruckage I like that 4x3 look. I’ve never been a fan of game info metadata. Maybe make a 16:9 version of that look?

                  Maybe, no guarantees though. I wouldn't do it with the nes-mini theme as it required too many changes but it's more feasible with this theme as all the elements are separate.

                  edit: Screw it, sure I'll commit to adding that too. The more options the merrier.

                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                    greekmanx @ruckage
                    last edited by

                    @ruckage ruckage you are awesome your themes are amazing and you go way out of your way to make the theme work for each and everyone of us thanks for all your hard work man!!!

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                    • ruckageR
                      ruckage @greekmanx
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                      @greekmanx said in SNES mini theme:

                      @ruckage ruckage you are awesome your themes are amazing and you go way out of your way to make the theme work for each and everyone of us thanks for all your hard work man!!!

                      Thanks, you're welcome :).

                      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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                      • ruckageR
                        ruckage @lostless
                        last edited by

                        @lostless
                        I have a widescreen minimal-meta layout working, it should be in the next update. I'll also add an option so you can choose how the text is aligned in the list (left, center, or right). I just need to test it on the pi to double check that it works correctly.

                        0_1508876665796_wide-no-meta.jpg

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                          lilbud @ruckage
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                          @ruckage This is the only picture that can describe my reaction
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                            ruckage @lilbud
                            last edited by

                            @lilbud
                            I'm hoping that's a good reaction - it's difficult to tell :D

                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                              lilbud @ruckage
                              last edited by

                              @ruckage It is, its a face of excitement. Can't remember where I found it though

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                                ruckage @lilbud
                                last edited by

                                @lilbud
                                Not sure I've ever seen excitement expressed quite like that before :D, I'm still trying to decide if it's photoshopped or not.

                                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                                • FlyingTomahawkF
                                  FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                  That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

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                                    ruckage @FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by

                                    @flyingtomahawk said in SNES mini theme:

                                    That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

                                    I recently moved my setup to a 15 inch 1024x768 monitor and I like all the 4x3 layouts for your themes. The carousel icons are larger and the game list shows what is necessary and it matches the retro feeling.

                                    Yeah, I was thinking the same thing regarding long names. I think it should please a few people, @nj180grados being one of them I suspect.
                                    Good to hear that you've used 4:3 mode on my other themes, it's sometimes difficult to know which features are popular. Still a bit of work to do but I should have the new update ready for this theme soon.

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                                    • RedBatmanR
                                      RedBatman
                                      last edited by

                                      So will the update be available to download through ES themes or do we have to do it manually again?

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                                        PokeEngineer @RedBatman
                                        last edited by PokeEngineer

                                        @redbatman said in SNES mini theme:

                                        So will the update be available to download through ES themes or do we have to do it manually again?

                                        Yeah, it will be. You don't need to worry about that stuff, as updates to a theme doesn't affect the availability of the theme on the ES theme downloader. (Wow, I used the word "theme" a lot in this post.)

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

                                        😎

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                                        • Stuart2773S
                                          Stuart2773 @ruckage
                                          last edited by Stuart2773

                                          @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                                          @flyingtomahawk said in SNES mini theme:

                                          That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

                                          I recently moved my setup to a 15 inch 1024x768 monitor and I like all the 4x3 layouts for your themes. The carousel icons are larger and the game list shows what is necessary and it matches the retro feeling.

                                          Yeah, I was thinking the same thing regarding long names. I think it should please a few people, @nj180grados being one of them I suspect.

                                          looks really neat as im not a big fan of metadata in themes, personally id reduce the selector bar by about 4 letters/characters just so it does not overwhelm the theme, as for the long file names you do have the option to choose between large or small gamelist fonts.

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage
                                            last edited by

                                            I've now added a choice of 6 different no-meta layouts which gives the choice of 3 different gamelist widths as well as the choice of having the list on the left or right side of the screen.
                                            Hopefully there should be something to suit everyone now :)

                                            GIF preview of the layouts below:

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