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    • RookervikR
      Rookervik Global Moderator @RxBrad
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      @RxBrad Looks great! Don't forget, many themes have a small-screen variant. PixelTFT, and MiniLumi for instance.

      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4794/theme-with-big-text/4

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        No Hands 55 @RxBrad
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        @RxBrad Just put this on my SuperGameGirl and it is perfect! Just what i was looking for! Nice and minimal and clean. I really like the large simple background. Makes everything look a lot better on such a low res screen.

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        • RxBradR
          RxBrad
          last edited by RxBrad

          I've made some recent updates to my theme. It now supports video previews (use these with caution on a Pi Zero.. should be okay with a Pi2 or Pi3); along with the recently added Favorites, Last Played, Custom Collections, and All Games lists.

          Also, note that there is also a dark variant of the theme. I'm crossing my fingers that it should be available in RetroPie-Setup relatively soon, since @meleu offered to hook me up.

          Dark theme is here: https://github.com/rxbrad/es-theme-gbz35-dark

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          • meleuM
            meleu @RxBrad
            last edited by meleu

            @rxbrad Pull Request submitted: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2048

            EDIT: the PR was merged.

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            • meleuM
              meleu
              last edited by

              @RxBrad your theme is now installable via RetroPie-Setup! Maybe you like to edit the OP with this info. ;-)

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              • RxBradR
                RxBrad @meleu
                last edited by

                @meleu Done. Thanks again!

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                • RxBradR
                  RxBrad @meleu
                  last edited by

                  While we wait for custom-collections, you can arrange ROMs into folders within a given system. With the update I just published, if you prepend the name of the folder with " § " (that's [space][Alt-0167][space]), you can show a folder icon next to the folder name -- and that folder will be sorted to the top of the list.

                  Note that Windows File Explorer does not let you rename files to start with a space. You need to do it in command prompt, like so...

                  rename Batman " § Batman"

                  0_1500581267511_FolderIcon.JPG

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                  • RxBradR
                    RxBrad
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                    Here's my to-do list for the gbz themes, in case anyone is curious:

                    • Working on a gbzHD variant which includes metadata and is optimized for 16:9 and 4:3 full-sized displays. This is actually mostly-complete, but I'm holding off on release because I want to complete points #2 & #3 first.
                    • Working on converting the background graphics to SVG on top of solid-colored backgrounds, so there is no squishing/stretching when viewed on 4:3 vs 16:9. I'm still considering how far I should veer from the original simplebigart background source art. At a bare minimum, I plan on making the "orange" color more orange and less brown.
                    • Making sure the default theme is okay in preparation for custom-collections (I'm still investigating what exactly I need to do to pull this off)
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                      strongbadialand
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                      I love this theme but it does not have any support for Reicast (Dreamcast). Any way that can be added in?

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                        strongbadialand @RxBrad
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                        @rxbrad I love this theme but it does not have any support for Reicast (Dreamcast). Any way that can be added in?

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                        • RxBradR
                          RxBrad @strongbadialand
                          last edited by RxBrad

                          @strongbadialand

                          A Dreamcast theme has been added, after I noticed your Reddit post. Sorry I didn't catch this earlier. (I really wish this forum did email notifications)

                          EDIT: I fail. Apparently I just had email notifications turned off. My bad.

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                            strongbadialand @RxBrad
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                            @rxbrad Not a problem at all. I figured if I posted here and on reddit you or someone would see it. I appreciate all your work. It's a perfect theme for handhelds!

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                              tsoliman
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                              I love this but it is missing the Atari 5200.
                              Can you please add this as well?

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                              • RxBradR
                                RxBrad @tsoliman
                                last edited by

                                @tsoliman Added that to the issues list. I'll take a look at it.

                                In the meantime, here's an almost-finished project along the same vein that I'm working on that you may be interesting in previewing. I have all of the same systems themed on it as you'll fin d on the Carbon theme.

                                It's not on RetroPie-Setup yet, but the wiki give instructions for installing which should still be compatible once it does end up in RetroPie-Setup.

                                https://github.com/rxbrad/es-theme-freeplay

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                                • RxBradR
                                  RxBrad
                                  last edited by RxBrad

                                  Just pushed a few updates to the old theme... These changes should be available now by updating in RetroPie-Setup / ESThemes.

                                  • Improved handling of missing systems.
                                  • Fix system logo alignment in detailed/video views.
                                  • Added Atari 800, Atari 5200, PC Engine (alternative PCE naming), & ZX Spectrum.

                                  More to come before the new year. EDIT (Jan 8, 2020): Or not.. I'll add them eventually. I promise.

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                                  • DezmancerD
                                    Dezmancer @RxBrad
                                    last edited by

                                    @RxBrad love this theme on my CRT pi image, is there any support for PC Engine CD/Turbografx-CD?

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                                    • RxBradR
                                      RxBrad @Dezmancer
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dezmancer said in GBZ 3.5" Theme:

                                      @RxBrad love this theme on my CRT pi image, is there any support for PC Engine CD/Turbografx-CD?

                                      There is now. I just added them. :)

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                                      • RxBradR
                                        RxBrad
                                        last edited by

                                        At some point, an update of EmulationStation caused clipping from the right-edge of several of the system logos in this theme. I've just updated the logos in both versions of the theme to prevent this clipping.

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                                        • RxBradR
                                          RxBrad
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                                          I'm slowly filling out all of the systems for the arcade cab folks who might have more powerful systems under the hood... Added Gamecube, Saturn, SuperGrafx, and Wonderswan Color.

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                                          • RxBradR
                                            RxBrad
                                            last edited by

                                            A few more systems added to the mix, along with a few visual tweaks on some of the system logos.

                                            Added Apple II, PS2, Wii, and Xbox.

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