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      jetbootjack
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      It is now a RetroArch core!

      Very easy to use, you can save a per game profile (OS/RAM/PAL/NTSC/IO SPEED etc).

      It's not Altirra, but it is great for the Pi!

      0_1524912531688_800xl.png

      In the mean time - a generic Atari 8bit icon - 800xl with the 800 launch date!

      sTeVE

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        nestor1924
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        Anyways of adding th Sharp x68000 as an icon?

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          kafka_esq @ruckage
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          @ruckage Wow! Looks really good. I can't wait to use it (sent you 10gbp btw, well worth it)

          Are you planning on adding the light blue highlights to the contents of the box as well? Although implementing that properly would probably be more difficult to do I'm sure, since if you're staying close to the official UI you would need to somehow have the highlight appear above the box but below the actual console & information. Probably needing alternate icons for each system.

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            kafka_esq @kafka_esq
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            @ruckage I was also thinking of doing an alternate version of the icons that use the original system boxes instead of your admittedly fantastic pixel ones - Just in the interest of getting as close as possible to the official UI (with game console boxart replacing game boxart). Do you have any advice for implementing an alternate system icon for when it is 'selected'? I may make these first as a proof of concept and if you'd like me to I could send you them.

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              kafka_esq
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              @ruckage okay so I made a mockup of the kind of look I am thinking of going for, for both selected and unselected. I have a PSD file if you'd like it, and I would be happy to contribute if you'd like to do an alternate iconset to closer match the box-art style of the SNES classic (as I know that would be no small job at all).
              As a note, the little icon actually belongs to this icon pack so it may have to be replaced unless we can get permission (I am not actually sure what the rules are on this).
              I'd also really like to stress that your creative vision for this project is already quite refined, and I in no way intend this idea as a critique so much as a potential alternative approach.

              Anyway, here is the mockup:
              alt text

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              • ruckageR
                ruckage @kafka_esq
                last edited by ruckage

                @kafka_esq

                Hi and thanks for the replies. I actually made a start on a boxart set of icons quite a while back (they were actually the first idea I had for the icons on the NES-mini theme before I made the pixel art icons (Link to original post).

                They are essentially the same as the current icons but with the boxart replacing the pixel art. Here's a preview of how they look on the nes-mini theme.

                0_1493833606516_nes-mini new carousel.png

                I'd still like to do a finished set of those but I just haven't had the time to hunt down good quality images of all the boxes. I have several scripts and programs I've written so once I have the assets generating the icons is largely automated now.

                If yourself or anyone else would like to assist with finding good quality photos of boxes for the various systems that would actually be really helpful and would allow me to finish the set. They could be posted in this thread and I can then clean them up and format them ready to create the icon pack.

                Guidelines for the photos are:
                At least 640x480 but higher would be better.
                Needs to be in focus.
                The boxes should preferably have even lighting without reflections etc.
                Photos preferably need to be face on (photos taken at a slight angle can be used and corrected if no other images are available though).
                Try and find photos of boxes in good condition as that minimises the amount of clean-up needed.

                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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                  ruckage @kafka_esq
                  last edited by ruckage

                  @kafka_esq said in SNES mini theme:

                  @ruckage Wow! Looks really good. I can't wait to use it (sent you 10gbp btw, well worth it)

                  Are you planning on adding the light blue highlights to the contents of the box as well? Although implementing that properly would probably be more difficult to do I'm sure, since if you're staying close to the official UI you would need to somehow have the highlight appear above the box but below the actual console & information. Probably needing alternate icons for each system.

                  Apologies, I missed this post. Thank you for the donation, that's very kind of you 🍺🍺

                  Unfortunately there is no way of having a selected and an unselected icon so I'm a bit limited in what I can do. I may add a tinted background image behind the selected icon (I can probably use the carousel bar for that) but I'd need to do some tests to make sure that I don't cause any excessive slowdown.

                  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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                  • Stuart2773S
                    Stuart2773 @ruckage
                    last edited by Stuart2773

                    @ruckage

                    Do you have a list of what system box art scans your missing? i can help you out with that no problem :)

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                      ruckage @Stuart2773
                      last edited by ruckage

                      @stuart2773 said in SNES mini theme:

                      @ruckage

                      Do you have a list of what system box art scans your missing? i can help you out with that no problem :)

                      Thanks, that would be helpful.

                      The systems I already have are:

                      Playstation
                      PC engine
                      NES
                      Famicom
                      SNES Europe
                      Mega Drive
                      Super Famicom
                      Nes Classic Mini
                      Famicom classic mini
                      SNES classic mini USA
                      Snes classic mini Europe
                      Super Famicom Classic mini

                      Here is a list of box photos that are still needed for currently supported systems:

                      Amiga
                      Atari 2600
                      Atari 5200
                      Atari 7800
                      Atari Lynx
                      Commodore 64
                      Colecovision
                      Dreamcast
                      Famicom Disk System
                      Game and Watch
                      Gamegear
                      Gameboy
                      Gameboy Color
                      Gameboy Advance
                      Genesis
                      Intellivision
                      Master System
                      MSX
                      MSX2
                      N64
                      Nintendo DS
                      NeoGeo
                      NeoGeo Pocket
                      NeoGeo Pocket Color
                      Odyssey 2
                      PC Engine CD
                      PSP
                      Sega 32X
                      Sega CD
                      SNES USA
                      Turbografx 16
                      Vectrex
                      Virtualboy
                      Wonderswan
                      Wonderswan Color
                      ZX Spectrum
                      *

                      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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                      • Stuart2773S
                        Stuart2773 @ruckage
                        last edited by Stuart2773

                        @ruckage

                        Thanks for the list, ive located about 95% of the images, some are a fraction smaller than what you asked for but the quality is amazing at 600x500, and i cant see there being an issue when you make the icons.

                        i will upload the zip when i get the remaing few :)

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                          fernandoarafat
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                          @ruckage, first of all, thanks for your great work.
                          Second, I'm currently having an issue with the text boxes of the title not being aligned correctly, it's the same issue as described by @Earendr and his pictures.

                          My setup is a 1920x1200 monitor connected by HDMI cable and I'm using the 1920x1080 resolution in the theme config file. I understand that my monitor resolution is not supported, just wanted to make clear that Earendr issue might have been that from the beginning or maybe his adapter.

                          By setting the raspi-config video output resolution to 1920x1080, the theme would work correctly, but the picture would be stretched to fill the screen. Is there any workaround for 19:10 displays or do you have plans for adding support to them in the future. Thanks again!

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                            ruckage @fernandoarafat
                            last edited by

                            @fernandoarafat said in SNES mini theme:

                            @ruckage, first of all, thanks for your great work.
                            Second, I'm currently having an issue with the text boxes of the title not being aligned correctly, it's the same issue as described by @Earendr and his pictures.

                            My setup is a 1920x1200 monitor connected by HDMI cable and I'm using the 1920x1080 resolution in the theme config file. I understand that my monitor resolution is not supported, just wanted to make clear that Earendr issue might have been that from the beginning or maybe his adapter.

                            By setting the raspi-config video output resolution to 1920x1080, the theme would work correctly, but the picture would be stretched to fill the screen. Is there any workaround for 19:10 displays or do you have plans for adding support to them in the future. Thanks again!

                            Adding support for different aspect ratios isn't a simple task and can be quite time consuming. I've covered 16:9 and 4:3 as I believe the majority of users are using a raspberry pi and will be using it connected to a TV. Currently I don't have any plans to add 16:10 support as I don't think the number of users using that resolution would be high enough to warrant the work needed.

                            As a work around most if not all monitors should have different ways of scaling different aspect ratios. I would set the pi to output in 1920x1080 and set the monitor so that when it scales it adds black bars top and bottom instead of stretching vertically. Out of interest what make/model of monitor are you using?

                            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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                            • Stuart2773S
                              Stuart2773
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                              @ruckage

                              As promised here are the Box Scans you requested, hope they are of some use :)

                              https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/jmcyyme8/file.html

                              Stuart.

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                                fernandoarafat @ruckage
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                                @ruckage
                                I understand, thanks for the reply. My monitor is a Dell 2408WFPB.

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                                  ruckage @Stuart2773
                                  last edited by

                                  @stuart2773 said in SNES mini theme:

                                  @ruckage

                                  As promised here are the Box Scans you requested, hope they are of some use :)

                                  https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/jmcyyme8/file.html

                                  Stuart.

                                  Thanks Stuart. I'll have a look through them later today.

                                  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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                                    ruckage @fernandoarafat
                                    last edited by

                                    @fernandoarafat said in SNES mini theme:

                                    @ruckage
                                    I understand, thanks for the reply. My monitor is a Dell 2408WFPB.

                                    I just looked up your monitor and found the manual online :https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_electronics/esuprt_display/dell-2408wfp_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf

                                    On page 23 it says if you go to the display settings menu on the monitor you can change wide mode to either "1:1, Aspect, or Fill". If you change that to Aspect then the image should be scaled while maintaining the aspect ratio so you'll get the black bars top and bottom. Hope that helps.

                                    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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                                      ande.rocha Banned
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                                      Is it possible to include SUPERGRAFX as well?![alt text]

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                                        kafka_esq
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                                        @ruckage hey I'm not sure if you're still working on the possibility of a blue overlay for the selected system, but I was checking out the Steam Big Picture Mode Theme and it looks like they have something functional that is visually similar to what I was going for with my mockup earlier.

                                        I'm not sure if this is how that theme does it, but it might also look good to have the blue outline for the selected system have a translucent glow on the inside that gives the illusion of the whole icon being highlighted without actually overlapping any of your system artwork. I will experiment with this tomorrow to see if I can come up with something that looks nice and post it here for your consideration. :)

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                                          ruckage @kafka_esq
                                          last edited by

                                          @kafka_esq
                                          I've experimented with an internal glow effect already, ultimately though it will be done how I feel looks best and only if it doesn't affect performance.

                                          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
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                                            Here's how it currently looks if you're interested. As I said though it's not guaranteed yet as I need to make sure performance isn't affected on the pi.

                                            0_1526572065286_selector-glow.jpg )

                                            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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