Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds

[lilbud]

Nice to see ya Ruckage. Missed you here.

[Stuart2773]

@ruckage said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Would this be a theme others would be interested in?

Defintatley yes.

[ruckage]

@lilbud said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Nice to see ya Ruckage. Missed you here.

Thanks @lilbud 😊. I have been been lurking I just haven't been posting much. Were having a really unusually good summer here so I have to make the most of it - we're lucky to get a few weeks of sun most years. I have been doing some retropie stuff though, I've done a bit work on my PC engine build which is coming along nicely and I should be getting some vinyl dye soon so I can restore my Famicom to it's original white colour. I also really want to get started on my bartop arcade build while the weather is still good so lots to do.

@stuart2773 said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Defintatley yes.

Okay, I'll see about getting it on github. It does only work on widescreen displays at the moment but that covers most users I think.

[PokeEngineer]

@ruckage

Nice. I pretty interested by this.

[Stuart2773]

@ruckage

thanks, i built a complete set of megadrive/genesis, master system, game gear , 32x & sega cd library a few months ago and never decided on a theme for it, this is perfect for what i need,

cheers :)

[Kleenax]

This is really nice looking, great work.

[Ranma]

@ruckage said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Would this be a theme others would be interested in?

If I say "definitely yes" this would be a massive understatement! I am currently using your beautiful SNES theme and have done for many months, but I'm buying a new Pi3B+ soon and am absolutely desperate for a SEGA themed setup. This would be PERFECT! Please do it!!

[jrochagouveia]

Nice sega theme. @ruckage as always awesome work. +1 interested on it.

[DarishZone]

I've made a Sega image only, so i'm very interested on this! I love your Nintendo theme also, i'm curious to test it.

[LinuxArcadeGuy]

@ruckage Please include a 5:4/4:3 version of the theme

[ruckage]

Thanks for the replies. I need to make a couple of small modifications before I can release but will do so soon.

@linuxarcadeguy said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

@ruckage Please include a 5:4/4:3 version of the theme

Not a simple task unfortunately, the theme is just not well suited to a 4:3 or 5:4 version so I would have to redesign pretty much the whole theme to fit those aspect ratios which is a lot of work and I'm not convinced it's worth the effort for the small number of people who would use them. If there is a lot of interest then maybe but certainly not when it's first released.

[LinuxArcadeGuy]

i know i would faithfully use it in an arcade build

[omegafeggy]

This looks phenomenal, easily on par with the rest of your superb themes. Been planning on putting a Pi inside an old megadrive II as a hobby, and this theme would go wonderfully with it. Looking forward to the release :-D

[ruckage]

@omegafeggy
Thank, I'll get it released soon. It is a much simpler theme in many ways than my other themes but it works well and is ideal for a Megadrive build. The Megadrive II works great as a pi case as that's what I'm using with this theme. There is topic on the old retropie forums showimg my build if you're interested, it was using a PI 2 at the time so adding the ethernet port wouldn't be necessary with a PI 3. https://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/megadrive-project/.

[omegafeggy]

@ruckage
Thank you so much! that'll take out a lot of the guess work I was worried about having lol I Can't wait to have a megadrive in the living room again haha

[felleg]

I need this in my life!

[Rion]

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[Rion]

@ruckage

Retro-Emulation sells mod kits for the Megadrive/Genesis consoles with 3D printed parts for a variety of models complete with all the parts needed. This way you don't have to slaughter a Megadrive/Genesis console.

There are options for a USB-version and a DSUB-version so you can use your original controllers to!

Check out the video

[ruckage]

@rion
Thanks for the link - looks pretty good. It only seems to be compatible with the original megadrive though and isn't very cost effective. You can pick up a used Megadrive for as little as £10 - that kit costs over £60 (not including shipping). The Megadrive isn't rare (30.75 million sold worldwide, 6.9 million in Europe) so I don't feel particularly guilty about sacrificing one. I do prefer to make any changes in my mods reversible and if I was doing a Megadrive mod again I have some ideas for how I could do it differently but that was my first build and as it's not a rare console I'm not worried.

[ruckage]

I've uploaded the theme to mega.nz for those who would like to try it.

DOWNLOAD

I've not had a chance to try this modified version on a raspberry pi but it should work fine. Let me know if you have any problems though.

There are a few settings you can modify in the config.xml file:

REGION: 'region-europe' or 'region-usa'. Affects certain systems icons and logos. e.g Megadrive or Genesis. Default is 'region-europe'

SCALING: 'image-fit' or 'image-stretch'. Affects how preview images/videos are scaled. 'image-fit' will maintain the aspect ratio of the image. 'image-stretch' will stretch the image to fill the entire preview window. Default is 'image-fit'.

ICON STYLE: 'icons-normal' or 'icons-perspective'. Affects the style of system icon used. 'icons-normal' will use a rectangular icon. 'icons-perspective' will use icons with a perspective effect applied. Default is 'icons-perspective'.

The gamelist font features a folder icon in place of the # symbol. Name your folder with a preceding # symbol to display the folder icon. e.g '# folder'