Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds

[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.

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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'

[Stuart2773]

@ruckage

Thanks for sharing,

BTW, the icon style does not display on the pi

have you ever thought of adding icons for the Sega Pico ?

[ruckage]

@stuart2773
Thanks for testing. That's strange I've just tested myself and the icons and grid backdrop image are both missing on the pi and I'm not sure why at the moment. That means the windows build and rpi build must be behaving slightly differently. I'll do some investigating and hopefully fix it today .