Petition to add Demo Mode

ferhound

Please add Demo Mode, its a feature in another os.

Demo mode
A much anticipated feature, specially from bartop owners, has been added and is called the demo mode!

When chosen as Recalbox screensaver, the demo mode will automatically start when you do not touch any controller button for a while (can be configured).

It randomly picks a game in your collection and starts playing it for a few minutes ✨

Sit back and relax, we’re showing you games you didn’t even know you had!
 
...by pressing on the Start button of any of your controllers, Recalbox will hand over the control to you, and you will be able to play this game right were it left off 🕹

Dont tell me "just use recalbox" because I dont like it.

Clyde

While it's not exactly the same, Emulation Station's video screensaver will play the games' videos randomly, each one for as long as you like, and it will start the current video's game if you press the Start button. Select will switch to the next random video. Any other button or joystick direction will exit the screensaver and return to the game list.

A demo mode, however, would spare us the need of scraping videos (for that purpose at least), being not dependent on their length, and showing the game in the original quality. The drawback would be the time to switch between the games, because each one has to be fully started.

Also, some games would be very boring to watch, because not every game has a demo mode showing its gameplay, but will just display its title screen forever without input from the player.

mth75

@ferhound

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25551/demo-mode-random-starting-of-games-for-es-retropie-menu

ferhound

@mth75 said in Petition to add Demo Mode:

@ferhound

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25551/demo-mode-random-starting-of-games-for-es-retropie-menu

Thank You.