Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes

Squilenator

For me, this theme, carbon and futura are the best themes around :D

DigitalMonkey

@herb_fargus Just my opinion which counts for nowt of course xD & no slight against anyone who goes to the trouble to make themes....

Themes that don't support all available systems shouldn't be added to the download themes section in Retropie.

@ruckage I still havent sorted out my problem with the theme on my main TV. Think I'll just leave it & use the NES theme on the PI Zero thats hooked up to the other TV.

Tested out all the other themes available & they work fine. My TV just doesn't like your theme! xD

ruckage

@DigitalMonkey said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

@ruckage I still havent sorted out my problem with the theme on my main TV. Think I'll just leave it & use the NES theme on the PI Zero thats hooked up to the other TV.

Tested out all the other themes available & they work fine. My TV just doesn't like your theme! xD

Hi. The only reason it wouldn't work is if the pi isn't outputting 1080p on that TV (the TV itself would have no bearing on this, only the resolution the pi is outputting) - this seems logical as you said that games were stretched to fill the screen (they shouldn't be by default). It sounds like for whatever reason the Pi connected to that TV is outputting a 4x3 resolution. You should check your raspberry pi config.txt and check the resolution is set to 1920x1080 there first.

ruckage

@herb_fargus said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

@ruckage you should hurry up and get that GitHub repo sorted I'm looking forward to it!

Great theme!

Thanks :) I'm just tinkering with a few things but it should be ready soon - I'll try to stop slacking ;).

@jhoff80 said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

One that I don't think was mentioned that would be nice to add (low priority of course) would be Daphne as well. But overall love what you're doing so far.

No problem, I'll add it to the list.

@Squilenator said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

For me, this theme, carbon and futura are the best themes around :D

Thanks, glad you like it.

herb_fargus

@DigitalMonkey said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

Themes that don't support all available systems shouldn't be added to the download themes section in Retropie.

It's a valid point but now that retropie runs 80+ systems, it's an awful lot of work to make any theme complete...

Squilenator

@herb_fargus Maybe add a note to this Guide with a list of the most popular and demanding systems so the theme makers can create a "complete" theme, i mean, i don't think there is someone that uses anything near 80 systems, correct me if I'm wrong.

DigitalMonkey

@herb_fargus 80!? :O

Valid point.

I just brought it up as I was trying out some themes the other day, and one of them I really liked and.....oh...it doesnt support Arcade. Which i thought would be a given.

I really should take a few hours out & try out this theme creation malarkey! XD

@Squilenator Yes. This. :)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand!

NES theme is awesome. I've set up a Pi Zero W with just Nintendo systems (no N64 because theres nay point!, a cheapy SNES controller (thanks PiHut!) & this theme.

Lovin' it! :)

herb_fargus

@Squilenator well 80 different people may download the theme and each may be running a different system so there isn't really a "complete" list short of what retropie installs. Even then there are regional variants, emulators that emulate multiple platforms etc.

Personally I would prefer theme makers make themes for all the systems but I also understand we all do this in our free time as we see fit. At the very least if someone had a GitHub repository if people want to contribute as a community to that theme it's easier, and then when they want it migrated to the retropie installer it's a simple process.

The unfortunate thing is the majority of people are consumers and not contributors. Pretty much just two blokes (mostly one) work on the code with the occasional contribution here and there. And there are a bunch of themes in varying stages of completion often thrown out into the wind and swiftly abandoned.

jdrassa

@herb_fargus @Squilenator the theme variables feature I have been working on has a default theme concept.

ruckage

@jdrassa
That sounds great, a really sensible way of doing things. So if I'm understanding correctly there would be default xml file that would be used for any system without a specific theme.xml and you could then add system specific theming as/if needed. It would certainly speed up theme creation - especially as many themes don't even need system specific changes.

Squilenator

@jdrassa That sounds really awesome. Wish I had a Raspberry, I'm stuck with windows emulationstation that is forgotten in time and space :c

felleg

@Squilenator raspberry... the perfect birthday present!

Squilenator

@felleg Well my birthday is in june, just saying :D wink wink

Stuart2773

any progress update ?

A Former User

Alright, alright. This is cool. But how about an SNES?
I'm a big SNES fan, and I'm trying to see if I can find a good SNES Theme and Case.
Know any good ones?

ruckage

@Stuart2773 said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

any progress update ?

Nothing new since last update, just having a little break as I was so busy with this theme that haven't even played on my Mini Nes yet so I've been spending my weekend trying to finish setting it up so I can finally play it. I promise to get back to work this week though :D

@itsnitro said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

Alright, alright. This is cool. But how about an SNES?
I'm a big SNES fan, and I'm trying to see if I can find a good SNES Theme and Case.
Know any good ones?

Well, this does already support SNES but I don't know of any specific SNES themes.

See this post that shows the SNES support: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8391/cardboard-mini-nes-nes-mini-and-famicom-mini-themes/111

A Former User

Just installed this theme this weekend. Can't wait for the new update now! Great work! :)

goodpi31

Thanks for sharing your theme, its awesome!

falusmichal

Hi. how to add vids snap to your theme?

Stuart2773

@falusmichal said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

Hi. how to add vids snap to your theme?

Soon :)

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