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      chrisdodgen @FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by

      @FlyingTomahawk Sweet. I'm cutting some of the copy on the Z-machine version, and I'll post in a few.

      Also, I plan to make panels for Intellivision, AmstradCPC, and Apple II, and maybe macintosh. Basically any system that I'm experimenting with that I encounter without a panel, I'm going to make for myself, so I might as well share them. Expect those updates in the coming weeks.

      Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
      Retropie Version 4.2
      Theme - Futura
      Emulators - All of them.

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        chrisdodgen @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk

        zip file with both folders

        Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
        Retropie Version 4.2
        Theme - Futura
        Emulators - All of them.

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          chrisdodgen
          last edited by

          Added Amstrad and Intellivision.

          Zip File with both here:

          Futura - Amstrad_Intellivision.zip

          Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
          Retropie Version 4.2
          Theme - Futura
          Emulators - All of them.

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            chrisdodgen
            last edited by

            Also note, I changed the .SVG for Intellivision to blue, because I thought the gray looked boring. I've seen it in some places as black, gray, or blue.

            If you want to revert, you can grab the gray .SVG from Carbon.

            Totatlly subjective, but I think the blue Looks nicer.

            Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
            Retropie Version 4.2
            Theme - Futura
            Emulators - All of them.

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              chrisdodgen
              last edited by

              I suppose it's good you haven't updated this yet. I discovered one of my screenshots on the Infocom panel was wrong. I used a screen from "Beyond the Titanic" which is nice and colorful, but apparently NOT made by Infocom and therefore not compatible with the Z-machine emulator. (It's an MS-DOS game.) I'm going to update that, and I'm making an Apple II panel, so I'll just re-bundle ALL of the ones I've made and repost here.

              Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
              Retropie Version 4.2
              Theme - Futura
              Emulators - All of them.

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                FlyingTomahawk @chrisdodgen
                last edited by

                @chrisdodgen

                Roger that.
                Thank you.
                Can you also include the original screenshots inside the new package? So that I can recreate them for the 10px version.

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                  chrisdodgen @FlyingTomahawk
                  last edited by

                  @FlyingTomahawk

                  Yikes. I deleted those already. No biggie, I can get them again. I know what I searched.

                  Also...I can help on the 10px images, as long as I have examples to go by. If you want to just link me matching images, I can make whatever adjustments I need to for those versions.

                  Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                  Retropie Version 4.2
                  Theme - Futura
                  Emulators - All of them.

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                    chrisdodgen @FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by

                    @FlyingTomahawk

                    Dear Mr. Tomahawk,

                    I would like to ask your opinion on the screen grabs for the infocom (zmachine) panel. I'm stuck trying to decide what to do.

                    I may be saying things you already know here, so forgive me, but I want to make sure I provide full context for the question.

                    The Zmachine wasn't hardware, like all the other things being emulated on a Retropie system. It was a software that made text adventures easily port to other systems, like the Amiga, C64, and PC. Therefore, there isn't really a standard of how the Zmachine screenshots should look…UNLESS, that is, if you believe they should only display in the manner that Retropie (via Frotz) will run them…

                    But that makes them sort of…well…ugly. The version of Frotz running on Retropie doesn't handle graphics. So if I use that measure, they'll all just be text. For some games, like Journey: The Quest Begins, I can't even find text-only screenshots. And the ones that have color pictures look really nice.

                    Should I choose a shot that reflects exactly the way the games will display with the weak text interpreter in Retropie? Or choose what looks better, even though it won't run quite that way under the Zmachine emulator?

                    I have used Zork 3 and Hitchhiker's guide (both text-only) in the left and right, so we're only talking about the center panel here.

                    Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                    Retropie Version 4.2
                    Theme - Futura
                    Emulators - All of them.

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                      FlyingTomahawk @chrisdodgen
                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                      @chrisdodgen

                      Hmmm...
                      So you need to decide between a good looking image that won't be like that in the actual game on Retropie or a ugly image that shows the actual game play?
                      Just go with the good looking one. If someone find it not to be a good match he can create his own screenshot later by using the layouts that are included with every Futura theme.
                      I had many users that liked my Futura theme but changed some of the screenshots because they felt that the ones they chose are the better ones. It is up to the end-user to choose whether he keeps the original screenshots or changes them.

                      Just go ahead and create them as you think is right and I'll upload them and if someone has a better idea he can comment here in this support topic and I can adjust the screenshots later anytime.

                      And one more thing, please don't be so formal. Hey Tomahawk! or Hey! Is good enough. ;-)

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                        chrisdodgen @FlyingTomahawk
                        last edited by

                        @FlyingTomahawk

                        LOL. "Dear Mr. Tomahawk" was a joke, actually, so no worries, there.

                        Got it. I was leaning toward just doing what looks best, but "I'm a bit of a stickler Meseeks" sometimes. Thanks for pushing me over the edge.

                        Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                        Retropie Version 4.2
                        Theme - Futura
                        Emulators - All of them.

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk
                          last edited by

                          Added new systems.

                          Change log

                          v1.3.6 - 2017-05-18

                          • Added Famicom system
                          • Added Japanese Megadrive system
                          • Added Super Famicom system
                          • Added Sega SG-1000 system
                          • Added SuperGrafx system

                          The video packages have also been updated. For links to those video packages please check first post of this topic.

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                            hansie
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                            Hi,

                            I want to thank you for this great frontend, I really love it!
                            I do have one question:
                            I noticed that when I switched between Futura-10px-video and Futura-10px-video-big, that the time between showing the boxart art and the video is a lot shorter in the big version...
                            It is one off the nice things off this frontend that it first shows the boxart and the video afterwards, but in the big version (which is my favorite) it is a bit to short for my taste.
                            Is there a way for me to delay the showing off the video for say a second?
                            Hope to hear from you and keep up the good work!
                            Greets,
                            Hans

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                              FlyingTomahawk @hansie
                              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                              @hansie

                              Hallo Hans

                              Danke, I am glad you like it.
                              You're right the video delay in the video-big packages is shorter. That was not intentional, will fix that thanks for pointing it out.
                              To change the delay time open the futura.xml file and under this section

                              <!-- BOF VIDEO VIEW //-->	
                                  <view name="video">
                              

                              find (around line 256)

                              <delay>0.5</delay>
                              

                              and change that to

                              <delay>1</delay>
                              

                              or any number you like.
                              1 = 1 second
                              0.5 = 0.5 second
                              etc...

                              UPDATE

                              both video-big zip packages have been fixed.

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                                hansie
                                last edited by

                                Worked like a charm!!
                                Thanks a million!

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                                • FlyingTomahawkF
                                  FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                  UPDATE

                                  Futura video themes (v1.3.6) now available at github.
                                  (Links inside the first post of this thread.)

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                                    chubsta
                                    last edited by

                                    Great work - best theme by far!

                                    Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
                                    Theme - Comic book
                                    Emulators: All of them...
                                    Roms: Pretty much all of them...
                                    Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
                                    Controllers: Mayflash F101

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                                      chrisdodgen
                                      last edited by

                                      Hey there Tomahawk,

                                      Sorry it took me so long, but I got a wonderful flu that put me down for about a week and a half.

                                      I'm double checking the files real quick and will post within the hour.

                                      Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                                      Retropie Version 4.2
                                      Theme - Futura
                                      Emulators - All of them.

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                                        chrisdodgen
                                        last edited by

                                        Here's the package:

                                        10px and 20px versions included, plus source images.

                                        Amstrad CPC
                                        Apple II
                                        Tandy Color Computer (CoCo)
                                        Vectrex
                                        Z-machine
                                        ZX Spectrum

                                        Download Link:
                                        Additional Futura Panels

                                        PS: I discovered some mistakes I'd made in the previous XML files. These new ones should be all correct.

                                        Thanks!

                                        Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                                        Retropie Version 4.2
                                        Theme - Futura
                                        Emulators - All of them.

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                                          dsstrainer
                                          last edited by

                                          Great theme. I've been using it on my latest build but just switched to a 16:10 monitor and it doesn't scale right. Anyway to get this working for 16:10?

                                          RetroPie v4.2 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 8GB SanDisk class 10 microSD • 16GB External USB Thumb Drive
                                          Roms, images and configs stored in USB and symlinked from normal microsd location
                                          Xarcade Keyboard encoder + Zero Delay Joystick encoder

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                                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                                            FlyingTomahawk @dsstrainer
                                            last edited by

                                            @dsstrainer

                                            Thanks.

                                            Without re-creating the frames, screenshots, reposition the text, so basically redo everything from scratch again, no.

                                            There are 8 different Futura repositories on github to maintain/update and at the moment I don't have the time to recreate everything from scratch.

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