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

      @Omnija At least buy him a beer first ;)

      Thanks for buying me a beer :) , that's very generous of you.

      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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        mattmanforever @ruckage
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        @ruckage Least I can do! I'll never need another Retropie theme... unless you make a SNES mini version, in which case I'll be buying you more beers.

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          lilbud @ruckage
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          @ruckage Sadly, I can't buy you a beer, mainly due to the fact that I can't legally (even in the U.K)

          But I reckon I can do one better

          0_1499386992787_e2cbb72f-a38b-496b-b963-05d447a1cf40-image.png

          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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            Hex @lilbud
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            @lilbud I would suggest changing the DOSBOX text to something more compressed horzontally

            You could also take inspiration from the dosbox icon if you like

            alt text

            or this

            alt text

            Sent from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

            Powersaver Emulation station : https://github.com/hex007/EmulationStation
            ES dev script : https://github.com/hex007/es-dev/blob/master/es-tests.sh

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              ruckage @lilbud
              last edited by ruckage

              @lilbud
              Hi. I really am very grateful of the donations I've had but I honestly don't expect anything from anyone so no worries.

              Regarding your mockup, It's nice you felt inspired to make that but as I've said several times previously I want to complete this alone. I have done all the other systems myself and want to do the rest myself as well as I have my own ideas for how I want each system to look.

              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

              If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                lilbud @ruckage
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                @ruckage Oh, ok

                I thought I would try to help out in some way. Good luck with the rest of the theme

                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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

                  @ruckage Oh, ok

                  I thought I would try to help out in some way. Good luck with the rest of the theme

                  It's kind of you and I hope there are no hard feelings. It's just when you've put so much time and effort into something like this you tend to feel a bit possessive over it (you may feel the same about your Switch theme) .

                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                  If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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

                    you may feel the same about your Switch theme

                    Yeah, I understand what you're talking about. But at least the switch theme is simple, and doesn't require a PhD to add new systems :)

                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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

                      Added video support.

                      OMG. thank you!!

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                        jcarhat
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                        @ruckage this is easily my favorite theme, the only one that comes close is retrorama.

                        the pixel theme launch art package goes really well with this too!

                        I'll have to donate to you beer fund when I get paid, or if you ever come to Melbourne Australia, buy you a pint personally :)

                        Really well done dude, this is some professional grade theming.

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                          momaw27 @ruckage
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                          @ruckage

                          You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

                          Thank you!

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                            Agoneclone
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                            When I put this on my RPZ with RetroPie 4.2 the theme just has white boxes, the error is to <title> tag in each XML file yet there obviously is. Any help?

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

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

                              Added video support.

                              OMG. thank you!!

                              Let me know how you get on with the video support, I was only able to do limited testing on the pi itself but hopefully it should be okay.

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

                              @ruckage this is easily my favorite theme, the only one that comes close is retrorama.

                              the pixel theme launch art package goes really well with this too!

                              I'll have to donate to you beer fund when I get paid, or if you ever come to Melbourne Australia, buy you a pint personally :)

                              Really well done dude, this is some professional grade theming.

                              Thanks, glad you like the theme :). The pixel theme launch package really is great but stay tuned as I may have something more specific to this theme that I'll be posting about very soon......

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

                              When I put this on my RPZ with RetroPie 4.2 the theme just has white boxes, the error is to <title> tag in each XML file yet there obviously is. Any help?

                              Are you using the latest version of EmulationStation? If not the theme won't work.

                              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                              If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                ruckage
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                                I've made a set of custom launch images for the nes-mini theme. You can download them from Mega: Download

                                I'll be honest, I've not actually tested them yet but there shouldn't be any reason why they wouldn't work. The only thing I'm not certain about is how retropie scales these images when displaying them - if it adds any kind of filtering then I'll need to redo them to stop them from looking blurred when displayed.

                                Below are a few examples of how they look.

                                0_1499468693444_launching.png

                                0_1499468627750_launching.png

                                0_1499468603697_launching.png

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                                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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

                                  u using the latest version of EmulationStation? If

                                  I am on RetroPie 4.2, which from ES's site says it contains the latest, it also says
                                  unknown property type "selectorHeight" in the terminal after killing ES

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                                    Agoneclone @ruckage
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                                    @ruckage

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

                                    I've made a set of custom launch images for the nes-mini theme. You can download them from Mega: Download

                                    I'll be honest, I've not actually tested them yet but there shouldn't be any reason why they wouldn't work. The only thing I'm not certain about is how retropie scales these images when displaying them - if it adds any kind of filtering then I'll need to redo them to stop them from looking blurred when displayed.

                                    These are awesome!

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

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

                                      u using the latest version of EmulationStation? If

                                      I am on RetroPie 4.2, which from ES's site says it contains the latest, it also says
                                      unknown property type "selectorHeight" in the terminal after killing ES

                                      You're using an old version of EmulationStation. Retropie is the whole package and EmulationStation is just the frontend. You need to update it to the latest version from source.

                                      To do this in Retropie go to the retropie/config menu and select the following:

                                      Retropie Setup
                                      Manage Packages
                                      Manage Core Package
                                      EmulationStation
                                      Update From Source

                                      It will take a little while to compile but once it's finished you will have the latest version of ES.
                                      Restart the system and the theme should work.

                                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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

                                        ed to update

                                        Thank you so much man! My brother missed out on an NES classic so I'm making him a custom one. This theme is perfect

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                                          mattmanforever @ruckage
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                                          @ruckage Working great for me!

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                                            mattmanforever @ruckage
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                                            @ruckage I know you prefer to do it yourself, but I made a U.S. version for the SNES launch screen (because OCD). Figured I'd share it and make your life a tad easier. 0_1499472837325_launching.png

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