Retrorama Comic Theme

[twd]

@meleu oic I haven't touched my pie from month's well since last big update, Edit: sorry chaps that was it brain fart.. Updated all good.... You know that warning in video games don't take drugs they were right . Thank Mr M

[lipebello]

Hello, i've added some requested systems.

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello

that looks so nice. i really need to get off my a$$ and get this on mine.

:)

[lipebello]

@exarkuniv Thanks!

[Hex]

@lipebello will you be doing a theme for small screens ? (3.5 - 7 inchs)

[twd]

Sweet, makes me want to install some intelivison just to get heman showing. Do it have a heman game?

[lipebello]

@twd Yeah, it's pretty awesome.

[lipebello]

@hex they run in a resolution bellow 720p?

[Hex]

@lipebello Resolution is NTSC/PAL but the area is very small (3.5 inches diagonally). It is as small as the Pi3 itself.

[meleu]

@lipebello I loved the Shoot'em up system view!!! Awesome!

[ohmycommodore]

Great work, nice update. The only two systems I use that aren't yet represented... Odyssey 2 and Z-Machine (Infocom).

[HurricaneFan]

@ohmycommodore Random question, do those 2 systems use a controller to play games or is it all keyboard controlled?

[ohmycommodore]

@HurricaneFan

O2 yes (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg/1200px-Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg).

Text adventures no, just keyboard.

I think this system will be an interesting one to conceptualize and design. For starters, do you use the title Z-Machine, Infocom (which is kind of the "Kleenex" brand I suppose, or simply Text Adventures?). I think I'd prefer Text Adventures, but I guess Z-Machine follows suit if the system name is what is normally chosen. It's a unique one, so I suppose it's up for discussion.

[Zombomaster]

@lipebello You build the best theme for Retropie by far, congrats and thanks to you. Any plans on adding Daphnee emulator?

Thanks!

[twd]

@ohmycommodore man your old ;) only ever seen pics of them systems never mind use them

[HurricaneFan]

@lipebello Custom Collections is officially released. Can you make a theme folder for it?

[lipebello]

Sure thing! gonna make custom collections, odyssey 2 and daphne for the next update. Need to research about Z-machine, because i've never seen anything about it yet.

[ohmycommodore]

@lipebello

This might help a bit.

I have an O2 console (not my original, but a replacement at least) and all my old games. Very identifiable style and colour palette on the box arts, for those who remember them. Example here: https://stiggyblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/odyssey-2-game-box-art/ Will be interesting to see how you interpret it and make it your own.

For Z-Machine, In the Comic Book theme it's called "Infocom", which is likely the best title, and the main company for the most famous text adventures. The Z stands of course for the Zork series. You can research Infocom with these links. There's also the documentary "Get Lamp". Oh, and if there's not a Hitchhiker's Guide "Don't Panic!" button in your eventual screen... you're doing it wrong :)

http://www.infocom-if.org/company/company.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom
https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/info/infocom-presentation.pdf
http://toucharcade.com/2017/06/22/classic-reload-lost-treasures-of-infocom/

[ohmycommodore]

@twd

I'm 46... though i could be 47... They say -something- is the first to go, I forget what. Memory maybe. Math is the second to go, so I'm probably +/- a year either way.

Go play O2's "Showdown in 2100 A.D." against a friend and let me know how you like it.

[lipebello]

Wow! Zork I! never played because when i only started to learn english when i was 15 and the Nes RPGs had those beautiful maps and battles.
But i played a lot of Ian Livingstone's books. Those were awesome.