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    • ruckageR
      ruckage @jmv
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      @jmv said in SNES mini theme:

      @ruckage just want to say awesome work I love this theme and I was wondering if you have any plan to make a sega genesis 2 carousel_logo and a launching icon too. Thank you!

      I could maybe make an alternative icon but the only real difference with the megadrive/genesis 2 is cosmetic, it's still the same system.

      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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        skr1b @ruckage
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        @ruckage How come I cannot find this on ESTHEMES? Someone told me it was up... but i only see the nes-theme

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          vice86
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          Awesome theme...great job!! I have a NESc and SNESc but rather use my Pi versions! Threw an old Pi2 into a NESPi case, using your NES Mini them, added the theme music to it and a custom bezel/overlay I made and I'm in NES heaven now. Thanks for the hard work and great theme! Now I just need the NESPi guys to make a SNESPi case so I can make a SNES only Pi station :)

          Here's the NES overlay I made, now I just have to create one for SNES...will be the same look just different console/colors/images.

          0_1507823997616_ixcccl.jpg

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          • HAILtoSTARSCREAMH
            HAILtoSTARSCREAM @skr1b
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            @skr1b update RetroPie Setup script, then you should see it.

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            • pommeP
              pomme
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              Sorry if I missed this in all the comments, I did look. Wondering if there's a way for me to theme my custom collections. This theme is awesome, but it's also very different from the themes I've played with before.

              I've made icons for the 2 custom collections. In other themes you just create a same-named system folder and ES picks up on it. Wonder where I would go in this theme to tweak a little to theme my custom collections.

              They aren't as good as what ruckage would make on his own, but these are the 2 icons I made. I don't know the trick to get that blocky, aliased script like he does.

              nes classic snes classic

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                skr1b @HAILtoSTARSCREAM
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                @hailtostarscream cool-thanks man, ill try that

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                  vice86
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                  I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
                  Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
                  Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
                  Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
                  Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
                  And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

                  While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

                  0_1507871929944_IMG_20171012_231129225.jpg

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                  0_1507871946523_IMG_20171013_010927686.jpg

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                  • CybermenC
                    Cybermen
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                    @pomme many thanks, the icons look great. Could you perhaps make an icon with a PAL SNES?

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                      chinjw @ruckage
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                      @ruckage
                      hmmm..... I'm wondering if i could change the current font type to others...
                      I damn like this theme....

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                      • ruckageR
                        ruckage @vice86
                        last edited by

                        @vice86 said in SNES mini theme:

                        I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
                        Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
                        Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
                        Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
                        Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
                        And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

                        While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

                        Glad you're having fun with this. There are reasons for the design choices I made though.

                        The reason for having the logo at the top instead of the bottom on the USA snes mode is that some of the system logos are quite long. You can force them to fit in the space at the bottom but in doing so they no longer match the same pixel size as the rest of the theme which is a big part of the overall look of the theme.

                        Moving the help icons to the bottom made more sense because of the logo size issue, however even the help icons wouldn't fit in that space if I kept the buttons as big as they are on the SNES- Classic. So it made more sense to reduce the size of the purple buttons.

                        Both of these differences will also be essential for when I add the 4:3 aspect ratio support.

                        It was never a priority to be an exact match anyway, it's not possible to exactly mimic a snes-classic style ui in EmulationStation so the aim was just to create a theme with a similar look and feel and with a consistent look for all systems.

                        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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                        • ruckageR
                          ruckage @pomme
                          last edited by ruckage

                          @pomme said in SNES mini theme:

                          Sorry if I missed this in all the comments, I did look. Wondering if there's a way for me to theme my custom collections. This theme is awesome, but it's also very different from the themes I've played with before.

                          I've made icons for the 2 custom collections. In other themes you just create a same-named system folder and ES picks up on it. Wonder where I would go in this theme to tweak a little to theme my custom collections.

                          Not quite as easy on my theme as on others due to the structure of the theme, you need an icon for both US/Europe, a logo for both USA/Europe and a background for each of the background types. Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                          I don't know the trick to get that blocky, aliased script like he does.

                          :D, no trick to getting the 'blocky, aliased script', you get it by drawing it by hand.

                          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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                          • ruckageR
                            ruckage @chinjw
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                            @chinjw said in SNES mini theme:

                            @ruckage
                            hmmm..... I'm wondering if i could change the current font type to others...
                            I damn like this theme....

                            You can't just swap out the font unfortunately as the gamelist would no longer line up correctly. It may be possible for me to add if a suitable font that supports Chinese characters can be found, then I could maybe add it as an alternative font that could be selected in the options. I'll see what I can do.

                            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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                            • CybermenC
                              Cybermen @ruckage
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                              @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                              Not quite as easy on my theme as on others due to the structure of the theme, you need an icon for both US/Europe, a logo for both USA/Europe and a background for each of the background types. Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                              @ruckage That sounds great! :-) Thanks a lot for this.

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                              • lilbudL
                                lilbud @vice86
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                                @vice86 someone extracted the music and the proper backgrounds here You could get even closer to the official SNES Mini.

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

                                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                  chinjw @ruckage
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                                  @ruckage Thanks in advanced dude~!

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                                  • HAILtoSTARSCREAMH
                                    HAILtoSTARSCREAM @ruckage
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                                    @ruckage Hello, how's the update with the additional system icons coming along? Saw your superb job on the updated NES mini theme.

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                                      vice86 @ruckage
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                                      @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                                      @vice86 said in SNES mini theme:

                                      I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
                                      Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
                                      Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
                                      Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
                                      Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
                                      And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

                                      While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

                                      Glad you're having fun with this. There are reasons for the design choices I made though.

                                      The reason for having the logo at the top instead of the bottom on the USA snes mode is that some of the system logos are quite long. You can force them to fit in the space at the bottom but in doing so they no longer match the same pixel size as the rest of the theme which is a big part of the overall look of the theme.

                                      Moving the help icons to the bottom made more sense because of the logo size issue, however even the help icons wouldn't fit in that space if I kept the buttons as big as they are on the SNES- Classic. So it made more sense to reduce the size of the purple buttons.

                                      Both of these differences will also be essential for when I add the 4:3 aspect ratio support.

                                      It was never a priority to be an exact match anyway, it's not possible to exactly mimic a snes-classic style ui in EmulationStation so the aim was just to create a theme with a similar look and feel and with a consistent look for all systems.

                                      Yeah, i noticed when i had other test consoles on the setup that the logos wouldn't fit like NES and MAME but I'm keeping this a SNES only Pi3 like my pi2 that I kept as a NES only Pi using your NES Mini theme :)

                                      For a 3rd Pi with a bunch of systems I'll be putting on I'll be keepign your SNES Mini theme as is...thanks again for the great themes!

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                                        vice86 @lilbud
                                        last edited by vice86

                                        @lilbud said in SNES mini theme:

                                        @vice86 someone extracted the music and the proper backgrounds here You could get even closer to the official SNES Mini.

                                        DOH, i was wondering if all that could be ripped. Only issue is that looks like its all from the Euro version model...i need the US version. I have a SNESc but no idea how to rip the info like that from it. Any suggestions or link to how to?

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                                        • lilbudL
                                          lilbud @vice86
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                                          @vice86 look into hakchi2

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

                                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                          • pommeP
                                            pomme @ruckage
                                            last edited by

                                            @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:
                                            Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                                            nice! I'll wait patiently for the next update. Thanks for all your work on this great theme.

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