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    • Darksavior
      Darksavior @frgn last edited by

      @frgn Maybe give the pegasus frontend a try? I have zero experience with it (I was doing trial and error editing its stock theme), but with help from the dev I got it looking like this (nothing fancy, I just removed the left panel):IMG_0001.JPG

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      • frgn
        frgn @Darksavior last edited by

        @Darksavior I have never heard of this front end, but he looks interesting. when I have free time, I will probably study it. but I do not promise anything.

        Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
        My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
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        • Ulmez
          Ulmez last edited by Ulmez

          Amazing job @frgn! I've been doing some testing and MD/GEN & SMS work like a charm :-)

          However adding MCD/SCD (jewelcase format covers) it all works just fine until it tries to show a CD cover, crashing and popping this error message instead of displaying it properly. Could it be the different image size? It works just fine on Blast16.

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          • frgn
            frgn last edited by

            @Ulmez
            Thanks for the feedback! :)
            The thing is that initially I did it for personal use. In my assembly of roms for each system, I took the same proportions of box art. Therefore, I removed the "extra" elements intended for squared box art.
            I recommend you just redo all the square covers in megadrive format, that is - 230x320
            In the future, I will most likely return the missing elements so that different cover formats can be used.

            Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
            My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
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            • Ulmez
              Ulmez @frgn last edited by

              @frgn said in The best solution for Sega Megadrive/Genesis Mini on Raspberry Pi:

              @Ulmez
              Thanks for the feedback! :)
              The thing is that initially I did it for personal use. In my assembly of roms for each system, I took the same proportions of box art. Therefore, I removed the "extra" elements intended for squared box art.
              I recommend you just redo all the square covers in megadrive format, that is - 230x320
              In the future, I will most likely return the missing elements so that different cover formats can be used.

              Great! I really hope you come back to do that sometime, because the rest of it is phenomenal and that final touch would be the cherry on top. Keep up the good work!

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              • frgn
                frgn @Ulmez last edited by frgn

                @Ulmez
                I added the missing frames and now everything works, however, the selector of the selected game (which is not in blast16) is displayed in strictly specified proportions of 230x320 even when the square cover is selected. Therefore, I had to remove it.
                If you are satisfied with such a solution, then here is the link to the new update.
                Снимок.jpg 2.jpg
                I think over time I can find a way to solve this.

                Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
                My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
                Blast16 to MDMINI mod
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                • Ulmez
                  Ulmez @frgn last edited by

                  @frgn

                  Fantastic! Now it works without problems. Many thanks! As a suggestion / contribution: How about putting the cursor in this way? It respects the style of Mega Drive Mini, adapts to all covers and looks better than nothing :-D

                  alt text

                  Cursor:

                  alt text

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                  • frgn
                    frgn @Ulmez last edited by

                    @Ulmez Done. The link in the previous post has been updated.

                    Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
                    My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
                    Blast16 to MDMINI mod
                    DONATE HERE

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                    • Ulmez
                      Ulmez @frgn last edited by

                      @frgn said in The best solution for Sega Megadrive/Genesis Mini on Raspberry Pi:

                      @Ulmez Done. The link in the previous post has been updated.

                      It's simply perfect!! Thanks! :D

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                      • frgn
                        frgn last edited by

                        A small update. Added the ability to change the NTSC filter from the settings, as well as many small corrections.
                        Снимок.PNG Comix Zone000.png

                        Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
                        My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
                        Blast16 to MDMINI mod
                        DONATE HERE

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                        • Nojito
                          Nojito @frgn last edited by Nojito

                          @frgn hello. Thanks for the great work! I would like to inform you that I found some english translation errors. In the Menu. In Audio section theres a misspell "Aduio" and in the Display mode: "Standart" instead of "Standard"

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                          • frgn
                            frgn @Nojito last edited by

                            @Nojito
                            Thank! Fixed.

                            Aloha from Russia, and sorry for my bad English. ¯\(ツ)/¯
                            My RetroPie themes repo - https://github.com/free-gen/
                            Blast16 to MDMINI mod
                            DONATE HERE

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                            • joharibk
                              joharibk last edited by

                              I’m surprise nobody figure out how to run other emulators using blast16. Even loading cores in retroarch is impossible. 😢

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