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    Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?

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    • jonnykeshJ
      jonnykesh @Bunji
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      @bunji 95% of what you need is already covered in this thread. Just copy the PC Engine setup and change one of those to TG-16 as per the instructions. Have that one point to a tg16 rom folder. Create tg16 rom folder. Put roms in.
      You'll also need to tweak your theme to add a tg16 system plus art.

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        edale
        last edited by edale

        from the wiki:

        If you want EmulationStation to show the TurboGrafx-16 graphics instead of PC Engine then you should create a file /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg with the following contents (note this requires at least v4.1.6 of the RetroPie-Setup script).

        pcengine_theme="tg16"
        pcengine_platform="tg16"

        Once this is done, please update any of the currently installed PC Engine emulators from RetroPie-Setup and Emulation Station will now use the TurboGrafx-16 logo. Scraping from within Emulation Station should also return TurboGrafx-16 artwork.

        The code to put in that file for Genesis is:
        megadrive_theme="genesis"
        megadrive_platform="genesis"

        Basically, create a blank .txt document, name it 'platforms.cfg' and type those 4 lines of text in them.
        I have a copy of this file here: https://mega.nz/#!3RhhEYDD!IRPhwx3_naUylPOMKOs5wJ9MTQ36CE2jR29UfBbty64
        And place that file in '/opt/retropie/configs/all/'
        And then update your emulators for TG16 and Genesis, and it'll switch over.

        This change will persist through updates, unlike the change you made.

        As a bonus, the scraper will prioritize NA releases when you scrape a rom in the sections after doing this.

        For PCE vs TG16 games, I just made a folder inside the TG16 section for each system.

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          dudleydes @Bunji
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          @bunji It would've been better to have to started a new topic as your request is not the same as the title of this thread.

          To have both PC Engine and Turbografx appearing in ES, you may find the following useful:
          https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/

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            Agrajag @stevetb
            last edited by

            @stevetb Just tried this approach (changing the theme tag name) and it didn't work for me to get Showcase to show Genesis and TG16 art.

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              YFZdude @Agrajag
              last edited by

              @agrajag

              Did you update the emulators after you made the config change?

              Once this is done, please update any of the currently installed PC Engine emulators from RetroPie-Setup and Emulation Station will now use the TurboGrafx-16 logo.

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                Agrajag @YFZdude
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                @yfzdude Looks like I missed a step. Great news! Now I just need to figure out which ones they use. Off to go check. Thanks!

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                  Agrajag @YFZdude
                  last edited by Agrajag

                  @yfzdude Went in and found each of the emulators (under Manage Main Packages) one for Genesis (lr-genesis-plus-gx) and one for TurboGrafx-16 (lr -beetle-pce-fast), and updated both of them. Then I rebooted.

                  No change in Showcase.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
                    last edited by mitu

                    @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                    No change in Showcase.

                    Post your platforms.cfg file, with the modifications you've made. Also, please make sure you're not using a custom es_systems.cfg, the modifications from platform.cfg are not applied there.

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                      Agrajag @mitu
                      last edited by Agrajag

                      @mitu I followed the first few posts in this thread which specifically alter just es_systems.cfg.

                      It sounds like from your response that that's not good enough (any longer)?

                      I'll give the platforms file approach a shot tomorrow.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
                        last edited by

                        @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                        @mitu I followed the first few posts in this thread which specifically alter just es_systems.cfg.
                        It sounds like from your response that that's not good enough (any longer)?

                        A lot of things changed in 5 years. A reply from @edale shows the documented way of changing the theme/system name in current versions.

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                          Agrajag @mitu
                          last edited by

                          @mitu Mitu, well I completed the steps and still no love. I do have a slight hiccup I wanted to ask about.

                          Here's the contents of my "platforms.cfg" file which is currently located in my /opt/retropie/configs/all folder:

                          pcengine_theme="tg16"
                          pcengine_platform="tg16"
                          megadrive_theme="genesis"
                          megadrive_platform="genesis"

                          After I created this (via Filezilla while I happened to be outside ES at a command prompt) I then jumped into Retropie Setup without ES loaded and went to Manage Main Packages where I scrolled down to lr -beetle-pce-fast and lr-genesis-plus-gx. Neither had the option to Update (which struck me as odd). I chose the option to Reinstall both of them from Binary, which I assumed would be the same as updating them in the end. Then I restarted ES/Retropie and neither Mega Drive or PC Engine were different in Showcase.

                          Thoughts?

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
                            last edited by

                            @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                            Thoughts?

                            Also, please make sure you're not using a custom es_systems.cfg, the modifications from platform.cfg are not applied there.

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                              Agrajag @mitu
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                              @mitu Well, I thought you found the issue, but sadly, no luck.

                              I checked my es_systems.cfg file and it was clean. no "tg16" or "genesis" entries. However, after rebooting I now note that they're back:

                              <system>
                              <name>pcengine</name>
                              <fullname>PC Engine</fullname>
                              <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine</path>
                              <extension>.7z .pce .ccd .chd .cue .zip .7Z .PCE .CCD .CHD .CUE .ZIP</extension>
                              <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS pcengine %ROM%</command>
                              <platform>tg16</platform>
                              <theme>tg16</theme>
                              </system>

                              <system>
                              <name>megadrive</name>
                              <fullname>Sega Mega Drive</fullname>
                              <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive</path>
                              <extension>.7z .smd .bin .gen .md .sg .zip .7Z .SMD .BIN .GEN .MD .SG .ZIP</extension>
                              <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS megadrive %ROM%</command>
                              <platform>genesis</platform>
                              <theme>genesis</theme>
                              </system>

                              So, I'm assuming I have something else going on, or the changes to platforms.cfg makes these changes for me each session. However, Showcase still shows tabs and graphics for PC Engine and Sega Megadrive.

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                                mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
                                last edited by

                                @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                                I checked my es_systems.cfg file and it was clean.

                                Which file exactly ? What happens if you switch the theme to Carbon ?

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                                  Agrajag @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu The es_systems.cfg that I've checked (and that's being updated automatically) is in /etc/emulationstation

                                  When I switch to Carbon it still says PC Engine and Megadrive. Grrr.

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
                                    last edited by

                                    @agrajag Do you have a custom es_systems.cfg in $HOME/.emulationstation ? Delete it if you have it and then restart EmulationStation.

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                                      Agrajag @mitu
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                                      @mitu SUCCESS!

                                      Thank you SO MUCH for working with me through all that. Phew. I feel like we gave birth.

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