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    Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes

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    • lilbudL
      lilbud @ruckage
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      @ruckage Damn dude, hope you get better.

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

      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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      • ruckageR
        ruckage @lilbud
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        @lilbud said in Cardboard Mini NES:

        @ruckage Damn dude, hope you get better.

        Thanks.

        I've been busy this afternoon. I've drawn logos and made backgrounds for the following systems:

        Atari 2600
        Atari 5200
        Atari 7800
        Intellivision
        C64
        ZX Spectrum
        Sega Master system

        I'd like to do a few more and then I'll update the nesmini 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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          momaw27 @ruckage
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          @ruckage Holy cow dude! You're an animal!

          Thank you SO much!!!

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          • ruckageR
            ruckage
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            Just a quick post to show the logos I've drawn today so far.

            0_1487795516673_pixel logos.png

            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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              momaw27 @ruckage
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              @ruckage Brilliant!

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                backstander @ruckage
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                @ruckage
                Great use of color! To me everything looks authentic!

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                • ruckageR
                  ruckage
                  last edited by ruckage

                  I've uploaded a new version to mega :) . You can find it Here: Nesmini theme v1.1
                  Give it a try and let me know how it works.

                  This version supports the following system:

                  NES
                  Gameboy
                  Atari 2600
                  Atari 5200
                  Atari 7800
                  Commodore 64
                  Gameboy
                  Gameboy Color
                  Intellivision
                  Sega Game Gear
                  Sega Master System
                  PC Engine
                  TurboGrafx 16
                  ZX Spectrum
                  Retropie setup menu

                  Below is an animated gif slideshow showing all the systems:

                  alt text

                  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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                    momaw27 @ruckage
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                    @ruckage WOO HOO!!!! Thank you!!!

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                      jawenforcement @ruckage
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                      @ruckage This is simply amazing. Can I make a request for GBA & Genesis?

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                        Kischa
                        last edited by Kischa

                        Wow me like alot!!!

                        Would it be rude to make a request for snes, neogeo and maby psp? 😊

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                        • Stuart2773S
                          Stuart2773
                          last edited by Stuart2773

                          Hi Ruckage,

                          Hope you don't mind but i made a version for the Japanese Famicom Mini using your template & the original Famicom Mini Menu.

                          Feel free to tweak & add it into your next release :)

                          Stuart.

                          0_1487862079899_menu.png

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                          • ruckageR
                            ruckage @Stuart2773
                            last edited by ruckage

                            @Stuart2773 said in Cardboard Mini NES:

                            Hi Ruckage,

                            Hope you don't mind but i made a version for the Japanese Famicom Mini using your template & the original Famicom Mini Menu.

                            Feel free to tweak & add it into your next release :)

                            Stuart.

                            Looks really nice. I wonder if it would be better as an alternative for the whole theme though - so there would be two themes, a nesmini theme and a fammini theme?

                            Edit: By the way, working on adding SNES, GBA, Megadrive/Genesis and Neo Geo at the moment. I also need to edit pc engine/TG16 as I forgot to adjust the boxart dimensions in the XML.

                            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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                            • Stuart2773S
                              Stuart2773
                              last edited by Stuart2773

                              i have the NES Mini / Famicom Mini attract sequence loop mp3 if your interested incorporating that into the theme?

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                                jawenforcement @Stuart2773
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                                @Stuart2773 Would love that. I was going to hack it into mine if it couldn't be part of the theme.

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                                • ruckageR
                                  ruckage @Stuart2773
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                                  @Stuart2773 said in Cardboard Mini NES:

                                  i have the NES Mini / Famicom Mini attract sequence loop mp3 if your interested incorporating that into the theme?

                                  Yeah, I have that MP3 actually playing on mine (great tune). You can't add it to a theme though, you have to setup an mp3 player and add a few lines to some scripts to make it play on startup and stop when games start etc.

                                  I found the tutorial for doing that on here somewhere - I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

                                  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
                                    last edited by ruckage

                                    Here's the tutorial for adding background music. Follow from the post made by Synack as it's easier than the method originally posted (the link should be roughly the right place in the thread).

                                    Add Background music to retropie

                                    By the way I actually found a famitracker version of that music (I can't remember who wrote it now) so you can export it to any length you like.

                                    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
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                                      @Stuart2773
                                      Your famicom mini post has really gotten me thinking and I really like the idea of a famicom mini version of the theme.
                                      What I think I'm going to do is restructure the theme so that the header/footer area and system view logos are all separate elements, that way you could switch between the 'famicom mini' and 'nes mini' theme via a simple tweak in the main xml file.

                                      Will have to see how it looks though as the beauty of the nesmini theme is it's grey so works well with virtually all colours.

                                      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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                                      • Stuart2773S
                                        Stuart2773 @ruckage
                                        last edited by Stuart2773

                                        @ruckage

                                        sounds like a good idea, BTW, i just found that "famitracker version" ;)

                                        you may have to resize the theme window for boxart as the famicom used different game packaging:-

                                        0_1487867561207_Mini-Famicom-Shot-03.png

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                                          momaw27
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                                          Great stuff guys!

                                          Really looking forward to all you have in store for us!

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage
                                            last edited by ruckage

                                            Okay, thanks to @Stuart2773 I haven't added any systems today as I got side tracked with a famicom mini theme ;). As I thought mixing colours was a problem so I think a separate theme using only the famicom mini menu colour scheme will work better.

                                            I liked @Stuart2773 menu design but I had a go myself and moved some things about, made everything a bit rounder to match the real famicom mini menu and think I have a good enough concept now.

                                            0_1487885685339_famicom-mini concept2.png

                                            So basically, as you can see from this 7800 example, all the system header logos will be the solid gold color and the relevant manufacturer will be displayed to the right. The rest of the background will remain the same for all systems (apart from different shaped frames for the box art on some systems).

                                            I can use the work I have done so far on the nesmini theme to make this so once up and running I will then add any new systems to them in tandem.

                                            Let me know what you think. Also, do you think I should start a new thread for these themes as it's not really the original topic I posted? (or is it possible to edit the topic title?)

                                            edit: damn - just realized I forgot to add the black shadows on that concept art - it gives you an idea anyway.
                                            edit: I've updated the image with the black shadows.

                                            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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