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    • lhari84
      lhari84 @mYSt last edited by lhari84

      @myst
      I've never owned one of these systems too, except DOS πŸ˜„ Just played with friends' Dreamcast and PSP once or twice...

      But some of the systems, like Coleco and fba_libretro (MAME alternative) are very impressive.

      In the meanwhile I've removed some systems from my Recalbox though, as they are (almost) Japanese and not so important to me: sg1000 and fds.

      Further, for fba_libretro, I just copied background and music from neogeo, because I use it also for NeoGeo emulation and so this is a good option. Metal Slug is fine πŸ™‚

      In conclusion, personally I'm only missing coleco, dos, dreamcast, pcenginecd and psp for now πŸ™‚

      Regarding your questions:
      I think Shenmue is a good option for dreamcast!
      For PSP I'd use another one, because God of War seems not to run good on Pi3, so it's not for everyone. Maybe Lumines, LocoRoco or Patapon? They all seem to be exclusive.

      Pi 4:
      Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

      Pi Zero 2W:
      GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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      • lhari84
        lhari84 @mYSt last edited by lhari84

        @myst
        ... just copied doom's background and music to dos (pc), as it's a game that defined dos too.
        So I'm only missing: coleco, dreamcast, pcenginecd and psp πŸ™‚

        Pi 4:
        Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

        Pi Zero 2W:
        GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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        • lhari84
          lhari84 @mYSt last edited by

          @myst
          ... one more idea:
          pcengine cd seems to be almost defined by castlevania. I guess there is also much material to find on the net.
          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Rondo_of_Blood

          Pi 4:
          Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

          Pi Zero 2W:
          GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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          • mYSt
            mYSt Theme moderator last edited by mYSt

            So here it is, version 0.4 is available! Initial post is up to date with this version, if you come from version 0.3 here is the changelog :

            • Add dreamcast support
            • Add psp support
            • Add pcengine cd support
            • Add colecovision support
            • Change atari 5200 image
            • Improve basic/details view design
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            • lhari84
              lhari84 @mYSt last edited by

              @myst wow, thank you so much! Looks so great, cannot wait to have a look on big tv screen in the evening πŸ˜‰

              Just one more question about music:
              I saw for PSP you've chosen graphics from game Patapon, right?
              The music ogg music file doesn't seem to be from this game, I'm not sure... Maybe you could replace with something like that?
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRXLa9HWFac

              Also, because of its length, current music file is very big (19.2 MB). Don't know how recalbox handles audiofiles, especially on Raspberry Pi, but maybe it's not good for performance though. Can't tell...

              @paradadf
              I'd suggest to give this thread a "Pinned" state, so more users are able to find this theme easily. It's really the best one I personally could find here in forum.

              Pi 4:
              Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

              Pi Zero 2W:
              GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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              • mYSt
                mYSt Theme moderator @lhari84 last edited by

                @lhari84 PSP image is from Lumines II and music should be from Lumines. I can try to change music but it looks like this one was popular for Lumines (accordingly to youtube likes) if you have any suggestion i'm all ears.

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                • lhari84
                  lhari84 @mYSt last edited by

                  @myst Ok, thanks for info. As I only know Lumines 1, I have not recognized it. So everything is fine. Thanks once again!

                  Pi 4:
                  Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                  Pi Zero 2W:
                  GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                  • lhari84
                    lhari84 @mYSt last edited by lhari84

                    @myst Sorry to disturb again, but could you give me info which games/graphics you used for:

                    • atari7800 (no idea, seems I'm too young :D)
                    • segacd (is it Sewer Shark?)
                    • sega32x (is it Virtua Fighter?)

                    Just want to make sure I own each game used in theme πŸ˜‰

                    Pi 4:
                    Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                    Pi Zero 2W:
                    GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                    • mYSt
                      mYSt Theme moderator last edited by mYSt

                      sure
                      atari 7800 game is Galaga
                      segacd reference is Silpheed (not a huge fan of this choice, may change later)
                      sega32x is virtua fighter

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                      • lhari84
                        lhari84 @mYSt last edited by lhari84

                        @myst I just finished modifying everything for my needs. Here things I did, maybe it helps for optimizing future releases:

                        • compressed 1080p backgrounds for performance optimization on Pi3
                          (because quality still looks better than 720p version and images are smaller)
                        • compressed audio files of used systems
                          (cannot hear a difference and maybe better for performance on Pi3)
                        • replaced audio file of system psp by a louder version
                          (still don't know how to normalize a bunch of ogg-files to same volume level, I had to do it with mp3 and converted it afterwards)
                        • prboom background + sound used for system pc
                          (copied to folder to activate art for Dos)
                        • neogeo background + sound used for system fba_libretro
                          (copied to folder to activate art for Final Burn Alpha)
                        • custom.xml of most systems (France -> Europe, etc.)
                          (I modified text of MAME and fba_libretro system a little too)
                        • replaced content in data-folder with files previous version 0.3
                          (can't tell, but I liked the clean gamelist view of version 0.3 much more, so I reactivated this one + compressed backgrounds like there too)

                        If you need more information or any for example files, just contact me.

                        Pi 4:
                        Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                        Pi Zero 2W:
                        GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                        • mYSt
                          mYSt Theme moderator last edited by mYSt

                          @lhari84

                          compressed 1080p backgrounds for performance optimization on Pi3
                          (because quality still looks better than 720p version and images are smaller)

                          Memory footprint is a matter of resolution not compression, compressing an image may just lead to more time injecting it into graphics GPU but of course you'll save some disk space.

                          replaced audio file of system psp by a louder version
                          (still don't know how to normalize a bunch of ogg-files to same volume level, I had to do it with mp3 and converted it afterwards)

                          Musics should all be normalized (using audition), maybe i forgot this one

                          custom.xml of most systems (France -> Europe, etc.)
                          (I modified text of MAME and fba_libretro system a little too)

                          good catch i 'll remove or replace with europe next time (by the way from theme options system infos can be removed)

                          replaced content in data-folder with files previous version 0.3
                          (can't tell, but I liked the clean gamelist view of version 0.3 much more, so I reactivated this one + compressed backgrounds like there too)

                          Sad to hear i'll see if i can do something better next time

                          Thx

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                          • lhari84
                            lhari84 @mYSt last edited by lhari84

                            @myst said in Next Pixel theme:

                            @lhari84

                            compressed 1080p backgrounds for performance optimization on Pi3
                            (because quality still looks better than 720p version and images are smaller)

                            Memory footprint is a matter of resolution not compression, compressing an image may just lead to more time injecting it into graphics GPU but of course you'll save some disk space.

                            Thanks for info, didn't know that. I thought about it might take more time to read all the data from SD card, especially with Pi's slow USB 2.0 interface.

                            replaced audio file of system psp by a louder version
                            (still don't know how to normalize a bunch of ogg-files to same volume level, I had to do it with mp3 and converted it afterwards)

                            Musics should all be normalized (using audition), maybe i forgot this one

                            custom.xml of most systems (France -> Europe, etc.)
                            (I modified text of MAME and fba_libretro system a little too)

                            good catch i 'll remove or replace with europe next time (by the way from theme options system infos can be removed)

                            in this case i also recognized that not all information is shown, only 4 lines. other lines in custom.xml are ignored (no problem for me, but I think to remember at MAME, etc. there will be sentences cut)

                            replaced content in data-folder with files previous version 0.3
                            (can't tell, but I liked the clean gamelist view of version 0.3 much more, so I reactivated this one + compressed backgrounds like there too)

                            Sad to hear i'll see if i can do something better next time

                            Sorry, should not be a genreral negative feedback, everbody is differnent. But gamelist text looked too small and pixels around the list are not such a good border for me than the clean version before. Maybe you and others like the new design better, it's no problem for me to use the old one πŸ˜‰

                            Thx

                            Pi 4:
                            Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                            Pi Zero 2W:
                            GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                            • Kintao
                              Kintao @mYSt last edited by

                              @myst Thanks for your job.

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                              • lhari84
                                lhari84 @mYSt last edited by

                                @myst said in Next Pixel theme:

                                @lhari84

                                compressed 1080p backgrounds for performance optimization on Pi3
                                (because quality still looks better than 720p version and images are smaller)

                                Memory footprint is a matter of resolution not compression, compressing an image may just lead to more time injecting it into graphics GPU but of course you'll save some disk space.

                                You're right, file size seems not to matter at all. Switched to 720p again and Emulationsstation seems to run smoother.

                                Pi 4:
                                Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                                Pi Zero 2W:
                                GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                                • mYSt
                                  mYSt Theme moderator @lhari84 last edited by

                                  @lhari84 I've already switched to 720p by default for next release, 1080p works only when using a few system (10 or less) and as most of us use more than 10, 720p should be the default.
                                  For those using 30+ systems i think this theme won't work well even with 720p (can't do much on my side to fix that).

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                                  • TriaH_
                                    TriaH_ last edited by

                                    Hi! I can't get this theme to work properly, when i choose it and reload, it shows only text and a white background. Can you help a newbie?

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                                    • TriaH_
                                      TriaH_ @TriaH_ last edited by

                                      btw i'm using the latest Batocera on pc.

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                                      • mYSt
                                        mYSt Theme moderator @TriaH_ last edited by

                                        @triah_ I don't know about Batocera but are you using an official recalbox release? Since recalbox use its own emulationstation fork if you don't use an offical recalbox release theme may not work properly.

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                                        • lhari84
                                          lhari84 @mYSt last edited by

                                          @myst
                                          Iβ€˜ve reduced systems already, going for quality instead of quantity. Iβ€˜m on 21 now and 720p is ok so far.
                                          Further I changed switching between systems from β€žslideβ€œ to β€žinstantβ€œ in recalbox ui settings. Sliding seems to cost much performance, even in default next theme, in instand mode itβ€˜s quite smooth.

                                          Pi 4:
                                          Sony DualShock 4 (2nd gen), 8BitDo Pro 2, 8BitDo SF30 PRO, Retroflag SUPERPi 4 Case, Recalbox 9.0

                                          Pi Zero 2W:
                                          GPi Case 2W, Recalbox 9.0

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                                          • Bloodsurfer
                                            Bloodsurfer @mYSt last edited by

                                            @myst said in Next Pixel theme:

                                            though only horizontal view is available for now.

                                            Do you have plans for integrating a vertical view with wheel support in the future?

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