Hi,

I've just released retro2png; a utility to take snapshots of the Raspberry Pi screen using gamepad, mouse and/or keyboard hotkeys in RetroPie, Sneses/Blast16, X11, ssh, the command line, in most running games and apps etc.:
https://github.com/Vegz78/retro2png

retro2png is a fork of the pioneering and much better known raspi2png from @AndrewFromMelbourne, with the following new modifications/features that I found useful on my RetroPie setup:
-Automated install scripts for Raspbian/RetroPie and Blast16/Sneses etc. which includes and sets up Triggerhappy hotkeys
-Saves default to the "~/Pictures" folder when run with just retro2png without any command line parameters
-Triggered by keyboard, mouse and/or game controller hotkey combinations, as well as from the command line/ssh
-Up to 99 auto-incremented standard "retro2png_X.png" file names in all specified save folders
-Save folder easily specified anywhere behind the retro2png command without need of flags, or together with other flags
-Keyboard, mouse and/or game controller hotkeys are fully and easily configurable, works from most applications and user interfaces and can be used inside Recalbox/games for other functionality/apps than just retro2png screenshots

I know that Recalbox already has at least 2 convenient screenshot alternatives built-in, but retro2png might add extra screenshot and hotkey functionality desired by some users of Recalbox.

retro2png should also work in Recalbox and I hope this utility can be useful for some of you as well! Tests and feedbacks on how it works(or not) are most welcome.

Br,
Vegard

Happy to announce Recalbox 8-Electron support for MakeCode Arcade games, with McAirpos!:
https://github.com/Vegz78/McAirpos#development-news

Here are the first installation scripts:
https://github.com/Vegz78/McAirpos#quick-automatic-installation-for-recalbox

Theme for working McAirpos solution:

Happy to announce a working solution now!:
https://github.com/Vegz78/McAirpos#quick-automatic-installation-for-recalbox

Only for Recalbox 7.1.1-Reloaded! on Raspberry Pi and maybe still experimental, but working on my RPi4 4GB.

Feedbacks on GitHub are very welcome!

Thanks for the tip, @acris!

But since the MakeCode Arcade games use raw GPIO inputs or EV_KEY scan codes for controls, the game launcher handles gamepad detection and setup itself, via uinput-mapper and independently of Recalbox/EmulationStation.

I was positively surprised that almost everything, even the Python parts, worked out of the box on the buildroot system underlying Recalbox. Only had to remove 4 sudo commands from the source code.

However, there are, as mentioned, still some small details remaining before I can announce a viable solution for MakeCode Arcade on Recalbox, like automated installation and some work-arounds for the overlay mounted file system.

Managed today to run MakeCode Arcade games on Recalbox with McAirpos, with menus in EmulationStation and everything.

Still working on the the last few details:
-How to keep the game .elf files executable inside the default /recalbox/share/roms/makecode folder
-Automated installation script for McAirpos on Recalbox
-Implement and compile a few small changes required for launCharc to detect and work on Recalbox in addition to RetroPie.

Hopefully back again with good news here soon!

Hi,

Just finished a work-around for running MakeCode Arcade games natively in RetroPie and from the Raspberry Pi OS text console, with keyboard and controller support for up to 2 players:
https://github.com/Vegz78/McAirpos

Not sure if this could be of interest here, meaning if it could work with/be integrated in a similar way into Recalbox?

Br,
Vegard

Hi,

I've just released retro2png; a utility to take snapshots of the Raspberry Pi screen using gamepad, mouse and/or keyboard hotkeys in RetroPie, Sneses/Blast16, X11, ssh, the command line, in most running games and apps etc.:
https://github.com/Vegz78/retro2png

retro2png is a fork of the pioneering and much better known raspi2png from @AndrewFromMelbourne, with the following new modifications/features that I found useful on my RetroPie setup:
-Automated install scripts for Raspbian/RetroPie and Blast16/Sneses etc. which includes and sets up Triggerhappy hotkeys
-Saves default to the "~/Pictures" folder when run with just retro2png without any command line parameters
-Triggered by keyboard, mouse and/or game controller hotkey combinations, as well as from the command line/ssh
-Up to 99 auto-incremented standard "retro2png_X.png" file names in all specified save folders
-Save folder easily specified anywhere behind the retro2png command without need of flags, or together with other flags
-Keyboard, mouse and/or game controller hotkeys are fully and easily configurable, works from most applications and user interfaces and can be used inside Recalbox/games for other functionality/apps than just retro2png screenshots

I know that Recalbox already has at least 2 convenient screenshot alternatives built-in, but retro2png might add extra screenshot and hotkey functionality desired by some users of Recalbox.

retro2png should also work in Recalbox and I hope this utility can be useful for some of you as well! Tests and feedbacks on how it works(or not) are most welcome.

Br,
Vegard