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[ThatsMytrunks]

And it plays zipped roms? How many can you fit in 300MB? (approx)

This is what's on mine, currently:
https://pastebin.com/q2YAXEP0

Each with custom boxart. I made sure to leave a few megabytes of storage free for save files and whatnot.

edit: While I've got the top spot on a page, let me give y'all a little advice on box arts.

Note that the final image you're going to see on the UI is only 228x204 max. A lot of people are sharing "high quality" box art that has been recreated from high resolution assets, but really you're wasting space. Here's some samples of what you SHOULD be aiming for with your box arts:

SNES: (228x160)

SFC: (114x204)

NES: (140x204)

Famicom: (228x156)

GameBoy: (204x204)

GameBoy Color: (204x204)

GameBoy Advance: (204x204)

Atari 2600: (150x204)

Sega Genesis: (142x204)

That all said, here's a collection of 150+ boxes that I curated, cleaned, corrected, and resized yesterday, ready for SNES/NES classics.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/iqqbikz78i7glbl/Snes Mini Box Arts.zip

 

[Euphoria14]

So you got rid of the "The"? I'd prefer not to do that but I suppose it is a workaround.

Yeah.

Just like your situation, I also changed it to Legend of the Mystical Ninja.

 

[Gromber]

retroarch, original emulator style + "filter"

by Alex-Redfield elotrolado.net

put SuperNintendoEurope.cfg and SuperNintendoEurope.png files on this snes mini ubication:
/etc/libretro/.config/retroarch/overlay

settings - video

aspect ratio custom
integer scale - off
custom aspect ratio video width 877
custom aspect ratio video height 672
custom aspect ratio video X 201
custom aspect ratio video Y 24

settings - onscreen display
onscreen overlay ON
select cfg
opacity >= 0.70
scale 1.00

Configuration
Save Current configuration


files needed

https://mega.nz/#!VMF1FRLI!6RMlnaWkJ4gAMgDPfRnTXA1Q8dAkwOZgkkkD0eCVqT4

 

[mibm]

How are Treasure of the Rudras and Terranigma in Retroarch?

Terranigma plays fine via Retroarch, no audio issues.
Have not tried Treasure of the Rudras.

 

[SonicXtreme]

So it sounds like I should not bother putting my SW games on? Nor Indiana Jones?

no i was saying SW games feel like indiana jones lite def def def get indiana jones and play it through (iirc it's a little difficult but now you can abuse that rewind so whatev) it's really varied and one of the most impressive platformers.

 

[Christine]

So you got rid of the "The"? I'd prefer not to do that but I suppose it is a workaround.

If you edit the configuration file in the directory for the game you can set a sort name different from the display name.

 

[mntorankusu]

So you got rid of the "The"? I'd prefer not to do that but I suppose it is a workaround.

There's actually a part of the .desktop file that lets you put a title that is only used for sorting. You can put anything there to change the sort location without changing the display title.

 

[PhantomThief]

Since I'm going to go ahead and try to replace (?) A border with the custom Chrono Trigger one, how difficult/risky is the RetroArch mod? Having not ever messed around with it I'm unfamilliar, but I would like to use it to play Windjammers.

 

[Shifty1897]

How are Treasure of the Rudras and Terranigma in Retroarch?

I've put about 10 hours into Treasure of the Rudras so far. It runs great, except for some reason the screen sometimes blurs very slightly before fixing itself. I have no idea what it's doing or why, but it's barely noticeable. I had to get close to my TV to make sure it wasn't my mind playing tricks on itself. I was going to play around with the settings but I'm lazy and I don't want to soft-brick my system.

Haven't tried Terranigma yet beyond confirming that it works.

<--- Treasure of the Rudras Avatar!

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Slightly unrelated, but does anyone know of a good Wii to PC controller adapter?

I'm really liking the pads including with the SNES Mini, and wanted to test them on the PC.

The only adapter I know of is this one - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XPHKWMK/?tag=neogaf0e-20 - and the reviews are a little worrying.

 

[kenta]

Can someone make a cool box art for Tetris Battle Gaiden?

Echoing this request, I haven't seen anyone tackle it yet...

Thanks to Robin64 and all the rest of you superstars btw

 

[OmegaDL50]

I'd say new one if you fix the cropping of the border on the right side, and remove the Japanese text (since it looks odd to me being there if it's supposed to pretend to be a US game).

Fixed it.

How is it now? Oh don't even mind the white line in the border of the image to the right, when it's shrunk down to SNES Classic size in the GUI it's not even visible.

Echoing this request, I haven't seen anyone tackle it yet...

Thanks to Robin64 and all the rest of you superstars btw

I'm not familiar with this game, but let me check this out. I can probably come up with something.

 

[Duffk1ng]

I've put about 10 hours into Treasure of the Rudras so far. It runs great, except for some reason the screen sometimes blurs very slightly before fixing itself. I have no idea what it's doing or why, but it's barely noticeable. I had to get close to my TV to make sure it wasn't my mind playing tricks on itself. I was going to play around with the settings but I'm lazy and I don't want to soft-brick my system.

Haven't tried Terranigma yet beyond confirming that it works.

<--- Treasure of the Rudras Avatar!

What did you use for Terranigma? I'm trying it on RetroArch but it just says "not compatible with your system" or something. I'm guessing it's a region lock thing, how did you get yours working?

 

[mntorankusu]

Mega Man X2 is another case (besides using -boost-fx 3+) where the command line flag -no-lowlatency can alleviate some performance issues. The submarine in the Bubble Crab stage causes massive lag without it. The low latency mode (which is default if you don't use -no-lowlatency) is intended to reduce input lag at the cost of performance by running everything on the same thread, but I don't think there's really any perceptible difference in input lag between the two modes. Later I'll give Samurai Kirby a shot to test it.

 

[Linkhero1]

Fixed it.

How is it now?





I'm not familiar with this game, but let me check this out. I can probably come up with something.

Good work with all the boxarts. I appreciate someone putting in the effort.

 

[Seik]

Someone has the Final Fantasy II box in the correct size nearby?

I check a couple of imgur compilation in the first pages but it's not there.

That said, I think we need a SNES box art cover thread.

EDIT

That all said, here's a collection of 150+ boxes that I curated, cleaned, corrected, and resized yesterday, ready for SNES/NES classics.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/iqqbikz78i7glbl/Snes Mini Box Arts.zip

Nevermind my post, thank you so much for this!

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

Someone has the Final Fantasy II box in the correct size nearby?

I check a couple of imgur compilation in the first pages but it's not there.

That said, I think we need a SNES box art cover thread.

It's in the zip I posted, but here y'go:

 

[Shifty1897]

What did you use for Terranigma? I'm trying it on RetroArch but it just says "not compatible with your system" or something. I'm guessing it's a region lock thing, how did you get yours working?

You need to patch it from PAL to NTSC. That's all I did.

 

[Duffk1ng]

You need to patch it from PAL to NTSC. That's all I did.

Already did that. Must be my rom. Probably needs a header.

 

[Reknoc]

What did you use for Terranigma? I'm trying it on RetroArch but it just says "not compatible with your system" or something. I'm guessing it's a region lock thing, how did you get yours working?

For me Terranigma just worked. Which is good because I'd have no idea what I'd do if it didn't lol.

Used the NTSC patch if that helps.

The sound seems slightly off to me though, but it's not a big deal and I might just be remembering wrong.

 

[Randam]

Pre-release the shortcut was down+select. It's been changed to something else, L+R+Start+Select, I believe. Check Hackchi again and it will tell you.

L+R+Start+Select only resets the game.

Hold it down for a few seconds? It still works for me.

Hm.
Will try. Thanks.

 

[FSLink]

Fixed it.

How is it now? Oh don't even mind the white line in the border of the image to the right, when it's shrunk down to SNES Classic size in the GUI it's not even visible.





I'm not familiar with this game, but let me check this out. I can probably come up with something.

Fantastic. I'm currently using Super Famicom box arts on my SNES mini but I'll probably switch over to US styled box arts on the US SNES now.

 

[ParityBit]

What is the best Wrestling game you think? Saturday Night Slam Masters or WWF Raw

 

[Deleted member 57681]

What is the best Wrestling game you think? Saturday Night Slam Masters or WWF Raw

Slam Masters by a country mile. I have Raw and Royal Rumble on there for nostalgia reasons, but there really wasn't a good WWF game until the N64.

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

Fixed it.
How is it now? Oh don't even mind the white line in the border of the image to the right, when it's shrunk down to SNES Classic size in the GUI it's not even visible.

I took a couple of swings at it at the resolution for the SNES Classic:

 

[Robin64]

I have it on good authority that Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium is the best SNES wrestling game.

Oh and here's a translation patch.

 

[Recall]

What is the best Wrestling game you think? Saturday Night Slam Masters or WWF Raw

Slam Masters

Can you load Japanese roms? If so maybe get Super Fire Pro Premium if you want something different from your wrestling.

 

[Reknoc]

What is the best Wrestling game you think? Saturday Night Slam Masters or WWF Raw

Slam Masters.

Alt: Maybe one of the Fire Pros

 

[Duffk1ng]

I think I have everything working as I want it now.

One final question - not quite clear on how to get the CRT filter in retroarch. I found the bilinear filter in the options, can't find anything for a CRT look?

 

[OmegaDL50]

What is the best Wrestling game you think? Saturday Night Slam Masters or WWF Raw

Burning Pro Wresting or Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium.

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To those interested in the Battle Tetris Gaiden Cover, since the game hasn't released in the US, do you guys care if I use this as a base for the box art?

I don't have much to go on since I don't know much about this game.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

This is dumb, I've flashed back and forth between original and custom several times, and it's never allowed me to sync games. I give up.

Do you have a Ryzen-based computer?

 

[WildZero]

Does anyonone have US-style box art for the three Japan-only Goemon games?
I’d rather not mix and match US/JP boxes if I can help it...

 

[HitCtrlAltDel]

Mega Man X2 is another case (besides using -boost-fx 3+) where the command line flag -no-lowlatency can alleviate some performance issues. The submarine in the Bubble Crab stage causes massive lag without it. The low latency mode (which is default if you don't use -no-lowlatency) is intended to reduce input lag at the cost of performance by running everything on the same thread, but I don't think there's really any perceptible difference in input lag between the two modes. Later I'll give Samurai Kirby a shot to test it.

Are you saying that using the -boost-fx command helps MMX2? I’m making my way through MMX before playing MMX2 so I’m not sure how it performs yet.

 

[FallingEdge]

If you just want scanlines without the blur filter, add the following in the global command line box:

-filter 2 -magfilter 0

Works great.

will try this when i get home

How did you get neo geo games working?

How does it control with a regular dpad?

Also teach me Senpai!

you need to have the neo geo game and bios and have the retroarch command use the fba emulator

 

[kenta]

To those interested in the Battle Tetris Gaiden Cover, since the game hasn't released in the US, do you guys care if I use this as a base for the box art?

http://www.combogamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Tetris-Battle-Gaiden-banner.png[IMG]

I don't have much to go on since I don't know much about this game.[/QUOTE]Uh that looks pretty rad to me, yes. Maybe the cropping could be adjusted a little bit (or zoomed out or something?) but that's got more character than the JP box art for sure

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

Can someone make a cool box art for Tetris Battle Gaiden?

I would also like a Breath of Fire II one that removes the ugly (but still charming) 90's comic box.

I took two swings at the Tetris Battle Gaiden box using art from Google Images.

Based on the original Japanese Box Art:

Using some fanart online:

 

[mntorankusu]

Are you saying that using the -boost-fx command helps MMX2? I’m making my way through MMX before playing MMX2 so I’m not sure how it performs yet.

No, -no-lowlatency helps games that have slowdown related to emulator performance, which includes MMX2.

-boost-fx 3 or higher also causes peformance problems, so I was saying that -no-lowlatency also helps there.

 

[NMFried]

How can I edit the display options for GBA games? Seems they’re locked to default, which distorts the image.

 

[beanman25]

I took two swings at the Tetris Battle Gaiden box using art from Google Images.

Based on the original Japanese Box Art:

Using some fanart online:

Could you try making a quick US box for Sanrio world smash ball?

 

[FallingEdge]

How can I edit the display options for GBA games? Seems they’re locked to default, which distorts the image.

press start+select and navigate to video

 

[OmegaDL50]

It's done.

I even managed to find the actual company logo for Bullet Point Software / Blue Planet Software, the company the developed and published Tetris Battle Gaiden. I had to edit it from another logo online but it works.

 

[E_A_R_T_H]

Anyone had any joy running Kirby’s Avalanche natively?

Saw others reporting errors, but won’t get a chance to try myself until tomorrow.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Is there a way to change the Retroarch open command, Start+Select? iirc Link's Awakening and the Oracle games needed you to push those two buttons and A+B to save your game.

 

[kenta]

I took two swings at the Tetris Battle Gaiden box using art from Google Images.

It's done.

You guys are rock stars, thanks a ton!

 

[Seik]

Anyone can make those in 280X160 please?

I'll be testing my rip of Goof Troop after that, I noticed that it's one of the few games I actually didn't rip yet. I saw many people saying it doesn't run, so with this fresh rip straight from the cartridge, we'll know what's up. I made sure the checksum was OK and that the ROM runs on all emulators.

EDIT: Hmmm...that box art of Pocky & Rocky looks fake, the yellow dots are off, let me find another one. EDIT2: There, done.

 

[Weegee]

Is there a version of Final Fantasy V that works with hackchi? I tried the fan translation and no luck.

 

[AzureSkies]

Is there a version of Final Fantasy V that works with hackchi? I tried the fan translation and no luck.

The GBA Script fan translation works fine. Make sure you’re patching it over the regular Japanese version.

I’ve played it for two hours.

 

[BigFred]

BS F-Zero 2 can be played when you use the original version with bad checksum. The version with fixed checksum will not boot. Goodgbx calls it

BS F-ZERO Grand Prix 2 (J) [h1C].smc
CRC32 87E86423

 

[Durock]

Do you upload the zipped folder of the roms or do you extract and then upload?

 

[Weegee]

The GBA Script fan translation works fine. Make sure you’re patching it over the regular Japanese version.

I’ve played it for two hours.

patching?