Stunning. That looks so nice, great job!
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SNES Mini Classic Hacking | More games, more borders, more gooder.
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Stunning. That looks so nice, great job!
Does it work with the default configuration, is it possible to use Retroarch just for one game, and will I still be able to have access to the rewind / save state functions that are part of Canoe?
It only works with Retroarch and the NTSC patch needs a headered ROM, so that could be another issue.
Choppasmith
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Weltall Zero
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Thanks a lot for the heads up, I just tried Robin64's version of the patch and it worked.
Also, I'm migrating my thumbnails that have more than one character to ones that only have one. For FFV having just Bartz standing there looked quite sparse, and I wanted something like Magitek Terra. The obvious thing would be to have Bartz on Boko, but FFV's chocobo sprites are tiny and not meant to be mounted, and Bartz has no "mounting" sprite. So I decided to cheat and creat my own sprite, using FFVI's chocobos and a completely remade Bartz sprite. I think I like the result!
Now I have to think of something like that for FFIV. Rydia on the mist dragon?
Thank you both! I thought the aesthetic might match well with a lot of the SNES titles. Plus I just love the style, personally.
Weltall Zero
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Yeah, definitely Rydia and Dragon.
Yeah, definitely Rydia and Dragon.
Oh nice!! Let me know when you have a new pack of icons up
So .... where can I go to request a few switch icons? (10 ish). I do not see them anywhere and I have been searching all over.
Weltall Zero
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Oh nice!! Let me know when you have a new pack of icons up
I'm actually uploading these to the same collections (gdrive and imgur) as I go.
Actually I'm going to redo the Rydia one because it looks too big next to the FFV and FFVI ones.
Edit: Yeah, better.
This looks awesome, thanks!
So I want to ask for a bunch of SNES covers. If anyone has these it would be greatly appreciated.
- Ganpuru: Gunman's Proof
- Live A Live
- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Shin Megami Tensei II
- Spanky's Quest
- Ys IV: Mask of the Sun
Also there's a hack for International Super Star Soccer Deluxe that updates the team rosters to 2017. If someone could come up with a SNES cover for that it would be awesome.
When installing it, it will automatically put the patch on the game. It will also mention that you need to use Retroarch to play it. Simply hit yes and you are good to go.
Retroarch will only run on that game unless you enable it on the command line universally or on another game.
I don't think rewind works, but the save state would work within Retroarch if I'm not mistaken.
Been playing around with the cover art, and bottom row of thumbnails. Edit a bunch of the images that are floating around, and made some of my own. Then I batch edited them to make the thumbnails at the bottom with photoshop. I'm happy with how it's looking!
I'll upload all the game icons later.
Alessandrodiosi
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Look into installing the retroarch emulator through Hakchi... This will fix your issue.
The default one? I never touched the folder options but Hakchi organized them just as you described.
EDIT: though with that one, you could end up with 30+ games in one folder and 5 in the other.
If you use 'original games in root -> pages, split games equally', it should divvy up the extra titles evenly
I added a ton of "Switch style" icons to my Imgur gallery. My Google Drive folder of all the similar style icons I've found on the web has also been increasing greatly due to contribution here and on Reddit. Here's a preview:
Finally started adding the excellent custom borders people have made. Do I have to use the FTR program to add additional borders?
Speaking of, a couple more border ideas:
1. I'd love to see a border based on FFVI's opera house. Maybe this image can be used?
2. I would also love something similar to the excellent SNES Box border for Nintendo Power.
Maybe a collage of magazine covers, or whatever people think is the most iconic?
3. Finally, as a technical question, I managed to get Famicom Detective Club part 2 working, but its screen is off center, causing a misalignment with whatever border is up. Anyone else have this problem, or know of a fix?
Speaking of, a couple more border ideas:
1. I'd love to see a border based on FFVI's opera house. Maybe this image can be used?
2. I would also love something similar to the excellent SNES Box border for Nintendo Power.
Maybe a collage of magazine covers, or whatever people think is the most iconic?
3. Finally, as a technical question, I managed to get Famicom Detective Club part 2 working, but its screen is off center, causing a misalignment with whatever border is up. Anyone else have this problem, or know of a fix?
ReyVGM
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Perfect, thanks for the answer.
I... wh...
Are... you asking if a game that doesn't have 2 players mode can be made to be 2-players by hakchi?
If a game was designed to be 2-players, it will be 2-players regardless of what hakchi says. Nothing can disable 2-players mode.
If a game is 1-player, then there's nothing hakchi can do to make it 2-players.
I have an old monitor with VGA, but no audio. Could I get this and use it to connect my SNES Classic Edition to and also listen to the audio with headphones?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191975667774
If so, just not sure how I'd adjust the volume or if it would only output at 1 set level?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191975667774
If so, just not sure how I'd adjust the volume or if it would only output at 1 set level?
ReyVGM
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Where are you going to connect the headphones to?
*Edit*
Oh I see, the converter has a headphone jack. I guess it could work assuming there's no problem 'converting' to VGA.
These look awesome. I think it looks a lot better than the regular SNES box art they use. Can't wait for the upload.
No, the patch does its thing on any emulator or even a real SNES. It needs the right version of the base game though. Use the BPS patch instead, which includes checksum information; it tells you if youre using the wrong base file.Do I need to have the latest hakchi installed for the overscan fix to work. I patched it with Lunar and I'm getting no overscan fix
Why I also included an IPS patch I dont know... It inevitably leads to user errors.
Drilbit777
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I put in retroarch and installed everything but now my default snes games are corrupt. Any help?
UnnecessaryTodd
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Has anyone had any luck with Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes romhack? I get the intro from the devs explaining, but after that it's just a black screen with music.
Are you on the latest version? Either way, try uninstalling then reflashing the custom kernel.I put in retroarch and installed everything but now my default snes games are corrupt. Any help?
I put in retroarch and installed everything but now my default snes games are corrupt. Any help?
Seems like you didn't flash your custom kernel when updating hakchi.
Deinstall retroarch and snes9x, flash custom kernel and the reinstall retroarch (and snes9x).
EDIT: Beaten!
gingerbeardman
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Chittagong
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Yeah I agree, the NOE artwork for Harvest Moon is much nicer and atmospheric, lovely image really. The US/NCL one is pretty bad, its got the Japanese art mixed with a real life stock photo of a farm.
I think the reason for only Australia having the NCL cover in this case is that it was a niche title late in the cycle, so regions like UKV or SCN didnt want to do NCLs minimum order for a bespoke run (5,000 copies, iirc), and pooled with NOE. With NOE they would have needed to do only around 1,000 units for their own UKV labeled cover from NOE, but with an EUR labeled cartridge, like DKC3.
On closer inspection, DKC3 was indeed one of these. A cartridge from NOEs general EUR labeled stock, with a SCN labels box and manual localised by NOE on their own template:
Hence the NCL style cover only ever appeared in Australia.
Kinda surprising that Super NES sales fell so quickly off the cliff in UK and Scandinavia that they wouldnt be able to sell 5,000 copies of a big game like Doney Kong Country 3. I guess PlayStation had really taken off at that point, and N64 was just around the corner.
gingerbeardman
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In my experience (I have HDMI2HDMI+audio) it outputs loud enough for headphones. But if I want volume control I use a headphone amp. Or external speakers with volume control.
No. Check your ROM.
The custom firmware only adds 10 lines of code to the original. So it's more likely that your power supply isn't good enough.
I can't power through my Switch dock or Projector so I now use a portable battery.
Check the Dr Mario patch.
LocknessMobster
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I got through everything and on the last few steps it says to turn off the Snes and wait for the lil green dot in hakchi to turn red before disconnecting the snes from the PC,but its been a 5 minutes and it hasent turned red,should i keep waiting?
Drilbit777
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That did the trick, thanks for your help i really appreciate it.
Fantastic, enjoy this wonderful little SNES!😄😄😄
DonMigs85
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Fixed the issue, had to do the hex edit and not just the patch
TheMoon
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What is wrong with me that all this box art stuff is the most fascinating thing to me about this thread lol
Yea this. I was confused about what Square games came out in Europe because of it. Square games were Nintendo games back then.
The whole distribution mess in that era is also likely the cause for missing logos.
Whoa, I had no idea there was a PAL Mystical Ninja! Love the Chrono Trigger PAL cover. I think the reason Square games didnt have Square logo or Licensed logo is that Nintendo released them in Europe as first party games.
Also, check out this ultra rare new NCL style PAL Harvest Moon, I had no idea this cover existed:
Yea this. I was confused about what Square games came out in Europe because of it. Square games were Nintendo games back then.
The whole distribution mess in that era is also likely the cause for missing logos.
Sucked for me, as I was one of those kids who was told having one system was good enough so no PSX or N64 for me. Basically survived off ex-display copies and second hand games. Then got a Super GameBoy so I could at least get some new games for my SNES. I think the last ever SNES game I bought brand new from a store was was Kirby's Fun Pak from a bargain bin in Toys R Us. At the time I had no idea who Kirby was, but who can resist a bright pink box? Pretty good game to go out on.
I've literally had to force myself to take a break from the photoshopping as it was becoming quite addicting lol
TheMoon
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The NoAU history is super fascinating anyway to this day. With them technically belonging to NOE but very often taking on packaging designs/box arts/localizations from NOA instead. Or even branching out from everyone, see New 3DS.
‎256 MB of DDR3 RAM
Hello Gaf! One quick question: I have been on hakchi ver. 2.20b ?(first official release, downloaded on Monday I think) and the first retroarch version (0.8).
Until now, everythings working fine.
Is it worth updating to newer versions? Because I am too afraid of uninstalling / reinstalling hakchi + retroarch.
My current versions wont hurt my snes mini, if I keep using them right?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but it has me concerned a while. XD
Until now, everythings working fine.
Is it worth updating to newer versions? Because I am too afraid of uninstalling / reinstalling hakchi + retroarch.
My current versions wont hurt my snes mini, if I keep using them right?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but it has me concerned a while. XD
Robin64
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Actually you will want to update from that version because it had a bug where the SNES Mini would be running at a higher voltage than it should, which means it gets hot fast.
But updating is easy. Just download the new .zip file, open the contents, and overwrite the files in your existing folder. Games and things won't be affected.
Once that is done, flash the custom kernel again.
Oh, I actually do not need to set my snes mini back to factory settings?
PSFan
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Could you possibly link me to your post that KojiKnight is talking about with the Illusion of Gaia patch? I can't seem to find it sifting through the topic. Thanks.
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