TendoMode
A Nintendo Classic Mini like layout for Attract Mode v2.6.1.
It is functional, but still a work in progress.
Prerequisites
This layout uses extra modules not included in Attract Mode. You can download them from this repository: WAFAM
The instructions about how to setup the modules are on the Readme.md file of the WAFAM project.
Customizations
This layout is prepared to have a different look and feel depending on the active filter.
The idea was to create filters for the games, each one for a different region, and show the games of a region with the look and feel of the corresponding console for that region. The game versions released in Japan would have the Famicom look and feel and the game versions released in USA or Europe, the NES look and feel.
I haven't included all the media files in the repository to avoid copyright problems, but they are available in this post. There are links under the screenshots. None of the images are the original images, because I had to resize and adapt them, but prevention is better than cure.
How to add customizations?
- Create a folder inside the UI folder of the layout with all the images (as in the Nintendont folder already included).
- If you need to, add a flag image in the UI/Flags folder of the layout.
- Open the definitions.nut file with a text editor
- At the begining of the file, add a line inside the Regions table. It should look like this:
The value of platform is the name of the folder and the value of flag is the name of the image file of the flag without extension.
Famicom = { platform = "Famicom", flag = "JAP" },
Game Information in ROM Lists
Some fields in the corresponding rom list file must have a specific format to show information as in the original Nintendo Classic Mini menu.
Those rom list files ar in the ./romlists subfolder of themain Attract Mode folder.
Orange number of players
In Nintendo Classic Mini menu, some multiplayer games have an orange number of players icon to indicate that players can play simultaneously.
To indicate that, add a capital 'S' after the number in the Players property of the rom list file. Here's an example:
#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons;Series;Language;Region;Rating
Battletoads (J);Battletoads;NES;;;Rare;Fighting, Platform, Platform;2S;;;;;;;Battletoads;;;Battletoads;;JAP;E - Everyone
Castlevania (EU);Castlevania;NES;;;Konami;Action, Adventure, Platform;1;;;;;;;Castlevania;;;Castlevania;;EUR,USA;E - Everyone
In this example, the game Battletoads will have an orange '2P' icon and the game Castlevania will have a white '1P' icon.