Homebrew Cover Collections for Emulators With Cover Support

[Tobynator]

this what you're looking for? http://open-wiiflow-...source_menu.ini

Yes, thats it, thank you. But why did I miss this file?

 

[Maxternal]

Yes, thats it, thank you. But why did I miss this file?

That's just an example in the googlecode page. you have to make it or put it in yourself I think.

[member='fladge68'] made this post on the main thread with a linked example and some instructions on it's use :

Spoiler

just committed r415 - new source select menu with images now. Be sure to download this rar

http://www.mediafire...2y3cwxakb92napo

it contains the source_menu folder that you put in sd:\wiiflow or usb:\wiiflow

also inside the folder is a text file with instructions but if you have any questions feel free to ask. you will no longer need the startup_menu.ini that has been replaced by the source_menu.ini in the source menu folder. for those of you that spent a lot of time setting up the old one please don't shoot me. Hopefully everyone will be happy now cause I'm tired of coding the darn thing. If you liked the text before I suggest making images with text in them.

@abdallahterro - no sorry, no old text buttons - make some button images with text and put them in place of the console images.

edit - i forgot in the setup text - to keep a button from showing set its source empty (source=)

[member='aballahterro'] also had some examples here and here.

 

[drakorex]

Hey, how about some Virtual Boy covers? They seem hard to find full covers on the web.

 

[mastershoes]

Hey, how about some Virtual Boy covers? They seem hard to find full covers on the web.

Currently I'm working on Atari Lynx and scummvm. VB is on the list, but man... i got shittons of covers to make! The Lynx set will be almost a complete set, and i hope to have it done this week.

 

[Tobynator]

A little late, but if someone wants to get some covers for Scumm....
http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org/index.php?

 

[mastershoes]

-Update 05-30-12: Added a new near complete Atari Lynx full cover set! There are only 6 prototypes missing from the no-intro romset. (I'll see if I can get something together for those few in the future). The old set was 18 covers, this one is 77 I made a template based on the 4 or 5 i'd seen floating around, and seam was nice enough to gather up most of the front and back covers for me. I got the logo artwork for the spines from Hyperspin. Enjoy! I'll be trying to finish up a set of scummvm covers next, followed by virtual boy. Thatisall.

Spoiler: ScummVM Cover Preview

Be patient please, i've got everything in the works, but some of these sets take time to put together. I have about 27 scummvm covs done at the moment, and more in the works. I'll release them when i get a few more together. It'll be my main focus now that the Lynx set is done.

 

[bm123456]

Thanks Mastershoes for all you work on these covers..

 

[mastershoes]

-Update 05-30-12b: I have been working on peicing together and cleaning up a set of ScummVM covers. Since a lot of people have been asking, I thought I'd release what I have done so far.

Here's a list of the covers that are done.

Spoiler: ScummVM Done Covers List

Adventures of Willy Beamish.png
Codename - Iceman.png
Conquest of the Longbow - The Legend of Robin Hood.png
Conquests of Camelot - King Arthur - Quest for the Grail.png
Eco Quest 2 - Lost Secret of the Rainforest.png
Goblins Quest 3.png
Kings Quest 3 - To Heir is Human.png
Kings Quest 4 - The Perils of Rosella.png
Kings Quest 5 - Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder!.png
Kings Quest 6 - Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow.png
Kings Quest 7 - The Princeless Bride.png
Kings Quest 8 - Mask of Eternity.png
Laura Bow 1 - The Colonels Bequest.png
Laura Bow 2 - The Dagger of Amon Ra.png
Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards.png
Leisure Suit Larry 2 - Looking for Love.png
Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Passionate Patti in Pursuit of.png
Leisure Suit Larry 5 - Passionate Patti Does a little Undercover.png
Leisure Suit Larry 6 - Shape Up or Slip out!.png
Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sale!.png
Manhunter - New York.png
Manhunter 2 - San Francisco.png
Police Quest 1 - In Pursuit of the Death Angel.png
Police Quest 2 - The Vengeance.png
Police Quest 3 - The Kindred.png
Police Quest 4 - Open Season.png
Quest for Glory 1 - Shadows of Darkness.png
Quest for Glory 2 - Trial by Fire.png
Quest For Glory 3 - Wages of War.png
Quest for Glory 5 - Dragon Fire.png
Space Quest 1 - The Sarien Encounter.png
Space Quest 2 - Vohaul's Revenge.png
Space Quest 3 - The Pirates Pestulon.png
Space Quest 4 - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers.png
Space Quest 5 - Roger Wilco The Next Mutation.png
Space Quest 6 - Roger Wilco In The Spinal Frontier.png
Ween - The Prophecy.png

 

[drakorex]

I have some Japanese snes games, not to mention I like some of the japanese cover art better, but unless wiiflow ever allows individual box dimensions, they won't work with all the other boxes. So has anyone redone any of the jap boxart to the ntscu format? A few games that cross my mind are Spider-Man: Lethal Foes, Emerald Dragon, and the dragon ball games

 

[MassiveRican]

I have some Japanese snes games, not to mention I like some of the japanese cover art better, but unless wiiflow ever allows individual box dimensions, they won't work with all the other boxes. So has anyone redone any of the jap boxart to the ntscu format? A few games that cross my mind are Spider-Man: Lethal Foes, Emerald Dragon, and the dragon ball games

True and I like the Jap boxart NTSC-U conversion idea. We should ask [member='pepxl'] if he has time maybe help u with you're requests and take some of the workload off Mastershoes.

 

[Shag]

Hey Mastershoes,
Thanks for the specific help the other day appreciate all your hard work
Shag

 

[deakphreak]

I am working with mastershoes to get all of his and your hard work implemented into our online cover website http://SpiffyCovers.com and hopefully will be a good resource for wii loaders to pull retro covers from. Its already set up to easily serve up a cover from a games crc.

On a seperate note, we added the ability for psvita covers and there is a lacking resource for full covers. If anyone has covers and can scan them in and upload them to the site, that would be great!

 

[mastershoes]

Hey Mastershoes,
Thanks for the specific help the other day appreciate all your hard work
Shag

No problem buddeh!

Alright.. a couple things. First off an update..

-Update 06-02-12: I created a Neo Geo Pocket (Color) template based on the set at thecoverproject.net and have created and added another 20 covers to the set. Should be Near-Complete, with the exception of Japanese covers, and a few Protoypes. Also added an updated emuflow video. If you haven't seen the updated Lynx pack yet, check that out too!

and then...

* * *Important Announcement * * *

-I have teamed up with deakphreak and http://SpiffyCovers.com to host retro covers. It will hopefully be a good resource for wii loaders to pull retro covers from, as it's already set up to easily serve up a cover from a games crc. Full covers are in process of bieng added daily. In the meantime, if you want to download single covers, and not a whole set, this is the place to look!

 

[MassiveRican]

Spoiler

No problem buddeh!

Alright.. a couple things. First off an update..

-Update 06-02-12: I created a Neo Geo Pocket (Color) template based on the set at thecoverproject.net and have created and added another 20 covers to the set. Should be Near-Complete, with the exception of Japanese covers, and a few Protoypes. Also added an updated emuflow video. If you haven't seen the updated Lynx pack yet, check that out too!

and then...

* * *Important Announcement * * *

-I have teamed up with deakphreak and http://SpiffyCovers.com to host retro covers. It will hopefully be a good resource for wii loaders to pull retro covers from, as it's already set up to easily serve up a cover from a games crc. Full covers are in process of bieng added daily. In the meantime, if you want to download single covers, and not a whole set, this is the place to look!

This is exciting stuff here, very interesting to see how the CRC check is going to actually be able to d/load covers right from within USB loaders. This is the future guys and gals, rejoice!

 

[shortz1994]

how the heck do i get movie covers. i have tons of them (i have all 400+ movies of mine on hard drive). i've tried plenty of combo's from "cover, covers, and images" to name folder. in mplayerce.. never show. i went from 90x90( yes the size of icons, just to show up). to 124x164...ect not going over the 1090x.... can't get nothing..
@mastershoes. digging the youtube video, sweet cover flow.. if i was into emulators i would deff, give it a go.(might as soon as i get mplayer straiten out)

 

[Shano56]

glad to see you and deak are working together! glad I could introduce the 2 of you

 

[mastershoes]

how the heck do i get movie covers. i have tons of them (i have all 400+ movies of mine on hard drive). i've tried plenty of combo's from "cover, covers, and images" to name folder. in mplayerce.. never show. i went from 90x90( yes the size of icons, just to show up). to 124x164...ect not going over the 1090x.... can't get nothing..
@mastershoes. digging the youtube video, sweet cover flow.. if i was into emulators i would deff, give it a go.(might as soon as i get mplayer straiten out)

Look at your mplayerce.ini file in the plugins folder to see what folder is designated as the cover folder. You can change it to your liking.

Than, make sure you're files are named the same as the movie with the extension (.avi, .mp4, etc.) included.

 

[shortz1994]

how the heck do i get movie covers. i have tons of them (i have all 400+ movies of mine on hard drive). i've tried plenty of combo's from "cover, covers, and images" to name folder. in mplayerce.. never show. i went from 90x90( yes the size of icons, just to show up). to 124x164...ect not going over the 1090x.... can't get nothing..
@mastershoes. digging the youtube video, sweet cover flow.. if i was into emulators i would deff, give it a go.(might as soon as i get mplayer straiten out)

Look at your mplayerce.ini file in the plugins folder to see what folder is designated as the cover folder. You can change it to your liking.

Than, make sure you're files are named the same as the movie with the extension (.avi, .mp4, etc.) included.

mine just say's cover../ mplayerce.. an this is were i'm making the "cover folder" an it still will not show up. i've had one cover i'm playing with. 2012.. an have it just that "2012 .divx" an have it in five different sizes an it will not show. so i will make on on the root of sd i guess an see if i can get the to load off that.
thanks for the help.

 

[Etheboss]

-I have teamed up with deakphreak and http://SpiffyCovers.com to host retro covers. It will hopefully be a good resource for wii loaders to pull retro covers from, as it's already set up to easily serve up a cover from a games crc. Full covers are in process of bieng added daily. In the meantime, if you want to download single covers, and not a whole set, this is the place to look!

Very good to hear, the loaders can download the covers hopefully just like they do the wii covers now, only one downside i see atm.
The cover (and emulator games) need to have a good naming convention, else you still need to download and rename every cover.

 

[deakphreak]

Very good to hear, the loaders can download the covers hopefully just like they do the wii covers now, only one downside i see atm.
The cover (and emulator games) need to have a good naming convention, else you still need to download and rename every cover.

I have the crc for the game stored in the database so the covers can be retrieved by the crc. I believe this is how the loaders will pull the correct covers for the game.