Homebrew WIP SNES Classic Launcher For Nintendo Switch

[GuyInDogSuit]

"Neato burrito," as the kids say these days. No, really, though, it looks awesome.

 

[HOv]

Its a launcher. But smartphone users dont know that concept either, even though they use one every day. So launcher with a SNES classic "skin" is the next best thing to call this, to make them understand, that even though this looks like "the thing they are familiar with", it isnt.

Also this thing had a SNES emulator integrated in the past as well, which is where most of the "you da bomb" comments come from (because it did something, look...).

Coincidently its a comparatively bad one.

Also I write those longer texts, so I can transport complex ideas. "So this is just skin?" isn't what I tried to explain.

This is "skinned launcher" which makes everyone go "wow, great assets you took from Nintendo", that has a SNES emulator baked in thats "not ideal", and "never gets updated". (At least not as frequently as the better projects out there.)

Its the equivalent of "make your Samsung look like an iPhone" for the "looks are what counts most" generation.

Wow, is that an iPhone that you are using?

Also theres the aspect that only ever devs who dont't mind being known for using "borrowed" assets will associate with this project (harshly spoken).

Cool beans

 

[SG911]

Any updates on this?

 

[spotanjo3]

I wonder too. Any news about it yet ?

 

[samthebreadman]

Mega bump, but I finally decided to go forward with this.

SNES Classics Beta 4 has been released!

How to install: - Copy the contents of the sdmc folder to your microsd card and launch via the homebrew menu - Add roms by either replacing the stub smc files in the rom folder or add your own by modifiyng the database.json file as necessary

What's new:

- Joysticks now work during gameplay and in the menu (Useful for 8Bitdo controllers)

- Game thumbnails now accomodate different widths (For Super Famicom boxarts which are taller than Super Nintendo boxarts)

- Fixed a minor issue with the scrolling wallpaper stopping briefly when returning to the menu from a game


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xMPupUe6Z7n_gX63Qf9ATdXwV7AeMTB5/view?usp=sharing

There’s a discord server for this too where you can leave feedback or feature requests. Not sure if I can link that here though.

 

[linuxares]

@RattletraPM Intresting news?

 

[samthebreadman]

Yeah, gotcha there. Didn’t included the roms, only stubs for the roms that people could drop in for their own, but whatever.

Stub files in case people didn’t know are just blank files. Merely placeholders.

 

[osaka35]

Yeah, gotcha there. Didn’t included the roms, only stubs for the roms that people could drop in for their own, but whatever.

Stub files in case people didn’t know are just blank files. Merely placeholders.

My bad. I should have checked the file size before acting. Thanks for letting me know, I restored the link. Thanks for the hard work :3

 

[linuxares]

Yeah, gotcha there. Didn’t included the roms, only stubs for the roms that people could drop in for their own, but whatever.

Stub files in case people didn’t know are just blank files. Merely placeholders.

Yeah adding roms is a big nono. But remember to update the OP as well Your video seem to be down

 

[samthebreadman]

Yeah adding roms is a big nono. But remember to update the OP as well Your video seem to be down

Of course. I would never distribute roms online lmao.

Yeah this thread is as old as the hills. I’ll update it tomorrow with a new video.

 

[linuxares]

Of course. I would never distribute roms online lmao.

Yeah this thread is as old as the hills. I’ll update it tomorrow with a new video.

Well if the project is alive, it's all good this thread Seems like a lot of people will be happy it's updated.

 

[spotanjo3]

Mega bump, but I finally decided to go forward with this.

SNES Classics Beta 4 has been released!

How to install: - Copy the contents of the sdmc folder to your microsd card and launch via the homebrew menu - Add roms by either replacing the stub smc files in the rom folder or add your own by modifiyng the database.json file as necessary

What's new:

- Joysticks now work during gameplay and in the menu (Useful for 8Bitdo controllers)

- Game thumbnails now accomodate different widths (For Super Famicom boxarts which are taller than Super Nintendo boxarts)

- Fixed a minor issue with the scrolling wallpaper stopping briefly when returning to the menu from a game


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xMPupUe6Z7n_gX63Qf9ATdXwV7AeMTB5/view?usp=sharing

There’s a discord server for this too where you can leave feedback or feature requests. Not sure if I can link that here though.

Interesting.. pic ?

 

[Idontknowwhattoputhere]

This would be a good qlaunch replacement

 

[samthebreadman]

Interesting.. pic ?

Updated OP with a video from a beta tester and new information about the project’s revival.

 

[peteruk]

Brilliant job, I really love it - thank you

 

[Leathaface]

Sweet! Looking forward to your progress.

 

[wiewiec]

A NES section to this app whould be awesome also

 

[samthebreadman]

SNES Classics Beta 5 has been released!
How to install:
- Copy the contents of the sdmc folder to your microsd card and launch via the homebrew menu
- Add roms by either replacing the stub smc files in the rom folder or add your own by modifiyng the database.json file as necessary

What's new:
- Added support for many more languages including Japanese
- Added optional Japanese theme support (Provided you have the Japanese theme, changing is_japanese_theme to true in setting.json file will make the appropriate UI changes

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1quIUT9QZUpvWbloDmC4c4bA7gn27eityg

 

[Deleted User]

Hi everyone,
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1quIUT9QZUpvWbloDmC4c4bA7gn27eityg

you can remove the G at the end of that string.. its not neccesary

 

[spotanjo3]

Updated OP with a video from a beta tester and new information about the project’s revival.

Very nice but is there a way you can release Super NES Classic Beta PAL skin version instead of America's nets skin version? I don't like the purple SNES skin.