Hacking The G6 Icon Situation

[Deaddy]

Awesome. Could you make one for Zelda 3? Thanks.

Oh, now that I found that icon converter I'll make my own.

 

[pubjoe]

Awesome. Could you make one for Zelda 3? Thanks.

Oh, now that I found that icon converter I'll make my own.

This do?

Or, if your a purist:

Or a combination of them both:

right click save as
lttp0.ico
lttp.ico
lttp1.ico

 

[Deaddy]

Those are really nice. I'll post the two I just made.

The Tetris one is for a goomba file I made of every GB Tetris game.

I don't have a good place to host the ico files right now but if anyone wants them I can figure it out.

 

[pubjoe]

Thanks, I really like that tetris one, I think I'll use it on mine.

 

[SlyGuy]

In fact, why settle for title screen shots, when there is some lovely nintendo art around on the web. Character artwork + logo + photoshop =

I've tried to search for this with little luck. Do you think you could provide a link to a page that carries these types of icons?

 

[outphase]

In fact, why settle for title screen shots, when there is some lovely nintendo art around on the web. Character artwork + logo + photoshop =

I've tried to search for this with little luck. Do you think you could provide a link to a page that carries these types of icons?

You didn't even read it did you... pubjoe is talking about making your own.

 

[SlyGuy]

In fact, why settle for title screen shots, when there is some lovely nintendo art around on the web. Character artwork + logo + photoshop =

I've tried to search for this with little luck. Do you think you could provide a link to a page that carries these types of icons?

You didn't even read it did you... pubjoe is talking about making your own.

Oh my! Well I feel dumb now! I thought that "Character artwork + logo + photoshop" were search parameters to enter into google. So I spent about 20 minutes typing "Mario logo photoshop" and variations of. Doh!

 

[Deaddy]

At least there was a method to your madness.

 

[pubjoe]

Grab the ico files below - don't forget to rename them to "your-rom's-name.ico"

Right-click & "save as":
marioadvance1.ico
marioadvance2.ico

mariokart1.ico
mariokart2.ico
mariokart3.ico

marioworld1.ico
marioworld2.ico

Yoshis_Island_blue.ico
Yoshis_Island_pink.ico

zelda-lttp.ico
zelda-lttp7.ico
zelda-lttp8.ico
zelda-lttp2.ico
zelda-lttp3.ico
zelda-lttp4.ico
zelda-lttp6.ico

zelda-Minish1.ico
zelda-Minish2.ico
zelda-Minish0.ico
zelda-Minish.ico
zelda-Minish3.ico
zelda-Minish4.ico
zelda-Minish5.ico
zelda-Minish6.ico

 

[ceraphis]

Awesome icons. If you want I can add them to my collection that I'm still working on. So yeah if you'd like me to add them into a rar file of just custom iconsand host them on my site, and/or if you want me to put them into my big-ass collection that I'm still trying to iron out just tell me and I'll do it, but I'll wait till I get permission

 

[pubjoe]

Awesome icons. If you want I can add them to my collection that I'm still working on. So yeah if you'd like me to add them into a rar file of just custom iconsand host them on my site, and/or if you want me to put them into my big-ass collection that I'm still trying to iron out just tell me and I'll do it, but I'll wait till I get permission

Thanks.

I don't mind, I'm happy for them to be included in either pack, it would be nice if people are using them. Do with them as you like.

BTW: I haven't been able to test these as I left my DS at work, I don't see why they shouldn't work though.

 

[ceraphis]

Will do. I just hope with all this talk about me updating that rar file that nobody expects it done quickly. I can't even describe how long it is/will take(ing) me even just to replace the icons that arent there. I might just update it soon with a small update of a couple custom icons but a finished product is unfortunately gonna take me a long time, considering the PC G6 software doesn't show you icons a lot, making it untrustworthy and forcing me to check an icon's availability only by copying them to the G6 and looking if an icon shows up.

BTW, it's fairly easy to check a whole lotta icons at once, just copy the ico file, rename the extension to .gba, then copy both the the GBA directory. I don't know if actually clicking on the icon in the loader screws up the G6 though so be warned, and be careful.

 

[Deaddy]

Looks like KingSquitter updated his converter with support for NDS icons and a GUI.

 

[timebomb]

I've been trying to change some of the default G6 icons to ones Ceraphis made but I'm having no luck at all. So it's as easy and copying it and placing it onto the G6 and renaming it so it's the same as the ROM?

I've tried it with several ROMS and can't get it to work on any, are there any quirks or problems which might be tripping me up here?

 

[ceraphis]

rename the icon from my set to whatever the current icon is on the card for whichever game you want. it is that simple. However, the G6 software will not recognize it on the PC side, it doesn't like custom icons for some stupid reason. If you want to check if an icon is not the G6 default icon before putting it on your card, use kingsquitters updated icon viewer/maker/changer on the maxconsole forum. I'd give you a link/host it on my site but I don't know if he'd want me to and I don't feel like asking his permission at the moment.

Sorry that a lot of my icons are just the G6 default, I'm back at college now and it's hard to find free time! :-/

 

[Banjo]

Hi!

Just wanted to share these I've been making (original posts at http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=27009&page=3), as a result of KingSquitter's AWESOME work on the program to make our own GBA and NDS icons for the G6 Lite! (a program which, incidentally, has recently been updated!).

There's four zips in total there (volume 1-4) so far (one's on a previous page)... I'd happily post them here too, but I only just joined so I'm not sure how to attach files here yet! LOL!

Anyway, just thought I'd share these in case folks found them useful! If you want to see what icons are in there, check out the original posts (above) for full lists... suffice to say, they're mostly NDS ones (for ScummVM games, Explosive Gas, Beup, NDSMail, DSAim, etc.) with a bunch of GBA ones (homebrew like Luminesweeper, Paint Master, Bookreader Advance, The Last Seal, etc., not original games, like Ceraphis and a few others have been making). There's also quite a few 'emulation' icons, for Goomba/PocketNES/etc. games and ports too!

Hope they're of use to some folks!

Cheers,
Banjo

 

[SlyGuy]

For some reason I can't access Squirter's program on MaxConsole even after I've signed up. Would anyone be able to mirror the program or something, please?

 

[jalaneme]

how on earth do you replace the default icons with the customised ones? i can't seem to find any folder containing the default ico files anywhere on the computer, i have downloaded all the customised ones but i have no idea how to use them with the G6 manager, please help me out!

edit: forget it i found out how to do it myself.

 

[selamat.tingal]

Thanks ceraphis! I just grabbed your archive and it's great!

 

[komdori]

Anyone have the pack of icons still? His site seems to be down...