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PyroCade 0.8.0

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@github-actions github-actions released this 08 Nov 20:53
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v0.8.0
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Two new layouts, a library that opens straight away, and faster browsing on big collections.

The Shrek GameCube discs in the new Media carousel

Watch the 20-second demo

New

  • Page turn layout. Cases swing across a spine like the pages of a book: the games you have passed lie open on the left, and the selected one stands open on the right.
  • Media carousel layout. The games themselves instead of their cases: every disc, mini disc, UMD and cartridge on a carousel, with the selected disc spinning.
  • Android: an updated experimental build is in the android-v0.8.0-experimental pre-release.

Faster

  • The library opens straight away. PyroCade shows the library it found last time and rescans your folders in the background, redrawing only if something changed (0.8 s instead of 2.6 s on a 7,691-game library on a hard drive).
  • Scans are about four times faster (about 0.6 s instead of 2.3 s): folders are read in parallel and listed once, and the file sizes used to choose between copies of a game are remembered. Save & rescan in Settings still reads them all again.
  • Switching consoles is about twice as fast. Generated back covers for games without a scan are drawn in the background and filled in as they are ready.

Better

  • A cartridge comes up out of its cardboard box in the case view and glides forward to rest in front of it, so the whole label shows.
  • Super Famicom boxes keep their real proportions, the Bookshelf leaves room for the pulled-out case's disc, and hinged cases fold open around their spine.
  • Spinner rack and Colour cards are replaced by Page turn and Media carousel. If one of them was your layout, PyroCade opens in its replacement.

Fixed

  • Cartridge labels no longer go blank when a cartridge is seen at an angle.
  • A turning case no longer shows its disc or cartridge on its back in Page turn.
  • The cartridge no longer passes through the open flap of a Game Boy Advance box.

Full list: CHANGELOG.md

Downloads

  • Windows: PyroCade-Setup-0.8.0.exe (not code-signed yet: SmartScreen → More info → Run anyway). Installed copies update themselves.
  • macOS: PyroCade-0.8.0-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or PyroCade-0.8.0-x64.dmg (Intel). Not notarized yet: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
  • Linux: AppImage (SteamOS and any distro), .deb, .rpm and Arch .pkg.tar.zst.

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