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MiniJawn

A theme for EmulationStation specifically designed for small screens (like the RetroFlag GPi Case).

MiniJawn 1.0 Title Screen

About

MiniJawn is a small theme I put together to have a nice-looking theme for my RetroFlag GPi. The screen is small and not that high-definition, so having a big, bold UI was a must. And since this is running on a Raspberry Pi Zero, I didn't feel like doing a whole lot. View more images at my Patreon page.

MiniJawn 1.0 Collage

Installation Instructions

MiniJawn is available in the latest RetroPie-Setup installer. Update it or just the esthemes module, then select pacdude / MiniJawn from the list.

Manual Installation

If you'd like to install the theme manually, follow these instructions:

SSH into your Pi, or exit Emulation Station to the command prompt. Type the following lines, one at a time:

cd /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/

mkdir themes

cd themes

git clone https://github.com/pacdude/minijawn.git

Or, you can download as a ZIP file, unzip the thing, then stick the minijawn folder in /configs/all/emulationstation/themes. (If that folder doesn't exist, create it.)

Supported Consoles & Collections

Version 1.8 of this theme supports:

  • Amiga
  • Arcade/Mame
  • Atari 2600
  • Atari 5200
  • Atari 7800
  • Commodore 64
  • Daphne
  • Dreamcast
  • Famicom Disk System
  • Game Gear
  • Game Boy
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Game Boy Color
  • Game and Watch
  • Sega CD / Mega CD
  • Sega Master System
  • SG-1000
  • Megadrive / Genesis
  • NES
  • Neo Geo
  • Neo Geo Pocket Color
  • Nintendo 64
  • PC Engine / TurboGrafx16
  • PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx CD
  • Pico-8
  • PlayStation
  • PlayStation Portable
  • ScummVM
  • SNES / Super Famicom
  • Ports
  • Retropie Menu
  • Auto Collection: All Games
  • Auto Collection: Last Played
  • Auto Collection: Favorites
  • User-Defined Custom Collections
  • Custom Collection: Super Mario (mario)
  • Custom Collection: Sonic the Hedgehog (sonic)
  • Custom Collection: Pokemon (pokemon)
  • Custom Collection: The Legend of Zelda (zelda)
  • Custom Collection: Tetris (tetris)
  • Custom Collection: Game Shows (gameshows)

Add a Custom Collection

MiniJawn 1.5 Custom Collection

There are 6 custom collections supported by MiniJawn, with more coming upon request. To add them to your EmulationStation install, follow these directions:

  1. Press Start on your device to bring up the EmulationStation Main Menu.
  2. Select Game Collection Settings.
  3. Select Create New Custom Collection from Theme.
  4. Select the custom collection you want to install.
  5. Filter through your games list and press the Y button to add a game to the collection.
  6. After adding the games you want in your collection, you can finish editing the collection by either going to any game list, pressing Select and selecting Finish Editing Collection, or going to Game Collections Settings menu and then select Finish Editing Collection.

Not Implemented Yet

  • Grid mode is not implemented yet. Once I understand how it works a little more, I'll do something with it, I guess.
  • I haven't tried this theme out on a screen resolution larger than 320x240. The theme's raw files are designed at 320x240 right now. I guarantee it will look like ass on a larger display. I may spruce it up in a future update.

Suggested Settings

In Emulation Stations' UI settings, I would set Carousel Transitions to ON, Transition Style to Fade, Gamelist View Style to Detailed, and On-Screen Help to OFF.

Home Page Full Screen

MiniJawn 1.2 Full Screen

If you'd like a full-screen experience, edit line 12 of the theme.xml file from

<include>./home.xml</include>

to say

<include>./home_full.xml</include>

Screenshot-Friendly Detailed Screen

MiniJawn 1.5 Screenshot Detailed List MiniJawn 1.8 Screenshot Detailed Vertical List

If you've scraped screenshots, this view is going to look great on the small screen. Edit line 16 of the theme.xml file from

<include>./detailed.xml</include>

to say

<include>./detailed_more.xml</include>

or use

<include>./detailed_more_vert.xml</include>

for a vertically-formatted list.

Changelog

1.8: Detailed Screenshot-Friendly Mode in Vertical mode, along with catching up with newly-supported consoles.

1.5: Detailed Screenshot-Friendly Mode and Custom Collections added.

1.2: Added a Full-Screen Option, as well as more consoles.

1.1: Theme now has a fallback for logos that don't exist. It's not great but it works. Ports, Final Burn Alpha, PCEngine and TurboGraphix16 now have support for icons and marquees.

1.0: Initial Release

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