Pico Launcher Enhanced v1.4.0

The top screen info strip is now readable on every theme.

• The game count and launch info sit on translucent pills with a bigger font. Text, heart and check stay sharp over any theme art.
• Theme authors control the strip: new optional topGameCount and topLaunchInfo properties in theme.json move each pill or hide it entirely ("hidden": true). Documented in docs/Themes.md.
• Launch info now reads "3x · 16 Jul" instead of "3x 16/07".
• The favorite heart was redrawn to match the completed check.

Closes #4.

Install: download the zip, rename LAUNCHER.nds to _picoboot.nds and drop it in the root of your SD card. Reminder: the launcher tracks play time per game too, press START in the browser for the stats panel.

Pico Launcher Enhanced v1.3.0

Headline: a favorites panel that spans every folder, plus several fixes.

Added

• Favorites panel — hold the heart button in the app bar for about half a second to open a list of all your favorites from every folder, alphabetically, each with its play time. Tap one (or press A) to jump straight to that game. The per-folder heart filter never worked well with an A-Z collection; this does. (Requested on Reddit.)
• Marking a favorite or completed game now records its location, so the panel can jump to games you have never launched. Pre-existing marks fill in as you browse their folders.

Fixed

• Deleting a game now reliably deletes its .sav. The check that decided whether to remove the save ran where SD access is unreliable and could skip it; the save is now removed reliably.
• Homebrew ROMs that carry the #### placeholder game code no longer share one data entry (favorites, completed marks and play time no longer bleed between unrelated homebrews).
• The app bar's focus highlight is now clearly visible while moving with the D-pad (same tone as the display-settings buttons).

Install: unzip, rename LAUNCHER.nds to _picoboot.nds, copy it and the _pico folder to the SD root. The Pico Loader files must also be in /_pico, same as upstream.

Based on upstream Pico Launcher. All credit for the launcher's foundation goes to the LNH team.

Pico Launcher Enhanced v1.2.0

New in this release: screen brightness control for the DS Lite — the first community-requested feature (thanks for the suggestion on Reddit!).

• The display settings sheet (gear button in the app bar) has a new Light row with the DS Lite's four backlight levels.
• Tapping a level applies it instantly, is remembered across boots, and stays active inside the game you launch until the console powers off.
• Until you pick a level the launcher leaves your firmware brightness untouched.
• Safe on every model: the original DS has no brightness levels (the launcher detects this and leaves its power chip alone — its backlight register is shared with the sound amplifier control), and the DSi manages brightness through its own system menu.

Install: unzip, rename LAUNCHER.nds to _picoboot.nds, copy it and the _pico folder to the SD root. The Pico Loader files must also be present in /_pico — same as upstream.

Based on upstream commit d31a15c. All credit for the launcher's foundation goes to the LNH team.

Pico Launcher Enhanced v1.1.0

New in this release: completed games.

• Hold X on a game for half a second to mark it as completed (hold again to unmark). A green check shows next to the favorite heart on the top screen. A short X press still toggles favorite.
• New check button in the app bar filters the browser down to completed games (green while active). Combine it with the heart filter to see favorites you have finished.
• The statistics panel (START) now counts completed games.
• Stored as a completed flag in /_pico/gamedata.json — see docs/GameData.md. Older launcher versions drop the flag when they rewrite the file, so update the launcher before marking games from external tools.

Install: unzip, rename LAUNCHER.nds to _picoboot.nds, copy it and the _pico folder to the SD root. The Pico Loader files (picoLoader7.bin, picoLoader9.bin, aplist.bin, savelist.bin) must also be present in /_pico — same as upstream.

Based on upstream commit d31a15c. All credit for the launcher's foundation goes to the LNH team.

Pico Launcher Enhanced v1.0.0

First release of the enhanced fork. Everything upstream Pico Launcher offers, plus:

• Game count of the current folder on the top screen
• Random game launch (SELECT)
• Favorites (X on a game) with an app bar filter (heart, red while active)
• Recently played panel (clock button) — tap an entry to jump to the game
• Statistics panel (START): totals, most played, last played
• Per-game launch tracking and approximate play time
• Game deletion from the launcher (trash button, confirmation, removes the save too)
• Per-folder background music (bgm.bcstm inside a folder)
• Optional time-of-day theme backgrounds (topbg_night.bin / bottombg_night.bin)

See docs/Enhanced.md for the full guide and docs/GameData.md for the gamedata.json format.

Install: unzip, rename LAUNCHER.nds to _picoboot.nds, copy it and the _pico folder to the SD root. The Pico Loader files (picoLoader7.bin, picoLoader9.bin, aplist.bin, savelist.bin) must also be present in /_pico — same as upstream.

Based on upstream commit d31a15c. All credit for the launcher's foundation goes to the LNH team.