We are thrilled to announce that RetroFE 0.5 beta is available for download! We have been working very hard at this release and decided that now is the time to hand out the latest version to the public
If you have not heard of RetroFE, it is an (open source) frontend for arcade cabinets that runs on both linux and windows. The intent of RetroFE is to be customizable and easy.
Website: http://www.retrofe.com/
Forum: http://retrofe.com/forum
Wiki: http://retrofe.com/wiki (work in progress)
Source: http://bitbucket.org/teamretro/retrofe
Here is a showcase video showing a couple concept themes:
(thanks to timmyb for creating this video)
A steam-punk theme created by a member on the RetroFE forums
Important note: This version is incompatible with all previous versions of RetroFE
New Features:
Content management
New layouts to showcase new capabilities
Improved fonts
Enhanced menu system
New layout display options
A strong special thanks goes out to the main development team in their huge contributions towards the project (in particular timmyb, obiwantje, phulshof, warham, and myself).
Enjoy!
If you have not heard of RetroFE, it is an (open source) frontend for arcade cabinets that runs on both linux and windows. The intent of RetroFE is to be customizable and easy.
Website: http://www.retrofe.com/
Forum: http://retrofe.com/forum
Wiki: http://retrofe.com/wiki (work in progress)
Source: http://bitbucket.org/teamretro/retrofe
Here is a showcase video showing a couple concept themes:
A steam-punk theme created by a member on the RetroFE forums
Important note: This version is incompatible with all previous versions of RetroFE
New Features:
Content management
- New directory structure for managing artwork and ROMs
- A fully setup “Sega Genesis” collection with artwork for one game
- Command line option to create a new collection (retrofe.exe –createcollection “your collection name”)
- New database design, data scraping for hyperlists and mamelists
- Cleaner log.txt output
- Easy system setup
- Support for %ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%, %BASE_MEDIA_PATH%, and %ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME% for collection settings.conf file paths
- baseMediaPath and baseItemPath setting option
New layouts to showcase new capabilities
- Default layout – created by timmyb
- Mamed layout – created by phulshof
- Updated splash screens (now as part of the layout itself)
Improved fonts
- Improved font spacing
- Support for multiple font colors
Enhanced menu system
- Multiple menus can be displayed at once
- new vertical menu option (eliminates the need to specify individual points)
- New feel when scrolling (scrolling feels more like a the clicking of a gun)
- Menu arguments to control menu scroll speed
- Up/down/left/right scrolling options
New layout display options
- New tag to display the current status of RetroFE
- New tag to display boxes (container tag)
- tag option to display a picture of a collection
- option to display images and text for manufacturer, genre, year, number buttons and number players
- option to display text if image was not found
- Fixes for min/max scaling
A strong special thanks goes out to the main development team in their huge contributions towards the project (in particular timmyb, obiwantje, phulshof, warham, and myself).
Enjoy!
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