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Finally my unique take on emulation frontends is here ;) The box covers and cartridge labels are not hand selected! I currently have a database of almost every game (incl. different regions) for 20+ consoles. From GameBoy to Switch! What do you think? This will ship with Sly!

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Layle's profile picture
Layle2 months ago

I'm intending to support this on mobile phones, portable platforms (emulation devices/peripherals), PC and more! My dream is running this in the living room on my LG TV lol

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Layle2 months ago

For the curious, Sly is a new and modern multi system emulator that's aiming to provide a cool user experience and also a fantastic and highly modern developer experience! It runs on *my* cores. It's not built on libretro, so development will take time!

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alby132 months ago

i love this - i think it's perfect but i do get curious about seeing the instruction manual in virtual space!

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Layle2 months ago

ouu, that sounds interesting and *may* be possible! i'd have to look into it. i only have textures for the boxes and labels atm

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George McHorseman2 months ago

Take the cartridge/box models and textures, and release them in an open format. I would love to use these in a custom Godot frontend for the AYN Thor's bottom screen.

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Layle2 months ago

All of my emulators are open source and so will this one be! I didn't make all the models myself, they are largely edited versions of already publicly available ones (I made sure their license allows of course) [1/2]

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Layle2 months ago

As for the textures (box cover, labels): They are already up on an API that I'm intending to open up. Right now it's invite-only

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Cazzie2 months ago

Soooooooo.... How do I get this?

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Jorge2 months ago

I'd say, either fix the animation of the cartridge coming off the stack or remove it altogether. Right now rotation and settle are a bit jittery and a bit of a distraction if the user is fast cycling through the stack. Love the boxes though.

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Rowan Fox-Noble2 months ago

When you press to load a ROM. I think it would be cool if it went to insert into the console. With the satisfying click sound they have. Love it though, looks great

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Layle2 months ago

hehe (spoiler) this is a long term idea i want to chase

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Rowan Fox-Noble2 months ago

🫢 I won't tell... But awesome 😁

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Dalai Clawma - 不名誉の前に死 8===D2 months ago

Looks pretty neat. One thing I would do to make it more unique would be when you select a game the console appears and the bottom and the cartridge gets inserted into the console

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Star Wars Timeline (Ben) 🇷🇺🇺🇸2 months ago

This reminds of of the SEGA Genesis collection. Very well done!

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SomeDude2 months ago

For some reason I feel like the menu music from Sonic mega collection would go crazy as bgm for this front-end

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Retro Dodo2 months ago

This looks great. Was any AI used in the development of this? More specifically GenAi?

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Re Cínico2 months ago

Amazing and if you happen to make it compatible with RetroAchievements, even better!

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The Pepperazzi 🌶🇺🇸2 months ago

Can I slap this on a Steam Deck?

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Layle2 months ago

You will be able to

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alejandro2 months ago

holy crap, congratulations, this is so cool

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🧟‍♂️Matt🤪2 months ago

How many games will be included in this and are they fully 1:1 true to their original counterpart?

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Layle2 months ago

As in for the textures? Good question lol The full database is about 200gb. I'd have to check later. The ones that exist should be 1:1 accurate, these are exact scans of the boxes and labels themselves!

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Jesus Garcia2 months ago

Will you be able to make it work with Batocera OS? Or can you make it work with Batocera OS ? 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Lol

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Vincent ᗱƆᑌᑎϹᗴ🦾🔑2 months ago

Preservation of every game box art with a 3D rendering is a great leap! Also we can imagine the 3D animation when launching the ROM :)

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Sheep2 months ago

How is this different from LaunchBox? (no hate)

Layle's profile picture
Layle2 months ago

idk what launchbox is tbh

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The Banal Omniscience2 months ago

Is this going to be available in ES?

Layle's profile picture
Layle2 months ago

What's ES?

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The Banal Omniscience2 months ago

EmulationStation, the launcher used in Batocera, RetroPie, etc.

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Bright Man2 months ago

I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED THIS PLEASE

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Dieguez2 months ago

How did u make the sound or where, it sounds reeallyy freaking clean

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Layle2 months ago

Most assets are CC licensed so you could use them too! The particular scroll sound is from

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ZeroFoxFX 🦌2 months ago

This looks great!

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💫 Somost 🇫🇷 💫 TRAILS IN THE SKY2 months ago

please for steamOS, im looking for something that is finaly working instead of the bloat we have currently

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codeneverdies2 months ago

So cool

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𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒐ₛₐₚᵢₑₙ2 months ago

v3ry clean bro. way better than just a wall of game title text

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Michael Jordan2 months ago

Tag, I’m in.

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🕷️2 months ago

this is great and if there is some "problem" with shipping them ... just embed a magnet link, or something

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Terròrreader2 months ago

That's pretty nice, a wave of nostalgia. How do you play it?

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0x0さん2 months ago

this is pretty amazing woah, i am lurking for it

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N0sSyndrome2 months ago

Wow, incredible work

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tastyramen2 months ago

very nice, all thats left is the manuals and this will be perfect.

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Roach 💿 #SavePhysicalGames 💿2 months ago

The 3D box arts look incredible. This is awesome.

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Robert Drake2 months ago

I need this to keep living lol

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djmazzafakka aka DJCAPYBARA 🍄🍄2 months ago

DAMN SON looks awesome

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🌹 TheRoseExperience🥀2 months ago

This is beautiful. I’m in.

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