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Has anyone compiled screenshots for console emu's ???
Skeleton:
Has anyone compiled screenshots for console emu's (Sega Genesis, NES, SNES, Atari 2600, etc.)??
Ideally the screenshots would follow the Cowering's GOOD Tools naming convention so that the frontend would match the screenshot to the ROM name.
I hate not having screenshots in my frontend for all the console games. I've considered making these screenshots myself, but this would be a huge, time-consuming undertaking (there are thousands) and that thing called "real-life" doesn't permit me to do this.
Howard_Casto:
I think it's a good idea to start compling screenshots, but cowering's good naming convention isn't the preferred naming convention. As a matter of fact I don't think I know of a single fe that actually uses it.
99% of the fe's out there name the snapshot after the rom, and save it in png format.
Here's my suggestion to ya.... whenever you play a game take a screenshot. Don't worry about naming it or converting it right now. In about a month compile them all and release them. If eveyone running console emus can do that, in about 6 months we shall have a fairly complete set. It's what I do with the arcade emulators. You would be suprised how fast you can get them all. I'm about to release a set that contains All of the available artwork for all of the non-mame arcade emus. It's only taken me about 3 months to get them, and it's no hassle either. I simply take about 15 minutes of my day and take a few snapshots and perhaps check out klov and the flyer archive to see if any new artwork is out there.
Lilwolf:
Also, consider just doing it yourself.
Why?
It's a great way to try each game at least once.
For a few weeks, start each game that doesn't have a screenshot... play it... and save one screenshot....
I have something similar in JFront. You can set a favorite value (0-10). You can also set a filter saying all games that don't have a favorite set on it.
twist:
Why doesn't someone make a program that opens an emu, runs a game, takes a SS, and closes it? All you would have to do is collect all the games, and leave the computer running.
You could put all the games in a folder, and have each game run from there. Not too hard...
Lilwolf:
Howard looked into do this for Raging Dragon, but not knowing how long to wait made it...well..take bad pictures...