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    I've collected all the main sets as well as a whole lot of others sets, collections and individual games from wherever I can find them. Also I'm not fussy about separating some files from others depending on language, beta, prototype, etc as they're all valid in my collection. I'm over 6 years in on this, I'm always looking for more.
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    By cores, do you mean Retroarch? I only use that for the standard sega / nintendo / atari systems as well as a few others. For the rest I've tried to find specific emulators for them all, and I have close to all of them (I think) that exist. Emulators are continually updating and being created so every now and then I'll check for better or for ones that I haven't found yet. A lot of the games for these outlier platforms I can only get going by pointing the game path at the emulator then loading the game inside the emulator itself. I'm ok with that if it only means a few more clicks. I usually only test a couple of games with an emulator to make sure it opens or at least is seen by the emulator so I can't speak for every game working with the emulators i've chosen... But when I find another, I add it as a possible emulator insode Launchbox so I have a choice. My hope is that eventually, all old systems will have perfect working emulators, but as you know we're not there yet. I've added a screenshot of a few of my emulator folders so you can see what I mean.
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    I have another thread, more active and regularly updated here - Feel free to continue to comment here if you wish.
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    More information about "Image Folders | Platforms | Playlists | Platform Categories | Platform Icons | complete zip packs."

    Version 2023-1112_Images

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    This is my current collection of clear logos, banners etc from my ...Launchbox\Images folder. Drop these in the same place to add to your own collection of images. Overwrite or rename to suit. These are just these specific folders from the ...\Images folder, these aren't individual system specific folders (XBOX, NES, etc.). All 4 zip files extract to almost 8GB. Looking for my .XML files? New Update May 2024 - https://archive.org/details/snaapgames-repository_202404 has all my April 2024 images plus a bunch more. If you're looking for my Platform and Playlist .xml files, they're also at that link.
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    Image Folders | Platforms | Playlists | Platform Categories | Platform Icons | complete zip packs. View File This is my current collection of clear logos, banners etc from my ...Launchbox\Images folder. Drop these in the same place to add to your own collection of images. Overwrite or rename to suit. These are just these specific folders from the ...\Images folder, these aren't individual system specific folders (XBOX, NES, etc.). All 4 zip files extract to almost 8GB. Looking for my .XML files? Submitter -McFly- Submitted 11/12/2023 Category Platform Media Packs  
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    New updated Platform and Playlist zip files, see page 1 for downloads.
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    What are you trying to download? Are you getting any error messages?
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    .Magazines.xmlno playlists, just this platform.Cartoon Capers.xml Might be useful..?
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    does this help?
  10. -McFly-
    Updated today, October 28th '23. No big increase in Playlists, a few more Platforms. See page 1 for list.
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    I'm using 3 large TB drives, 2 internal, 1 external. My emulators are on an NVME stick which I think works a little faster with my setup. As for lag... try turning off the video hardware acceleration.
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    No, i don't use that. At least for now. I'm getting it from 2 places: LB games count and everything I find with Notepad++ </ApplicationPath> Granted, 1 is real, the 2nd is everything including dupes and more. The dupes don't count, only the LB count with all the dupes removed and ROM consolidation.
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    a little over 33TB right now
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    I like your question, it's one of those 'should i / why do you / how about this' questions, one that ultimately comes down to personal wants and needs. Mine changes all the time. For instance I have many Playlists for the ZN-1, System E and more which I could have as a platform instead. Why do I have some that are Platforms and others that are Playlists... is a question I can't really answer tbh as I make it up as I go along. Will I change some platforms to playlists and vice versa? Probably. I might even change them back. Your .xls spreadsheet is interesting, I see what you're getting at there. You could just plop them all under Sega, or you could spread them out over platforms, playlists or both. How much time do you want to spend on everything? That's the question. If you don't mind spending more time than most then make everything as granular as you want. If you don't like them later you can always change them to someting else. I do have a fairly small Platform Categories list I sometimes play with which may take more of my time later, if I want to get more granular. I don't think anyone will mind how you do yours, I expect everyone does them differently. I do have a bunch of Platforms and Playlists that only have 1 game though. You could have a 'Boards' category that has specific board types in there if you preferred, it sounds like a good idea that I might think about doing myself... Several of my platforms and playlists are in more than 1 category as well. Keep doin' what you're doin, make up your own rules and go for it, it's your collection
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    Can you show us Launchbox or Bigbox running on it? Which systems have you chosen?
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    Oh I have many issues with a lot of emulators, including N-Gage. My take on these is that when working emulators become available I'll get them added to the system and I'll finally be able to see these games in action again. Finding the games is much harder than finding a working emulator, I'll be ready when they catch up.
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    You got me thinking, exactly how many games do I have in total, including different versions and duplicates? I ran all my Platform .xml files through Notepad++ and the magic number of how many </ApplicationPath> files I have are..... (drum roll...) 1,631,204. Of course, that's everything including Magazines and Videos etc.. It doesn't count in the grand scheme of things but I wanted to know
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    Hahahaha, right?? I'd like to say I'd be happy with just the 1 million... Who knows.
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    My system isn't for sale, and never will be. As strange as this may sound I rarely play any games at all, I feel compelled to find everything there is available in this retro realm, to share en-masse for free online when laws and licensing allows (which may be never). My advice to you is to learn the process on your own time and keep at it, if it's what you want. TBH my collection is completely ridiculous if you actually want to play these games, stick to the consoles or computers you see yourself actually playing regularly and start there.
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    Are you asking if this is for sale or are you asking how to go about getting all these yourself?
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    Updated again. I've added my Platform Icons folder as well.
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    Just found this - need to delete a folder of zero byte files? - Powershell 'as admin' this - Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\LaunchBox\Images\Cache-BB" -Recurse -Force | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -eq $false -and $_.Length -eq 0 } | remove-item (change the path as needed) I did this on my cache folder and everything is faster.
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    I've found some crazy downloads, stuff I'd never find on the known sites. I prefer to put everything together.
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    Check out my Platforms xml file, there might be a few there you can add - https://forums.launchbox-app.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=96455&key=b2a8a06f80b22bb6a08c82b77a140dea
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    I'm trying to find all languages, hacks, homebrews, everything. I have some 'best of' playlists that I found somewhere, if the numbers in there aren't whole (ie. 50, 100 etc.) then I take that to mean I'm missing something. It's entirely possible that I do have everything they're just mis-named but I'm not going through all the weirdly named ones one by one to see what they are...
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