How important is it to you for the startup screen to fade into the game? Is it worth the performance sacrifice to you while playing the game?
How important is it to you to use bezels? Are they worth the performance sacrifice to you?
Speaking personally I think Bezels and Fades are vital despite the performance hit.
What features are you most looking for with startup screens?
I would like to see various formats support including video (MP4) if possible
Various options for timing of fades (I like to keep mine up for a few seconds)
Information about the game- Publisher, developer,no. of players etc
Disc swap feature at boot for those games that have it
What features are you most looking for with pause screens?
Main Features
Platform and game media integrated on a per game basis (Platform media always shows and then the game media)
Ability to customize the Pause screen, Font type, color, menu layout, background images etc although this maybe dictated to the theme
Platform media including video, artwork and manuals, Each of my platforms has a platform review or 2 by my fav you tube channel which i like to use. Yeah Game Sack !
Games media including walk-throughs (images and videos), guides, magazines, manuals, artwork, controllers, move lists, videos (game reviews),
Disc swap feature, really handy to have it in pause menu
Music player for any game music
Lesser Features
Apps and plugin tab for when using the any plugins. You Tube plugin would be great
Emulator setups and tweak guides for individual emulators and games. Would be especially useful for emulators like PCSX2
History and settings tab with things like time played, highest score, avg play time, play count etc. Also with background information about each game
Load and save states.