RoM-Jacket

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RoM-Jacket

ver .02b



What it is:

Easily add, control and play games with your joystick from your favorite media-center.
RoM-Jacket was created to allow roms to be launched with a configuration unique to the game, indipendent of the emulator and within a library structure compatible with popular media-center/arcade front-ends such as XBMC, Hyperspin, Game-EX, Media Browser/Gamebrowser etc...
The process of creating and updating a library of roms for a front-end is greatly automated through the use of the drag'n drop interface provided by RoM-Jacket.


RoM-Jacket supports the following systems:

*cd/dvd based
Various Arcade Machines
Bandai Wonder Swan
Bandai Wonder Swan Color
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar
*Atari Jaguar CD
Atari Lynx
ColecoVision
Flash Games
FM Towns
Mattel Intellivision
NeoGeo Pocket
Nintendo 64
Nintendo DS
*Nintendo Wii
*Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Nintendo Entertainment System
*Panasonic 3DO
*PC-FX
*Phillips CD-I
Sega Genesis
Sega Master System
*Sega Dreamcast
Sega Game Gear
*Sega CD
Sega 32X
*Sony Playstation
*Sony Playstation 2
Super Nintendo
TurboGrafx 16
Windows Games




In development:

Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga
Commodore Amiga CD32
MS DOS
*Sega Saturn
*Sony PSP
Various Arcade Machines
Steam
*TurboGrafx CD
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Xbox
Vectrex


What it does:


Downloads, installs and configures the required emulators, desired front-ends, and joystick programs including any required dependencies.
Creates a library structure for emulated console and arcade systems.
Generates joystick profiles and a rom-launcher for each rom inside a folder of its name.
Configures the Media Browser plugin: Gamebrowser 1.x and XBMC plugins: Advanced Launcher and Rom Collection Browser.




How it works:

RoM-Jacket uses dirty-logic to determine your existing library's contents and roms you want.
RoM-Jacket will introduce itself and make obscene gestures. RoM-Jacket knows what to do with your bios. Just relax and let RoM-Jacket handle your joystick.


:NOTE:
This program is not even a program but a piece of scrippery taking your computer from behind and having its way with it. It is made of glue and macaroini and was written with crayons.
I take no responsibility for any damage Rom-Jacket may cause upon execution.

:NOTE:


Instructions

Install the program, initialize RoM-Jacket and go through the wizard.
Once complete you can configure RoM-Jacket and three icons will appear on the desktop:


Rj_Configurator
RoM-Jacket-Folder
BIOS-Folder




General usage:

Copy roms into the RoM-Jacket-Folder and then use the Configurator to update and/or configure your library. You may also drag'n drop roms you wish to add to your library onto the "Rj_Configurator" icon on your desktop to update your library automatically.
*note*
Depending on the number of roms in your library, an update may take several minutes.


BIOS Files:

Bios files for your emulators may be dragged into the Bios-Folder to be added automatically or through the Configurator.



*CD IMAGES AND UNRECOGNIZED ROMS*

CD/DVD based games are supported, however require manual sorting. The following extensions are CD/DVD based and/or not unique:

.iso
.bin
.cue
.rom
.ccd
.mdf
.nrg
.img
.cdi
.md5
.rom
.zip

RoM-Jacket will leave roms with these extensions unsorted inside the Rom-Jacket folder.
A wizard is provided to assist in sorting these manually.


TO DO:


Complete emulator autoconfigurations
Support for UNC paths
Support for Hyperspin
Support for Game-EX
Support for Joy2Key
Support for Gamebrowser ][




DOWNLOAD HERE:

code.google.com/p/rom-jacket