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Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:07 pm**

I'm creating this thread to share SGB borders here. I will start by sharing one that I created.

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Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:04 pm**

Thanks this is great!

Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:28 pm**

thank you

Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:50 pm**

I'm only somewhat of the way there, but this is what i got so far for a MiSTer-Kun Dracula themed one. Hopefully someone with the know-how on getting from this step to sgb can convert it and test it out!

Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:34 pm**

on archive org:

828 Super Game Boy border files from VGMuseum.com converted to .sgb format for use with the MiSTer Gameboy core

nice!

Posted: **Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:13 pm**

I wrote a PowerShell script to simplify converting .png borders to .sgb borders. You will need to download superfamiconv also. I haven’t done extensive testing with this, so use at your own risk.

Code: Select all

Set-Location -Path $PSScriptRoot

$input_file = "border.png"
$output_file = $input_file.Replace(".png", ".sgb")

Start-Process -FilePath ".\superfamiconv.exe" -ArgumentList "-v --color-zero #00000000 --in-image $input_file --out-palette snes.palette --out-tiles snes.tiles --out-map snes.map --out-tiles-image tiles.png" -Wait -NoNewWindow

$tiles = Get-Content "snes.tiles" -Encoding Byte -Raw
$tiles_pad = New-Object byte[] (8192-$tiles.Length)

$tilemap = Get-Content "snes.map" -Encoding Byte -Raw
$tilemap_pad = New-Object byte[] (1792-$tilemap.Length)

$palettes = Get-Content "snes.palette" -Encoding Byte -Raw
$palettes_pad = New-Object byte[] (128-$palettes.Length)

Set-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $tiles
Add-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $tiles_pad
Add-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $tilemap
Add-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $tilemap_pad
Add-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $palettes
Add-Content -Path $output_file -Encoding Byte -NoNewline -Value $palettes_pad

Posted: **Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:32 pm**

Does anybody have GBC border? Is there a way to autoload borders on a per-game basis? (for example by giving them the same name as the rom)?

Posted: **Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:00 pm**

Nope, there is no way to do that currently.

The dracula theme conversion worked, thanks to fenderc01!

Posted: **Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:28 am**

I made 2 designs with a few variations! Download link

The DE10 Nano one was quite the exercise in SNES tile restrictions. It's exactly 256 tiles.

mister_sgb_borders.zip: (11.28 KiB) Downloaded 553 times

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:15 am**

Since I don't feel like Super Gameboy borders match GBC games, I made some "Super GameBoy Color" borders by converting BlueAmnesiac's mockup borders.

You can grab them here:

https://github.com/BSeraph/MiSTer-Super-GBC-Borders

Small previews:

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Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:06 pm**

Thank you BSeraph for these nice borders.

Could you also create a regular GBC border? Here is NIntendo's 3DS Virtual Console border that could be used as a base:
https://forums.libretro.com/t/suggestio ... itory/5107

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:37 pm**

pcfreak324 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:06 pm Thank you BSeraph for these nice borders.

Could you also create a regular GBC border? Here is NIntendo's 3DS Virtual Console border that could be used as a base:
https://forums.libretro.com/t/suggestio ... itory/5107

Hey, thanks! That's a nice suggestion. I remade that border to the best of my abilities - keeping the palette limit in mind. Let me know what you think. If you guys like it I can make more colors.

It's available on the Github page as GBColor Grape.sgb.

EDIT: I went ahead and made more colors. They're all on Github. Updating the preview image here:

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Posted: **Sun May 16, 2021 4:50 pm**

is there any reason why we couldn't have 16:9 borders?

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2021 5:06 am**

redsteakraw wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 4:50 pm is there any reason why we couldn't have 16:9 borders?

If I'm not mistaken, these use the Super Gameboy functionality to display,
so it's restricted to what the original hardware could show.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am**

Newsdee wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 5:06 am
redsteakraw wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 4:50 pm is there any reason why we couldn't have 16:9 borders?
If I'm not mistaken, these use the Super Gameboy functionality to display,
so it's restricted to what the original hardware could show.

I thought it just was able to extract the borders from the ROM like a Super Gameboy would. If it was a Super Gameboy the core would have some of the enhancements like in Donkey Kong which it currently doesn't.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2021 10:26 am**

redsteakraw wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am I thought it just was able to extract the borders from the ROM like a Super Gameboy would. If it was a Super Gameboy the core would have some of the enhancements like in Donkey Kong which it currently doesn't.

Right, it doesn't do the full Super Gameboy implementation. From the readme of the core:

Super Gameboy Support - Borders, Palettes and Multiplayer

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2021 3:04 pm**

redsteakraw wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am
Newsdee wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 5:06 am
redsteakraw wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 4:50 pm is there any reason why we couldn't have 16:9 borders?
If I'm not mistaken, these use the Super Gameboy functionality to display,
so it's restricted to what the original hardware could show.
I thought it just was able to extract the borders from the ROM like a Super Gameboy would. If it was a Super Gameboy the core would have some of the enhancements like in Donkey Kong which it currently doesn't.

For full SGB implementation, the Snes core would be better suited. In that case SGB would be just another chip, and the core already simulate video output, controllers, memory, etc...

Posted: **Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:19 pm**

Can someone give me some tips how to make a super gameboy border?
The ones i made are all garbled and i don't know what causes it?
Is it the filesize or color space?

Feel free to send me a message.

Posted: **Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:50 pm**

Someone on Facebook asked for this. Unfortunately i could not find the facebook post to write to that person.

So here it is:
https://archive.org/details/mi-ster-sup ... incomplete

MiSTer_Super_Game_Boy_2_Vaporwave_Edition_(incomplete).zip: (295.91 KiB) Downloaded 619 times

Posted: **Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:12 pm**

Can bordes be created for the Game Gear and GBA?

Posted: **Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:17 am**

jayp76 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:50 pm Someone on Facebook asked for this. Unfortunately i could not find the facebook post to write to that person.

So here it is:
https://archive.org/details/mi-ster-sup ... incomplete

Whoa, based on the pngs in the archive these are fire. Real nice borders. Does the pack being "incomplete" pose any problems?

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:39 am**

Does anyone have the link's awakening one without a bar at the bottom?

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:33 am**

BSeraph wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:37 pm
pcfreak324 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:06 pm
Thank you BSeraph for these nice borders.

Could you also create a regular GBC border? Here is NIntendo's 3DS Virtual Console border that could be used as a base:
https://forums.libretro.com/t/suggestio ... itory/5107

Hey, thanks! That's a nice suggestion. I remade that border to the best of my abilities - keeping the palette limit in mind. Let me know what you think. If you guys like it I can make more colors.

It's available on the Github page as GBColor Grape.sgb.

EDIT: I went ahead and made more colors. They're all on Github. Updating the preview image here:

hOea8Do.png

Here's an edit that I whipped up in about 10 minutes. I find that the minimalism makes it easier to focus on the game.

Posted: **Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:19 pm**

jayp76 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:19 pm
Can someone give me some tips how to make a super gameboy border?
The ones i made are all garbled and i don't know what causes it?
Is it the filesize or color space?

Feel free to send me a message.

This info would definitely be nice to have publicly

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