Share your Super Game Boy Borders Here

[fenderc01]

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

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[aberu]

Thanks this is great!

[metalfacemark]

thank you

[aberu]

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!

[pbsk8]

on archive org:

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


nice!

[fenderc01]

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.

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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

[pcfreak324]

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)?

[aberu]

Nope, there is no way to do that currently.

The dracula theme conversion worked, thanks to fenderc01!

[siskavard]

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

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[BSeraph]

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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[pcfreak324]

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

[BSeraph]

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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[redsteakraw]

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

[Newsdee]

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.

[redsteakraw]

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.

[Newsdee]

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

[Jegriva]

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...

[jayp76]

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.

[jayp76]

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

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[Pepeart]

Can bordes be created for the Game Gear and GBA?

[Wave]

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?

[jobvd]

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

[Longtime4321]

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.

[Longtime4321]

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