Standardized Title Screen

Yazwho · Post by **Yazwho** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:44 am

If you don't like cracktros, you can of course buy the game.

AndyMt · Post by **AndyMt** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:13 am

Of course... these days I do that.

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:52 pm

On 9/14/2022 at 4:44 AM, Yazwho said:

If you don't like cracktros, you can of course buy the game.

Unfortunately, that's no longer an option for old games published by defunct companies! Now I have no choice but to sit through cracktros to play many old home computer games.

ZeroByte · Post by **ZeroByte** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:19 pm

Having installed some stuff I found on CSDB (if I remember the right acronym), I don't mind the cracktros themselves so much as I mind the fact that most stuff on there also pulls up a trainer menu before starting the game. I really really really don't like cheat codes like this - and having it drop into a menu first before even bringing up the main screen is annoying.

Ed Minchau · Post by **Ed Minchau** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:37 pm

On 9/15/2022 at 6:52 AM, SlithyMatt said:

Unfortunately, that's no longer an option for old games published by defunct companies! Now I have no choice but to sit through cracktros to play many old home computer games.

Well, you could rewrite them yourself....

kelli217 · Post by **kelli217** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:41 pm

Archive.org has a lot of abandonware, available for download or for playing on their online emulators.

Yazwho · Post by **Yazwho** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:34 pm

BruceMcF · Post by **BruceMcF** » Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:46 am

I would be fine with a house style on "official project CX16" software, but for the general range of niche and hobbyist stuff, I am happy if it has a bit of a funky, pell mell feel.

rje · Post by **rje** » Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:47 am

Oooh I like an "Official X16" style... A sprite that looks like a sticker??

Johan Kårlin · Post by **Johan Kårlin** » Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:23 am

An idea is to have some official quality mark that can be given to software that meet certain demands. Those games/programs that are acknowledged can then have a certain title screen or badge in common. Compare for example how all Apple Arcade games start with a very short animated logotype intro. After that they all look very different. This could also be very motivating for developers in our community to make finished and stable products. ?