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Game Art Images

To use N64 game boxart images, place your PNG files within the sd:/menu/metadata/ folder.

Warning

** PRE-RELEASE ONLY** Game Boxart is now stored in sd:/menu/metadata/, rather than the previous sd:/menu/boxart/ folder, please update your folder name and structure/content to ensure compatibility.

Supported images

Files must be in PNG format and use the following dimensions:

• American/European N64 boxart sprites: 158x112
• Japanese N64 boxart sprites: 112x158
• 64DD boxart sprites: 129x112

Images will be loaded by directories using each character (case-sensitive) of the full 4-character Game Code (as identified in the menu ROM information):
i.e. for GoldenEye NTSC USA (NGEE), this would be sd:/menu/boxart/N/G/E/E/boxart_front.png.
i.e. for GoldenEye PAL (NGEP), this would be sd:/menu/boxart/N/G/E/P/boxart_front.png.

To improve compatibility between regions (as a fallback), you may exclude the region ID (last matched directory) for GamePaks to match with 3-character IDs instead:
i.e. for GoldenEye, this would be sd:/menu/boxart/N/G/E/boxart_front.png.

ROMs that use the "Advanced Homebrew ROM Header" Game ID (xEDx) are matched using the "Game Title" (not the Game Code): e.g. sd:/menu/metadata/homebrew/{game title}/boxart_front.png

Warning: Excluding the region ID may show a box art of the wrong region.
Note: For future support, box art sprites should also include:

• boxart_back.png
• boxart_top.png
• boxart_bottom.png
• boxart_left.png
• boxart_right.png
• gamepak_front.png
• gamepak_back.png

As a starting point, here is a link to a box art pack, that has boxart_front.png:

• Third party box art