N64FlashcartMenu/docs/19_gamepak_boxart.md
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Docs proofread/rewrites (#206)
## Description
Proofread and partial rewrite of the docs.

## Motivation and Context
Adding more information written in an user-friendly way (not just
developer-friendly way), writing materials that were left to do,
cleaning up existing materials.

## Types of changes
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- [ ] Improvement (non-breaking change that adds a new feature)
- [ ] Bug fix (fixes an issue)
- [ ] Breaking change (breaking change)
- [x] Documentation Improvement
- [ ] Config and build (change in the configuration and build system,
has no impact on code or features)

## Checklist:
- [ ] My code follows the code style of this project.
- [x] My change requires a change to the documentation.
- [x] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
- [ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
- [ ] All new and existing tests passed.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Documentation**
- Updated multiple documentation files with improved clarity,
consistency, and formatting
- Refined section titles and headings across various documentation pages
	- Enhanced explanations and instructions for N64FlashcartMenu features
- Improved navigation links and added more descriptive return-to-index
references

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Co-authored-by: Robin Jones <networkfusion@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-01-20 23:51:08 +00:00

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Game Box Art Images

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

Supported images

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

  • American/European N64 box art sprites: 158x112
  • Japanese N64 box art sprites: 112x158
  • 64DD box art 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.

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: