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Experimental Features (Subject to change)

ROM info descriptions (pre-release only)

To show a ROM description in the N64 ROM information screen, add a .ini file next to the game ROM file with the same name and the following content:

[metadata]
description=This is the ROM description that does X Y Z.

Text files must use ASCII characters only, Linux LF endings (CRLF is not supported) and the descriptions themselves must be limited to 300 characters.

Customizing the font

The N64FlashcartMenu allows the ability to test new fonts or adding regional characters without recompiling the menu. However the font is explicitly linked to the currently used version of the libdragon SDK.
Add a font64 file to the sd:/menu/ directory called custom.font64.

You can build a font64 file with Mkfont, one of libdragon's tools. At the time of writing, you will need to obtain libdragon's preview branch artifacts to find out a copy of the prebuilt Windows executable. Read its related Wiki page for usage information.