Pico Launcher

This repository contains Pico Launcher, which is a front-end for Pico Loader.

Features

• Can load homebrew and retail games using Pico Loader.
• Various display modes
  • Horizontal and vertical icon grid
  • Banner list
  • Coverflow
• File associations
• Covers
• Material Design 3 and custom themes
• Support for background music (see Themes)

General usage documentation can be found here: Usage.

Setup & Configuration

We recommend using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), or MSYS2 to compile this repository. The steps provided will assume you already have one of those environments set up.

1. Install BlocksDS

Compiling

1. Run make

The launcher can be found in the root directory under the name LAUNCHER.nds.

2. Copy LAUNCHER.nds to your SD card.
   • If you are using DSpico, rename to _picoboot.nds and place it in the root of your SD card.
3. Copy the _pico pico folder to the root of your SD card.

Note

To use Pico Launcher, the Pico Loader files (aplist.bin, savelist.bin, picoLoader7.bin and picoLoader9.bin) must also be present in the /_pico folder on your SD card.

For DSpico the final directory structure will look like this:

.
├── _pico
│   ├── themes
│   │   ├── material
│   │   │   └── theme.json
│   │   └── raspberry
│   │       ├── bannerListCell.bin
│   │       ├── bannerListCellPltt.bin
│   │       ├── bannerListCellSelected.bin
│   │       ├── bannerListCellSelectedPltt.bin
│   │       ├── bottombg.bin
│   │       ├── gridcell.bin
│   │       ├── gridcellPltt.bin
│   │       ├── gridcellSelected.bin
│   │       ├── gridcellSelectedPltt.bin
│   │       ├── scrim.bin
│   │       ├── scrimPltt.bin
│   │       ├── theme.json
│   │       └── topbg.bin
│   ├── aplist.bin
│   ├── savelist.bin
│   ├── picoLoader7.bin
│   └── picoLoader9.bin
└── _picoboot.nds

Note: If you want to play DSiWare on the DSpico, additional files are required. See the Pico Loader readme for more information.

License

Icons by icons8

This project is licensed under the Zlib license. For details, see LICENSE.txt.

Additional licenses may apply to the project. For details, see the license directory.

Contributors

• @Gericom
• @XLuma
• @Dartz150
• @lifehackerhansol