MMRetroCR - MultiMan Retro Tools for Windows is Released

102w ago - Today FB Alpha developer CaptainCPS-X has released a PS3 homebrew application that he calls MMRetroCR - MultiMan Retro Tools for Windows users.

Download: MMRetroCR R3

To quote: Hi guys, here is my first release of MultiMan Retro Cover Renamer MMRetroCR or I should call it MM Retro Tools.

At first it was made to rename covers only but I been adding more features, and now for first release it has many other uses. Please take a look at the readme...

MultiMan Retro Cover Renamer - MMRetroCR

"Making it easier to manage retro covers for use with MultiMan"

by CaptainCPS-X, 2011.

FEATURES

• Automatic ROM scanning for supported systems.
• Support ROM recognition for: NES, SNES, Genesis, VBA (GB, GBC, GBA).
• ZIP verification when needed, ensuring it contains a valid ROM.
• Single ROM adding and removing from list.
• Individual cover assigment feature for each listed ROM.
• Ability to clear cover assigment for a selected ROM.
• PNG Cover preview.
• Automatic renaming of cover images to match the ROM sets.
• Automatic generation of Covers .PKG files ready to be installed in the PS3 / MultiMan.
• Automatic generation of ROMs .PKG files ready to be installed in the PS3 / MultiMan.
• Project creation for each supported system.
• Project saving and loading.

Future Features:

• Hard Disk size calculation to avoid space conflicts while proccessing huge ammount of data.
• Improvements to the GUI and Multi Language support.
• Unicode build.
• Shortcut keys.

After those improvements I will probably change the name of the application to 'Multiman Retro Tools' xD

CHANGE LOG

R3 (6/7/2011)

• Fixed the DLL errors, now the application will run well (thanks to NuBiXx) (included the MSVC redistributable DLL as well).
• Added option to Always add all listed ROMs to .PKG (ignore non assigned covers)

USAGE NOTES (more documentation coming soon)

[AUTO .PKG CREATION]

For automatic generation of .PKG files you need to put the
following file in the root directory:

psn_package_npdrm.exe crc32 56A1F45C

I can't include it with my application for legal reasons. But it can be easily found by using Google.

You can easily configure its path too from the 'Options' menu.

BASIC USAGE

To start things up:

• Go to 'File' menu and choose 'New Project...'
• Select the system you want to work with from the submenu.
• Go to 'Edit' and choose 'Add ROM to list'
• A window will appear to browse for individual ROMs.
• After selecting a ROM, make a double click on the list,
this will allow you to assign a Cover Image to that ROM.
• Go to 'File' and save you project.
• Now you're ready to test the main feature!, click on 'Start'
(or go to 'Tools' and click 'Start Renaming Job').

There you go! you should have a new package ready to install
on your PS3 / MultiMan.

Here is a list of package installation paths, depending on system:

SNES - /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/snes
NES - /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/fceu
GENESIS - /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/gen
VBA - /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/covers_retro/vba

ROMS PACKAGES

If you go to 'Options' menu and enable 'ROMs .PKG creation' option,
MMRetroCR will automatically generate a package with the ROMs in your
project list (Only ones with Covers assigned will be packaged).

This .PKG(s) will be installed to these PS3 paths (MultiMan defaults)

SNES - /dev_hdd0/game/SNES90000/USRDIR/roms
NES - /dev_hdd0/game/FCEU90000/USRDIR/roms
GENESIS - /dev_hdd0/game/GENP00001/USRDIR/roms
VBA - /dev_hdd0/game/VBAM90000/USRDIR/roms

IMPORTANT NOTE

There is no hard disk space calculation implemented yet, so make sure you have enough space in the selected destination directory for the ammount of roms that will be packed, or you may get unexpected results. Space calculation feature will come soon.