Mimetypes: ROM files (consoles)

[hlechner]

Nintendo:

• [ ] NES ROM (application/x-nes-rom)
• [ ] Nintendo DS ROM (application/x-nintendo-ds-rom)
• [ ] Nintendo64 ROM (application/x-n64-rom)
• [ ] Game Boy ROM (application/x-gameboy-rom)
• [ ] Game Boy Advance ROM (application/x-gba-rom)

Sega:

• [ ] Sega Master System/Game Gear ROM (application/x-sms-rom)
• [ ] Genesis ROM (application/x-genesis-rom)

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Description:

A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board. The term is frequently used in the context of emulation, whereby older games or computer firmware are copied to ROM files on modern computers and can, using a piece of software known as an emulator, be run on a computer.

The idea behind it is to create icons for distinguish the ROM consoles files from other files.

gvfs-info: here

Old Issue: 879

Design Association: Console, Gamepad, Nintendo, Sega

Note: an idea by @Foggalong is to use a generic gaming symbol just changing the background color for each console.

Icons as reference:

Numix-Circle Related Icons: Numix Related Icons: Non-Numix theme related icons: Other Individual icons:

[hlechner]

First drafts:

Description: This draft does not represent the final icon. It was developed just to check if the idea of colors in one generic control fit well. due to numbers of console and maybe very close colors I though that the two colors could fit better. What you think Foggalong?

[hlechner]

Second drafts:

Description: In this idea I use just the color from the Company's console (Nintendo and Sega), all consoles from the same company can share the same color, or using a default color for all consoles.

[andia89]

Yeah that's it. Is the text then necessary? (probably yes)

[hlechner]

Being totally honest I don't think its really necessary, I think it could be just cool could differentiate consoles ROM files.

Here the last icon without the text:

[bilelmoussaoui]

I think that having the text is better for larger sizes ;) (