| 6.0.2 | 11/29/2024 | |
| 5.9.0 | 8/4/2024 | - Sports scores update every 1 minute automatically (Pixelcade Companion Widget)
- Sports scores – team logos added for NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and WNBA
- Artwork updater now working on Windows through Pixelcade Companion
- Fixed missing console images on Pixelcade Companion
- Pixelcade Companion mobile and desktop apps
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| 5.8.0 | 6/19/2024 | Fixed bug where pixelweb crashes when there is no Internet connectivity |
| 5.7.0 | 6/8/2024 | - Fuzzy matching will match a ROM name that does not exactly match the Pixelcade artwork file when they are close. Fuzzy matching kicks in only if an exact match is not found. For example, rom name = pacman (USA) and artwork file name = pacman (Europe). Note that fuzzy matching will only match a PNG and not a GIF. Fuzzy matching can also be tweaked using these two parameters (command line or pixelcade.ini)
pngFuzzyDistanceThreshold = 20 (Make the number lower for less matches but closer in word match distance)
pngFuzzyMaxMatchesThreshold = 40 (Make the number lower for less matches but closer in word match. If a target marquee has too many matches, then better to ignore it)
- Settings added to Pixelcade Companion to turn on and off fuzzy matching (default is on), random font color (default is on), debug logging (default is off), and silent mode (default is off)
- Additional artwork
- QR code added to Pixelcade Listener window for easy access to Pixelcade Companion
- Silent mode command line (-silent), no output will appear in the Pixelcade Listener window
- Added pixelcade.ini file to store preferences. Note that command line flags will override pixelcade.ini
- Removed stocks widget from Pixelcade companion (was causing a crash)
- Rom and system names will show in color in the Pixelcade Listener window. Note that color logging is automatically disabled if debug or tracing logging is enabled.
/info /settings /arcade?nogif and arcade/?gifonly |
| 5.0.2 | 4/2/2024 | Added support for In Game DOFLinx events |
| 4.4.7 | 7/6/2022 | Supported added for RetroBat Arcade Front End |
| 4.4.5 | 4/19/2022 | New Artwork Updater – Use this to update artwork on demand
Support for the latest CoinOps versions including high scores
Front end arcade wizard remembers prior installation paths
Cycle mode can be enabled by LEDBlinky config that will cycle scrolling text / high scores and game marquees during game launches
Updated artwork – mame and consoles (big thanks to James T)
LCD – Console mappings now controlled by console.csv file on arcade PC |
| 4.3.0 | 11/25/21 | Support for the Core arcade front end Updated LED artwork                                                                                   
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| 4.2.0 | 10/12/21 | Updated LED artwork: mame and consoles Some console renames for Big Box Pixelcade Exit utility changed to native vs. curl with pop up Updated Pixelcade LCD config, reboot, shutdown, and test utilities. If Pixelcade LCD is not detected by host name, the utilities will also work now by IP address. Added an updater (Check for Updates) to Pixelcade LCD                                                                                    
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| 4.1.0 | 9/18/21 | Now includes an updater (Check for Updates) Updated mame and console artwork                                                        
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| 3.7.0 | 9/5/21 | - Added ticker mode for Pixelcade LED marquees including an API to trigger ticker mode for developers https://pixelcade.org/api
- Huge thanks to JamesT who created some awesome pixel perfect LED artwork
                                                               
- Added error handling and LCD paring shortcut to Pixelcade LCD configuration app – Windows.
- Added cancel button to the arcade front end wizard utility allowing the user to quit the utility if the arcade front end was already configured.
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| 3.6.6 | 8/15/21 | - Added cycle mode API that will toggle between scrolling text and a PNG or GIF. The use case would be to toggle between high score scrolling text and a PNG or GIF. See cycle mode on https://pixelcade.org/api
- No longer sending black frames to LCD (black frames come from LEDBlinky)
- The LCD pairing utility will also write the IP address of the discovered Pixelcade LCD, also changed to show a pairing JPG vs. scrolling text which reduces the delay and is much more user friendly without the delay.
- Added a LCD check to the Pixelcade Listener at startup, it will first look for an LCD by host name (mDNS) and if not there, will look by IP address and then if not found run a scan and see if a matching pixelcadedx-xxxxxxx-x is there.
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| 3.6.3 | 7/26/21 | - Added enhancements to the Pixelcade LCD pairing utility
- The LED + LCD installer will launch the Pixelcade LCD pairing utility automatically if LED + LCD is selected.
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| 3.6.2 | 7/22/21 | Added support for CoinOPS Retro Arcade. From the Front End Arcade Wizard, select “CoinOPS” and not “CoinOPS Legacy” for Retro Arcade support. |
| 3.6.1 | 7/4/21 | - LED: New MAME artwork: Marvel vs. Street Fighter, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Carrier Air Wing, Passing Shot, Time Scanner
- AtGames ALU: ALU detection logic changed to path vs. environment variable
- LCD: Port scan skipped for LCD only installations. Re-install and be sure and remove the existing settings.ini to enable this feature. This was causing an issue with Sinden light guns for LCD only installations. It will not be an issue for LED installations.
- LCD: More user friendly message in Pixelcade Listener for LCD only installations.
[INFO] Pixelcade LCD Only Installation, Skipping Port Scan
[INFO] Please ignore the 'Waiting for underlying connection' message below
[INFO] as this means Pixelcade is looking for the Pixelcade LED hardware
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| 3.6.0 | 6/13/21 | - Bug Fix: LCD uploader utility for both still image JPG and video snap MP4 marquees should work now
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| 3.5.6 | 3/4/2021 | - New Feature: High scores scrolling for select MAME games
- LEDBlinky 7.2 required (automatically installed if not present during installation)
- Fix for CoinOps Next 2, MAME marquees were not displaying as well as some console marquees, updated mappings in console.csv
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| 3.5.2 | 1/18/2021 | - Fixes for CoinOps 2, MAME marquees were not displaying and added console/system artwork for CoinOps 2
- LCD video marquee uploader added
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| 3.5.0 | 1/3/2021 | - New artwork – 40+ console/system marquees added
- New artwork – 30+ MAME games added
- Bug Fix – Pixelcade art browser animation speed issue fixed
- Bug Fix – CPU utilization hit for PC users when idle fixed
- Bug Fix – Arcade marquee is displayed correctly on RetroPie
- Pixelcade Exit shortcut added
- LCD artwork uploader (For PixelcadeLCD Only)
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| 3.2.0 | 10/17/20 | - Missing artwork updated for key games in the HyperSpin Arcade-One image
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| 3.1.0 | 9/8/20 | - Fixed laggy updates for PixelcadeLED, more noticeable on Raspberry Pi
- Console/platform updates now working for CoinOps Next
- Cleaned up or replaced ~150 MAME marquee images.
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| 2.9.8 | 8/15/20 | - Added support for PixelcadeLCD
- Games can now have up to 3 different animations that will play at random when the game is selected. Name the animations like this: pacman_01.gif, pacman_02.gif, pacman_03.gif where the rom name is pacman in this example.
- Experimental support added for WS2801 LED strips. Known issue when LED strips are turned on in settings.ini is that Pixelcade will run the first time but must be powered down to run the second time ( you won’t see this issue if the LED strip are turned off which is the default setting). Note WS281X strips are not supported at this time.
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| 2.7.1 | 4/12/20 | Animations will play on select games, added additional artwork, fixed where where games with a . were not displaying, screen saver integration on RetroPie, full release notes here |
| 2.6.6 | 2/5/2020 | Changed default mame to an animation, added a new mapping in console.csv for CoinOPS (- arcade,mame) |
| 2.6.5 | | Fixed bug where non-mame game marquees were not displaying, changed default display to 128×32 for Pi, added console image for most common consoles |
| 2.6.0 | | Added sub-display support, bug fix animations from “Browse Artwork” now working |
| 2.5.3 | | Added support for P2.5 LED panel which had the blue and green color lines crossed, The last saved marquee image or animation will now play when the pixelcade listener starts instead of a blank screen |
| 2.5.0 | | Lots of new marquee art |
| 2.1.5 | | LEDBlinky Compatability |
| 1.5.8 | | Bug fix when space in platform like “Atari 2600” vs. atari2600, Added more GIFs |
| 1.5.6 | | Added more 128×32 GIFs |
| 1.5.5 | | Experimental Stream mode which is faster than LED writes. Stream mode does not work with Maximus Arcade due to admin rights issue.
Removed PIXEL LED board driver installation as this was causing problems on some PCs. Driver is now installed manually in the pixelcade/driver directory. |
