Game FanArt - GUI Suppot and Scraping of background backdrops Fan Art for Games?

**Gamester17** · 2009-01-14 13:56

This is a continuation of the feature suggestion thread for FanArt support in XBMC:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=30083

XBMC now supports FanArt for Movies, Music, TV Shows, Weather, and Plugins:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=FanArt

I now believe that XBMC is currently only missing support for Game FanArt, FanArt for Games. Making specific game titles enjoy the same background backdrops eye candy galore.

Example of a site that hosts FanArt for games (where you can upload/download yours!):
http://htbackdrops.com/categories.php?cat_id=2

Add your +1 here in this feature suggestion thread if you want to see this in XBMC some day.

Cool

I have also submit a new ticket on trac for this for tracking purposes, please not comment in that ticket unless you have some constructive ideas about development or want to submit a patch for it:
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5683

PS! Later once XBMC gets a Games Library which support Arcade ROMS and launching third-party emulators directly, we might want to also want to have "Arcade FanArt" in XBMC as well, separated from the normal Games FanArt, meaning for the emulators that XBMC will support launching nativly?

digitalhigh · 2009-01-14 14:52

+1

I'll help with the custom art. Wink

Geeba · 2009-01-14 16:18

+1

But wouldnt this be mainly for Xbox?

I'd love to see it but was under the impession that the pocket rocket wasnt being developed any further Confused

digitalhigh · 2009-01-14 16:32

Geeba Wrote:+1

But wouldnt this be mainly for Xbox?

I'd love to see it but was under the impession that the pocket rocket wasnt being developed any further

There are still NES, SNES, Atari, N64, etc. emulators that work under different OS's. Plus there are a handful of XB1 games that are PC games too.

Waffa · 2009-01-14 17:57

+1

Like gaming and also my kids !

Fire69 · 2009-01-15 09:16

+1 on any kind of fanart! Tongue

dynamix · 2009-01-15 10:57

+1

Let's complete the fanart thing Wink

Roncore · 2009-01-15 17:22

+1 I'd love to see game backdrops for the emulated variety. I'd also love to see better support for Emulators!

wtfmx · 2009-02-19 22:56

+1 for Game FanArt

Hopefully, the Magnavox Odyssey 2 games would be part of the fanart collection.

Dannermax · 2009-03-12 12:18

+1 hell ya..is this feature still under construction?

Cross me fingers!

digitalhigh Skilled Skinner Posts: 1,467 Joined: Oct 2005 Reputation: 100 Location: Milwaukee, WI	2009-01-14 14:52 Post: #2 +1 I'll help with the custom art. I'm not just a semi-decent skinner...I also sing for a band. Check us out. http://www.corruptable.com/main.html
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Geeba Posting Freak Posts: 1,805 Joined: Sep 2006 Reputation: 0 Location: UK	2009-01-14 16:18 Post: #3 +1 But wouldnt this be mainly for Xbox? I'd love to see it but was under the impession that the pocket rocket wasnt being developed any further
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Waffa Posting Freak Posts: 1,163 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: Netherlands	2009-01-14 17:57 Post: #5 +1 Like gaming and also my kids !
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Fire69 Senior Member Posts: 211 Joined: Mar 2006 Reputation: 4	2009-01-15 09:16 Post: #6 +1 on any kind of fanart!
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dynamix Senior Member Posts: 173 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Netherlands	2009-01-15 10:57 Post: #7 +1 Let's complete the fanart thing
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Roncore Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-01-15 17:22 Post: #8 +1 I'd love to see game backdrops for the emulated variety. I'd also love to see better support for Emulators!
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wtfmx Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-02-19 22:56 Post: #9 +1 for Game FanArt Hopefully, the Magnavox Odyssey 2 games would be part of the fanart collection.
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Dannermax Junior Member Posts: 30 Joined: Mar 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Denmark	2009-03-12 12:18 Post: #10 +1 hell ya..is this feature still under construction? Cross me fingers!
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