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SleekMenu 64 is a free, open-source ROM browser for the EverDrive-64 X7 and Pro

Here's the latest release !

ROM Browser

• Six colour themes: Midnight, Charcoal, Jungle, Grape, Fire and Ice. Press Z, then THEME.
• The help bar now shows real buttons icons: blue A, green B, red Start, yellow C.
• Improved coverflow layout and performance
• Higher resolution covers are now supported
• Many fixes and improvements based on your feedback

Catalog Manager

Complete overhaul of the companion app that let's you manage your game catalog

• One button set up / update
• Sharp 512-pixel boxes are downloaded by default.
• A Games tab that shows your card the way the console will. Edit any game's title, genre, publisher, year, players, region and description.
• Change a game's box: pick another region's, or drop in your own picture (great for rom hacks).
• Cheat code download

Upgrading from previous versions

Simply copy the new SleekMenu64.z64 over the old one, download the Game Catalog Manager, press Update card. Your catalog, boxes and edits are kept.

Download: https://github.com/CathodeJay/sleekmenu64/releases/latest

Source and docs: https://github.com/CathodeJay/sleekmenu64

Many of those features came from comments on the earlier releases, so keep them coming :)

I've been working on a game browser for the EverDrive-64 and it's at the point where other people can try it.

It's an ordinary N64 ROM. You copy it to the card and launch it from the EverDrive's own menu; it shows your library with box art, genres, descriptions and filters, and boots the game you pick. The stock menu stays where it is — reset or power cycle and you're back in it. Saves go to the same ED64/gamedata folder the stock menu uses, so a game started from either menu carries its save into the other.

There are three views allowing you to browse your collection :

- a list with the game's box and game metadata

- a grid of twelve covers

- a coverflow where L/R jump by letter.

A filter screen combines genre, region, players, publisher, year and favourites. Favourites and the last fifteen games you played are two tabs at the front. It also reads the cheat pack (ED64/CHEATS) and matches files to your ROM's region, so a USA cart doesn't get European codes. Matching is a miss sometimes but this is something I am working on.

Setup is copying two files to the card next to ROMS, dropping in the metadata zip from the n64-flashcart-menu-metadata project (public domain, same collection the N64FlashcartMenu and the Pro's menu use), and running one Python script from the card. It reads the ROM headers, finds each game's box and description, and writes a catalog. Nothing is downloaded and no art is bundled — it works from what's already on your card.

Tested on an X7 (OS 3.11) and a Pro with a 3,400-game library. One ROM works on both. I tested it with the stuff I had, but let me know if you have issues.

AGPL-3.0, source and releases here: https://github.com/CathodeJay/sleekmenu64

If you have an X-series cart other than the X7, I'd like to know whether it boots — it should, but I can't verify it. Bug reports go to the GitHub issues.

One more thing : Yes, a large part of the code and docs was written with AI tools. This is a project I made for myself but now that it works, figured out it would be nice sharing with others. So enjoy :)