Zaparoo App v2.0.2 is out now on the App Store and Google Play, and the App now officially supports iPad.
This is the store release I mentioned in the v2.0.0 post. The App itself is identical to the v2 that already rolled out as an automatic update, so if you have that, nothing changes for you on iPhone or Android.
Zaparoo Core v2.21.0 is out, and most of it is about playlists. A playlist now moves to the next item when a video ends or you quit a game, can switch games on a timer or once nobody has touched the controller for a while, and remembers where you left it, even across a restart. That covers attract mode on a cabinet as well as working through a TV series one card at a time.
Zaparoo App v2.0.0 is a redesign built from the ground up, and it's rolling out now as an automatic update to everyone who already has the App on iPhone or Android.
The original design was made with Tim Wilsie when the App was a wireless reader and a way to write tags. Two years later it does far more, and I'd been squeezing each new feature into layouts that were never meant for it. Tablets and big screens technically worked, but it was the phone layout stretched across a larger screen, and it wasn't great. v2 starts over with the design from Zaparoo Online, which I'd already proven with the same data, and gives phones, tablets, and desktop-sized windows their own layouts.
Zaparoo Frontend v2.1.0 is the first feature release on the rebuilt MiSTer interface. You can search your whole library from the couch and keep a search as a tile on the Hub.
Zaparoo Core v2.20.0 is out alongside it. MiSTer scripts show up as a system you can browse and launch, and artwork installed by Update All is imported for you after each media database update.
Hey! It’s been a while since the last community showcase, and there’s a lot to catch up on from our Discord members. This time we’ve got printed cartridges, a custom Cuphead disc, a reader built into an arcade cabinet, holographic cards, and a few ways to keep growing collections organized.
Zaparoo Frontend v2.0.0 is a rebuilt MiSTer interface. This release gets the rewrite out for feedback and testing on your setups.
If waiting put you off the old Frontend, I'd like you to try this version and tell us how it feels on your MiSTer.
Zaparoo Core v2.19.0 is already out, with artwork downloads, more MiSTer launchers, and library and launch fixes.
Zaparoo Core v2.18.0 and Zaparoo App v1.15.0 are now available, and this release is mostly about your library. You can build decks in the App, lists of games and scripts that play like a playlist from one card, and change them any time without rewriting the card. Alongside favorites, you can now like, dislike, or save a game for later. It all lives on your device and works without an account, and with a free Zaparoo Online account, Library sync keeps it the same on every device.
Zaparoo App v1.14.1 is out now on the App Store and Google Play, everywhere. This is the first release in a while for iPhone users and for Google Play in France, since v1.13.0 only shipped on Android outside France. If that's you, everything from that release is new too, and it's recapped at the end.
v1.14.1 adds custom launchers and ROM-less MiSTer cores to the Library tab, uses less battery on the Zap page, and fixes a reconnect dead end after a Core restart along with a batch of pairing, purchase, and startup problems.
A recent MiSTer update introduced a newer Linux kernel that stops Zaparoo Frontend from opening. A hotfix is now available through Update All.
Zaparoo Core v2.17.2 is now available. This patch release fixes problems found after v2.17.1, mostly around reader auto-detect on MiSTer and Linux, stopping Steam and LaunchBox games on Windows, and keeping Core discoverable when your network changes.