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You can manage backups of your saves files !\n\n\u003cimg src=\"public/assets/img/readme/manager.png\" width=\"800\"\u003e\n\n* Say goodbye to corrupted saves, never lose your progress anymore !\n* Recalboy automatically backups your latest saves when you exit a game.\n* Browse and search your backups by system/game/date/hour, and restore them one by one to your Recalbox.\n* Coming soon : download your backups in 1 zip file.\n\n**New in v0.2** ! There's a perfect tool for your arcade cab': **Demo Mode**\n\n[![CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO](https://img.youtube.com/vi/53zNutFFCbk/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zNutFFCbk)\n\n* Launch randomly a game from the systems of your choice.\n* Every X minutes, another game is launched.\n* You want to play to what you see? No problem: just start to play, Demo mode will turn off.\n* You don't like what you see? Press Hotkey to skip and launch another game.\n\n**Demo Mode** is perfect to discover games from your collection, or just to let your Recalbox powered arcade cabinet turned on, to display demos like a true arcade cabinet!\n\n\n----------\n# How to install ?\n\nRecalboy is very simple to install.\n\n1. By using Vagrant (Very Easy Install)\n2. By using our Easy Install Wizard.\n\nMore details [HERE ON THE WIKI](\u003chttps://github.com/kjbstar/recalboy/wiki\u003e).\n\n\u003e Note: Recalboy is **not** something you install on Recalbox.\n\n----------\n\n\n# Demo \u0026 screenshots\n\nWatch a demo of v0.2.0 on [on Youtube](\u003chttps://youtu.be/53zNutFFCbk\u003e).\n\nYou can watch a demo of an early version [here](\u003chttps://youtu.be/k_k3ho4qGwg\u003e).\n\nScreenshots of release [0.1.2](\u003chttps://github.com/kjbstar/recalboy/releases/tag/v0.1.2\u003e) with \"micro\" theme, on my 2.8\" piTFT screen:\n\n### Default view, waiting for a game\n![](public/assets/img/readme/pitft_default.png)\n\n### Game detected !\n![](public/assets/img/readme/pitft_game.png)\n\nClick on the upper-right arrow to instantly scroll to actions buttons.\n### Four of the six actions buttons\n![](public/assets/img/readme/pitft_actions.png)\n\nReset and Exit buttons are under these buttons, to avoid to press them by mistake :)\n\n----------\n\n# How to use Recalboy ?\n\nJust open it in your browser :)\n\nTo launch Demo Mode, click on the upper-right `\"Play\" icon`.\nTo skip a game during Demo Mode, press `Hotkey` button.\nTo quit Demo Mode, press `Hotkey` button or click on Recaloby's `Exit` icon.\nDemo mode can detect if you start to play a game and stop by itself. Yes.\n\nIf there's any problem, just refresh your page.\n\n\u003e **Note**: It only works with scraped games :)\n\n----------\n\n# Configuration\n\nAll is explained [HERE ON THE WIKI](\u003chttps://github.com/kjbstar/recalboy/wiki/Configuration\u003e).\n\n----------\n\n\n# Known Limitations\n\n[See the Wiki](\u003chttps://github.com/kjbstar/recalboy/wiki/Known-limitations-\u0026-bugs\u003e)\n\n# TODO\n\n* Add more informations from running games, to get something less basic.\n* Re-arrange Classic and Mini themes.\n* Demo mode: find a better way to handle Emulation Station off/on.\n* Arcade games : finding, adding, and managing the display of instructions card / move lists, to never forget how to make a Hadoken :) \n\n## Thanks to\n\n* [Recalbox Community](https://forum.recalbox.com/).\n* [Cute File Browser](https://tutorialzine.com/2014/09/cute-file-browser-jquery-ajax-php): used (customised) for browsing backups.\n\n## License\nRecalboy is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.\nFeel free to fork it and improve it. 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