Hyperspin 2 Alpha moving to Public Beta

[@LexHardy]

Seems like an amazing update! Very excited!!

[@mrfomtsarcadecave1583]

Wow! Now I have a lot to do! This was really needed. Thsnk you!

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Hopefully the beta kicks off in the next few weeks.

[@comentosim2610]

HyperSpin 2 ... Maravilha.

[@CyD-X]

Loving it! Time for us to make some updated intro videos

[@wil9081]

gracias por la buena noticia me alegra bastante ver que hyperspin muy pronto recibira una uptade muy importante

[@ArcadeOne]

Really cool, nice to see a video from you. Feels like the old days. Now where is Simply Austin? :)

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Ha thanks. Ya the old is new again, get ready 😅

[@mattscheurman1616]

Yes! I love the look and feel of HS as a user...so glad it isn't truly dead. Also good to see you back!

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Always been here just too man projects that distract

[@pepelsouza8834]

Fiquei surpreso com a noticia, tomara que a realidade supere a expectativa 🎉

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Being in alpha and moving to beta for all in the next day or two, more development will happen, the lights are on 🤭 but feedback and recommendations will certainly help here but just know there is a roadmap 👀

[@SirChadofWick]

How hard would it be to upgrade from a hyperspin and rocket launcher set up?

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Complete re install- this is going beta, don’t jump in all at once, enjoy the ride

[@KimSamaVideos]

Wow, this looks great

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Open beta for all plat members, jump in

[@thatman84]

I'm pretty gassed for the new system and annoyed I gave up on hyperspin. Glad the Devs kept building, fingers crossed the community rebuilds over the next decade!

[@michaeliovani4487]

I’m happy this is finally happening, but I’d like to know what the plan is to get 1.x themes working in 2.0. Dazz informed me that they will not be compatible. How are we supposed to migrate our setups?

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Correct a completely new build and flash isn’t supported. Unless the themes are videos there is no way around it. They are building tools to make theme building better and faster but yes I’m afraid no matter the effort you put into it, they won’t migrate over. Also something to consider is this isn’t a button press migration. It’s a complete new install. You can borrow assets like wheel art and videos but themes simply won’t work. You can gut the assets and rebuild but that’s about all you can do

[@salttrader4113]

Very nice!!

[@garrettsmith2993]

Is HyperSpeech available in this version?

[@garrettsmith2993]

Maybe as a plugin?

[@TheShadowseesyou]

currently running a hyperspin 1 build do you think there is an easy path to moving over to hyperspin 2 ?

[@PlanetGeekdom]

They are working on it… this is more of a beta, set it up and test it- share feedback I’m sure when it’s out of beta there will be next steps

[@jamesmckinney308]

Y E S!!!

[@DreamWGaminG]

Большую часть ролика я смотрел на интерфейс и думал - Господи, какой же он стал "современный", он будет неудобен для управления на аркадном кабинете... Я был очень расстроен... Но последние несколько минут ролика меня успокоили. Буду ждать выхода. На российском интернет пространстве я был первым кто сделал ролики по настройке хайперспин. Вижу что в хайперспин 2 будет гораздо более удобное и простое меню настроек и видимо не придется делать роликов, но..... Спасибо за отличные новости!

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Yes please remember hyper theme, hyper hq and hyperspin. Hyperspin is the front end that we are used to. It will work just fine on an arcade cabinet! Feels very familiar to any hyperspin 1 user

[@tropicalscuba]

NICE! But, after days, weeks, months, years creating my own themes, artwork, wheels, pointers, logos, in both 4:3, 5:4 and 16:9, I fear there's a lot of work to do. You skimmed through things, which was the right thing to do at this point, but I saw a drop down for the aspect ratio. It would be interesting to see if, once you've created a NEW theme and other necessary HS2 assets can transfer them to the collective ratios where needed. This is good stuff to see. I've spent a LONG time trying NOT to dive into LaunchBox / Big Box, but gave in last summer. Custom themes and collections on that front end are just too much of a pain, if even at all possible to get setup on LB. I'm hoping with HS2 custom collections and wheels are still possible. The customisability is one of the things that sets it apart from all other front end. The BIG question... Can we import data from HS1? For example custom collections. I'm hoping all of my custom themes for those collections can also be used / imported. I might / might not still have the PS files, can hopefully upscale them if i do. Outside of that, this is looking great. Oh, one last thing. Integration to EmuMovies accounts... Easy to set up? PHEW! So, to recap... 1) Can themes move from one aspect to another, according to set up? (I have a 16:9 and a 5:4 cabinet) 2) Custom collections and themes possible? 3) Import data from HS1 - perhaps the folder structure in HS2 will allow this? 4) I have loads of twiddly bits setup in Rocket Launcher - What's the integration with HS2? 5) Integration with my EmuMovies account? I'm too excited to stop typing :) :) :) Good to hear your voice again @Planet Geekdom and sorry for the all the Q's!

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Yep lots of things still for them to do but in general- migration of things is the big question what if any can migrate. I suspect ahk and some media is transferable but themes as a whole other then video I don’t think will be achievable without remaking themes in the new engine and borrowing assets. No matter how confident people may feel they can work around the migration process to use everything that is in hyperspin 1 doesn’t matter; I think it will be impossible, remember hyperspin has flash in mind, 2 it doesn’t and the best case is ripping out assets and hoping they are upscaled enough. The naming convention stuff is out the window, it’s pretty mind blowing to think about. But yes resolutions stuff is here, collections, nesting, rl could still be used but there doesn’t seem to be features missing in this replacement. Yes emumovies integration is here, both sites are mostly ran by the same folks anyway. My advise take this slow, speak up, use a seperate build and over the coming years boy this could be amazing

[@tropicalscuba]

@PlanetGeekdom thank you. Really looking forward to the release. Game on!

[@tropicalscuba]

I guess, on a positive note, all the previous work we've all done on HS1 has given a great learning experience and also an insight into what we want out of a front end, our front end, the one we all started on that made headway. Looking forward to the community getting up and running again.

[@PlanetGeekdom]

@ yep! I think with the new development cycle and the cool features that have been planned, I’m not even aware of it all but the stuff I know, I’m pretty excited for. There will be ocd stuff that you will always have but it could be a game changer how you build out your front end now. Don’t want to set the bar to high here yet as it is in alpha but dare I say it, I feel like it’s a better experience then launchbox at the moment and it’s in alpha 👀 nothing against the app at all- I actively update it and test things there as well. I’m still running hyperspin 1 as the primary build for an arcade cab. Emulation station on arcade one ups head to heads😆

[@JeremyRhoten]

Nice work!

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Thank the developers 😉 I’m just a user and messenger. Privileged to test and provide feedback

[@brunoborba7253]

❤❤❤❤

[@jonmc6573]

audio volume is extremely low

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Sorry about that, crank up the volume?

[@wil9081]

amigo donde descargamos la veta por no hay un link de descarga

[@PlanetGeekdom]

It hasn’t been released yet but hopefully soon. They need to update the hyperspin site next

[@marcocotena8527]

BigBox it's always the BEST !!

[@KrisCoolmod]

[@adirperes1908]

Lindo!!!

[@andrewofford1533]

Launchbox Mk 2........... LOL

[@PlanetGeekdom]

Good ideas usually follow suite- imitation is a form of flattery 🫠

[@andrewofford1533]

@@PlanetGeekdom It is surprising how many new Front Ends, are now using the same idea....

[@ArcadeOne]

@@andrewofford1533 it all started with HS and everyone copied HS.

[@andrewofford1533]

@@ArcadeOne That was the look, not the setup.

[@wil9081]

hola amigo ...

[@PlanetGeekdom]

¡Hola amigo! 👋

[@marknorville9611]

A total waste of time being honest. I am a life time subscriber, loved HS when I first saw it and then got fed up with the constant changing art and wanted something more uniform. I went to CoinOps, AttractMode and now Launchbox. LB has seen more development than HS and is more stable and with the community theme creator, you can make up near enough any theme that you want to mimic HS or CO etc. An alpha build in two years and still not even finished just shows that not enough people working on it and pretty much a one man band. However, if people are happy with HS that is that matters, but LB is worth spending the money on, especially when sales or you can win licenses from time to time. Once you try LB, I doubt if you will want to use anything else.

[@PlanetGeekdom]

I’ll be honest, the alpha is probably in a better state then launchbox and that’s with no disrespect. Development cycle is going to be in full swing I think, this is gonna be a game changer in the years to come I think. Beta release should be tomorrow lol. A bit more details on that a little later tonight hopefully