Artwork

Game Artwork

NextUI looks for artwork in a .media folder inside each ROM folder.

Example ROM:

Roms/Super Nintendo (SFC)/Super Mario World.sfc

Matching artwork:

Roms/Super Nintendo (SFC)/.media/Super Mario World.png

The image must be PNG. The name must match the ROM filename without the ROM extension.

ZIP example

For a zipped ROM:

Roms/Game Boy (GB)/Tetris (World).zip

Use:

Roms/Game Boy (GB)/.media/Tetris (World).png

Do not name the artwork Tetris (World).zip.png.

Adding artwork manually

1. Open the ROM folder.
2. Create .media if it does not exist.
3. Add a PNG image with the matching name.
4. Safely eject the SD card.
5. Restart or refresh the menu if needed.

Using scrapers

Community tools such as Artwork Scraper, the Web Dashboard, or PC tools like Skraper can help download artwork.

If a scraper creates a media folder or gamelist.xml, NextUI may not use that structure directly. Move or copy the PNG artwork into the .media folder expected by NextUI.

Example conversion:

# Scraper output
Roms/Game Boy Advance (GBA)/media/Metroid Fusion.png
Roms/Game Boy Advance (GBA)/gamelist.xml

# NextUI artwork location
Roms/Game Boy Advance (GBA)/.media/Metroid Fusion.png

The gamelist.xml file is not required for NextUI artwork display.

Artwork for merged folders

If you use multiple emulator folders with the same visible name, each physical ROM folder can have its own .media folder.

Example:

Roms/Game Boy Advance (GBA)/.media/
Roms/Game Boy Advance (MGBA)/.media/

Put the artwork beside the ROM in the same physical folder.