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      Febbweiss @dmmarti
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      @dmmarti Cool !! I love this style !!

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        alphatoanant @dmmarti
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        @dmmarti very cool, I love the uniqueness of the chalkboard design. Solid work!

        My RetroPie Themes:
        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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          ohmycommodore
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          yeah this can work. i can already see your next theme "Teen"... then work your way up to "Old Guy".

          in all seriousness, the audience who uses a product like this is a different theming approach than basing the style and art on the systems or games themselves.

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            DigitalMonkey Banned
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            Just a suggestion....

            Those blocks on the left seem to be going to waste! What if you used them to show the system name?

            Ya know those kids blocks with letters on them?

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              dmmarti @DigitalMonkey
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              @digitalmonkey -- that's an awesome idea! thanks a lot!

              here's a quick mockup for the Sega systems background....

              0_1503592074193_Screen Shot 2017-08-24 at 11.26.25 AM.png

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                mattrixk @dmmarti
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                @dmmarti I really like your idea of having a custom screen for each Manufacturer, rather than each System. It does give a good variety without having to create 80-odd custom images.

                I'm curious about the LEGO Batman though. Did he have a game on PSP?

                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                  dmmarti @mattrixk
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                  @mattrixk Hmm....you're probably right.

                  I know there were LEGO games for PlayStation ... but not sure which ones.....

                  Heck....I'll have to swap him out with somebody else then! Haha

                  Yea, I was wanting different backgrounds but the thought of making all of them kind of got me down. So having manufacturer ones was my compromise to having different ones.

                  I'll go through the list and see if there are anymore that are worthy to be separated out before release. I just did the big ones that were easy to identify with initially.

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                    dmmarti
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                    Here's a preview of where I'm at with the theme at the moment.

                    A quick scroll through the main menu items. Still have some touch ups to do ... but it's almost time to begin work on the basic and detail/video views.

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                      dmmarti
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                      Version 1.0 is now released and ready for testing/use.

                      If you download and install it, please let me know how it performs and/or things that need tweaked. There's some refinements I want to make on future versions as well as some extra visual things I want to add in.

                      For release 1.0, I've removed the system names on the left hand side that's inside the blocks. I need to find a better way to implement that.

                      Thanks!!

                      https://github.com/dmmarti/es-theme-kidz

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                        dmmarti
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                        If you look closely at the list of names for the "High Scores" list ..... for the generic system background image ...... you might recognize some names in that list.....

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                          dmmarti
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                          Theme is now available via the ES Themes manager.

                          I just wanted to say thanks to all the developers/scripters that make all us this possible for us to use and have fun with.

                          @pjft, @TMNTturtlguy, and all the others......I threw an Easter Egg into the theme for many of you as a way to say thanks for everything everyone does.

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                            TMNTturtlguy @dmmarti
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                            @dmmarti love it! Nice work and thank you!

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                              A12C4
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                              What is better for a kid theme than a black board reminding them of school ? :')

                              Just joking, this theme look really nice.

                              Grid view wiki

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                                pjft @dmmarti
                                last edited by pjft

                                @dmmarti Haha, thanks! My boys will love it :)

                                EDIT: just watched the video, thank you for the kind words. As I mention often, this is all the work of the community, and as you say, it's been fun (and hopefully will continue being so!).

                                I just noticed, if you do have the chance to tweak the names in the High Scores table, Zigurana is also someone who does a lot of work on ES, and could certainly figure in the High Scores list. A lot of the things we've done recently certainly started with his work on ES Kids, so just a thought. :)

                                We're all thankful for your continued work putting these great themes together!

                                Have a great week.

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                                  dmmarti @pjft
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                                  @pjft Done!

                                  Zigurana has been added as well as FieldofCows now too......

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                                    pjft @dmmarti
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                                    @dmmarti Great call and nice catch! :)

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                                      cyperghost @dmmarti
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                                      @dmmarti That's really a great honor, even if I'm just a beginner in comparism to the grand master like @meleu, @pjft, @Zigurana, @BuZz, @herb_fargus, @fluffypillow, @hex, @jdrassa, @dankcushions and all I forgot in coding

                                      and lot's of theme creaters
                                      like you, @lipebello, @TMNTturtlguy, @ruckage, @mattrixk , @lilbud, @UDb23, and all I forgot....

                                      and the project builders ... ;)
                                      btw .... it's not cyberghost like the brand ;)

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                                        dmmarti @cyperghost
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                                        @cyperghost Dang it .... and I even fixed that spelling like twice...doh!!! Stupid autocorrect - gets me all the time. Hahaha

                                        I'll make sure to get that fixed soon!!! I'll also add in those couple of new names you mentioned too. I tried to remember everyone that I've interacted with and/or read a lot of posts from.

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                                          dmmarti @dmmarti
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                                          @cyperghost ...... ok....done!!! I've got you on the list proper now!

                                          Thanks for letting me know ... and thanks to you for all you do as well......!

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                                            Zigurana
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                                            Hey! Thanks for the hat-tip! I'll install this on the kid's bartop, and see how they like it!

                                            If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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