Sharing my 5:4 and 4:3 aspect Gameboy RetroArch overlay

RedFarmer

I wanted a Gameboy border/overlay that suited my 5:4 screen, and as i couldn't find any i created one myself instead and thought why not share it :)

Preview:
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1600x1200 (4:3)
GameBoy1600x1200.png
GameBoy1600x1200.cfg

1280x1024 (5:4)
Gameboy5x4.png
GameBoy5x4.cfg

1280x960 (4:3)
GameBoy4x3.png
GameBoy4x3.cfg

In RetroArch Video menu on my 5:4 1280x1024 setup i chose custom aspect ratio and put these values:

Ratio X Pos. 335
Ratio Y Pos. 250
Ratio Width 682
Ratio Height 551

Clyde

First and foremost, thanks for sharing your work. I welcome any 4:3 overlay, because the monitor of my upright arcade cabinet has this screen ratio.

But could you please insert the image into your post with the little picture button of the forum's editor? It's rather inconvenient having to download the picture from your link only to look at it. Thanks.

RedFarmer

@Clyde said in Sharing my 4:3 aspect Gameboy RetroArch overlay:

First and foremost, thanks for sharing your work. I welcome any 4:3 overlay, because the monitor of my upright arcade cabinet has this screen ratio.

But could you please insert the image into your post with the little picture button of the forum's editor? It's rather inconvenient having to download the picture from your link only to look at it. Thanks.

Ofcourse! That was my plan actually but must have forgot it :) I've updated the initial post now.

Clyde

Thanks! Nice work.

edit: Oh, but 1280x1024 is 5:4. 1280x960 is 4:3.

RedFarmer

Oh my goodness! You're right! I have a 5:4 screen thinking it was 4:3 all along :D

I made some simple adjustments and also made a real 4:3 version as well as updated the initial post once again :)

Thanks for letting me know!

Clyde

@RedFarmer And thank you for adding a 4:3 version. :D

edit: That said, which resolution is the original picture? Would it be possible to create versions in higher resolutions? (e.g. 1600x1200 which is the native resolution of my cabinet's monitor.)

Here is a handy list of resolutions sorted by ratio.

RedFarmer

@Clyde said in Sharing my 5:4 and 4:3 aspect Gameboy RetroArch overlay:

@RedFarmer And thank you for adding a 4:3 version. :D

edit: That said, which resolution is the original picture? Would it be possible to create versions in higher resolutions? (e.g. 1600x1200 which is the native resolution of my cabinet's monitor.)

Here is a handy list of resolutions sorted by ratio.

The original resolution of the layers are high enough so now updated with a (untested) 1600x1200 version :)

Clyde

@RedFarmer You're just great. Thank you very much!

edit: You made a little mistake: The link to your png file is named ".cfg". :)

RedFarmer

Fixed :)

robertvb83

Thanks for the bezel, i will use it for my 5:4 monitor in my cabinet.

In my memories the power LED was Red when switched ON. Is there a reason you have this in green?

RedFarmer

@robertvb83

You're probably right. If you google Gameboy and choose images there are a few that has a green light but most of them are red as you mention. I should have done more research about that prior to creating them. Maybe i'll fix it and update the post when i got some time.

robertvb83

@RedFarmer i have trouble with the 1280x1024... the game field aspect ratio is not right... the cfg is not working original resolution was 160x144px which is 1:1.111 but your version is is almost 1:1.

I think ill try a different one or convert one 16:9 myself

buzztea

it looks very good, but unfortunately it is no longer available...
:-(