Retrorama Comic Theme

[sergioad]

@lipebello if you update your theme could you advice us please? Also... Do you think the update could be also applied to the launching screens?

[lipebello]

@sergioad Yup, i'm planning to, just messing around with a new render engine for the overlays and recreating the covers for both ratios. When i finish the overlays and covers, i'm gonna work on the launching images

[sergioad]

Thanks, having a Retrorama with the English PC Engine comic style marquee would be amazing

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello

a very general question as, i can only imagine how much work goes into something this good

about what percent are you on with getting the new update done

not asking for a time as im good with waiting

again thank you for the amazing theme, and i found the loading screens you made so it is even better now :)

[valdan]

I definitely ran across this theme multiple years after making a RetroPie...and its the most beautiful thing ever, especially as a tribute to Stan Lee!

I did see an N64 and Playstation Overlay in a few videos (and I think IRL at an ArcadeExpo), and wasn't sure if those were still available or would be coming up in the next release? Either way, all of this is absolutely amazing and your work will always be appreciated!

Thank you!

[otaolafr]

@lipebello is there any chance that you are planning to add newer systems? like wii or PS2? i love so so much your theme with recalbox theme they have became my favorite ones... and the only detail is that some system are missing :/

thanks really reaaaaaally great job man by far the most gorgeous theme in retropie!!!

[PittStone]

@otaolafr You can check out my Update Pack on this Post: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/156297

[lipebello]

@valdan i've finished the new overlay materials for rendering it. just posted a pic on my instagram
https://www.instagram.com/phillbello/

@ExarKunIv i think it takes about 10 hours each system, from drawing to finish it in illustrator, launching images, controller, logos, etc.. .and rendering the overlays in 3D. Now that i already have made the drawings, it takes 1 or 2 hours each.

Right now i've made 32 of 78 systems i have on the old retrorama. But i'm remaking the arcade and japanese systems because i want arcade to look like special edition comic books and japanese systems to look like different mangas.

But since last year i am working on another city and have less time to work on the theme.

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello thank you for getting back to me, yes i can see it taking that long for what you do, if it was me it would be way longer, lol. but i cant draw to save my life :P

im stoked for what you are changing, i think it will work great with your theme.

yes it stinks that you dont have as much time to work on it, but thats life for you

[lipebello]

@ExarKunIv yeah, it was way cooler when i had 3 to 5 hours a day to do this, i was way less stressed, lol

[otaolafr]

@PittStone hi pitt i didnt understud, is the wrong link maybe? because it is a post of another skin completly different to retrorama ... or you were giving me a skin that has all the systems?
i wanted to know if the ps2 and wii where near creation for the retrorama to be able to use it, for the moment i am with the recalbox skin. thanks
thanks eighter way,

[MarlonBarros]

@lipebello is there any release forecast for the theme?

[lipebello]

@MarlonBarros i'm reworking some of the covers in order to release it. It won't have as many systems as the old one, but i'll try to cover as many as i can

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello looking good. i like what you changed on that one.

the only system that is missing from my build is The Magnavox Odyssey2. if you have that one i be a happy.....

well i will be happy no matter what. your work is amazing

:)

[hisshouburaiken]

@lipebello

I've gotten back into emulation recently and am putting together a setup using your amazing retrorama theme. As a Japanese speaker I play a lot of games in JP and I was thrilled to see you have dedicated art for the Famicom, SFC, etc since I want to have them as separate console entries :)

I registered here just to ask if you'd like me to give you the original advertising catchphrases for all the Japanese systems? It wouldn't take too long to compile them and I can help you with which characters to emphasize etc.

Example for Famicom:
Yellow/Red text: 家族みんなで
Big red startburst text:ファミリーコンピュータ

Or if you want a proper translation of "Now you're playing with power:"
Yellow/red text above: これこそ本当の
Big red starburst text:力
Yellow/red text below:だぜ！

If you're interested give me a shout; I can get you what you'd need for whatever systems. Thanks for the beautiful artwork!

[MarlonBarros]

@lipebello Thank you. I'm anxious for your theme

[lipebello]

@hisshouburaiken That would be awesome! i'm just remaking all japanese systems and it would be great to use the original advertising slogans! I'm also really glad that you enjoyed the theme.

@ExarKunIv sure thing!

[ohmycommodore]

Trying to remember what was missing for me from the earlier theme... Odyssey 2 was one I'm sure. A really distinct box art style that could be riffed on for that.

[hisshouburaiken]

I was originally going to send this via private message but there's apparently no way to do that on this forum. Then I figured why not share what I dug up because a lot of it was just kinda interesting. What follows is a list of multiple systems and either their Japanese advertising catchphrase, or a tagline that was used in some form of advertisement for them (catalogs, commercials, etc). Enjoy! @lipebello This list is by no means exhaustive so let me know if there are more systems you want to do Japanese pages for.

The bold words are the ones I would suggest emphasizing if you're doing text where some words jump out, or putting in a different color if you're doing more than one. If you've got something else in mind like having five different ways to emphasize each part just let me know and I'll help you parse it out.

WonderSwan:　みんな、本気になってくる (

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Note: The proper Japanese spelling for the system is ワンダースワン, which you have for the color but not the original.
Or if you wanna tweak Conan's catchprase, 色はいつも二つ！　（There are only two colors!)

CONSTANT PARTS OF THE THEME:
Number of players: 人数
Best played with: オススメのコントローラー

WonderSwan Color: ハマれるゲームが必ずある! (

)

SG-1000:　ゲームセンターの興奮そのまま! (https://twitter.com/mk64469474/status/1110093582063398913?lang=bg)

Super Famicom:こんにちはスーパーファミコン (

)

Saturn: 脳天直撃セガサターン (https://tocage.jp/pages/1408606442.html)

Playstation: 全てのゲームは ここに集まる (

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PCE SuperGrafx: マニアに挑戦！　スーパーマシン登場！ (https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/gamesmasa/58960124.html)

PC-Engine: 目よ、耳よ。ここが戦場だ。 (https://ameblo.jp/w-e-m/entry-10550345855.html)

PCE-CD: 今、CD-ROMに目覚めるキミへ。 (https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/gamesmasa/62467917.html)

Neo-Geo (Home console/Arcade): 凄いゲームを連れて帰ろう

Neo-Geo (Home console/Arcade alternate, 100MB + Roms: The 100 MEGA SHOCK!

Neo-Geo (Home console/Arcade alternate 2, max game size: GIGA POWER PRO-GEAR SPEC

Neo-Geo Pocket & Neo-Geo-Pocket Color: I'm not BOY. 誰だってBOYを捨てるときがくる (

- Classic!)

N64: ゲームが変わる、６４が変える (http://himatubusiwtg.blogspot.com/2011/10/64.html)

Megadrive: 時代が求めた16ビット (https://tocage.jp/pages/1408606442.html)

Mark-III/Master System: 先進のスーパーゲームメカ！ (https://sega.jp/history/hard/mastersystem/index.html)

Famicom Disk System: 夢いっぱいディスク (URL in Japanese, too long to paste)

Famicom: 家族みんなでファミリーコンピュータ (Japanese Wikipedia)

Game Gear: いつでもどこでもカラーが楽しいゲームギア (https://torecaganpura.com/sega-game-gear-series/sega-game-gear-review/)

Game Boy Color: 君とならどこまでも (http://kemurikikakuku.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/06/28/212408)

[lipebello]

Thanks a lot, @hisshouburaiken!