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    • GreenHawk84G
      GreenHawk84 @Riverstorm
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      @Riverstorm I do have one that is from the Rare Replay on Xbox Live, but do you know if these are original bezel arcade art files or are they new gen? I was looking at the old arcade cabinet art and I really like the old art.

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      • RiverstormR
        Riverstorm
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        @GreenHawk84 - Good point, I'm not sure if they are from the original cabinet. I just found them online while I was searching for overlays that aren't in the repo. If I come across any that are 1920 x 1080 then I make the .cfg files to work with RA.

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        • UDb23U
          UDb23 @GreenHawk84
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          @GreenHawk84 Did a quick check and unfortunately couldn't find any high res scan of the marquee or other artwork of the original arcade cab. Even Mrdo's Mame artwork site has no bezel for that game. :-(

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          • RiverstormR
            Riverstorm
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            @UDb23 @GreenHawk84 - I do have the ones posted above in 1920 x 1080 300 DPI that look pretty decent. The first one has a "grainy/ink blotchy" look to just the characters but not the rest of the image so I don't know if is the art style used (which I kind of like) or scaled up or something else like parts of images pieced together. They are 2.5MB and the other is 5MB. If you're looking for them and they don't pop up in a quick search I can upload them with the .cfg and .zip.cfg files.

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            • UDb23U
              UDb23 @Riverstorm
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              @Riverstorm They look cool but are not from the cab, if that's what @GreenHawk84 is looking for.

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              • UDb23U
                UDb23
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                side art (best I found).

                battletoads marquee.jpg
                marquee

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                • RiverstormR
                  Riverstorm
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                  @UDb23 - It's cool looking artwork. It's a shame so many of the originals will be lost with time. I don't mind the overlays above. I figure they are definitely better than nothing if you're into overlays. I look every now and then to add a few overlays to freshen things up. Do either of you guys have a link to what the original arcade bezel looked like?

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                  • quicksilverQ
                    quicksilver @Riverstorm
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                    @Riverstorm I found several pictures of original cabinets. Doesnt look like there was any art around the screen itself.

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @Riverstorm
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                      @Riverstorm Seems no bezel, but with good quality side art and cpo I could create an "original art based" overlay. Some Arcade art Print service sites are selling prints so high res scans do exist.

                      Currently quite busy with restoring Exidy's Venture and Crash bezels; once finalized I may give Battletoads overlay a try.

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                      • RiverstormR
                        Riverstorm
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                        @quicksilver - Thanks, nice pic. I see that it says "4 player Battletoads - 1 million dollars!" in the corner on a note card. I can't quite read the rest but it looks like a name and number. Spendy cab! I wonder what the 4th player is about as it's normally only 3 players?

                        @UDb23 - I'm fine with the above bezels so no hurry here I just wanted to offer those alternate bezels until the original came along but since one doesn't exist it looks like you get creative control to design it however you wish. :)

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                        • quicksilverQ
                          quicksilver @Riverstorm
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                          @Riverstorm yea I was wondering about that note myself as there are clearly only 3 sets of controls on the cabinet.

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                          • OrionsangelO
                            Orionsangel @UDb23
                            last edited by Orionsangel

                            @UDb23 I love your original Burning Force bezel! Well done! I make realistic looking arcade bezels for Mame. Could I use this bezel with your permission. I'd give you credit of course.

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                            • UDb23U
                              UDb23 @Orionsangel
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                              @Orionsangel thanks. Sure you can use it. Your realistic bezels look great.
                              btw noticed back in July you made a realistic bezel out of my (at that time) unfinished sky soldiers restoration @mameworld. I'd suggest you use the final one.

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                              • OrionsangelO
                                Orionsangel @UDb23
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                                @UDb23 Thank you. I will give you credit.

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                                • OrionsangelO
                                  Orionsangel @UDb23
                                  last edited by

                                  @UDb23 How do you download your Burning Force bezel?

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                                  • UDb23U
                                    UDb23 @Orionsangel
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                                    @Orionsangel said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                    How do you download your Burning Force bezel?

                                    All my artwork for bezels/overlays can be found in my github Repo.
                                    Burning force is here.

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                                    • BriganeB
                                      Brigane @UDb23
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                                      @UDb23 Is it possible that we will see more great artworks from you in the future?

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                                      • UDb23U
                                        UDb23 @Brigane
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                                        @Brigane said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                        Is it possible that we will see more great artworks from you in the future?

                                        Of course ! Been very busy for some months but also never stopped having fun in restoring arcade artwork meanwhile. Therefore a significant number of new overlays, based on high res scans, will be coming soon. Some of these quite rare. Sky Soldiers being first.

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                                        • UDb23U
                                          UDb23
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                                          As promised ;-)

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                                          Launching image

                                          and

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                                          Overlay

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                                          • OrionsangelO
                                            Orionsangel @UDb23
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                                            @UDb23 Thank you! Sorry I took so long to respond. I've been so busy working.

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