Retrorama Comic Theme

[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! (

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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 (

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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!

[Gothrek]

hi man, its possible add more systems to your theme?
in some videos i can see some of them but i dont found anywhere (like apple II for example)
Like:
3do
amiga600, 500, 1200 etc
cavestory
channelf
msx1
odyssey2
oric
prboom
sam coupè
satella view
sufami turbo
thomson
x6800
zx81

apple2gs

tks

[ayayrun]

Hi @lipebello , I love this theme and really appreciate you creating and sharing it for everyone to use! I'm running a 4:3 front end compared to the 16:9 you provide in your artwork so I was wondering if you would be so kind to send me just the blue comic background so I can create my own smaller and more simple theme? It's the one behind the box art with a burst looking background.

[lipebello]

Hello @ayayrun , you mean this one?

[ayayrun]

Close! But I mean just the blue square (first panel on page 2) in high enough res to stretch to 800 x 600?

[lipebello]

@ayayrun Just the original

[ayayrun]

Thank you so much! Is that just a paint brush that gives it that grunge effect on top of this?

[lipebello]

@ayayrun i use a watercolor layer that give the color this texture

[lipebello]

@hisshouburaiken Thanks for the original slogans

[ExarKunIv]

@lipebello That looks sweet. Can't wait for you to release it.

ETA???
Just playing. :)

I know you can't rush something this good

[ayayrun]

@lipebello Ok awesome that's all I need to recreate it :) Thanks again!

[MarlonBarros]

@lipebello Your work is amazing. I am very eager to try this theme.

[Imgema]

What's the status of this theme? Is there any updated version with systems like 3DO and Atari Jaguar?

[hipher]

Hi. I'm new to retropie, just got my first raspberry (a Pi 4), so as soon as retropie was relased for it, I've started to read and watch everything I've found. As soon as I came across the Retorama theme and associatted studd, I knew it would be the theme for the arcade cabine I'm building. Huge thanks to @lipebello, I can't even imagine the amount of effort and time put into creating such beatiful art.

By the way, will the theme in 3:4 format finally come out? That woule be graeat as I'm planning on using and old CRT TV for my cabinet.

Again, thanks to @lipebello for sharing this amazing work.

Cheers

[o0alucard0o]

@lipebello is a generous artist