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    hoover900 @WeirdH
    last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:28

    @WeirdH thanks man, thought it was fitting for last played as all.

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      CCFox
      last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:29

      @hoover900

      As well as the Atari suggestions is there any chance for the 8 bit computers from the 80's?

      Commodore VIC-20
      Commodore C64
      Commodore C16
      Amstrad CPC464
      ZX Spectrum

      KR

      CCFox

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        CCFox
        last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:30

        @hoover900

        I mean the game list screens....

        Again Kind Regards

        CCFox

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          hoover900 @HurricaneFan
          last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:34

          @HurricaneFan starting your statement with "Not to be a dick" is always a dick move, but no hard feelings man. criticism is criticism be it bluntly put or gently given.

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            hoover900 @CCFox
            last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:39

            @CCFox ZX and the C64 are on my list to do, but the C16, Vic, and Amstrad aren't on that list. What are some notable exclusive games on the C16, VIC, and Amstrad, as well as the ZX and C64?

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              CCFox
              last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:53

              @hoover900

              Hmmm....

              ZX Spectrum: I would say Dizzy the Egg....Notable games are Treasure Island Dizzy and Fantasy Island Dizzy.

              Amstrad: I would say any Roland games...That was the unofficial mascot and a few games came out that revolved around him...Roland on the Ropes and Roland In the Caverns to name two.

              Commodore 64: Looking online International Karate and Impossible Mission are fan favourites.

              Commodore VIC-20: Well my favourite is Blitz (City Bomber in the US).

              Commodore 16: Again my favourite was Saboteur.

              Hope this helps.

              Again Kind Regards

              CCFox

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                CCFox
                last edited by 18 May 2020, 01:59

                Found one for Blitz

                Hope the link works....

                https://www.deviantart.com/itifonhom/art/Away-467256624

                KR

                CCF

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                  CCFox
                  last edited by 18 May 2020, 02:03

                  Here's Dizzy:

                  https://www.deviantart.com/craigyule/art/DIZZY-The-Ultimate-Cartoon-Adventure-670812046

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                    CCFox
                    last edited by 18 May 2020, 02:05

                    Am I allowed to do these links?

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                      hoover900 @CCFox
                      last edited by 18 May 2020, 04:12

                      @CCFox I'm sorry to say, but none of those games have any fan art or official art that thematically fits with the theme. Not finding anything on Artstation, pixiv, or even google.

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                        nil06 @hoover900
                        last edited by 18 May 2020, 04:53

                        @hoover900 said in Not so Epic Noir:

                        @chicuelo thanks man and thank you and @c64-dev for making Epic Noir in the first place to start all of this.

                        @hoover900 Cracking job there mate! As Nico said, it's great seeing what other people can do with the theme we created.
                        In fact, when we first started out making the EN theme, one of our first priorities was to make it easy for people to change the poster images etc to their liking.
                        Now look at this beauty! :)

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                          hoover900 @nil06
                          last edited by hoover900 18 May 2020, 12:24

                          @nil06 thanks man. The first thing I did was change the PC-Engine background to some Bonk's Adventure art and it sorta went from there. The only think I really had an issue with was getting crisp looking edges on the font. Started with Krita because don't have Photoshop at the moment and for some reason the text tool is meh. In addition Krita doesn't have actions, so it made exporting the images was a pain. Ended up switching over to Affinity Designer and redoing everything. It end being better because I could see everything at once because of how its bulk export system works.

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                          Thanks again for your work on Epic Noir man

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                            CCFox @hoover900
                            last edited by 18 May 2020, 12:51

                            @hoover900

                            No matter...It was just a thought...Thank you for your efforts.

                            Rgds

                            CCFox

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                              brand @hoover900
                              last edited by 20 May 2020, 19:12

                              @hoover900 Thank your for the reply :)

                              I'm absolutely not able to do such a mod :D I can barely change a font color in a xml file :)

                              Keep it up <3, bot you and chiculeo are giving an awesome contribution to the pretty boring and buggy themeing scene :)

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                                SP
                                last edited by 21 May 2020, 12:49

                                Yo, that R-Type art is great!

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                                  hoover900 @brand
                                  last edited by 22 May 2020, 15:14

                                  @brand dude don't count yourself short so quickly. If you can setup Retropie you can edit a XML file and what not.

                                  Check out the docs on making your own theme. Reading the docs is always the first step.

                                  Also I would recommend a text editor that has syntax highlighting, like VS Code or Sublime Text. The highlighting makes reading the file much easier.

                                  One more thing to check out are the GitHub tutorials. Source control is super helpful is you make a mistake you can just go back to a previous version.

                                  Remember knowing is half the battle.

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                                    mattrixk
                                    last edited by mattrixk 8 Jul 2020, 13:17 7 Aug 2020, 05:11

                                    I only just found the Epic Noir theme, and I like it a lot, but there's a bunch of things I want to change about it.

                                    I found your version and I like it too. I may have to do sort of a mix of the 2 find what works for me.

                                    Edit: Quick note, this is the correct link to the Create Your Own Theme doc.

                                    [Wow, I wrote that how-to guide like 3 or 4 years ago. Glad some people are still getting some use out of it, even though it's probably pretty out of date by now]

                                    My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                      Gamehedpro
                                      last edited by 23 May 2021, 08:47

                                      I'd really love to use this theme but I can never figure out how to download stuff from github. Is there a zip file somewhere that I can download? Any help would be appreciated thanks.

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                                        mitu Global Moderator @Gamehedpro
                                        last edited by 23 May 2021, 09:26

                                        @gamehedpro You click on the Code button at the top of the repository and you can download the theme as a .zip file:

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                                        After you extract the archive, you can copy the theme's folder to \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation\themes (create the themes folder if it doesn't exist) and then you can choose the theme from EmulationStation's menu.

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