Top requested arcade games for overlays

UDb23

@meleu said in Top 10 requested arcade games for overlays:

Subfolders of the specific game folder called "Option x" (x is num of the optional overlay) ?

I'm OK with this convention. ;-)

Burning Force Artwork pack "converted" to new naming. First case with additonal "Option 1" folder.

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UDb23

City Connection and Pang now also in the Overlay Repo.

UDb23

With Vanguard, Metal Slug 2, The Simpsons, Athena, Aliens and Scion,
Overlays Repo now contains all so far available overlays.

meleu

@UDb23 said in Top 10 requested arcade games for overlays:

Overlays Repo now contains all so far available overlays.

Your link is broken. There's a l before the http. ;-)

UDb23

@meleu thanks. fixed. Uploading lots of stuff and little time... ;-)

meleu

@UDb23 It's good to see the repo very populated! :-)
I'll try to work on the script soon! Thanks for all your artwork!

UDb23

Nr. 11 - Phoenix
Based on original cabinet side art.

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UDb23

Concerning Asteroids, the only one missing from the Poll list, the best core to play is AdvanceMame as it supports line drawing in full 1080p resolution.
This means there's no need (almost no space) for an overlay.
On the other hand it's nice to add a background as explained by @caver01 (thanks!) in his thread on how to make arcade vector games look their best.

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Image by @caver01.

caver01

Thanks for the callout. Actually, this example is Asteroids Deluxe which animates the rocks a little better than the original, but the gameplay is somewhat different with the goofy cluster enemies, shields, etc. The gameplay in astdelux is not for everyone. That said, there are overlays for both, and you can get them running in AdvanceMAME. However, you won't find those details in my early thread about vector games as I don't really use them on 4:3 games. The original asteroid artwork does have some interesting shapes that obscure areas of the screen a little. If you like that sort of thing, you can find the appropriate files online that work with AdvanceMAME's artwork function. As it applies to this thread, we are talking about BEZEL art. In AdvanceMAME, this is all controlled with artwork for romset .106 which are zip files. You can edit the details of how it all works by unzipping the artwork files, editing the .art text file, and so on. Once you get into them you will see what I mean. It's a different animal than using retroarch overlays.

UDb23

@caver01 Thanks for the detailed info. I "studied" the old mame . art overlay file format months ago and did some test: it's a big headache to implement things as you want them (more details here).
That's probably why the .lay format was introduced with later version of mame.
Lr-mame2010 supports .lay but becomes too slow when using overlays with the Pi.

caver01

@UDb23 Thanks for the link to that thread. Space Invaders is a title that I would like to improve on my system. Right now it is just a dopey white on black, but I need to explore other emulator options I think to get a nice color overlay and the cratered planet backdrop. I run the game sideways, as I play vertical titles from the ends of my cabinet. It's high time I revisit this one.

UDb23

New Overlay for a great classic: Astro Invader (1980)

Available now in the Overlay Repository.

HurricaneFan

@UDb23 Looks Awesome!

mviars

@UDb23 Thanks again for making our games look so much better!

UDb23

@mviars I've been even more busy (with other life related matters) over the last 2 weeks.
Work on additional overlays is still progressing.... just slowed down ;-).
Currently finalizing a couple of less known classics with great and very rare artwork.
Almost no bezel images available on the web so I directly asked selected collectors on KLOV 's forum if they can kindly take/share pictures of their real original cabinets to be used to create the specific overlays.
I should be able to provide some result here over the weekend.

HurricaneFan

@UDb23 Thanks for all the work you've been putting into these overlays!

mindel

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!
A cool generic arcade overlay would also be great for the rest of the games.

UDb23

@mindel For generic bezel have a look at this thread.

mindel

@UDb23 thank you for the link, but I don't want the whole thing, just the side overlay for filling a 16:9 screen like in this thread.

UDb23

@mindel There cannot be a single "universal" generic overlay as depending from the game the actual game area is different. Most arcade classics of the 80's do use same area but others don't. Also there's vertical and horizontal.
That said I could create a limited set of "generic overlays" if there's enough demand for.

Feedback required for what games (screen area size "family") they should target.
Suggestions on how graphically you'd like them also welcome.