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    • UDb23U
      UDb23
      last edited by UDb23

      River City Ransom seems to be one of the best Nes games.

      As requested by @backstander I just finished making the overlays (scale integer and sidebars only) and dedicated launching Image.
      For use with lr-FCEUmm core and 1080p.

      Overlays based on original cover:

      0_1491674871755_nes_rivercityransom cover.jpg

      All logo recreated with vectors.

      Scale Integer
      0_1491674925652_River City Ransom (USA)_udb-ovl.jpg

      Sidebars only
      0_1491674992165_River City Ransom (USA)_udb-ovl BARS.jpg

      Launching Image:

      0_1491675018449_River City Ransom (USA)-launching.jpg

      You can find this and other overlays in the rpie-ovl repository.
      And if you want an easy way to install Arcade overlays (Console support coming soon),
      @meleu created a great dedicated script.
      Perform these commands on your RetroPie:

      git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/udb23/rpie-ovl.git
      cd rpie-ovl
      bash rpie-ovl.sh
      

      After launching rpie-ovl.sh script you just have to follow the instructions in the dialog boxes. Once you have the rpi-ovl.shscript, choose the Update option to get all the latest art in the repository.

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      • meleuM
        meleu @UDb23
        last edited by meleu

        @UDb23 said in New NES overlays:

        River City Ransom seems to be one of the best Nes games.

        It surely is! :-)

        And if you want an easy way to install them, @meleu created a great dedicated script.

        Actually the script is currently not able to install overlays to "home console" systems (arcade only). But this will change soon... ;-)

        UPDATE: Now it can!

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          backstander @UDb23
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          Thank you @UDb23! This looks great!

          0_1491680591028_RiverCityRansomUDb23Ovl1s.png

          One questions! How do I get the launching image to work? I think I place it in /opt/retropie/configs/nes/? And what should it be named?

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          • meleuM
            meleu @backstander
            last edited by

            @backstander said in New NES overlays:

            One questions! How do I get the launching image to work? I think I place it in /opt/retropie/configs/nes/? And what should it be named?

            The game specific launching images should be named RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM/images/RomName-lanching.png (or .jpg).

            I'll try to update the wiki when I have time.

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              backstander @meleu
              last edited by

              Thanks @meleu it's working now!

              0_1491682180281_RiverCityRansomUDb23Ovl4s.png

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                backstander @UDb23
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                @UDb23
                Oh yeah, remember how we were talking about quotes? Well I had to add ASCII quotes around input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/arcade-bezels/River City Ransom (USA).cfg" in the file River City Ransom (USA).zip.cfg for the overlay to work.

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                • UDb23U
                  UDb23 @backstander
                  last edited by

                  @backstander Duly noted for the future. That's because of the spaces in the rom filename.

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                  • UDb23U
                    UDb23 @backstander
                    last edited by

                    @backstander cfg's in the Repo updated (quotes added).

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @meleu
                      last edited by

                      @meleu said in New NES overlays:

                      Actually the script is currently not able to install overlays to "home console" systems (arcade only). But this will change soon... ;-)

                      First post edited ;-)
                      And if you want an easy way to install Arcade overlays (Console support coming soon),
                      @meleu created a great dedicated script.

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                      • UDb23U
                        UDb23 @meleu
                        last edited by

                        @meleu said in New NES overlays:

                        The game specific launching images should be named RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM/images/RomName-lanching.png (or .jpg).
                        I'll try to update the wiki when I have time.

                        Just updated the README.md in the Repo:

                        • Arcade vs Console
                        • launching images install
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                        • UDb23U
                          UDb23
                          last edited by

                          And here's a brand new generic NES overlay (includes also NES Classic).

                          0_1491727320745_nes_generic_udb-ovl.png

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                            backstander @UDb23
                            last edited by

                            @UDb23
                            0_1491748675547_NewGhostbusters2UDb23NESOvls.png

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                            • UDb23U
                              UDb23 @backstander
                              last edited by

                              @backstander looks quite nice :-)
                              Of course suggestions for improvement are always welcome.
                              Thanks for making the screenshot.

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                                backstander @UDb23
                                last edited by

                                @UDb23

                                Of course suggestions for improvement are always welcome.

                                You might try swapping the bezel overlay images like this:
                                0_1491763759693_NewGhostbusters2UDb23NESOvl-reverse2s.png

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                                  UDb23 @backstander
                                  last edited by

                                  @backstander Ok, that's easy ! And you already did it it seems ;-)

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                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu @backstander
                                    last edited by

                                    @backstander @UDb23 I can't explain why, but I think the swapped version looks better (joystick on the left). :-)

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                                    • UDb23U
                                      UDb23 @meleu
                                      last edited by UDb23

                                      @meleu Will change then. Tomorrow. ;-)
                                      Cheers.

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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @backstander
                                        last edited by meleu

                                        @backstander @UDb23 Did you try this overlay with the game?
                                        overlay_with_scale_integer

                                        It didn't look good here. But I'm using a raspi1 and not sure if it's a resolution issue.

                                        The overlay with sidebars only worked flawlessly!

                                        @UDb23 I'm not sure but maybe it would be a good practice to release the sidebars-only overlays as default, and those that needs the video_scale_integer being the optional.

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                                          backstander @meleu
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                                          @meleu

                                          Did you try this overlay with the game?

                                          No, I haven't tried it. I used the "sidebars-only" overlay because I knew it would be easier to setup and I don't want to shrink the game play area.

                                          maybe it would be a good practice to release the sidebars-only overlays as default

                                          I agree.

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                                            backstander
                                            last edited by backstander

                                            So just for fun and because I'm not an artist but I can do a simple picture crop and edit a couple text files...

                                            I put together a generic "The Terminator" overlay for the NES (this could work with any of the Terminator games for the NES):
                                            https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/tree/master/nes/The Terminator

                                            0_1491792178496_TheTerminatorOvl2s.png

                                            The image is from Ivan-NES and it is called "terminator-Robocop KillHuman1"
                                            http://ivan-nes.deviantart.com/art/terminator-Robocop-KillHuman1-244529827

                                            I should also give @UDb23 credit because I just used his hard work as a template.

                                            I might move the left bezel picture over a little bit but this was my first attempt.

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