New NES overlays

[backstander]

When I was on my way to work today I had the thought of using one of those original NES box covers and splitting the picture in half and placing each as bezels for an overlay. Then I was thinking of a game to test this out with and I went with Metroid.
https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/tree/master/nes/Metroid

I'm not sure how I feel about it but here are some screenshots:

If you like this, please let me know. I might try some other split boxes.

[backstander]

Also while searching for a high res picture of the box art, I found this cool Samus Aran wallpaper and decided to cut it in half as well. Here are the screenshots:

I don't know who the original artist of the picture is but here is the original:
http://i.imgur.com/tyM4Br4.png
(While splitting this picture in half I discovered that Samus is exactly 20 pixels off from being centered lol)

[meleu]

@backstander said in New NES overlays:

If you like this, please let me know. I might try some other split boxes.

I liked! And would like to see this for Balloon Fight. :-)

[backstander]

@meleu well...I don't know...I'm kind of busy and I'm not sure if I have the time but...well...okay! Here you go!
https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/tree/master/nes/Balloon Fight

This box is black and I'm not sure if it looks as good as the Metroid box.

[lilbud]

@backstander Would this look better?

[backstander]

@lilbud yeah...can you post the link to the picture you used?

I searched around and I found a Balloon Fight T-shirt and this is what I made with it:

[backstander]

Okay...I like this best!

[meleu]

@backstander I'll stick with that with black background based on the original NES box. Thanks! :-)

[backstander]

@meleu
Okay...I uploaded both bezels but the cfg file points to the original NES box version and the Tshirt version is in there but commented out :-)

[UDb23]

@backstander said in New NES overlays:

original NES box covers and splitting the picture in half and placing each as bezel

Splitting images can provide quite nice bezels, but it depends a lot on the specific image.
Generally I prefer not to split/cut writings and therefore try to reposition these; but that's just my personal opinion ;-)

[UDb23]

@backstander Like this one. Simple and effective.

this cool Samus Aran wallpaper

[lilbud]

@backstander

[meleu]

@lilbud Hey bud, why don't you create a repository for game specific launching images (maybe overlays too)?

I know you like to create splahscreens... In fact I use many of your splashscreens from retropie extra as game launching art.

If you like the idea we can make your art installable by my new script.

[lilbud]

@meleu Done and done

https://github.com/lilbud/Overlays-and-Launching-Images

[meleu]

@lilbud wow! Pretty fast!
Take a look at the info.txt rules here:
https://github.com/meleu/rpie-art/blob/master/INFO.md

Each game must have its own folder. You can take a look at the @UDb23 's repo as an example.

[lilbud]

@meleu Does this seem right?

https://github.com/lilbud/Overlays-and-Launching-Images/tree/master/balloonfight

Could you fix it if it isn't.

[meleu]

@lilbud said in New NES overlays:

@meleu Does this seem right?

https://github.com/lilbud/Overlays-and-Launching-Images/tree/master/balloonfight

Could you fix it if it isn't.

The Balloon Fight.zip.cfg (rom_config) is missing. Unfortunately I don't know the overlay config details... :( I just made the script to install the configs, not the configs itself.

Maybe @backstander or @UDb23 could help with it.

Also, you can name the directory with a "human friendly" name (e.g.: Balloon Fight) with spaces and capitals and even subfolders (e.g.: nes/Balloon Fight).

[backstander]

@lilbud
Have a look at my Baloon Fight directory:
https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/tree/master/nes/Balloon Fight

@UDb23

Splitting images can provide quite nice bezels, but it depends a lot on the specific image.
Generally I prefer not to split/cut writings and therefore try to reposition these; but that's just my personal opinion ;-)

How I did it was how I had it pictured in my mind but it was more of an experiment. When I was making it I also thought about what you just said and worried splitting the text would look bad but after actually using it at an overlay, it doesn't bother me lol

[UDb23]

@meleu: how does your script manage overlays for the same game but from 2 different creators ? ;-)

[meleu]

Added @backstander 's repository to the new script repo list. ;-)

Don't forget that the script is in its initial development phase. Next week I'll work more on it.

@lilbud adding your nes-based splashscreens with some pixelized letters saying "now loading... press a button to configure" would be really cool! The info.txt file for launching images is pretty simple.