[New Theme] Maximus Pie (RetroPie version of Maximus Arcade)

[A Former User]

Wow, amazing theme! Looks a lot like Attract Mode (if you know what that is). I wonder how you did it.

[lilbud]

@itsnitro said in [New Theme] Maximus Pie (RetroPie version of Maximus Arcade):

I wonder how you did it.

[caver01]

@dmmarti Hey! Nicely done! It definitely looks authentic. Does it work with 4:3 aspect ratio like the original? Ahh the nostalgia never ends. This time, it’s front-end theme nostalgia on top of retro-gaming nostalgia. Did you keep the swoosh sound effects? I love it.

[pjft]

@dmmarti well done, looks great!

I'll be downloading this later today.

You should try to add it to the themes downloader when you have the chance:)

[pjft]

Yep.

Just tested it. Looks really nice - well done! And great job on adding support for the new collections.

[dmmarti]

@pjft Thanks!

Yea...now that you and the other devs have been enhancing Emulation Station .... it's awesome that we can now begin making ES themes mimic a lot of the things that's being done in Attract Mode.

So thanks to you and the other folks who make this all possible!

[celly]

@dmmarti very nice! Maximus was one of the first frontends I used (and MALA) when I first started my arcade project. Can't wait to give this a go.

[stephan311280]

Super theme!!!!

THX

[stephan311280]

Do you have the gamelist background without the cabinet for me plz???
THX

[dmmarti]

@stephan311280 --- Here's the Maximus Pie photoshop template.

Have fun...and let me know what you make. I'd love to see it.

I actually fired up my Maximus Arcade front-end on my older gaming PC not too long after making this RetroPie version. Ah....the memories I have of using it......hahaha.

https://mega.nz/#!hYNQDTxR!oTVuwWGATL9AYEEZUcc401xzig3_5Il8bYAZiE46L3g

[stephan311280]

@dmmarti THX

[mgrabow]

My wire really likes this theme. I "scraped" all my games and it works great except the marquee images are too small. I went into each marquee file and replaced it with a larger image and that did not help. I also "disabled the thumbnails and allowed for larger images and re-scraped. No luck.

I basically only run a dozen games in the "arcade" roms folder. Just classic arcade games like millipede and pacman.

Running a raspberry pi3 with 4.3.8 of retropie

[nollerd2]

@dmmarti Could you give us a breakdown of where the images and movies go along with where the config file for maximus pie is and the file name of it ?

Thanks in advance!! Great theme!!!

[nollerd2]

@nollerd2 Figured it all out..

Except where the setting is for the arcade top of the arcade marquis..

:)

You need to add to each game where the mp4 video snaps are stored in my case I've stored them here:

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/art/snaps/

You will also add the rom name with the extension at the end. *see my example below to see how it looks..

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList>
<game>
<path>./aliensyn.zip</path>
<name>Alien Syndrome (set 4, System 16B, unprotected)</name>
<video>./art/snaps/aliensyn.mp4</video>
<rating>0</rating>
<favorite>true</favorite>
</game>

[herb_fargus]

@nollerd2 use pastebin for walls of text.

[nollerd2]

@herb_fargus sorry I had a feeling that was a bit much...

:}

[beamquaker]

@nollerd2 I love this theme. Is there a way to use a default marquee for all the games rather than it changing like the wheel. Thanks

[Newellj79]

Anyone tested this on 4:3 screen?