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      TheTrainGoes
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      Hello,

      I have been scratching my head over how to disable overlays / bezels in RetroPie / Emulation Station.

      I am using a copy of Simply Austins 128g RetroPie to take a look around and figure out what settings I want to put in my own custom build. One thing that I cannot find how to disable is the overlay / bezel that shows when playing in systems.

      For instance, in SNES games, there is a 'SNES' themed overlay / bezel around the cropped screen. I have looked high and low for a quick way to disable or change these.

      Any ideas?

      The SNES games run mostly through lr-snes9x2010

      Thanks!

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        mitu Global Moderator @TheTrainGoes
        last edited by mitu

        @thetraingoes As per https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, 3rd party images are not supported, since - as you discovered - each one has configurations that are non-standard for a RetroPie installation.

        That being said, overlays/bezels are configured in RetroArch and you can disable them using the RetroArch GUI - bring it up with Hotkey + X while in game and disable the overlay/bezel. The image you're using might have specific RetroArch configs for the SNES core - see here. You can edit the SNES core configuration and remove the Overlay/Bezel lines for the SNES emulator.

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