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    • SuperFromNDS
      SuperFromND
      last edited by SuperFromND

      Howdy! I made some overlays for RetroPie, and decided to share them in case anyone else wanted them.
      These overlays are intended for 1920x1080 (1080p/FHD) displays, with "integer scaling" enabled for games, and 1:1 aspect ratio. This thread will be updated with more overlays as I create them.

      Installation Instructions

      • Download the overlay(s) that you want. Ideally, name the PNG files after the respective system.
      • Open a text editor and paste the following contents:
      overlays = 1
      overlay0_overlay = System.png
      overlay0_full_screen = true
      overlay0_descs = 0
      
      • Replace "System.png" with whatever you named the PNG file
      • Save the file the same as whatever you named the PNG file, but with a .cfg extension
        (Example: NES.png and NES.cfg)
      • Repeat the above three steps for each image
      • Place all of your PNG and CFG files into /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlays/borders(On a Samba share, this would be \\RETROPIE\configs\all\retroarch\overlays\borders)

      From there, you can simply follow the instructions on this page to set the overlay for each core or game.

      Overlays

      320x240/640x480 (Dreamcast, N64, Sega Master System)
      This border can also be used as a "4:3 aspect ratio" border.
      320x240-border.png
      256x224 (NES)
      It should be worth noting the NES's actual resolution is 256x240. However, RetroArch removes vertical parts of the screen by default due to overscan artifacts.
      nes-overlay.png
      320x200/640x400 (MS-DOS, PC88, PC98)
      dos-border.png
      384x272 (Commodore 64)
      c64-overlay.png
      320x244 (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Neo Geo)
      genesis-border.png
      256x240 (TurboGrafx 16)
      tg16-overlay.png
      160x144 (Game Boy and Game Boy Color, Sega Game Gear)
      gameboy-overlay.png
      240x160 (Game Boy Advance)
      gba-overlay.png
      384x224 (Virtual Boy)
      virtualboy-overlay.png
      224x288 (Namco Galaga-based arcade games)
      namcoarcade-overlay.png
      320x212 (Atari 2600)
      atari-overlay.png

      Game-Specific: The Neverhood
      neverhood-border-tinypng.png

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