My Realistic Arcade Overlays for Retroarch Collection

timocologne

i finally figured out, why the cfg files are not working.
i myself am a linux and retroarch/retropie newbie... so it took me bit longer

orionsangel delivers two folders... one of them containing the cfg files with the viewport measurements, that itself linkingto the overlay folder and the config file that is stored there.

the syntax in that first batch of config files is windows based... so the linux system could not understand the directories. for example:

3stooges.cfg

custom_viewport_height = "577"
custom_viewport_width = "756"
custom_viewport_x = "569"
custom_viewport_y = "360"
input_overlay = ":\overlays\arcade\3stooges.cfg"

to get it to work, follow these steps:

run a text replacer. i used the free version of "TextCrawler"
in orions package.... we're dealing with the files in the directory:
Retroatch (sic!) - config - MAME
in all *.cfg files in that directory replace every \ with a / , and then every : with a ~
to make the last lines look like this:

input_overlay = "~/overlays/arcade/3stooges.cfg"

this now points to your raspberry pi's directory:
/home/pi....

so now , from orions package, go to subfolder "Retroatch" (sic!) and copy the whole subfolder "overlays" to your /home/pi/, thus creating the structure:
/home/pi/overlays/arcade/.... that is pointed to from the cfg files that have been changed.

the last step is, to copy all changed cfg files from orionsangel's package , directory Retroatch - config - MAME
to your pi.
Head to the directory /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config
in there you'll find all the different emulators needed to run the various arcade games
go ahead and EITHER copy just the ones that correspond to the emulator that is used to run the game into said subfolder, bbecause.... in orionsangel'S package all cfg files are mixed in together and not seperated by emulators...
OR copy every cfg file (50kb in total) to all the possible emulator folders (fba, mame2003, mame2010 etc....) to make sure, each emulator core finds a cfg if needed...
a bit of an overkill, i know... but as is said... i am a newbie... and if someone else could tell me, that there is an easier solution, i'd be glad to know.

that's all for now... i'm off to play some old school classics now... and am looking forward to part two of orionsangels work. a big shout out again to him!

Orionsangel

@timocologne You're a genius! Thank you!

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic Arcade overlay for the game, Cyber Police: E-SWAT for use on Retroarch.

Thanks to the talented, UDb23 who masterfully recreated this bezel.

You can download it here - https://bit.ly/2UTPgWs

UDb23

@Orionsangel Excellent work as usual !

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic Arcade overlay for the game, Time Soldiers for use on Retroarch.

Thanks to ArsInvictus for finding the HQ bezel for this Arcade game.

This bezel is coming soon in Pack #2

Orionsangel

These are updates to my realistic Neo Geo Arcade bezels now for Retroarch. I've been sitting on these for a while. I thought it was time I release them. Hope you guys like them.

Download the Neo Geo collection here - https://bit.ly/2UTh5PI

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic Arcade overlay for the game, Akai Katana for use on Retroarch

Thanks to ArsInvictus for allowing me to use his amazing bezels. A true talent!

This bezel is coming soon in Pack #2

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic Arcade overlay for the game, Astro Blaster for use on Retroarch

This bezel is coming soon in Pack #2

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Orionsangel

I updated some of the bezels on my Retroarch Overlay Pack #1. I do this behind the scenes. So you might download the pack again every so often and notice some changes to certain bezels. You'll know which ones were updated by the date next to each file.

Retroarch Overlay Pack #1 - https://bit.ly/356TPBe

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic #Arcade overlay for the game #Caliber50 for use on #Retroarch

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic Arcade overlay for the game, Tutankham for use on Retroarch

This bezel is coming soon in Pack #2

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic overlay for the Arcade game Space Dungeon for use on Retroarch

This bezel is coming soon in Pack #2

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Steve

These are fantastic! Well done. I've setup Donkey Kong and Pacman so far on a 24 inch 1920 X1080 screen where they look very realistic and become much more like looking at a real arcade machine (even with screen reflections) plus they remove that dull blackness on these vertical games. But I don't want the actual game screen to look too small though so scale them to 1.12 (and 1.50 on the latest versions) with the game ratio set to 3:4.

I simply copied my fave png of yours, edited the name in the .cfg file and put them in a named folder eg) dkong, then copied them to \configs\all\retroarch\overlay. Then set that folder in the overlay options from the Retroarch Menu. Somebody suggested this early in the thread in case anybody missed it.

Could you possibly package a download of every Overlay you've made please?

Orionsangel

Thanks so much @Steve I appreciate the kind words and support. Great idea on that edit.

Orionsangel

Just a heads up that I'm currently working and editing the montage video for Pack #2 which I will release soon for download. So you guys can finally use them. Hope you guys like them. Thanks for all the support and to those that helped me.

Orionsangel

Here is my long awaited Pack #2 of my Realistic Arcade Bezels for Retroarch and the MAME core. Hope you guys like it.

You can download Pack #2 here - https://bit.ly/3cBGPqt

Orionsangel

Here's a link to download all to my Retroarch bezels so far.

https://bit.ly/2Lvq9VI

Orionsangel

Happy 40th Anniversary, Pac-Man!

Orionsangel

Here is a realistic overlay for the Arcade game Gemini Wing for use on Retroarch

You can download the Gemini Wing bezel here - https://bit.ly/2Zx2FaW
It will be part of Pack #3

Clyde

@Orionsangel Very beautiful! I don't want to nag, but you really should think about a Github repo for easy and lasting access to all of your work. 🧐