[ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure

GeekOB

Thanks @gavmacmac and @Yobiwan. I would love to post it, but I really need @Frakatchoo's permission first, it's his work.

Frakatchoo

@GeekOB No problem, share the link and I add it to the first post ;)
All the systems you are talking about (CD32,Channel F,Openbor,...) are available and downloadable from the launchbox forum.

d33j4y

Will this actually work on a Rpi4 8gb via Retropie latest 4.6.x build?

ReadyPlayaWon

@d33j4y said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

Will this actually work on a Rpi4 8gb via Retropie latest 4.6.x build?

The important factor is the version of Emulationstation

Will it work on the official ES that comes with Retropie 4.6 ?

No.

it will only work on a Fork of Emulationstation that supports videos on system view.

d33j4y

The idea of replacing system view videos with png images was something I read up in a previous post on this thread! I wasn’t sure if this was implemented in the theme already or needed to be done manually in order for this theme to work on Rpi4 Retropie!?

GeekOB

The "Lite" version is still missing some screens/systems that I couldn't find on the Launchbox Community Forums. Hopefully the community can help creating these using the assets in the links you provided:

Custom Collections
All Games
Pixel/Raspbian Desktop
Setup/Configuration
ResidualVM
Ports

I also renamed some systems so that they would work with my testing. Feel free to rename to fit your own setups.

ReadyPlayaWon

@d33j4y said in [ES Theme] Nostalgia Pure:

The idea of replacing system view videos with png images was something I read up in a previous post on this thread!

Yeah, i read that too and tested it .. sure it works if you replace video with an image (png, jpg, gif etc)

I thought you were asking about the Original Unmodified "Nostalgia Pure" Theme.

Ka

The Lite theme looks great, and seems to work fine. I particularly like the period-appropriate TV/monitors for each console - that's a really nice touch.

Ka

Having said that, the lite theme seems fine when you boot up emulationstation, but if you play a game for a bit and then quit out to the main menu, it seems to struggle a bit. The background images can sometimes take a while to appear, and keep fading in and out. The small button icons at the bottom of the screen tend to flicker on and off as well.

GeekOB

Yes @Ka, I noticed that as well. For me it happens if I scroll really quickly through the screens.
What Raspberry Pi Model are you using and how with much RAM?
Maybe @mitu or other dev can suggest memory setting tweaks to optimize.

I guess the lite theme itself could be further optimized by splitting the PNG files used and just have the smaller screen area that actually changes to cycle through the different systems, but that would take longer and I opted for a faster fix.

Ka

@GeekOB I'm using a Pi4 with 4 gig of memory.

GeekOB

Same here @Ka

Frakatchoo

@GeekOB Link added to the first post ;)

XEntombmentX

I really, really like this. I'm trying out the Lite version currently. Unfortunately, it seems to be missing a few systems, such as C64 (has the image, but no logo or description), Ports, Macintosh, VideoPac, and Z-Machine, as well as a RetroPie setup theme. Aside from that, this is easily my favorite theme I've seen so far and I'd really like to see these added so I can use it properly.

Lendersmark

@GeekOB Definitely! Hope that someone can create these missing assets such as All games, setup etc... can't wait for it.

ZzackK

The best theme :)

PS.
Setup and ports are black in lite only this need fix ;)

Lendersmark

@ZzackK actually setup and ports have no background, this is why we see it as black background

ZzackK

@Lendersmark Raspberry pi4 will be good hardware for background for setup ;)

Another thing. Can I ask for alternative background for Amiga with model A500?

Dwarf

Hi!

Best theme I ever seen!

But...

The "Lite" version doesn't work in Recalbox 7.1 , or I can't make it start, I remain stuck y the ghosts screen, EmulationStation doesn't start.

Can it be adapted to Recalbox 7+? And a 4:3 version could be posible?

Thanxs!

GeekOB

Sorry @dwarf, I don't use RecalBox at all so I wouldn't even know where to begin. I merely adapted @Frakatchoo's original theme to display static images instead of videos. Someone with the time and RecalBox knowledge would have to pick up the torch and work on it.