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    • ZenjiroZ
      Zenjiro @Striderx99
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      @Striderx99 Yes I have a 3DS and Naomi theme queued up to be pushed to my repo. As well as several others. Progress is slow, and I am waiting for the next major release of RetroPie. I hope it supports ogg or mp3 playback for theme sounds. Right now it only supports wav files and they take up a bunch of space.

      EmulationStation Developer fabricecaruso has recently added some new auto-themes, arcade being one, which I am also in the works for making sure this theme supports them.

      I also want to add support for marquee, and wheel art. Just be aware that I am only supporting the 16:9 version of this theme. I don't have the resources, or time to maintain both. But if anyone wants to collaborate and take on the 4:3 I am willing to help.

      Here are all the current themes that will be added with the next release (more will likely be added):

      Fixed the Following:
- Renamed chrashbandicoot to crashbandicoot

Changed the Following:
- PC is now MSDOS

Added Systems:
- C64-Classic
- Capcom-Classic
- Famicom-Classic
- Famicom-Shonen
- Mega CD
- Mega Drive-Japan
- Naomi
- Neo-Geo CD
- NES-Classic
- Nintendo 3DS
- Nintendo 64DD
- PC
- PlayStation-Classic
- Pokemon Mini
- SFC-Classic
- SNES-Classic-US
- SNES-Classic-EU

Added Themes:
- Advance Wars
- Blizzard
- Darkstalkers
- Diablo
- Dragon Quest
- Halo
- JRPG
- Kingdom Hearts
- Konami
- Shining Force
- Starcraft
- Starfox
- Star Ocean
- Star Trek
- Street Fighter
- Warcraft
- Wario
- Witcher
- Yoshi
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      • Striderx99S
        Striderx99
        last edited by

        Thank you for the response. I created a few of these icons (including one for Wii and the WiiU) this past weekend. They don't include the transparency. I used either a white or black background along with some .png images for each console that I found. I know they a bit different from the others, but for now it works. As for the developers and the year of production on the bottom of the icons, I just cut and pasted from a few of the samples that are already available. When the ones you mentioned become available, I'm sure they will far surpass what I created. I'll just update the theme when the time comes. Thank you for putting effort on this project.

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        • ZenjiroZ
          Zenjiro @Striderx99
          last edited by

          If anyone has any recommendations for systems or themes, that are not currently added feel free to open a ticket on
          Github: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook/issues

          Also feel free to request:

          • Games, or Screenshots, of what you would like to see in the comic background for said system/collection
          • Color scheme of the system/collection image
          • Launch Sound for when you start a game

          If you can provide the images (with source) and/or the audio file(s) it will also help out.

          If you find any issues while running the theme such as graphical glitches or clipping of the drop shadow let me know.

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          • ZenjiroZ
            Zenjiro
            last edited by

            Wanted to share this cool bit of inspiration that hit me. While I was creating the custom theme for the .Hack series I decided to change it up a bit and use a cyber/circuit board pattern for the system image:

            system.png

            And while I was finishing it I thought it would be cool to add a "glitch" effect to it:

            system3.png

            I think it came out nicely.

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              mikeydoom @Zenjiro
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              @Zenjiro

              I love the glitch version!

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              • ZenjiroZ
                Zenjiro
                last edited by Zenjiro

                Sometimes I forget to take a step back and get some R&R, and actually use the theme I am working on. So for the last couple of months I have been catching up on some old N64 games, RA Profile.

                And with Doom and Animal Crossing recently releasing I figured I should make themes for them. Here are the previews:

                comic.png

                comic.png

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                • Mr. BerlinM
                  Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
                  last edited by

                  @Zenjiro glitch effect turn out so nice , and theme over all so sweet , but is there any planes to add missing systems like neogeo cd , pc-88 and pc-98

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                  • ZenjiroZ
                    Zenjiro @Mr. Berlin
                    last edited by

                    @Mr-Berlin Neogeo CD is planned, PC-88 and PC-98 are now planned.

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                    • Mr. BerlinM
                      Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
                      last edited by

                      @Zenjiro man you are amazing :D

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                      • Mr. BerlinM
                        Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
                        last edited by

                        @Zenjiro if you plane to add more systems there is sharp x1 , sharp x68000 , satellaview, sufami, and atomiswave

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                        • ZenjiroZ
                          Zenjiro @Mr. Berlin
                          last edited by

                          @Mr-Berlin Satellaview, and Atomiswave are already done, just not uploaded yet.

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                          • Mr. BerlinM
                            Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
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                            @Zenjiro man i know my English is bad but i wanna you to know that you make amazing work and keep one of the most awesome theme alive and that deserve appreciation

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                              MakPro
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                              Hello! Anyone tell me please, where i can download the latest version of this wonderfull theme ?

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @MakPro
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                                @MakPro You can install it from the RetroPie's themes menu - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/.

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                                  MakPro @mitu
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                                  @mitu thank you very much!

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                                    dusty048
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                                    I love this theme. I know its not being officially developed for now but I've noticed some people are continuing development is other ways.

                                    I can't find a banner/logo for Naomi? Can anyone link me to the best tutorial post? ( I found one but I followed the instructions and it didn't come out well) or can I be cheeky and some one knock one out for me?

                                    Now the RPi4 is out and able to run more taxing systems like atomiswave and Naomi I want to add them to my bartop arcade and need some art to make them fit with this theme.

                                    Thanks in advance.

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                                    • ZenjiroZ
                                      Zenjiro
                                      last edited by

                                      @dusty048 You are in luck I already made one.

                                      I'll go ahead and post them here for you and anyone else who wants to use them.

                                      comic.png
                                      system.png
                                      bannerlogo.png

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                                      • Striderx99S
                                        Striderx99
                                        last edited by

                                        Any possibility of producing a comic.png, bannerlogo.png, and comic_rip.png for the Atomiswave set?

                                        Thanks :-).

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                                        • ZenjiroZ
                                          Zenjiro @Striderx99
                                          last edited by

                                          @Striderx99 Yup already made one.

                                          comic.png
                                          system.png
                                          bannerlogo.png

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                                          • ZenjiroZ
                                            Zenjiro
                                            last edited by

                                            Since it seems some people are starting to request certain themes now, instead of me posting them individually when asked, I have went ahead and uploaded my current 3.2-Beta of this theme. Which can be found here: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook/tree/3.2-Beta

                                            !!!PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A BETA!!!
                                            To my knowledge it should work fine, most people might say it is in a "good enough" state to at least be usable.
                                            But I assure you there are still several tiny issues here and there. Of which you are free to open a ticket on or mention here and I will address it when I find the time.

                                            28 New System Themes
                                            34 New Custom Themes

                                            Current Change Log:

                                            Upscaled older system image files by a factor of 2 using Waifu2x.
Removed Tutorial archive
Removed Unused assets
Optimized all PNG images to 128-bit color using PNGquant
Moved launch WAV files to corresponding "hacks" systems
Replaced all SVG files with PNG files
Removed all "controller" images

Fixed the Following:
- Renamed chrashbandicoot to crashbandicoot

Changed the Following:
- PC is now MSDOS

Added Systems:
- Atomiswave
- Auto-at2players
- Auto-at4players
- Auto-neverplayed
- C64-Classic
- Capcom-Classic
- Famicom-Classic
- Famicom-Shonen
- Mega CD
- Mega Drive-Japan
- Naomi
- Neo-Geo CD
- NES-Classic
- Nintendo 3DS
- Nintendo 64DD
- PC
- PC-88
- PC-98
- PlayStation-Classic
- Pokemon Mini
- Satellaview
- SFC-Classic
- SNES-Classic-US
- SNES-Classic-EU
- Sufami Turbo
- Nintendo Switch
- Sharp X1
- Sharp X68000

Added Themes:
- Advance Wars
- Animal Crossing
- Ape Escape
- Blizzard
- Custom Robo
- Darkstalkers
- Diablo
- Doom
- Dot Hack
- Dragon Quest
- Earthbound
- Golden Sun
- Halo
- Humongous Entertainment
- JRPG
- Kingdom Hearts
- Konami
- Metal Gear
- Mother
- Pac-man
- Phantasy Star
- Pheonix Wright
- Ratchet & Clank
- Rayman
- Shining Force
- Starcraft
- Starfox
- Star Ocean
- Star Trek
- Street Fighter
- Warcraft
- Wario
- Witcher
- Yoshi
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