SPHERE: A pretty cool looking low resolution horizontal layout. It’s a spiritual sibling to the “Vertical Sphere” layout I made for vertically oriented monitors. I actually had this one finished before I finished the vertical version but I’d not put any finishing touches on it. I sort of dig the “broken glass” effect in the gameslist ..
Here is a collection of Attract-Mode front end layouts I’ve created or tweaked. Attract-Mode is a front end program used to launch MAME, FBA, Daphne, and other emulators. All these front ends were designed with lower resolution arcade monitors in mind. All these layout files have all modules included and implemented in the layouts themselves ..
Diamondplate was the first layout I did on my own last year. Diamondplate 2 brought a few more features to the mix and this version, Diamondplate III again brings more features to the layout. If you’re a fan of the last two versions of Diamondplate, you will likely be quite happy with Diamondplate III. If you’re not familiar with this layout, I encourage you to give it a try. It was originally created to use in my Capcom Anthology arcade machine and has a decidedly Capcom-esque theme, though it can be used for just about any system considering how many skins are included. This is a horizontal oriented theme.
GAME MONITOR: If large unimpeded video snaps are your thing, this is your theme! It features a large preview section and scrolling games list to the right. All modules necessary to run this game have been included and are implemented in the layout so it should be plug n’ play. This layout was designed to ..
IREM v1.1: Another in the “arcade manufacturer” themed series… with this Irem layout you can select between the standard text, smooth scrolling text, or smooth scrolling logo games list. You can choose game list backgrounds, adjust the speed of the scroll, etc. The difference between v1.1 and the original theme I’ve already released is that ..
NEO-GEO v1.2: This is a straight forward NEO-GEO layout with few options. You can choose a static or animated mini-marquee. You can choose to use a text games list or the games logos, with or without a “shadow” effect… and there are two different backgrounds to choose from. This layout should be plug n’ play ..
NEO SHUFFLE: This is essentially three Neo-Geo layouts in one as you can select a layout which style “skin” you prefer with each with differing sizes of preview and mini-marquee elements. You can select scroll speed as well as a few “background colors” for the behind the mini-marquee “shuffle” window. As are all my layouts, this ..
The idea for SDAMax came when I decided to implement a “full screen” option for the latest update to the SDArcade layout … however, with some of the additions I’ve made (and will be making) to the SDArcade layout, I decided to flesh the idea out as it’s own separate layout. This is the ..
SDARCADE v2.2: The original SDARCADE theme is one of the first I used with my arcade cabinet and one I really like. It was originally created by Jedione over at the attract-mode forums who was inspired by the ArcadeSD’s front end, but it didn’t work with the Pi. Dee2er modified the theme to work with the ..
SDArcade is the PERFECT Attract-Mode front end theme for lower resolution arcade monitor setups. Originally made by JediOne for the PC version of Attract-Mode in the vein of the ArcadeSD arcade multigame system, Dee2er converted it for use with the Pi. It’s been through a number of changes since then. Version 3 brings to the table ..
SHUFFLE: A simple general-themed layout that utilizes the conveyor_helper modules “Coverflow” option that enables art components to “shuffle” … in this case, the video snaps. It’s a pretty cool animation effect and was quite surprised at how well even the Pi 3 handles it. All modules necessary are implemented in to the layout itself so ..
VERTICAL SPHERE: This theme actually started as a Data East Logo. If you look at the shape of the circle and then the marquee section below, you can see it. It features what I think is a pretty cool “sphere” effect for the preview videos. Marquees slide across the bottom left and right smoothly thanks ..
Many of you may (or may not) have read my write up for the Capcom Anthology cabinet that I have in the arcade. It's running Darksoft's multi CPS2 kit in it, and until recently, I've also been running a Pandora's Box (first it was a PB3 then more recently a PB4) with all games disabled ..