MLSchleps' MAME Overlays for Retropie and 1920x1080 displays

[MLSchleps]

Taking a break from the Dreamcast covers and am putting together some MAME Bezels and Marquee packs for my Retropie.  I wasn't happy with the available overlays that are out there, so I decided to make some myself.  I think they turned out pretty well and I'll be releasing them on this thread.  Enclosed in each pack attachment will be the marquee at 1000 pixels wide, a bezel overlay with the artwork on the sides and any background picture needed at 1920x1080 pixels and the necessary Retropie config files.  I am using MAME2003 as the basis as this version runs fastest on my hardware, so the config files are tailored for that version.

Using Pac-Man as an example, the pacman-image.jpg file goes in the downloaded images folder and replaces the scraped image file.  Create a new folder in the Overlay folder called "MAME2003" and place the pacman.cfg and pacman.png files there.  The pacman.zip.cfg file goes in the ROMS folder.

Here is a list of where the files go in Retropie 4.4:

gamelist:  opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/mame-libretro
marquees:  opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_images/mame-libretro
overlays:  opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/Mame2003
samples:  home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/samples
ROMS & .zip.cfg:  home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/
 

pacman.zip

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Here's Ms. Pac-Man:

mspacman.zip

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Here's Frogger, too.  I will post one or two every day until I get them all done.  I'm starting with the Vertical games and then do the Horizontal games.  Let me know any requests and I will fill them as I go.

frogseg1.zip

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That's nice! Are the texts from the original cabinets or did you write them yourself?

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The texts are from scans of the original bezels I have found on the internet.  I have clipped them and edited them and put these together.

Here is Donkey Kong:

dkong.zip

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Here is Donkey Kong, Jr.

dkongjr.zip

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Here is Donkey Kong 3:

dkong3.zip

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Here is Galaxian:

galaxian.zip

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Here is Galaga:

galagamw.zip

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Today's arcade machine is Gyruss:

gyrussce.zip

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Today's arcade machine is Burgertime:

btimem.zip

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Here we go with 1942:

1942.zip

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And a bonus today with 1943:

1943.zip

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Today's bezel is different.  This is my first Horizontal bezel and it took some time to do.  Presenting Berzerk!  The video image is the same size as the vertical games: 1080x810 - a 4:3 ratio.  I had to stretch the bezel so you could see the whole screen - the Robot's arm was covering up the gameplay field, so it's a slight modification from the original bezel.

berzerk.zip

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Today's bezel is Popeye:

popeye.zip

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Today's bezel is Rally X:

rallyxm.zip

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Today's game is Amidar:

amidaru.zip

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Today's arcade machine is Joust:

joustr.zip

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Today I present Defender:

defender.zip

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And as a bonus to round out the classic Williams' trio - Robotron 2084:

robotron.zip

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Today's game is Commando:

commandu.zip

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Today we have Super Pac-Man:

superpac.zip

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And as a bonus, Pac-Man Plus (and yes, it is different from the Pac-Man bezel):

pacplus.zip

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MAME2003 doesn't support layers and backgrounds, so after many tests and experiments, I have come up with this bezel for Space Invaders.  There's no way to do the red and green stripes, but the moon background is there and I am pleased with the results.  Make sure you use the scripts in the zip file to make it show up correctly.

 

invaders.zip

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And to celebrate my success at this, here is a bonus, Space Invaders Deluxe:

invaddlx.zip