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Happy Christmas or Yule brothers!

Arcade 3D Boxes 2.0

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I was inspired by the Mame 3D Boxes by @Robin55 and @Reevesad and the work by @spycat and @MadK9 

At first I experimented to convert Robin's work to a darker color as it fits my dark colored setup better, one thing let to another and was helped enormously by @Robin55 in the process of automation and more, if it wasn't for all his help and work this project wouldn't have happened, thanks again so much brother! \m/

The 3D boxes are mostly for the Mame set (could include other emulators as well) but only includes Arcade video games, no pinball, fruit machines and such.

Features:

  • Covers based on official flyers, instruction flyers or fan art, customized official artwork and more. I've hunted down previously artwork missing from databases and/or very rare flyers, original resolution of these images can be low some times.
  • Each box has a logo for the game, if it was missing I've hunted it down or extracted it from images (I upload these logos to the database as well)
  • Each box has a logo of the company that either developed or published it (some flyers may have a different publisher from another region, bit confusing at times)
  • Each box is manually color corrected, cleaned and optimized
  • Some games have a second alternative version, made from cabinet side art, marquees or from a different region for example

Please remember if you miss boxes to also check the naming convention of the file and if it is the same as the most recent version in the database. Any entry with "The" in front (Like The Astyanax) will be included in the QRST pack.
NOTE! : After installing the images you have to select all (or any alphabetical range) arcade games (CTRL+A = select all) go to Tools and click 'Refresh selected images', let it load and cache and the games should now display the right 3D boxes. 

Hope you like :)

Credits
Thanks go out to anyone contributing and making art for the launchbox games database.

Thanks for any help, encouragement and advice:
@Robin55 @spycat @MadK9 @Reevesad @Jason Carr @Kondorito @zetec-s-joe @Fablog @andyco47 @mikty @PoloniumRain

Special thanks to:
@neil9000 and @Retro808 for those logistics ;) \m/

 

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What's New in Version 3.4   See changelog

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Mr. RetroLust
3 minutes ago, Retrofrogg said:

Great! Are these new boxes, or updates to existing boxes?

New boxes that where missing overall, with a few corrected names and there could be one or two images that where missing a logo or company logo that where fixed, not sure anymore.

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Version 1.7

  •  Added pack "FGHIJK - UPDATE PACK" Enjoy! ? After all update packs are done I'll release the resources and template so people with the skills can make their own or any missink ones.

NOTE! : After installing the images you have to select all (or any alphabetical ra

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4 minutes ago, Mr. RetroLust said:

Version 1.7

  •  Added pack "FGHIJK - UPDATE PACK" Enjoy! ? After all update packs are done I'll release the resources and template so people with the skills can make their own or any missink ones.

NOTE! : After installing the images you have to select all (or any alphabetical ra

Awesome. :) Also it seems i missed you uploading the first update pack, so im downloading both update packs now. :) 

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Mr. RetroLust
1 hour ago, neil9000 said:

Awesome. :) Also it seems i missed you uploading the first update pack, so im downloading both update packs now. :) 

Thanks bro glad you like :)

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Version 1.9

  •  Added pack "QRS - UPDATE PACK" Enjoy! ? After all update packs are done I'll release the resources and template so people with the skills can make their own or any missink ones.

NOTE! : After installing the images you have to select all (or any alphabetical range) arcade games (CTRL+A = select all) go to Tools and click 'Refresh selected images', let it load and the games should now display the right 3D boxes. 

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Version 2.0

  •  Added the last pack: "TUVWXYZ - UPDATE PACK" Finally done! ?;)  (what a relief lol)

I'll prepare and package the tools and templates used upcoming days, I'll have to redo some scripts/actions to make them standalone so to speak.

NOTE! : After installing the images you have to select all (or any alphabetical range) arcade games (CTRL+A = select all) go to Tools and click 'Refresh selected images', let it load and the games should now display the right 3D boxes. 

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Mr. RetroLust
37 minutes ago, Retrofrogg said:

Good work banging out the last two so quick!

Thanks bro :) I hope I got your collection covered OCD-wise ;)

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5 hours ago, rcrobinette said:

I just wanted to take a moment to say excellent work and thanks for all your hard work. 

Thanks bro :)

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Phew, I already told you but what work! We discuss a lot on French forums, and this project is often back in the files! ;)

Well done to robin55 also and to all the participants it's just awesome !

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17 minutes ago, PaDeMoNiuM said:

Phew, I already told you but what work! We discuss a lot on French forums, and this project is often back in the files! ;)

Well done to robin55 also and to all the participants it's just awesome !

Thanks brother! Glad you guys like it :)

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Mr. RetroLust
3 hours ago, Marplatense said:

Double Dragon Neo Geo ?

I'll release a tutorial & tools to make it yourself or so someone else can make it for you, keep notes on which boxes are missing.

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Version 2.1

  •  Last file for this project: Arcade 3D Boxes 2.0 Tutorial and Tools, to make your own Arcade 3D boxes, "total DIY" just like the 80's :)  
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I'm just downloading the tutorial cos I have so far about 120 titles that are mostly still in robin55 format or just missing. 

Will try and replicate yours but doubt they will be even half as decent as your ones.

Thanks for all the hard work they look fantastic. 

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12 minutes ago, Reevesad said:

I'm just downloading the tutorial cos I have so far about 120 titles that are mostly still in robin55 format or just missing. 

Will try and replicate yours but doubt they will be even half as decent as your ones.

Thanks for all the hard work they look fantastic. 

Thanks bro! As long as the flyer/fanart looks decent enough it should blend in with the rest of the boxes as the photoshop action file takes care of the specific glassy look. Getting the missing game logos is the harder part but they are small on the spine so they should look good either way even if they are roughly cut or lower res. Almost all company logos are included and ready to use. If anything is unclear about the tutorial or process please let me know and I hope you will share your results.

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On 4/4/2019 at 8:34 PM, Mr. RetroLust said:

Thanks bro! As long as the flyer/fanart looks decent enough it should blend in with the rest of the boxes as the photoshop action file takes care of the specific glassy look. Getting the missing game logos is the harder part but they are small on the spine so they should look good either way even if they are roughly cut or lower res. Almost all company logos are included and ready to use. If anything is unclear about the tutorial or process please let me know and I hope you will share your results.

Okay, So my first issue is I don't have Photoshop.. Doh!! is there a free version of Photoshop I can use?

So is there any way this can be done in the Free app called "GIMP"

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1 minute ago, Reevesad said:

Okay, So my first issue is I don't have Photoshop.. Doh!! 

So is there any way this can be done in the Free app called "GIMP"

GIMP will load photoshop files i believe.

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Just now, neil9000 said:

GIMP will load photoshop files i believe.

Just tried running Mr.Retrolust executional file via Gimp and got this message. 

Opening '/Users/adamreeves/Desktop/Arcade 3D Boxes 2.0 Tutorial and Tools/1. Flyer to Box/Flyer to 3D Box.atn' failed: Unknown file type

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