About This File
WoodPanels has the old school retro feel of playing games on an old TV in a room with bad, green carpeting, but golden wooden paneled walls. The video game console or platform appears above or beside the television to match that look and feel. It is paired with a set of 8-bit fonts to complete the experience.
- Designed for 16:9 screens on a 1080p monitor.
- Unique views for 47 platforms with game videos, game 3D/2D box art, and game cart images.
- Consoles are paired with one of five different TVs from the same decade they were released.
- "Wall View" for looking at game boxes on shelves is accompanied by the platform logo and image of the original console packaging.
Trailer:
Installation and Setup Instructions:
Unzip in LaunchBox/Themes/WoodPanels. In BigBox under Options>Views>Theme> choose "WoodPanels"
1. To ensure you're viewing the image of the console and TV alongside the game list, go into the BigBox Menu (hit Esc on your keyboard or back on your controller) and select "View Platforms".
2. To view the carousel of devices in your platform view, go into Options>Views>Platform List View> and select "Platform Wheel 1".
3. Lastly, to make sure you keep this view the next time you start BigBox, go into Options>Views>Default Startup View> and select "Platforms".
4. For N64, SNES, Jaguar, Genesis, Sega 32X, Atari 5200, and NeoGeo, you need to download the game cart images AND you need to set your LaunchBox settings so your fallback images are disabled for this, otherwise when you have a missing game cart image it will pull something else and look...bad. LaunchBox Options>Media>Cart Front Priorities>Uncheck all but "Cart - Front"
5. To enable a the "Wall View", change BigBox Options>Views>Games List View>Wall View. Switch it back to "Text List with Details" if you decide to go back.
To replace the background image (in case you don't literally want wood panels), just replace the png with your desired 1080p background image (png file) under the directory:
\LaunchBox\Themes\WoodPanels\Media\Background\
Startup Video:
This is a startup video I created for my theme. It features a logo for "Nescade" which is what I call my multi-emulator PC, as it sits inside of an old Nintendo's shell. I commissioned Rushjet1 a while back to compose an original piece of 8-bit music specifically for this video. Hope you all enjoy it!
Instructions for use: Place video file in the LaunchBox folder under /Videos/Startup/
Theme was created using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru
Edited by BMovieBen
number of systems supported increased
What's New in Version 3.7.0 See changelog
Released
- Added Nintendo DS
- Added Nintendo 3DS
- Updated COMMUNITY Project Files to be compatible with Community Theme Creator 2.3
