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.
- Supports Ultrawide 21:9, Widescreen 16:9, and Fullscreen 4:3 aspect ratios.
- Playlist support! Watch the video frame and video size dynamically change to match the selected platform and game.
- Unique views for 50+ platforms with support for game videos, game 3D/2D box art, game cart images, game logos, platform logos, and platform box art.
- Consoles are paired with a TV from the same decade they were released. PCs likewise are paired with a monitor or setup from the same era.
- "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"
Supported Platforms List View:
> Text List with Details
> Platform Wheel 1
> Platform Wheel 2
Supported Games List View:
> Text List with Details
> Wall View
Platforms with game cart image support: Atari Jaguar, NeoGeo, Nintendo 64, Sega 32X, Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
How to use: Download the game cart images through Launchbox, then open LaunchBox Options>Media>Cart Front Priorities>Uncheck all but "Cart - Front". If you don't do this, if you are missing cart images for any games on these platforms, BigBox will pull something else and look...bad.
To replace the background image, replace background.png in the directory:
\LaunchBox\Themes\WoodPanels\Media\Background\
(must be named "background.png" and must be in png format)
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!
List of Supported Platforms:
3DO Interactive Multiplayer*
Arcade*
Atari 2600*
Atari 5200*
Atari 7800*
Atari Jaguar (with cart image support)*
Atari Lynx
ColecoVision*
Commodore 64*
Commodore Amiga*
GCE Vectrex*
Magnavox Odyssey 2*
Microsoft MSX*
Microsoft MSX2*
Microsoft Xbox*
Microsoft Xbox 360*
MS-DOS*
NEC TurboGrafx-16*
NeoGeo (with cart image support)*
Nintendo 3DS*
Nintendo 64 (with cart image support)*
Nintendo DS*
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Famicom Disk System
Nintendo Game Boy*
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo GameCube*
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Virtual Boy*
Nintendo Wii*
Nintendo Wii U*
Nokia N-Gage*
OpenBOR*
Sega 32X (with cart image support)*
Sega CD
Sega Dreamcast*
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis (with cart image support)*
Sega Master System
Sega Saturn*
Sinclair ZX Spectrum*
SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color*
Sony Playstation*
Sony Playstation 2*
Sony Playstation 3*
Sony Playstation 4*
Sony Playstation Vita
Sony PSP
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (with cart image support)*
Windows*
WonderSwan*
WonderSwan Color*
*some assets in this platform are still being upgraded to 4K.
Theme was created using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru
Edited by BMovieBen
What's New in Version 4.1.8 alpha See changelog
Released
Remastered ALL remaining supported platform frame images in 4K:
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga
Microsoft MSX
Microsoft MSX2
Microsoft Xbox 360
MS-DOS
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Windows
Remastered ALL platform box images in 4K.
Remastered the following platform Device images (platform carousel selector, aka Platform Wheel 2) in 4K:
Atari Jaguar
Atari Lynx
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Famicom Disk System
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo Switch
Sega 32X
Sega CD
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis
Sega Master System
Sony PlayStation Vita
Sony PSP
Left to do: Remaster remaining platform Device images in 4K, remaster placeholder cart images (for the systems that support it), then perform another quality pass on everything before crossing my fingers and pleading before the mighty feet of faeran to let me upload a new version to the BigBox listing proper.
Question: If anyone out there would like to see alternate images for regional differences (i.e. MegaDrive, Super Famicom) please let me know. I'll do it if there's demand for it.
Added screenshots to show progress
