About This File
This is a set of arcade cabinet images intended to be used as banners for arcade platforms or playlists in BigBox. To achieve the look from the example screenshot, I recommend using my corresponding Simple Arcade Clear Logos set along with keltoigael's CityHunter theme.
After being inspired by the arcade section of viking's Hardware Platform Set I set out to create some arcade cabinet images with a more retro look, like the dedicated cabinets of the mid to late eighties and early nineties. In most cases I used Williams Electronics' Defender as a template, adding the marquee, side art, bezel, control panel overlay, and gameplay images of a representative game from each developer to create an end look that in many cases is very similar to the original cabinets. In some cases I took more creative license, such as with Cave's DoDonpachi, and in others simply polished and modified existing images of iconic cabinets, including BurgerTime, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and the Neo Geo MVS system.
Platforms/Games:
- Arcade Classics: Cabal (TAD)
- Arcade Shooters: Raiden (Seibu Kaihatsu)
- Atari: Centipede
- Capcom (non-CPS): 1943: The Battle of Midway
- Capcom CPS-1: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
- Capcom CPS-2: Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
- Capcom CPS-3: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
- Cave: DoDonpachi
- Data East: BurgerTime
- Irem: R-Type II
- Jaleco: The Astyanax
- Konami: Contra
- Midway: Mortal Kombat II
- Namco: Pac-Man
- Neo Geo: Multiple
- Nintendo: Donkey Kong
- Sega: Golden Axe
- SNK (non-Neo Geo): Ikari Warriors
- Taito: Space Invaders
- Technos: Double Dragon
- Tecmo: Rygar
- Toaplan: Twin Cobra
- Williams: Defender
Installation instructions:
- Unzip archive.
- In LaunchBox, right-click on desired arcade platform or playlist, then click "Edit."
- In the "Images" area on the right hand side, click "Add Image" and browse to the desired banner image.
- Once the banner image has been added, right-click the banner image, select "Image Type," then "Banner."
- In the "Notes" tab, copy and paste the platform text from "Platform Descriptions.txt" into the editable text field.
- Click "OK" to confirm changes.
What's New in Version 2.0.0 See changelog
Released
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Added 16 additional cabinet images requested by @daz
- Alien vs. Predator
- Armored Warriors
- Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja
- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
- Carrier Air Wing
- Darius Gaiden: Silver Hawk
- Final Fight
- Galaga
- Gradius IV: Fukkatsu
- Gunbird 2
- R-Type
- R-Type Leo
- Shadow Dancer
- Sol Divide: The Sword of Darkness
- Vasara 2
- Xevious
- Added marquee backlight glow
- Corrected monitor glare for more realistic lighting
