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That’s exactly what would help me a ton and save a bunch of money. Here’s a really rough photo to explain what I’m trying to do. Using a 16:9 or even a 21:9 monitor is a relatively inexpensive way to get that dynamic marquee affect. The bottom half of the screen would be hidden behind the panel as it slopes forward. I have no idea how Retro808 did that but it’s fantastic. I’m sorry if i was supposed to figure that out on my own - but other than checking the second monitor box in Big Box I had no idea how to reposition the image.

Thanks for the input Retro808. I don't code so I'll just wait and see what happens in the updates. But again thanks your response, you obviously get what I'm saying about my problem being an uncommon one. This will be my third cab and I'm trying to trick it out with all of the toys. Sorry my initial rant came off too negative. It would be nice to maybe be able to vote for more than one thing. Not unlimited votes or anything, but maybe our top two or three features instead of one. Johnny T, I'll keep my eyes to eBay for a deal like that. Congrats on that purchase! And yeah guys, Jason is the man and for the third time now, I love Launch Box/Big Box and all it does. Just hoping it fits my needs better in the future.

With all due respect Lordmonkus, you're missing the point. Currently, Big Box can't do what i need it to do for my project. So in my arcade cabinet, I will probably go with another front end that can do what i need it to do regarding marquees. That's disappointing to me because i would rather use LaunchBox/Big Box in the cabinet project. For my HTPC, Big Box works great to emulate my console roms, so I will continue to use Big Box there. Sorry, that I mentioned the "H" word.

Right, I should have been more specific. Not sure it was weird, but whatever. I'm disappointed that marquee support is 22 on the list and xbox controller additional support is near the top. XBOX controller support being something i personally have ZERO need for. I realize that's a high priority for a large number of people in this community. I just don't want to play Total Carnage with a controller. I know Johnny T, like I said I'm already using Big Box and i love it. It just doesn't have a specific feature I would like to see added, but apparently I'm in the minority.

Jason, I don’t like Hyperspin at all. Big box does everything I need except provide enough options for dynamic marquee support. I don’t want to have to get a $500 stretch vitrolite monitor as a second screen. If we could position the marquee image where we wanted like in Hypermarquee, I’d be a happy guy. That way, in my particular build (vewlix style cab) I could use any old monitor for the marquee by moving the image to the top of the screen and hiding the bottom. I have a full blown working version of Launch box on my media computer that runs my console ROMs and I love it. This ain’t fanboy speak for Hyperspin - I think Hyperspin is a complete nightmare to work with - but it has hypermarquee Im a paid supporter of launch box btw. I just wish marquee support was something higher up on the new feature poll list, so it’s probably a long way away. I did what I could and voted, sent this same request through the feature wish list etc. I don’t expect you to just drop everything and put this feature in immediately - I just wish the poll system worked for my issue. And that’s what I’m saying, my need is not as common in this community. I’m not probably starting the cab woodworking until October anyway when it cools off a little (in Phoenix). I appreciate that LEDBlinky is already supported and second screen is already there, I just need to move the image around. I appreciate your program and efforts that why I support it financially.

And you play Q'bert, Arkanoid and Tron with that? It's not that i don't see the usefulness of further xbox, ps3 controller support, i'm looking for something more customizable for arcade cab builds.

I love big box, but clearly this software is more attractive to the non-cabinet, heavy console games user. XBOX controller priority? No one with ANY street arcade cred would tolerate using an XBOX controller to play MAME. I'll continue to use Launch box/Big box for my console emulation while i'm sitting on the couch, but Hyperspin is the way to go if you want the arcade cabinet experience. And I acknowledge that Hyperspin is a pain in the a*$ to work with. #marqueesupportdies