Mr. RetroLust

@Styphelus Sorry I didnt saw your answer below the link to your files, thanks man! I will definitely share them and be sure to notify you. If you still have the .psd or other source files/layers/links etc. it would help me out a lot.

Ah yes now I remember, I really love all these graphics man! Thank you so much for these, it's my favorite pack to use for all platforms! Would you mind if I use the arcade version for future variations of some arcade systems? I'll make sure I give you proper credits for them, also if you still have the source material or .psd file of this could I use it? Please be honest if you'd rather not as I would understand. Thanks again for all your work!

List of games done and list of to do, It's going slower than I initially thought lol but it seems i'm on 50%, not sure if I should already release what I finished or wait uploading the complete packs. Is there someone willing to help uploading all the finished marquees and it's various versions to the database? Done, 72 games, including day and night mode, some have an extra full marquee version in day and night mode: ------------------------------------------------- +++ - 3 Count Bout (Fire Suplex) +++ - Super Baseball 2020 (2020 Super Baseball) +++ - Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Tsukai GANGAN Koshinkyoku) +++ - Alpha Mission II (ASO II: Last Guardian) +++ - Andro Dunos +++ - Art of Fighting (Ryuko no Ken) +++ - Art of Fighting 2 (Ryuko no Ken 2) +++ - Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior (ART OF FIGHTING: Ryuko no Ken - Gaiden) +++ - Bang Bead (Bang Beads) +++ - Baseball Stars Professional +++ - Baseball Stars 2 +++ - Battle Flip Shot (Flip Shot) +++ - Blazing Star +++ - Blue's Journey (Raguy) +++ - Breakers +++ - Breakers Revenge +++ - Burning Fight +++ - Captain Tomaday +++ - Crossed Swords +++ - Crossed Swords II +++ - Cyber-Lip +++ - Double Dragon (Double Dragon 6-1) +++ - Eight Man (8 Man) +++ - Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash (Tengai Makyo: Shinden) +++ - Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (Garo Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai) +++ - Fatal Fury 2 (Garo Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai) +++ - Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (Garo Densetsu 3: Harukanaru Tatakai) +++ - Fatal Fury Special (Garo Densetsu Special) +++ - Fight Fever (Wang Jung Wang) +++ - Football Frenzy +++ - Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors +++ - Ganryu (Musashi Ganryuki) +++ - Garou: Mark of the Wolves +++ - Ghostlop +++ - Ghost Pilots +++ - Goal! Goal! Goal! +++ - Gururin +++ - The Irritating Maze +++ - Ironclad +++ - Karnov's Revenge (Fighter's History Dynamite) +++ - Kizuna Encounter (Fuun Super Tag Battle) aka Savage Reign 2: Kizuna Encounter +++ - The King of Fighters '94 +++ - The King of Fighters '95 +++ - The King of Fighters '96 +++ - The King of Fighters '97 +++ - The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (Dream Match Never Ends) +++ - The King of Fighters '99 (Millennium Battle) +++ - The King of Fighters 2000 +++ - The King of Fighters 2001 +++ - The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle +++ - The King of Fighters 2003 +++ - King of the Monsters +++ - King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing +++ - The Last Blade (Bakumatsu Roman: Gekka no Kenshi / The Last Soldier) +++ - The Last Blade 2 (Bakumatsu Roman Dainimaku: Gekka no Kenshi - Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiri Yuku Hana) +++ - League Bowling +++ - Legend of Success Joe (Ashita No Jo Densetsu) +++ - Magical Drop II +++ - Magical Drop III +++ - Metal Slug (Super Vehicle-001 Metal Slug) +++ - Metal Slug 2 (Super Vehicle-001 Metal Slug II) +++ - Metal Slug 3 +++ - Metal Slug 4 +++ - Metal Slug 5 +++ - Metal Slug X (Super Vehicle-001 Metal Slug X) +++ - Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory +++ - Neo Mr. Do! +++ - Nightmare in the Dark +++ - Ninja Commando +++ - Over Top +++ - Power Instinct Matrimelee (Shin Goketsuji Ichizoku: Tokon Matrimelee) +++ - Puzzled (Joy Joy Kid) +++ - Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (Chojin Gakuen Gowcaizer) To do 71 games: ------------------------ Bomberman: Panic Bomber Last Resort Magician Lord Money Idol Exchanger (Money Puzzle Exchanger) Mutation Nation NAM-1975 Neo Bomberman Neo Drift Out: New Technology Neo Turf Masters (Big Tournament Golf) Ninja Combat Ninja Master's: Hao Ninpo Cho Pleasure Goal: 5 on 5 Mini Soccer (Futsal: 5 on 5 Mini Soccer) Pochi & Nyaa (Pochitto Nya) Pop'n Bounce (Gapporin) Power Spikes II Prehistoric Isle 2 (Kenshi Shima 2 / Genshi-to 2) Pulstar Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move) Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-a-Move Again) Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-a-Move Again EX Edition) Puzzle De Pon! Puzzle de Pon! R Rage of the Dragons Ragnagard (Shin-Oh-Ken) Real Bout Fatal Fury (REAL BOUT Garo Densetsu) Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (Real Bout Garo Densetsu 2: THE NEWCOMERS) Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Real Bout Garo Densetsu Special) Riding Hero Robo Army Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) Samurai Shodown II (Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru Jigokuhen) Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood (Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musoken / Fighters Swords) Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge (Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Korin) Samurai Shodown V (Samurai Spirits Zero) Samurai Shodown V Special (Samurai Spirits Zero Special) Savage Reign (Fuun Mokushiroku: Kakuto Sosei) Sengoku (Sengoku Densho) Sengoku 2 (Sengoku Densho 2) Sengoku 3 (Sengoku Legends 2001) Shock Troopers Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Soccer Brawl Aero Fighters 2 (Sonic Wings 2) Aero Fighters 3 (Sonic Wings 3) Spinmaster (Miracle Adventure) Stakes Winner (Stakes Winner: GI Kinzen Seihae no Michi) Stakes Winner 2 Street Slam (Street Hoop / Dunk Dream) Strikers 1945 Plus Super Dodge Ball (Kunio no Nekketsu Tokyu Densetsu) Super Sidekicks (Tokuten-o) Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship (Tokuten-o 2: Real Fight Football) Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory (Tokuten-o 3: Eiko-e no Michi) The Super Spy Tecmo World Soccer '96 Thrash Rally Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy Top Player's Golf Twinkle Star Sprites The Ultimate 11: SNK Football Championship (SNK FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - Tokuten-o: Hono no Libero) Viewpoint Waku Waku 7 Windjammers (Flying Power Disc) World Heroes World Heroes 2 World Heroes 2 Jet World Heroes Perfect Zed Blade (Operation Ragnarok) Zintrick ZuPaPa!

Thanks for your reaction, ah ok I thought I mention it as feedback in case it got overlooked.

@Jason Carr One last thought, I don't know if you are already planning this but I personally have a hard time to quickly navigate my eyes to the data I'm specifically looking for as all the text is in one color, might it be possible to add an option to alternate/colorize the data columns? Maybe even together when you change the theme color, see below for an example of what I mean, in my opinion it would really benefit the readability and design. Like it is now: Alternate column color example (it's not a very nice color in this case but at least you know what I mean):

@Jason Carr I do notice in this beta that the setting for fade background doesn't make any changes, the background image has no fading applied to it, do you notice the same or is it my settings? I do have unchecked everything in 'background priorities' and 'default background' set to use launchbox default background. Ps I cant believe how super smooth and fast it is now in comparison with regular launchbox and a huge (mame at the moment) library, thank you again, really happy with this

I really (really x3) love this image and would like to make some variations on this for other arcade systems in the future, but I would very much like to know whom is the author of this so I can ask for permission. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks This:

It looks amazing, thank you so much!

Example of reconstructing/remaking from low quality Neo-Geo mini-marquees with high quality scanned material from flyers and doing translation from japanese version to english, quite some work all in all but in the end we'll have a near complete collection of marquees of almost every Neo-Geo game.

And finally the Night Mode version, some special attention to the specific lighting sources.

From photo to restored Marquee. Finished result in Day Mode (will upload everything as soon as I'm done with the Neo Geo collection, I think about 2 weeks from now):

Filters are nice to work quickly but basically you can do everything yourself if you know how, there is always something to learn in photoshop (or other software like photoimpact as I use for a very very long time now) if you search for tutorials on glow/diffuse glow and such.

Vectorizing the lightning bolts from the existing mame bezel and adding them to the project with blown up reference photo of the marquee.

Thanks, I really like the Wii U marquees you made, my pc isn't capable of emulating Wii U sadly but to me your skills seem above entry level! Hope to see you continue to make more marquees man! For the the glow aspect of most of the marquees I used an old free photoshop filter named: "Diffuse Glow v1.1" by Richard Rosenman, you can still fiddle with the results of this filter by adding more gaussian blur, saturation and stuff like that. If you ever need help or advise let me know, would be glad to help out.

Thanks! Yeah me too i'm suprised others didn't apply a night/lit mode earlier in their graphics, since an arcade is mostly dark and light plays an important role therein. In the future i'll start on bezels with lighting effects as well, will be a 5 year plan all in all perhaps lol but it's worth it.

Finally seeing the finish line (phew), all that's left to do are the lightning bolts and the spiral behind the logo.

Recreating the original The Irritating Maze marquee.

Arcade Marquee Wallpapers View File Arcade Marquee Wallpaper/Fanart images 119 Cut-outs from high quality marquee images, can be used as desktop wallpapers and/or to be used as fan-art backgrounds for example, all up to you Ranging from 1080p to Ultra HD resolution and any resolution in between, all images in 16:9 aspect ratio. Arcade_Marquee_Wallpapers.zip Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 04/20/2018 Category Game Media Packs

Restoration full size marquee, from the arcade museum database a very low quality image. https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6930After remake, Day Mode: Night Mode:

Deleted v1.0, working out v2.0, what's coming, exclusive to Launchbox. Optimized marquees without scratched texture overlay for deeper colors and contrast Cleaned up artwork Exclusive Day mode / Night Mode (unlit/lit) for every marquee. Further working out about 153 Neo Geo game marquees total, double that with night modes and full version marquees (lol) Including exclusive official full marquee artwork for certain Neo Geo games revived/restored to Ultra HD resolution, not to be found on public internet or perhaps anywhere else for that matter (see examples below: 3 Count Bout & Double Dragon) Optimized dual mini-marquee layouts for full screen 21:9 marquee monitors Examples below in low res 1280 pixels width, original resolution 3840 pixels width.

It absolutely shows! Love the details of all the characters. I know all to well about clients from hell I hope you want to make art for the community as well in the future, especially for marquees there are a lot of marquees in desperate need of a professional artist, as a custom replacement or restoration. Working on a new complete Neo Geo marquee collection myself, though I'm not an illustrator.

Friggin awesome dude! Oh the fun that will be had with this! Congrats on a job well done Are you an artist btw? I bet you can make amazing marquees as well