CriticalCid Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 Unified View File This theme is a port of the HyperSpin Unified Widescreen Megatheme project, which was originally started by gibbawho and continued by many other talented artists over the years. It’s supposed to bring a unified look (hence the name) across all platforms while giving every platform it’s own individual touch. I’ve tried to stay very close to the original look and feel but also took some creative freedom, especially when it comes to the new fading info panel at the bottom of the screen. This theme was designed for 16:9 screens and display resolutions only. Big Box will automatically scale itself to a 16:9 aspect ratio when you use a different aspect ratio on your machine. Features: Individual Artwork for a lot of different platforms and playlists + some alternatives you can choose from Matches with the Unified platform video set from EmuMovies Fully animated wheel pointer Spinning discs for disc-based platforms Various other custom animations Templates to build your own platform artwork are included as .psd files Brings a small taste of the HyperSpin feeling to your Big Box setup Currently featured Views: Games Text List View: 3D Box Games Vertical Wheel View 1: 3D Box Games Vertical Wheel View 2: 3D Box + static cart/disc Games Vertical Wheel View 3: 3D Box + rotating disc Games Vertical Wheel View 4: Fullscreen video Platform Vertical Wheel View 1: Fullscreen video + scrolling text Platform Vertical Wheel View 2: Fullscreen video without scrolling text More Views are planned, so stay tuned. The theme includes artwork for the following 498 Platforms/Playlists: Reveal hidden contents 007 Collection 19XX Collection 2-Player Games 4-Player Games AAE Ace Attorney Collection Ace Combat Collection Acorn Archimedes Acorn Atom Acorn BBC Micro Acorn Electron Action & Adventure Games Addams Family Collection After Burner Collection Aladdin Collection Alex Kidd Collection Alien Breed Collection Aliens Collection Alone in The Dark Collection American Laser Games Amstrad CPC Amstrad GX4000 Android Animal Crossing Collection APF Imagination Machine Apple II Apple IIGS Arcade Classics Arcade Arkanoid Collection Armored Core Collection Army Men Collection Art of Fighting Collection Assassins Creed Collection Asterix & Obelix Collection Asteroids Collection Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Atari Classics Atari Jaguar CD Atari Jaguar Atari Lynx Atari ST Atari XEGS Atelier Collection Avengers Collection Back To The Future Collection Backyard Sports Collection Ball & Paddle Games Bally Astrocade Bandai Sufami Turbo Bandai WonderSwan Color Bandai WonderSwan Barbie Collection Bases Loaded Collection Batman Collection Battle Arena Toshinden Collection Battle Chess Collection Battletoads Collection Beat Em Ups Beauty and The Beast Collection Ben 10 Collection Big Fish Games Bleach Collection Board & Card Games Bomb Jack Collection Bomberman Collection Bonk Collection Breath of Fire Collection Bubble Bobble Collection Bubsy Collection Buck Rogers Collection Bugs Bunny Collection Burgertime Collection Burnout Collection Call of Duty Collection Camputers Lynx Capcom Classics Capcom Play System II Capcom Play System III Capcom Play System Captain America Collection Carmen Sandiego Collection Cars Collection Cartoon Network Collection Casio Loopy Casio PV-1000 Castlevania Collection Cave Centipede Collection Chuck Rock Collection Classics Clay Fighter Collection ColecoVision Colin Mcrae Collection Columns Collection Command & Conquer Collection Commodore 128 Commodore 16 & Plus4 Commodore 64 Commodore Amiga CD32 Commodore Amiga Commodore CDTV Commodore MAX Machine Commodore PET Commodore VIC-20 Contra Collection Crash Bandicoot Collection Creatronic Mega Duck Daphne Darius Collection Darkstalkers Collection Data East Classics DC Comics Collection DDR Collection Dead Or Alive Collection Defender Collection DICE Die Hard Collection Dig Dug Collection Digimon Collection Disney Collection Donald Duck Collection Donkey Kong Collection DOOM Collection Doraemon Collection Double Dragon Collection Dr. Mario Collection Dragon Ball Collection Dragon Quest Collection Dragons Lair Collection Duke Nukem Collection Dungeon Master Collection Dungeons and Dragons Collection EACA EG2000 Colour Genie Earthworm Jim Collection ECCO The Dolphin Collection Emerson Arcadia 2001 Entex Adventure Vision Epoch Game Pocket Computer Epoch Super Cassette Vision ESPN Collection Examu Ex-Board Exidy Sorcerer F-Zero Collection Fairchild Channel F Fallout Collection Fatal Fury Collection FightCade Fighting Games Final Burn Alpha Final Fantasy Collection Final Fight Collection Fire Emblem Collection Fire Pro Wrestling Collection Flash Games Flintstones Collection Flying Games Frogger Collection Fujitsu FM Towns Funtech Super ACan Future Pinball G.I. Joe Collection Galaga Collection Game & Watch GamePark 32 Garfield Collection Gauntlet Collection GCE Vectrex Ghostbusters Collection Ghouls n Ghosts Collection GOG Golden Axe Collection Golgo 13 Collection Gradius Collection Gremlins Collection GTA Collection Guilty Gear Collection Gundam Collection Hanna Barbera Collection Harry Potter Collection Hartung Game Master Harvest Moon Collection HBMAME He-Man Collection Hello Kitty Collection Home Alone Collection Horror Games Hot Wheels Collection House of The Dead Collection IGS PolyGame Master Impossible Mission Collection Incredible Hulk Collection Indiana Jones Collection Indie Games Interton VC 4000 Irem Classics Iron Man Collection James Pond Collection Java Games Jeopardy Collection Jetsons Collection Jim Henson Collection John Madden Collection Jurassic Park Collection Killer Instinct Collection Kingdom Hearts Collection Kings Quest Collection Kirby Collection KOF Collection Konami Classics Legacy of Kain Collection LEGO Collection Lemmings Collection Light Gun Games Lion King Collection Lode Runner Collection Looney Tunes Collection Lord of The Rings Collection Lupin the 3rd Collection Madagascar Collection Magnavox Odyssey 2 Magnavox Odyssey MAME Mana Collection Maniac Mansion Collection Mappy Collection Mario Collection Mario Party Collection Marvel Comics Collection Mattel Aquarius Mattel Intellivision Maze Games Medal of Honor Collection Mega Man Collection Metal Gear Collection Metal Slug Collection Metroid Collection MGT Sam Coupe Mickey Mouse Collection Micro Machines Collection Microsoft MS-DOS Microsoft MSX Microsoft MSX2 Microsoft Windows 3.x Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft Xbox Midway Classics Might & Magic Collection Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Collection MLB Collection Monkey Island Collection Monopoly Collection Monster Rancher Collection Mortal Kombat Collection Movie & TV Games Mr. Do! Collection Ms. Pacman Collection Mugen MultiGames Namco Classics Namco System 22 Naruto Collection NASCAR Collection NBA Jam Collection NBA Live Collection NEC PC Engine-CD NEC PC Engine NEC PC-FX NEC SuperGrafx NEC TurboDuo NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboGrafx-CD Need for Speed Collection NFL Blitz Collection NFL Gameday Collection Ninja Gaiden Collection Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64DD Nintendo Classics Nintendo DS Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Famicom Disk System Nintendo Famicom Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Pokemon Mini Nintendo Satellaview Nintendo Super Famicom Nintendo Super Game Boy Nintendo Switch Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Wii Nintendo WiiWare Nobunagas Ambition Collection One Piece Collection OpenBOR Origin Outrun Collection OUYA Pac Man Collection Panasonic 3DO Paperboy Collection Peanuts Collection Phantasy Star Collection Philips CD-i Philips VG 5000 Pinball Arcade Pinball FX2 Pioneer Palcom LaserDisc Pirates of The Caribbean Collection Pitfall Collection Platform Games Point & Click Games Pokemon Collection PopCap Popeye Collection Populous Collection Powerpuff Girls Collection Predator Collection Primal Rage Collection Prince of Persia Collection Punisher Collection Puyo Puyo Collection Puzzle Bobble Collection Puzzle Games Quake Collection R-Type Collection Racing Games Raiden Collection Rainbow Islands Collection Rampage Collection Rastan Collection Rayman Collection RCA studio II Ren & Stimpy Collection Resident Evil Collection Rhythm Games Road Rash Collection Robin Hood Collection RoboCop Collection Role Playing Games Romance of the Three Kingdoms Collection Rugrats Collection Run & Gun Games Sailor Moon Collection Sammy Atomiswave Samurai Shodown Collection Sci-Fi Games Scooby-Doo Collection ScummVM Sega 32X Sega CD Sega Classics Sega Dreamcast Sega Game Gear Sega Genesis Sega Hikaru Sega Mark III Sega Master System Sega Mega Drive Sega Mega-CD Sega Model 1 Sega Model 2 Sega Model 3 Sega Naomi Sega Pico Sega RingEdge Sega RingWide Sega Saturn Sega SC-3000 Sega SG-1000 Sega ST-V Sega Triforce Sega VMU Sesame Street Collection Seta Aleck 64 Shadow of The Beast Collection Sharp MZ-2500 Sharp X68000 Shin Megami Tensei Collection Shining Force Collection Shinobi Collection Shoot Em Ups Shooter Games Shrek Collection Silent Hill Collection Sim City Collection Simpsons Collection Simulation Games Sinclair ZX Spectrum Smurfs Collection SNK Classics SNK Hyper Neo Geo 64 SNK Neo Geo AES SNK Neo Geo CD SNK Neo Geo MVS SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color SNK Neo Geo Pocket Sonic Collection Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation 3 Sony PlayStation Minis Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Sony PlayStation Sony PocketStation Sord M5 Soul Calibur Collection South Park Collection Space Harrier Collection Space Invaders Collection Spawn Collection Spectravideo SpiderMan Collection Splatterhouse Collection SpongeBob Collection Sports Games Spy vs Spy Collection Spyro Collection Star Trek Collection Star Wars Collection Starfox Collection Steam Strategy Games Street Fighter Collection Strider Collection Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo MSU-1 Superman Collection Syphon Filter Collection Taito Classics Taito NESiCAxLive Taito Type X Tales Collection Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer Tangerine Oric Tekken Collection Terminator Collection Test Drive Collection Tetris Collection Texas Instruments TI 99-4A Thundercats Collection Tiger game.com Tiny Toons Collection TMNT Collection Tom & Jerry Collection Tom Clancy Collection Tomb Raider Collection Tomy Tutor Tony Hawk Collection Top 100 Collection Top Gear Collection Touhou Project Toy Story Collection Transformers Collection TRON Collection TurboGrafx-16 Turok Collection Turrican Collection Twisted Metal Collection Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Collection Ultima Collection Uplay Vector-06C Virtua Fighter Collection Visual Pinball VTech CreatiVision Warhammer 40K Collection Warhammer Collection Wario Collection Warriors Collection Watara Supervision WCW Collection Wheel of Fortune Collection Williams Classics Windows Wizardry Collection Wolfenstein Collection Wolverine Collection Wonder Boy Collection Worms Collection WoW Action Max WWF Collection X-Men Collection Yoshi Collection Ys Collection Yu Yu Hakusho Collection Yu-Gi-Oh! Collection Zelda Collection Zinc Zork Collection The theme will also display a default artwork for Platforms/Playlists which are not yet covered or wrongly named. How to install: This theme only works on LaunchBox version 9.4 or higher! Just download the archive and extract it to: “..\LaunchBox\Themes\” Go to the “Plugins” folder inside of the extracted folder and right-click on the .dll file. Choose Properties -> Click on “Unblock” at the bottom of the window. Close the window. If the "Unblock" button isn't there than you are already good to go. Open the Options menu in Big Box -> go to “Views” and change the Theme to "Unified". Change the “Games List View” and “Platforms List View” to one of the currently featured Views that are listed above. Make sure that in the Big Box Options -> Views –> “Show Games List Title” is enabled. Info: Never rename the theme folder! The theme folder has to be named exactly "Unified" or the theme won't work properly! (that's btw. an universal tip for all other themes as well) Known issues: The logo of the Platform/Playlist and the individual video border don't show up in the Game Details screen and the theme displays the generic Big Box logo and metallic video border instead when it gets opened through any other Games View than the Text List View. Tips for tweaking your LaunchBox setup for this theme: In LaunchBox: Tools -> Options -> Cart Front Priorities -> Select all Cart and Disc related entries, deselect everything else. In Big Box: Options ->Transitions -> Change "Game Image/Video Transition” to “Fade” In Big Box: To avoid spinning cart art go to: Options -> Views -> Make sure that „Remember separate View for each platform” is checked. Than go either to the Keyboard Mappings or the Controller Buttons settings and set up a key/button for “Switch View”. Now you can go back to your platforms and switch the games Views for each platform individually on the fly. Use the Unified Platform videos from EmuMovies for an overall uniform look. You can either download them as free user from the EmuMovies website or if you are an EmuMovies premium user you can get them directly through LaunchBox under: Tools -> "Download Platform/Playlist Theme Videos". Individual platform artwork not showing up?: The media files that are inside the “..\LaunchBox\Themes\Unified\Images\Theme\..” folder have to be named exactly like your platforms inside LaunchBox. I've went with the HyperList/RocketLauncher naming conventions for the filenames in this package. If Big Box doesn’t show any individual artwork for a system that is listed above you may need to manually rename the relevant files for that platform in all four sub-folders. Also make sure that in the Big Box Options -> Views –> “Show Games List Title” is enabled! Discs are not spinning / showing up?: Make sure you have the right Games List View selected and Disc images in your Cart Image Priorities enabled (see the tips section of this download description). Thanks and Credits: @ninja2bceen for creating the default and various other pointers All the artists who created the original HyperSpin themes, pointers and other work that helped me to create this theme (please contact me if I have forgotten someone!): Gibbawho @Styphelus Unknown50862 @Klopjero Neonrage @knewlife @Creloce Ghostlost https://www.youtube.com/user/GhostlostGames @ninja2bceen @THK adamg @RetroHumanoid http://retrohumanoid.weebly.com/ Rkh Rondar @scooter1974 Zinger19 Aloner187 @guyverjay MetalThrix SophT Ledgerewskie hoscarconh https://www.youtube.com/user/hoscarconh @viking @bmonomad @Jason Carr Submitter CriticalCid Submitted 04/01/2018 Category Big Box Custom Themes 12 5 Quote
CriticalCid Posted April 1, 2018 Author Posted April 1, 2018 Happy Easter everybody! I hope you like my little surprise here (this is not an April fools joke!). I love the Unified Megatheme Project and therefore it was the last piece that I was missing in LaunchBox when I gave up on HyperSpin. While I was working on this theme I’ve also made over 50 new Unified Platform Videos. They are not available yet on the EmuMovies website or through the LaunchBox platform video downloader but it’ll be just a matter of time when they will be uploaded there. In the meantime you can get them already on the EmuMovies FTP server in my upload folder in case you are an EmuMovies premium member: /Upload Here/_Video Snap Submissions/CriticalCid/Platform Videos There are still 13 platform videos missing to complete the set of this theme. I’ll do them in the next few days, so keep an eye out on my FTP folder. 3 3 Quote
kmoney Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 Loving the theme...its making my arcade cab smile 1 Quote
Charco Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 I had always used the Unified platform videos in Big Box so I am really excited to try this one out. Loving it! 1 Quote
Nyny77 Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Thanks you very much once again Sir Cid very great work as always ! 1 Quote
Rincewind Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Fantastic work @CriticalCid the way the animated box and discs fly in too is awesome. 1 Quote
zetec-s-joe Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Wow, I have been waiting for something like this to make it look like HS forever! is this friendly for 150% resolution Win 10? Quote
CriticalCid Posted April 2, 2018 Author Posted April 2, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 8:42 PM, zetec-s-joe said: Wow, I have been waiting for something like this to make it look like HS forever! is this friendly for 150% resolution Win 10? Expand Yes, DPI fix is already included. 1 Quote
zetec-s-joe Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Perfect! This will bring me straight back into LaunchBox now! glad to hear your covering all themes and artwork, this is great for LaunchBox 2 Quote
zetec-s-joe Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Are you able to link to the System Wheel art used? Quote
CriticalCid Posted April 2, 2018 Author Posted April 2, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 9:47 PM, zetec-s-joe said: Are you able to link to the System Wheel art used? Expand Here you go: Quote
zetec-s-joe Posted April 2, 2018 Posted April 2, 2018 Perfect! thank you, I may import the HS wheel "click" sound for added authenticness Quote
Styphelus Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 Holly! Nice job. Can't believe you converted all those themes. Fun memories of the old Hyperspin days. Never found out what happened to Gibawho. He just disappeared. 1 Quote
Crylen Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 Hey! Nice to see people are still making use out of those wheel arts I made ages ago! Awesome work on the theme too, loved the original in Hyperspin! 2 Quote
CriticalCid Posted April 3, 2018 Author Posted April 3, 2018 On 4/3/2018 at 3:56 AM, Styphelus said: Holly! Nice job. Can't believe you converted all those themes. Fun memories of the old Hyperspin days. Never found out what happened to Gibawho. He just disappeared. Expand Yeah, it was quite a ton of work to convert all of it, especially when I ran out of .psd files and had to extract everything out of the actual HS themes. On 4/3/2018 at 5:49 PM, Crylen said: Hey! Nice to see people are still making use out of those wheel arts I made ages ago! Awesome work on the theme too, loved the original in Hyperspin! Expand Thanks, I'm loving the design of your wheels and they are still my favorites across all of the other available wheel styles that I've came across. Quote
Mr.Laor Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 Does anyone know if there are unified videos for some of the more obscure systems? Like Casio Loopy or Epoch Super Cassette? Quote
Charco Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 If you click Reveal Hidden Contents in the first post of this thread you will see a list of supported platforms. Quote
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