Wasted Youth

[Rincewind]

Wasted Youth

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A few years back I built my own arcade cabinet and called it Wasted Youth, a nod to all the hours (and coins) I spent in arcades growing up. This theme was made for that cabinet, so it has the same colours.

The colours are neon green and cyan on a dark background. Everything is styled to match: the platform and game screens, Discover, game details, the system and options menus, the popups, four different screensavers, plus matching loading, game-over and pause screens and a sound pack.

I made it for my own cab, but it works just as well on any Big Box setup. I hope you enjoy it.

INSTALL
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1. Close Big Box and LaunchBox.
2. Unblock the Zip file.
3. Then copy the LaunchBox folder from the zip onto your LaunchBox folder (merge / overwrite).
4. In Big Box Options:

• Themes ............ WastedYouth
• Sounds ............ Sound pack: Wasted Youth   (sounds then work from start-up)
• Game Startup ...... Startup theme: WastedYouth (startup screens switched on)
• Game Pause ........ Pause theme: WastedYouth

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• Submitter
  Rincewind
• Submitted
  10/16/26
• Category
  Custom Themes

 

[Rincewind]

New 1.2 version is out

* Jump to letter: now full screen - the view dims and blurs behind it and the
  letter sits in the centre at full size (516 high at 2560x1440), with "JUMP TO"
  above and bigger arrows either side.
* New letter pack: A-Z re-made from the original source files and some totally remade,
  the Search, List, Favourites and 0-9 images rebuilt to match.
* Platforms screen: games with no box art now show the same size as covers with
  art (they were scaled up and looked taller), and now get a reflection like the
  others.
* Discover: the game's Platform logo (or its name if there's no logo) now shows
  top-left on the feature card. The card builds in order: platform logo, then
  the game's clearlogo, then the details.
* Screensavers: the Platform is now shown on Attract, Cinema and Showcase.

Edited Monday at 09:37 PM by Rincewind
Added a screenshot

[Emily Parker]

The full-screen jump-to letter view sounds like a smart change; dimming and blurring behind it should keep focus where it belongs. Rebuilding the A-Z and utility images from the original sources makes sense for consistency. Also glad the platform screen no longer stretches no-art titles taller than the rest. Adding the platform to Attract, Cinema and Showcase sounds like a nice bit of continuity. Is the reflection something you tuned per theme, or is it drawn from Big Box?

[Rincewind]

New 1.3 version is out

• New view: Platform Hybrid 2 - the same layout as the main screen but with a 3D box wheel. Boxes either side angle in, the selected box spins round when you land on it and can then be turned by hand (set a Flip Image button works best).
• New sound pack: All four sounds remade more bass / arcade feel.
• Jump to letter: The letters now slide in from the direction you're moving and out the other way, and the left / right / down arrows are bolder with no glow.
• Game Details: New TIME PLAYED tile next to Times Played and Last Played.
• Game Details: The progress badge is hidden while a game is still on LaunchBox's default "Not Started / Unplayed", so it only shows once you've set a progress.

@Emily Parker It’s done in the theme, not by Big Box.

Edited Wednesday at 09:14 PM by Rincewind