These updates look great @ArsInvictus! really nice treatments for some very deserving games - sorry your vacation was cut short, Time well spent though 
Congrats for number 200 btw, what a milestone!!
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Nice work @ArsInvictus 
Is it me, or are you making the bezels now darker than before? I understand the idea if what you are aiming to is for them to not look like glowing on dark environments, but at least for me it kills the beauty of admiring the art.
Nevertheless, they look awesome!
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Thanks @Kondorito! Yes, I am making them darker now. It would be easy enough to offer a light version, as it’s just a single setting in the overlay, and it probably makes sense for me to just start offering both versions.
But if you are running this on a large screen and it’s encompassing your field of vision, then it actually doesn’t look that dark in person, and the marquee and screen become very bright by contrast. If you are looking in a small window, especially if it’s in a bright white browser background then it appears dimmer than it would in actual use.
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Gotcha. No need to do two versions if you don’t want to; you are already being kind enough to share your creations in the forum, so do whatever makes you happy Either way, your overlays are awesome.
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I’ve put light bezel versions out in the same directory as the other for Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Battle Circuit. I’ll make sure to do both light and dark versions of my other overlays as I create and update them.
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Congratulations on your’re 200th!! Just wanted to thank you for doing these. Although I’m not using them in 4k they still look amazing on my portrait monitor on my desk. I batch converted all them to 1080x1920 for use in my retropie. No reflective bezel, but I’m contemplating ditching the retropie and hooking the portrait monitor to my main computer as a second display. Really want to use those reflective bezels.
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Thanks @aspernormal! That’s very cool, I really have no insight into how many people actually are using my overlays out there, so it’s nice to see your setup. Thanks for sharing!
And, yes, the reflective bezels totally make it. 
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Gunbird 2 Update
This game gets a disproportionate amount of attention from me, just because it’s so juicily good.
Someday I gotta translate the instruction card.
Updated here with both dark and light versions:
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Mace 4K Vertical Overlay
I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. I’d purchased both the marquee and instruction cards off eBay but one was missing during shipment. Fortunately, I was recently able to find the other card from an online seller and scanned it in as well.
So, the game seems pretty fun but there are some graphical glitches, at least on my version. It was nostalgic to see this game used 3Dfx graphics, which I have very fond memories of running on my computer.
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Loved my Voodoo logic 3DFX card, tomb raider was a game changer on that! Gauntlet legacy has always had major graphics issues in mame due to the 3Dfx emulation, crazy that they cause problems even today! I’ll check this one out When I have time to play - thanks as always @ArsInvictus, great authentic feel to this one too.
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Yeah I fondly remember those Voodoo cards, at the time, it was a revelation and revolution to have those 3D graphics on the PC. The other Glide games that blew me away at the time… Mechwarrior 2, still my favorite mech game of all time. Quake II, because, well Quake. And Wipeout XL! I’m still a fan of the Wipeout series up through PS4 and would love to see something new for PS5, but anticipating we’ll just get a minor graphics uplift to the current title again.
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Omg, I totally forgot about those! I remember loading mech warrior 2 up just to look at the graphics - such an amazing time to see that bump in performance, it was like someone switching the light on and the first time PC’s stepped above consoles in 3D too. wipeout was stunning, blew me away! If you want to take that to next level you should try the PS4 collection on the PSVR, absolutely amazing experience, feels like your really piloting those ships 
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It looks more believeable this way. IMO the effect should be subtle. Too bad HDR isn’t available on Retroarch. There appears to be a vignet effect around the marquee – it adds to the realism. Is that intended?
I’m considering getting an ultra cheap 4K TV just for this. It looks fantastic. Nice job!
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Glad you are interested in the format! Yeah, I do a number of things to the marquee image to make it appear more realistic, so that is intentional.
I have a 40" Vizio 4K TV that was only a little over $200, though if you are looking to buy one for this format I would step up to a 43" model, as the screens can be on the small side with 40". I think the 43" category has a lot more options available and can also be had for a little over $200.
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NFL Blitz 4K Vertical Overlay
I restored the instruction cards here and they are available for download on MameWorld. The scans were all sourced from @MrDo.
I did both dark and bright versions as well:
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Updated Bionic Commando
Many thanks to Doc Mack for generously making this scan of the bezel artwork available to the community! I did a light clean up on the bezel as it was already in very good condition and just removed some dirtiness in a few areas and some spots.
I’ve also updated this with the latest techniques and assets from @PapaShine such as the coin door.
I’ve placed both dark and bright versions out on the dropbox:
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Dragon Spirit 4K Overlay
I was able to use a vector version of the bezel here with a photo I took of the instructions at Galloping Ghost to put together a complete bezel graphic (the vector version was missing the instructions).
I ended up using a photo of the marquee as the only scan available was missing too much of the bottom portion.
I’ve done both dark and bright versions:
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Arabian
I restored the marquee from a scan found on Mr. Do’s drive, unfortunately, the scan had been damaged (I think by a prior restoration attempt, but not sure) so there are still some issues with the purple buildings in the background I will try to revisit in the future. But for now, I wanted to get an overlay out there. I’m not sure who did the restore work on the bezel in this case, but it looks great.
I’ve done dark and bright versions:
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Set of Capcom Big Blue Cab overlays
Thanks to @Thoggo for passing along his Big Blue format. I created Big Blue versions of the following games:
Eco Fighter Cyberbots X-Men Children of the Atom Darkstalkers Street Fighter Alpha 2 Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
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