Looks really cool. You’ve captured the essence of the original in a modern cabinet. 
I like the GRS sticks a lot. I avoided the rotator games for years due to lack of proper controls. I’m really enjoying playing them again. Do the Ultimarc sticks click on rotation?
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Those cabinets are actually pretty close replicas of original Dynamo HS-1’s, I got the plans from classicarcadecabinets.com and had them CNC cut. A ton of games from that era basically used those cabs, so it’s pretty authentic to the era. It was a lot more work than I anticipated getting them all together though. I paid like half the price for the R-Type there and all I had to do was plug it in lol.
I was the same way on the rotator games, never played them because it just didn’t feel right. I’m actually really enjoying SAR right now, and a friend of mine turned out to be a huge Gondomania fan and I hadn’t heard of that game until now either.
Yeah the Ultimarcs do click too, they are simpler devices, just 12-way, but it’s nice they can be configured to appear as a keyboard for the joystick itself, much simpler setup from that perspective. It would be nice if Glen added the ability to do that for the rest of the joystick directional inputs and not just the rotation and up/down movements.
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They’re very nice replicas. I just meant they’re new builds.
There aren’t many LS-30 games but what’s available are challenging and fun. Have you tried DownTown?
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Nope, had not even heard of downtown! I’ll add it to the cab. Another one I need to add is TNK 3, haven’t played that one either yet. There are more of these games than I thought
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Pretty interesting aspect ratio monitor that I just realized exists, it’s 16:18, not sure this might be useful for someone here
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Super Off Road 4K Vertical Overlay
This is one I played when I was probably 9 at a pizza parlor in Kansas City when I visited during a Summer. I saw a really great cabinet of this at Level1up Arcade here in downtown Gilbert AZ. Snagged some photos and here is the result of stitching them together.
Feel free to post a .lay file for this. But here is the retroarch compatible version. There are 3 versions of the overlay. Basically ranging from lightest to darkest.
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Experimenting with some art ideas for The Outfoxies after learning about the game from a YouTube video by VideoGameEsoterica. Here’s a marquee idea, planning something for a bezel too. I may do another variation on this using the flyer art too:
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Not one i’ve heard of but looks cool! The only reference i could find was here https://x.com/GGA_Ghostlord/status/1499161994263515140?s=20
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Yep, Galloping Ghost is the only place I’ve seen this game. It was never released in NA, it seems to have a cult following though. May have been the inspiration for Smash Bros.
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Oh wow! That is really interesting. Both the rarity of the game/cab and the story about potential smash bros roots.
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Apparently it is a thing!
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It’s too bad it’s awful for gaming. If only someone would make a 4:3 monitor with a resolution like that but low input lag and fast refresh rates. The Unico Phoenix 26" monitor is the right size and ratio, but the resolution and speed isn’t that great.
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That looks really cool! I’m working on a custom bezel but still needs a little more work:
I translated the instruction cards as part of it:
Is it ok if I use your control panel for an overlayw for this too?
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wao!! beautifull amazing!! well of course, you can use it Thank!!
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I have it basically together. I will work on getting another PC here set up so I can actually play test these and provide configuration files this weekend (I hope).
Raw overlay file is here: Outfoxies Overlay
And here is a link to the full resolution bezel:
@Orionsangel, feel free to use as always 
And thanks to @walter.farmacia for sharing the very cool control panel!
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I have this overlay working with MegaBezel, but I still need to figure out the right way to package these up for easy consumption.
I also seem to have trouble getting a screenshot that looks right when captured in HDR mode. If anyone has a solution for that let me know. The overlay looks beautiful on my TV but the screenshot in RetroArch came out blank/black, while the Windows screenshot has strange brightness levels in the bright areas of the marquee:
Here it is off the TV, thought it appears darker than this in person:
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Turned out amazing! @ArsInvictus and @walter.pharmacy
EDIT: almost forgot… been so busy. I created a Retroarch / vertical overlay / megabezel installation, setup and configuration tutorial. Instructions are in subtitles. I eventually hope to add some other languages which is partially why subtitles made sense. Also, it’s hard to get quiet for voice over with young kids around.
Only issue is the subtitles are breaking randomly. But I think I know the fix… 
Just wanted to thank @HyperspaceMadness for megabezel! Also thank you @Duimon for your work. I’m sure there are others involved, but I am still new and learning names.
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Hey @far327, I did see that video on YouTube and watched it before I set my overlay up, thanks for investing so much of your time into this project!
Check out this post: MagicHat's OrionsAngel Mega Bezel MAME Arcade Setup by @MagicHat though. I think @HyperspaceMadness has set up a structure where we can actually configure the overlay in the shader configuration, and it can help with automatic placement of the bezel, and set up defaults for where no overlay exists.
So we wouldn’t use the RetroArch overlay directory, we’d just package everything up with the shader.
This seems like a convenient way for people to install the overlays and would likely reduce the effort for us to package them up.
Let me know what you think!
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