Additions To The Dot-Art Theme: 2nd Impact

RetroArch Additions Themes
#1

So I’ve been looking at the Dot-Art theme and kcin2001’s expansion pack for it but then I noticed it didn’t cover a bunch of things so I decided to rectify it with My very own expansion pack to Dot-Art to bring it to a more complete feeling!

What’s Supported in this expansion pack? (In chronological order)

  • 2048
  • Atari 5200 (The -content icon is an AVGN easter egg by being a bottle of Rolling Rock in homage to the episode on the Atari 5200)
  • Atari 7800
  • Bandai Pippin
  • Cannonball
  • CP System 1
  • CP System 2
  • CP System 3
  • Cave Story
  • Dinothawr
  • FFmpeg (though it has been changed to a joke at the user’s expense.)
  • Mr. Boom
  • Neo Geo
  • Nintendo New 3DS
  • Rick Dangerous
  • RPG Maker
  • ScummVM
  • Sonny PlayStation 4

As for other changes it does:

  • It improves some icons from the aforementioned expansion that inspired this one.
  • It adds some variations for some of the pre-existing stuff such as (DLC) or (Download Play).
  • It adds a -Content file for somethings that had a replacement from either the first expansion or the base Dot-Art theme
  • Completes the menu icons so now all of the menu icons have a pixel art icon associated with it.
  • Hidden and possibly unused icons?!

I also included 3 Virtual Boy boot up screen styled images that keeps the RetroArch spirit and a sound pack

Get it at: https://mega.nz/file/1O5xgYKZ#ESMgw-xlVRr09S-OkmY9Fs_5Hg4qBa2B6GEpZWHcdf0

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#2

Looks nice but there are some things I do not agree > Atari - 5200-content being a wine bottle > Cave Story icons could use a darker palette > Icons in general could use a darker palette I noted that the original dot-art theme had an eerie gothic retro vibe that was totally lost in subsequent versions

Maybe when I’ll find a good hosting website I’ll publish my version of the dot-art theme featuring changes from all you folks following the dot-art vibe I felt

Edit: I’ll probably write a post later with an updated version of the dot-art theme

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#3

github is a good place, and may be able to join retroarch.

#4

Atari - 5200-content being a wine bottle.

I said it’s a bottle of Rolling Rock as a reference to Angry Video Game Nerd’s episode on the Atari 5200.

Cave Story icons could use a darker palette.

I used the original sprites as is. Just scaled up with the rest of the iconcs.

Icons in general could use a darker palette.

I understand that but I wanted to add a splash of color to lighten things up. That and if I kept the darker colors it’d be not as good with the new wallpapers I have being kinda dark. Plus most of the gothic vibe was just Castlevania sprites used as is which got made more diverse in the revisions.

#5

Well, I like this a lot! I just set up a dedicated emulation PC out of old hand-me-down parts and set up Retroarch XMB to open up fullscreen on boot - it looks amazing! I really liked the icon themes too but it looks like my own thoughts and criticisms of the dot-art one were mirrored in your mind as well - thanks for completing the pack! It really is probably the best xmb icon pack there is! I love it.

Thanks again for all the hard work you clearly invested in this!

p.s. @TanyaEleventhGoddess if you ever make another version, I’ll check it out, too! I’ve searched and it doesn’t look like you have in the past three years…if you did upload something somewhere and I’ve missed it, please correct me! I’d like to see your work too (especially after seeing you criticize an artist who shared their art with you for free :wink: )