My Realistic Arcade Bezels

[Orionsangel]

Thank you my friend.

[Kondorito]

Hey Orion; I just checked some of John’s work and discovered that one of the things he does that increases the immersion in the bezels is the front art reflection in the arcades sides, so I tinkered with some of those, to see if I could get the same result in just a couple steps (easily batched if needed).

I am sharing below the quick steps to achieve this, in case you find it useful for your project. If you do not, or you do not like the addition of this effect, please disregard

In this example I worked with Double Dragon 2.

Here is a nude background of the arcade:

You can paste the game’s bezel, and darken/shadow its sides a little bit so it gains depth:

Then copy their sides separately, flip them horizontaly, and place them with a tiny margin between:

You can then trim them by the shape of the black section of the arcade sides (do not include the rubber bands), and apply to them a 30% opacity, and a 8pt Glaussian blur:

Obviously it depends on each bezel, as sizes are different (and I know that you are trying to approach the full bezel display), but in case some bezels have the same proportions (or their negative space is the same), the above steps can be scripted as a PS action to batch multiple front panels at the same time.

Ok, my wall of nonesense ends here

Cheers and keep rocking those realistic bezels!

[estefan3112]

OMG Brian - this is brilliant. I am doing some own bezels on Github,with the ain to render them platform-independent (I.e. wirhout hlsl inis), and this hint is something to consider. I will never be able to match Orion‘s massive output…

[Orionsangel]

That looks nice. I’ve actually done that before, but with the strips I’m using now they don’t need reflection. I might do this again though. I like tinkering. John’s newer bezels look great obviously, but too clean and cartoony for my taste. I want photographic realism. I prefer his earlier work. It’s what inspired me to start making bezels. I think it’s good though that we all create different types of bezels and give them our own personal touches. We have diversity. My main concern though is the screen size. Anything else you can go back and change. It’s frustrating because I wanna fit most of the bezel artwork but then you have to sacrifice either the bezel art or the screen size.

[Orionsangel]

Here is part 25 of my realistic Arcade Bezels for Mame

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2r25OQc

[Orionsangel]

Hey guys. There’s a small update to my more recent bezels I made. It’s nothing too big but I think it adds a little to the realism. I added the dirty space between the strip and the bezel. There’s an example below with Bad Dudes. I wasn’t adding that detail back then, but now I am and I wanted the older ones to match the newer ones. It’s really a preference though if you wanna use them or not with this tiny update. There’s no cfg with these files. You’ll have to set those yourself if you don’t already have them. Also I updated the Caveman Ninja bezel. I never liked how small the screen was and now I’m happy with it.

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2B4W5IF

Caveman Ninja Tab Settings.

I just added an optional white strip side panel version of Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition. I’ve seen some actual SF2CE cabinets have this white strip. If you want this exclusive bezel you’ll have to download the zip file again.

[cosmo0]

You’re right, it gives a nice touch I like the added detail.

[Orionsangel]

Here is part 26 of my realistic Arcade Bezels for Mame

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2DrteDD

[Orionsangel]

Here is part 27 of my realistic Arcade Bezels for Mame

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2DYaYjl

[Orionsangel]

Here is part 28 of my realistic Arcade Bezels for Mame

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2ni0VhE

[Rion]

You are on fire!

I know this is not the thread to ask for this but I did not want to start a new one.

Would you be willing to have a look at starting overlays for Vetrex? I know @John.Merrit started to work on Vetrex but he never finished it and now that he is no longer active i was wondering if you would like to have stab at it?

[Orionsangel]

Thank you. Wait, you mean Vectrex? You know I’ve been thinking of that for a while now. Let me look into it. Let’s see how it goes.

[Rion]

Sounds great!

Yeah I mean Vectrex. That’s what happens when you try to type on your phone.

[Orionsangel]

Here is part 29 of my realistic Arcade Bezels for Mame

You can download them here - http://bit.ly/2EBNeS7

[cosmo0]

Hi OrionsAngel

I’m trying to port your MAME overlays to a Libretro format. Do you have any idea how to do that?

Understanding MAME overlay config to port them to Libretro config

I’m trying to automate the porting of OrionsAngel’s amazing arcade overlays (see here), that are pre-configured as MAME overlays, to Libretro overlay configs. From what I can see, the Mame overlays configuration consist of two main files. The first is a “gamename.cfg” file for which I can’t find any documentation. It usually looks like this: <mameconfig version="10"> <system name="altbeast2"> <video> <screen index="0" hstretch="0.606000" …

Thanks for your help and your incredible work

[mamehead]

Great great work man! Thanks so much for these! Glad you are still making them.

[Orionsangel]

If you prefer my bezels with cleaner screens and darkened side cabinets. You can download 1 thru 29 here provided by Retrochan

RetrochansNewScreensOrionsangelBezels.zip

[Kondorito]

Can these coexist? Meaning can I have both options in the Mame video menu without having to modify lay/cfg files?

[Orionsangel]

You have to create Lays.

[BlockABoots]

The bezels are amazing!!