[THEME] >>>GameroomEX v2.0 (Vertscreen) Released!!!<<<

[RIP-Felix]

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Before I continue I must Acknowledge Krakerman's incredible GameRoomEX v2 as the inspiration and source for this theme. This theme is simply a port with my own artistic interpretation added. I take no credit for the original design and encourage you to check out his amazing work here. Please do not enter this theme into any competition, as it uses ideas, templates, and artwork from Krakerman's GameroomEX v2.

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Introduction:

A few years back I decided to incorporate a vertical/portrait mounted monitor in an arcade cabinet build.This is a great way to view vertically scrolling shooters like 1941, while maintaining the real estate for 4:3 aspect games. It also works well as a pinballX/hyperpin setup. Unfortunately that left me with few options as far as themes were concerned. No longer!!!

If you are interested in making a vertical setup there are a few things to consider first. I have included the following links to topics/problems I have run into.

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• The cost
• Some issues
• About Profiles
• Login focus problems
• Control Panel Viewer
• CP Wizard
• Theme Crash due to image resizing
• MAME Bezel layout generator (you have to make a picture in Paint.net or photoshop and save it as the bezel.png in the artwork zip file. Then you replace the layout with the one this generates.)

I present to you GameRoomEX v2 (Vertscreen):

This theme features System specific themes for the following systems (see attached thumbnails for a sample).

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1. Atari 2600
2. Atari 5200
3. Atari 7800
4. M.A.M.E.
5. Nintendo 64
6. Nintendo DS
7. Nintendo GameBoy
8. Nintendo GameBoy Advance
9. Nintendo Gameboy Color
10. Nintendo Gamecube
11. Nintendo NES
12. Nintendo SNES
13. Sega Dreamcast
14. Sega Genesis
15. Sony Playstation
16. Sony Playststion 2

Installation Instructions:

1. Download the theme here [1080x1920 or 768x1366] and extract it. Place the folder named "GameroomEX 2.0 ([version], Vertscreen)" into the "THEMES" folder within the GameEX folder. So you should have something like this: "C:\GameEx\THEMES\GameroomEX 2.0 (1080x1920, Vertscreen)".
2. In the GameEX Setup Wizard, select the theme.
3. Still in the GameEX setup wizard navigate to the "Emulator Setup" page and change the "Title Snap Path" to point at your emumovies Boxart folder (not 3d boxart) for the following systems:
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   Atari 2600, atari 5200, atari 7800, Ninteno 64, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo NES, Nintendo SNES, Sega Genesis, Sony Playststion 2

    

4. Still in the GameEX setup wizard navigate to the "MAME Settings" page and change the "Marquee Path" to point at your Flyers Folder.
5. Set your OS to rotate your screen appropriately and display at the same resolution as the theme you downloaded.
6. That's it, your ready to start GameEX and enjoy!

Please Note:

• To get the best experience out of this theme you will want emumovies boxart, titles, and video previews for your games. The layout of this theme is specificly designed to fit their artwork's aspect ratio. Other artwork sources will work, but may not fit exactly as intended. You don't need a membership to download these, however the membership makes it MUCH EASIER AND FASTER.
• You may need to rename your emulator's "start page name" to match the config in the theme's main folder. Otherwise, the theme will display the default background.
• This theme is available in two sizes, 1080x1920 and 768x1366. Please use the one that matches your screen resolution as closely as possable. If you can, It would be best to match your Operating System's Resolution to the theme's resolution. This will prevent crashes due to GameEX re-sizing images as you navigate the menus.

 

 

[RIP-Felix]

Unfortunately, given the time constraints I'm under, I will not be able to continue making system specific themes for all the emulators out there. However, here is my template for you to make your own! I ask that you please use this template for your own use or to post new systems for this theme in this thread. Please do not use any of it's content for another theme, or for any financial gain.

What you'll need:

Paint.net, search the internet. It is a freeware photoshop-like image editing software that is quite powerful. DON'T PAY FOR IT. It is absolutly free.

GameRoomEXv2 (1080x1920, vertscreen) Theme Layout.zip

[Draco1962]

Good show! Glad to see another "skinner" showing his stuff around here!

[DazzleHP]

Fantastic! I've said it before - i want your cab with a passion, and now with a decent vert theme to go with it i want it more! I'm sure many vert cabs will embrace this outstanding port and make sweet fine love to it, every nigh... *ahem* scuse me. Kudos.

And goes without saying thanks to Krak for inspiring RIP-Felix to create this damn fine addition to the GE theme vault

[Krakerman]

Congratz on releasing your theme. You've done a fine job of transforming it over to vertical cab style!

[nullPointer]

Great work on this RIP-Felix! It's really great to see themes specifically tailored to vertical setups. It's also awesome that you applied your excellent work to one of the coolest themes currently available for GameEx. Good stuff all around!

[stigzler]

That's a nice theme, Felix. Looks fantastic with the tallscreen display.

I can almost hear Daz's mouth watering Homer-style at the idea of playing vertical scmups on a vert screen of that size!

[RIP-Felix]

Thanks guys. I just thought of another great use for this type of setup, one word...Hyperpin! Or the other way around, now pinball cabs could run GE (beautifully) and hyperpin, If you come up with a creative solution for where to put the arcade controls. I just had my attention grabbed by the pinball cabs, and man is my creative mind racing. Too bad I don't have more time, money, space, and all that. But that's the same old, same old, repetitive argument people always make. If I want it bad enough, they wont be able to hold me back, or you for that matter . Keep Gaming.

[Draco1962]

Don't forget PinballX!

[Krakerman]

PinballX is the best! That's why I don't make pinball themes for GameEx anymore as PinballX is the best frontend for my pinball tables.