Author Topic: Favorite MAMEWAH Layouts (Read 32016 times)

anthony691 · « **on:** July 05, 2003, 03:55:12 pm »

Well, I got this idea from another thread and thought it would be cool to share some screenshots of our MAMEWAH layouts. I can't get one off my cab right now; so I have nothing to show. My layout is 800x600 classic, but with the game names aligned to the left and the colors are changed to match my cab better. Maybe I can have a pic later

Cave · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2003, 12:51:43 pm »

Anyone for R-Type

Odonadon · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2003, 02:54:58 pm »

Cave - that is freakin sweet!!! Care to share that one?

Love,
Odonadon

anthony691 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2003, 04:40:15 pm »

WOW CAVE! Can you post up the .lay file and the art that used? That is way cool! If you don't have hosting; you can e-mail that stuff to me I can pop it onto a webserver for you.

Cave · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2003, 05:31:36 pm »

Check your mail

meta87 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2003, 06:12:35 pm »

Wow that is awesome!

Cave · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2003, 07:05:18 pm »

I also have a 720 themed skin too, I've mailed them both to minwah so he can put them on his site, as I don't have any web hosting.

anthony691 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2003, 07:34:17 pm »

Well; my normal hosting wouldn't take the files (freehostdepartment) so I tossed it up on Angelfire. Here it is:

Backround:
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/anthony2600/megartype.jpg

Layout file:
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/anthony2600/rtype.lay

He didn't E-Mail me the 720 one yet...

Sorry it took me awhile... I couldn't help but install it first

Cave, if you want I could put together a page for you... this is MAMEWORLD news worthy...

WAY COOL! MAMEWAH Should be distributed w/ these things!

stuzza · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2003, 04:39:00 am »

Those skins are cool CAVE!

I'd be happy to host these at the Mamewah skin section of my site here:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/stuzza12/skin.htm

Here are my Layouts (all available at the above link):

Minwah · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2003, 04:46:18 am »

Excellent work chaps!!

Thumpa · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2003, 05:18:45 am »

Hey stuzza,

love your work!!!

Any plans for Atari 2600 top logo / nosnap for the future?

Im attempting to resize those snaps to 640x480 and 640 x288 and then resize move about a bit for my cab.
What program did u use for the artwork?
Thumpa

stuzza · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2003, 05:49:33 am »

Quote from: Thumpa on July 07, 2003, 05:18:45 am

Hey stuzza,

love your work!!!

Any plans for Atari 2600 top logo / nosnap for the future?

Im attempting to resize those snaps to 640x480 and 640 x288 and then resize move about a bit for my cab.
What program did u use for the artwork?
Thumpa

Yeah, I may do an atari logo and snap for these if people want them. I don't run atari emulation myself, but am happy to do the artwork. If someone can point me in the direction of some websites containing pictures and logos of atari consoles (or any other consoles you need pics for) that'd be a great help

I use RealDraw Pro for the artwork, because it is soooo easy to use and makes bevels, shadows etc.. a breeze for dummies like me!

Edit:
Okay, I've created top logos and no snaps for ATARI 2600, 5200 and Lynx. I've also combined all the logos and no snap images into a single zip file and removed them from the other skins, so therefore you only have to download them once and they will work fine with all my skins

Here is a sample of the Atari 2600 top logo and no snap for ya.

colonelsnow · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2003, 07:52:38 am »

Stuzza:

If you have the time would you do Atari 7800, Colecovision, Odyssey2, and Turbografix?

stuzza · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2003, 09:35:54 am »

Quote from: colonelsnow on July 07, 2003, 07:52:38 am

Stuzza:

If you have the time would you do Atari 7800, Colecovision, Odyssey2, and Turbografix?

Done! Zip file now contains no snaps and top logos for following systems: NES, SNES, Gameboy (mono, colour, advance), Nintendo 64, Sega Master system, Genesis, Gamegear, Mame, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Colecovision, TurboGrafix, Odyssey2, Pinball.

Odonadon · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:08:23 am »

Excellent work, Stuzza. Would you allow us to use these in our own skins?

Odonadon

atog · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:43:52 am »

You guys are awesome, this stuff all looks great. Anybody have a nice X-Men Vs. Streetfighter skin?

arcadecab · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:22:43 pm »

Stuzza,

Great work with the title and nosnap images for the consoles and the cool skins!! Awesome.

Just wondering--can you add the Intellivision and Neo Geo to the list of console title and nosnap images? They are the only ones missing that I would like to have. That would be great.
Thanks.

steve_pss · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2003, 01:34:06 pm »

mine:

stuzza · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2003, 06:24:14 am »

Odonadon: Feel Free to use any of my graphics in your own skins. You can cut them up, edit them, host them at your own site, or whatever you want. Be sure to post pics of your own skins when they're done!

arcadecab: Intellivision and Neogeo Titles and Nosnaps have now been added to the logos zip file. You'll have to download it again to get all the graphics.

I've also now added CAVE's R-type and 720 Skins to my website. - Thanks for these CAVE

Minwah · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2003, 11:02:44 am »

You guys may be interested to know this:

MAMEWAH can automatically find your separate emulator 'logo' and 'no snap' images if you do the following:

1) Place these images in your emulator(s) root folder,
2) Name the files 'EMU-LOGO.PNG' and 'EMU-NO SNAP.PNG' (where 'EMU' is the exe filename of the emulator, eg 'mame' for mame.exe). (BMP, JPG, GIF, PCX also work).

These files must exist correctly when you enter the 'Emulator Executable' for the first time, otherwise they will not be found/used...

I think I mentioned this in a previous post, but the above technique applies similarly to:

'DAT Filename': [emupath]\EMU.DAT,
'NMS Filename': [emupath]\EMU.NMS,
'CatVer Filename': [emupath]\CATVER.INI,
'ROM Path': [emupath]\ROMS,
'Artwork #1 Path': [emupath]\SNAP.

Hopefully that'll save a minute or two in future...(*hint* the cfg files will change next version)

arcadecab · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2003, 01:48:22 pm »

Stuzza,

Thanks for the additions to the console titles and nosnaps. Awesome work!!! I forgot and should have mentioned before--is it possible to add the Neo Geo Pocket and Sega 32X to the list of console titles and nosnaps?? I just noticed I also have some roms of those systems and these should make the console list pretty much complete. I would greatly appreciated it!!

Now, wouldn't it be great to have zips of all the titles, snapshots, and box art for all games on these systems. Hopefully someday as they would be great additions to MAMEwah for console emulation.

Thanks again.

stuzza · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2003, 06:19:44 am »

Quote from: arcadecab on July 08, 2003, 01:48:22 pm

Stuzza,

Thanks for the additions to the console titles and nosnaps. Awesome work!!! I forgot and should have mentioned before--is it possible to add the Neo Geo Pocket and Sega 32X to the list of console titles and nosnaps?? I just noticed I also have some roms of those systems and these should make the console list pretty much complete. I would greatly appreciated it!!

Now, wouldn't it be great to have zips of all the titles, snapshots, and box art for all games on these systems. Hopefully someday as they would be great additions to MAMEwah for console emulation.

Thanks again.

NeoGeo Pocket and Sega 32X now added.

As for snapshots for games, I've got all the NES snaps (ingame and titles) at my site - click the NES link at the bottom of the page! Hopefully one day, someone will provide snaps for all the other consoles (named using goodtools names ofcourse

).

JLR2000 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2003, 03:56:52 pm »

I've just downloaded Mamewah v090 and admittedly haven't played with it yet, but before I look too hard, is it possible to skin it with two screenshots - the title pic and the ingame shot? I've been an Emuloader user for a couple of years now, but the possibilities of the other FEs are too interesting to ignore.

Seeing fantastic Skins like posted here are motivation enough to give Minwah a try. Curious to know if there are any special tools or skills required to create these skins (other than getting/creating the artwork).

Thanks!

anthony691 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:34:39 pm »

Quote from: JLR2000 on July 09, 2003, 03:56:52 pm

I've just downloaded Mamewah v090 and admittedly haven't played with it yet, but before I look too hard, is it possible to skin it with two screenshots - the title pic and the ingame shot? I've been an Emuloader user for a couple of years now, but the possibilities of the other FEs are too interesting to ignore.

Seeing fantastic Skins like posted here are motivation enough to give Minwah a try. Curious to know if there are any special tools or skills required to create these skins (other than getting/creating the artwork).

Thanks!

Actually, you can have like 5 screenshots per game (marquee title screenshot, ect.)

And MAMEwah uses it's own layout designer witch is windows based and EASY TO USE!

JLR2000 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:39:48 pm »

Where can I read or find out more about the layout designer....is that only part of the latest beta builds?

Unkis17 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:50:22 pm »

You should just play with it. MinWah is in the middle of these 95b, 951b, 952b releases. They are all Beta and the documentation is limited. MinWah has a FAQ at his site as well as it was posted as a thread on the forum. I don't believe their is anything regarding the LD though... Here is a TXT file for LD. How much it will help i don't know.

JLR2000 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2003, 05:52:50 pm »

Actually, it helps....now I know I need the latest beta to see the skinner app. Minwahs site suggests newbies get ver.090, but there is no skinner app in that version.....

Thanks for the direction.

Update: Installed latest version and found the skinner (duh). This looks great, just what I've been hoping for. Great examples guys, Stuzza I can't seem to get to your site....might be my work/proxy I'll try from home later.

Thanks all for sharing and thanks Minwah!

jakejake28 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2003, 10:17:42 pm »

man, mine pales in comparison. it is still a w.i.p, but here it is...

oh, wait, thanks to Howard Casto for the original 3darcade model that i d/l and screwed up, thnks to stuzza for his pix, and thanks to some guy named craig whos pic i d/l for my background...

edit: wont let me post pic, too large...

uploading to my bs geocities site, sorry about the crap around it, just put it there, never gonna take it off...

www.geocities.com/jakejake28/pic.htm

Syxx · « **Reply #28 on:** July 09, 2003, 10:37:00 pm »

man i wish i could use some of these but im stuck on 640x480 res. since i use a 27inch television instead and cant use others resolutions correctly.

i'll post a pic of mine shortly i just gotta figure out a screen capture program and take one.

jakejake28 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 09, 2003, 10:38:48 pm »

Quote from: Syxx on July 09, 2003, 10:37:00 pm

i'll post a pic of mine shortly i just gotta figure out a screen capture program and take one.

push print screen sysrq button, its above insert. then paste into another program

meta87 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2003, 11:46:21 pm »

Actually I think you have to press alt-printscreen

Odonadon · « **Reply #31 on:** July 10, 2003, 12:36:08 am »

Quote from: meta87 on July 09, 2003, 11:46:21 pm

Actually I think you have to press alt-printscreen

Alt-prntscrn gives you a screen cap of the currently selected window. In this case, the FE. Prntscrn by istelf will give you a screen cap of everything you see on your monitor. In this case, the FE. Either will yield the exact same result

Odonadon

Minwah · « **Reply #32 on:** July 10, 2003, 04:26:30 am »

Quote from: anthony691 on July 09, 2003, 04:34:39 pm

Actually, you can have like 5 screenshots per game (marquee title screenshot, ect.)

10 actually

stuzza · « **Reply #33 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:43:09 am »

3 New skins added to the site:
Fighter Characters (by me), Wolverine (by me) and Rolling Thunder (by CAVE)

I've been speaking with Minwah, and we have decided to use my site (http://members.lycos.co.uk/stuzza12/skin.htm) as the semi-official Mamewah skin site. So if you'd like your skin hosted there, send me a PM.

Sprucemoose · « **Reply #34 on:** July 10, 2003, 08:08:03 am »

Just wanted to comment on the fantastic layouts and thanks to Stuzza for hosting them.

arcadecab · « **Reply #35 on:** July 10, 2003, 11:14:48 am »

Stuzza,

With regards to the NES snaps and titles (USA) listed on your website. I know you said goodtools names before and that you provided a link for a artwork renamer (I believe made by Howard Casto), that I downloaded. The problem with using the snaps and titles is that they dont match the actual rom names and thus are not recognized. Before, I had to physically change each name, but apparently with the artwork renamer--I wouldnt have to do that anymore. I tried the renamer, but couldn't quite see what to do. The program comes up and asks for source dir., destination directory, rom directory--then artwork and rom extensions, and then some boxes to check as to the renaming features. Basically, what I want to do is take the screens and titles folders that I downloaded from your website with names that do not have "_" between words and have them match the .NES roms that DO have the "_" between words and place them in a folder within my Nintendo emulator folder labeled NES screens and NES titles. Can you help further explain how to use this artwork renamer to fully use the NES screens and titles on your site.
Thanks. Sorry for being a newbie to this goodtools and renaming artwork stuff.

atog · « **Reply #36 on:** July 10, 2003, 11:56:34 pm »

Stuzza, you are awesome, the pic on your site of the new fighter skin would work perfect in my cab. I have a question for you about it; it says 1024X768 next to it. My cab runs a 27 inch TV set and with video card I run MAMEWah at 800X600 (I think), I do know it won't do 1024X768. What would happen if I tried to use your skin on my cab?

My guess is it would get cropped to hell. And the reason why I haven't just tried it out is because I am currently using an old version of MAMEWAh, and I would need to upgrade first, and I have been resisting doing that until a non-beta comes out, mostly because it's a huge pain to run a network cable to my cabinet due to house constraints (plus the thing is heavy!)

Syxx · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2003, 02:35:20 am »

i made a post about it already but i said i'd post some pics of my attemp here so here they are..

http://www.geocities.com/syxxpakksmame/pics.html

its not pretty because i need to use 640x480 res =( since im on a Television screen.

stuzza · « **Reply #38 on:** July 11, 2003, 05:15:09 am »

Quote from: arcadecab on July 10, 2003, 11:14:48 am

Stuzza,

With regards to the NES snaps and titles (USA) listed on your website. I know you said goodtools names before and that you provided a link for a artwork renamer (I believe made by Howard Casto), that I downloaded. The problem with using the snaps and titles is that they dont match the actual rom names and thus are not recognized. .........
Can you help further explain how to use this artwork renamer to fully use the NES screens and titles on your site.
Thanks. Sorry for being a newbie to this goodtools and renaming artwork stuff.

The easiest way to make use of my NES snaps is simply rename your roms to match the snaps. Go and download GoodNES (a dos based NES rom renamer) and use it to rename all your nes roms. With one simple line, you can rename all your roms to the goodtools name standard and then they will match my NES snap set perfectly. Trying to rename the snapshots instead is a pain in the ass, which is why I decided to release the NES snaps with goodtools names.

stuzza · « **Reply #39 on:** July 11, 2003, 05:18:49 am »

Quote from: atog on July 10, 2003, 11:56:34 pm

Stuzza, you are awesome, the pic on your site of the new fighter skin would work perfect in my cab. I have a question for you about it; it says 1024X768 next to it. My cab runs a 27 inch TV set and with video card I run MAMEWah at 800X600 (I think), I do know it won't do 1024X768. What would happen if I tried to use your skin on my cab?
...

You'd be best to resize the skin to 800x600. It is just one main graphic file so this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I am thinking of resizing all my skins to other resolutions and making them available, so people have a choice which res to download. Would people be interested in this??


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