/megabezel-commodore-pack

An original all-in-one graphic pack full with assets and presets for use with Libretro RetroArch and HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shader.

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore

THENAMEC MEGA BEZEL : COMMODORE

All-in-one overlays and preset pack for Libretro RetroArch and HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shader.

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Latest releases:

Documentation revision
October 9th, 2022 - Release Candidate 4.1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

A NOTE FROM THENAMEC

Modern emulation evolves relentlessly. As creators, our ambition is to enhance your Retro Gaming experience beyond simple nostalgia, bringing back dormant memories and that familiar “I’ve been there, eons ago” mood.

TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs revise the connection between the gamer and the original hardware: gameplay is the king but... when it comes to subtle details, pixels still enchant me.

I'm an Italian graphic artist and this is my love letter to the games of my youth: an overlays collection tributing Commodore hardware ranging from early '80s to late '90s.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX

SCENES AND BACKGROUNDS

  • Commodore Amiga series: A1000, A500, A500 Plus, A600, A600HD, A1200, A1200Synth, Amiga CD32, CDTV
  • Commodore 64 series: Silver Label, Breadbin, G Series, ALDI, DreanComm
  • Commodore VIC20 series: Golden Label, Mark2, Mark3, VIC-1001
  • Commodore 264 Series: Commodore16

DEVICES, DISPLAYS, MONITORS, TV

  • Commodore Monitors: C1080, C1201 Monochrome, C1702, C1902, C1084, C1084S-D1, C1084S-D2 CDTV Black
  • Consumer CRT TVs: Philips 21PT3326-V7
  • Dynamic Bezels: Cream, Beige, Black, Dark-Gray

OTHER PERIPHERALS

  • Disk drives: Internal Chinon FB-354 (A500/600/1200), External A1010 (A1000), External CD1411 (CDTV)
  • CD-ROM: Proprietary MKE drive (CD32)
  • Drive Simulator: GoTek-like interface, LCD display, multi-floppy, SD-card and USB (A1200Synth)
  • Datassette: 1530 C2N, 1530 C2N-B (C64, VIC20)
  • Datassette: DC-120 DreanComm (C64 DreanComm)
  • Datassette: 1531 (C264 series)

FEATURES

Here's an rundown of what you can expect from TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs.

ORIGINAL ARTWORKS

I personally draw my digital illustrations with a particular care for accessibility, usability and originality of concepts and design, while keeping quality at a professional level.

  • Original vector illustrations based on actual hardware, advertising and manuals
  • Remixed elements and screen optimization (ever dreamt about integrated data units?)
  • FullHD 1080p and UltraHD 2160p resolutions, 16:9 aspect ratio, horizontal
  • Adaptive support for ultrawide displays and alternative aspect ratios, including 16:10 and 4:3
  • Bicubic sharper resampling from 300dpi to 72dpi for crispy, super-sampling anti-aliased visuals

Special "visual mods" are included to enhance retrogaming experience:

  • DATASSETTE LIGHTBULB incandescent light over your audiocassette
  • EMBEDDED DATA DEVICE compact, all-in-one design embeds disk drives and datassettes in the chassis
  • AMIGA 1200SYNTH concept for a futuristic cyberpunk Amiga, equipped with a dark chassis, backlit keyboard, embedded multi-floppy data simulator and optical disk drive

ℹ️ Note: AMIGA 1200SYNTH is also available in TheNamec FS-UAE Themes pack for FS-UAE emulator, sporting some unique features:Blinking LED indicators, Functional multi-floppy data simulator, Disk presence switches, track display, access notification, Audio indicator, Basic curvature and scanlines postprocessing effects.

ZERO-CONFIG PRESETS

TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs vision is to "make enhanced retrogaming accessible to everyone".

PRESETS fuse many elements to expose the full potential of enhanced retrogaming: artworks for scene and devices, lightning, CRT shader post-processing are just some examples of what's roaring under the hood. A huge effort was invested in designing thousands of ready-to-go presets that require no user-side setup.

The preset catalogue makes you choose the components of your scene step-by-step:

  1. You choose your SCENE or background
  2. You add a DEVICE being a Monitor, a TV, or a Dynamic Bezel
  3. You select a SHADER to determine simulated CRT characteristics and effects (i.e. sharp, soft, smooth)
  4. Finally set PREFERENCES, down to your personal gaming habits:
> 💭 How distant would you (ideally) sit from simulated device?

> 💭 Would you like your device to have a flat or curved tube? 

> 💭 Is it a "daily" or "nightly" lit scene?

Combination of these few elements alone determines a terrific share of possibilities for you to explore.

CONNECT SCENES WITH DEVICES

In TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore each scene can be "connected" to each Monitor, TV and Dynamic Bezel available in the preset catalogue, building up incredible variety. Gotta test 'em all to find your perfect combo!

The concept came from IRL Commodore hardware being widely cross-platform compatible, meaning you can mix devices and systems spanning over 20 years of manufacturing.

ℹ️ Note: In the days I used a C1084 monitor on Amiga 500, while lots of people used it as an high-end monitor for Commodore64. Nowadays C1702 Monitor is considered among "holy grails" of CRT gaming and can be connected to lots of gaming consoles via S-Video split Luma/Chroma inputs. Commodore was beyond!

PRESET FLAVOURS

PRESET FLAVOURS enhance pixel visuals and take care of aging art styles like vectors and low-res illustrations. TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore includes two presets kits:

  • MBZ VANILLA FLAVOURS for HyperSpaceMadness default Mega Bezel Reflection Shader flavours
  • NMC SPICED FLAVOURS for TheNamec enhanced flavours with additional visual layers

Each kit comes with its own variants split in two main families:

  • SHARP for a modern take on a clear "pixel-art" with visible pixels
  • SOFT for a more genuine smoothness, as probably meant by original artists working on original hardware.

MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR

The kit defaults to the same experience included in Mega Bezel Reflection Shader base presets by HyperSpaceMadness: an ideal, near to perfect bright and clean CRT focused on gameplay.

Visual layers are disabled, meaning you will get visuals with no CRT MASK, SIGNAL/CONNECTION, COLOR-CORRECTION and LIGHTNING simulations.

Preset flavour Base Shader Mask Signal Color Lightning
MBZ SHARP ADVANCED mbz_1_adv_gdv NO NO NO VANILLA
MBZ SHARP LCD-GRID mbz_1_adv_lcd-grid NO NO NO VANILLA
MBZ SHARP POTATO mbz_5_potato_gdv NO NO NO VANILLA
MBZ SHARP SMOOTH ADVANCED mbz_0_smooth-adv_gdv NO NO NO VANILLA
MBZ SHARP STANDARD mbz_3_std_gdv NO NO NO VANILLA
MBZ SOFT NTSC ADVANCED mbz_1_adv_gdv-ntsc NO NTSC NO VANILLA
MBZ SOFT NTSC POTATO mbz_5_potato_gdv-ntsc NO NTSC NO VANILLA
MBZ SOFT NTSC SMOOTH ADVANCED mbz_0_smooth-adv_gdv-ntsc NO NTSC NO VANILLA
MBZ SOFT NTSC STANDARD mbz_3_std_gdv-ntsc NO NTSC NO VANILLA

ℹ️ Note: Monochrome devices will stay color-corrected on MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR presets. NTSC vanilla presets may apply a custom CRT-MASK.

NMC SPICED FLAVOUR

This is where things get hot 'n spicy. This kit enables visual layers with advanced CRT MASK, SIGNAL/CONNECTION, COLOR-CORRECTION and LIGHTNING simulations. It's a rad change that introduces lots of effects, resulting in "realistic-like" visuals and lots of additional elements both on-screen and off-screen. It may take a couple of minutes for you to absorb the sensory overload!

Preset flavour Base Shader Mask Signal Color Lightning
NMC SHARP RGB mbz_1_adv_gdv YES RGB WARM ADVANCED
NMC SHARP S-VIDEO mbz_1_adv_gdv-ntsc YES S-VIDEO WARM ADVANCED
NMC SHARP SMOOTH SCALEFX mbz_0_smooth-adv_gdv YES RGB WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT COMPOSITE mbz_1_adv_gdv-ntsc YES COMPOSITE WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT RGB mbz_1_adv_gdv YES RGB+GTU WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT RGB SMOOTH mbz_0_smooth-adv_gdv YES RGB+GTU WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT SMOOTH SUPER-XBR mbz_1_adv_super-xbr_gdv YES NO WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT UPSCALE DREZ 480p mbz_1_adv_drez-480p_gdv YES NO WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT VECTOR mbz_vector-horizontal_std YES NO WARM ADVANCED
NMC SOFT WORN-OUT mbz_1_adv_gdv-ntsc YES RF-MOD WARM ADVANCED

Spiced presets focus on signal/connection simulation:

  • NMC SHARP RGB top quality for computer monitors, idealistic crystal clear
  • NMC SHARP S-VIDEO really good quality for consumer TVs connection, minor bleeding
  • NMC SOFT RGB upper class TVs connection, realistic high definition
  • NMC SOFT COMPOSITE Standard quality for consumer TVs connection, moderate artifacts
  • NMC SOFT WORN-OUT simulates RF on Channel 3-4, poor quality, visible artifacts, hum bar. Use with caution, a prolonged exposition will end up damaging your retinas.

Spiced presets also take care of specific art-style scenarios and may work xharms (or disasters) depending on games art types and core settings:

  • NMC SHARP SMOOTH SCALEFX produces modern hi-res visuals with real-time filters including: ScaleFX smooth resample, fast sharpen, de-dithering and pseudo-transparencies.
  • NMC SOFT RGB SMOOTH SUPER-XBR adds real-time filter to enhance 2D visuals. Post-processing produces antialiased 2D game artworks, while maintaining authentic CRT texture and a little graininess.
  • NMC SOFT UPSCALE DREZ 480p works by rendering games at higher-than-native resolution (core settings) and then downscaling back to 480p to obtain a unique crisp/antialiased image. Best suited for early 3D games and 2D/3D mixing games to better blend muddy textures and ultra-sharp polygons.
  • NMC SOFT VECTOR is specific for those early wireframe games like Lunar, Asteroids, Star Wars and the entire Vectrex library. Kind of a neon look, with bloom, a subtle low refresh flicker and a visible grid on screen. Gel color profile will inject some life in black/white classics.

ℹ️ Note: DREZ presets requires cores options set to upper-than-480p resolution. When available use Cores Supersampling option, as it may give better performances and visual quality than DREZ shader.

ℹ️ Note: VECTOR presets performs much nicer with HIGH RESOLUTION or ANTIALIASED geometries. Refer to setup FinalBurn Neo Core section and to documentation for Cores supporting internal resolution multiplier feature.

LIGHTNING SYSTEM

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore features advanced lightning to give overlays a superior realistic vibe. Presets come with day and night variants so you can instantly choose the best solution in a snap. Let your retrogames shine!

DEVICE LIGHTNING

  • TUBE DIFFUSE IMAGE adds a realistic dark grayish image of CRT tube behind actual game pixels instead of flat black
  • TUBE STATIC REFLECTION IMAGE adds a shine on the tube which imitates reflection from the environment
  • TUBE SHADOW the prominent bezels cast a shadow on tube from top
  • CABINET GLASS brings extra details to the tube area, like scratches or reflections
  • DECAL IMAGE becomes a LED lightmap for device details

SCENE LIGHTNING

  • DAY LIGHTNING makes you enjoy a full lit room showing all accurately rebuilt graphics details
  • NIGHT LIGHTNING is easier on your eyes as it simulates a soft, warm lit room
  • LEDs brings lot of light emitting details particularly visible with soft lights

ℹ️ Note: NMC SPICED FLAVOUR presets enables full lightning system automatically. MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR presets still have Day/Night alternatives, but without extra fancy effects. The latter will feel easier on your eyes.

DEVICE CURVATURE

Modern FLAT device, or classic CURVED shapes? A pretty divisive topic in retrogaming community.

Curvature brings undeniable magic, but also comes with shortcomings like distortion, moirè fringes, scanlines artifacts, and the infamous rainbow effect. FLAT screens were a much desired and expensive top range solution, but missed that vintage feeling. In the end, everything comes to undisputable personal testes. And everchanging mood.

ZERO-CONFIG PRESETS give you three alternatives:

> 💭 Do you like your game having a little spherical distortion and wide reflective bezels?
  • CURVED simulates the typical barrel/spherical distortion from CRT surface. May introduce artifacts.
> 💭 You used to play on a flat screen with no distortion and little to no bezels?
  • FLAT straightens things out like modern panels, making pixels perfectly orthogonal. No artifacts at all.
> 💭 You'd like to have no distortion, yet keep wide bezels with reflections?
  • FAUX-CURVED mixes curved bezels and wide reflections with plain projection. A win-win balance of vintage and modern gaming.

DEVICE DISTANCE

Retrogaming Packs come with zero-config presets for you to enjoy the most comfortable framing: textures layers logic will automatically take care of resizing for the best gaming experience.

ZERO-CONFIG PRESETS give you three alternatives:

> 💭 Do you like playing with your nose touching the display, yet you'd like to see a little device?
  • NEAR is a hand-tuned sweet spot between gaming area and a zoomed-in display. Ideal solution for casual gaming.
> 💭 Are you a 'coach gamer' who likes to see the scene from far, fully modeled with details?
  • FULL DEVICE trades a smaller gaming area for a beautiful simulated gaming setup. Best for nostalgic people.
> 💭 You'd like to have biggest possible gaming area with clearest pixels?
  • INTEGER SCALING automatically adjust zoom to get native pixels and zero artifacts. Suitable for purists.

DEVICE CRT MASK

What's a CRT MASK, you say? In real life color CRT displays used a metallic plate with tiny holes to "mask" phosphor cells, making them an easier target for Red, Blue and Green electron cannons. This produced sharper and cleaner images, at expense of a minor loss in brightness. Tiny holes (shadow-mask) where later followed by rectangular openings (slot-masks) and vertical wires (aperture-grille) resulting in ever increasing brightness and clarity.

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore includes four CRT MASK visual layers:

> 💭 Do you like high quality Trinitron, DiamondTron and SonicTron series visuals?

> 💭 Do you like classic arcade displays and consumer CRT TVs visuals?
  • SLOT-MASK: staggered grid of red, green and blue phosphors used on most consumer displays
> 💭 Do you like elder CRT TVs visuals with poor brightness?

> 💭 Do you like old tube glass with visible thick surface and no CRT masking?

CRT MASK visual layer respects real life counterparts:

Device model CRT Mask Profile
Commodore C1080 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Commodore C1201 PLASMA Monochrome amber
Commodore C1702 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Commodore C1902 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Commodore C1084 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Commodore C1084S-D1 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Commodore C1084S-D2 SLOT-MASK Commodore
Philips 21PT3326-V7 SLOT-MASK Consumer
Dynamic Bezels APERTURE GRILLE -

ℹ️ Note: NMC SPICED FLAVOUR presets include CRT MASK visual layer. MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR presets bypass it.

DEVICE SIGNAL/CONNECTION

In real life connection between system and display really has a dramatic impact on visual quality: think of all the RGB mods, transcoders and expensive cables we bought to bump up A/V fidelity and reduce interferences.

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore includes five visual layers for SIGNAL/CONNECTION:

  • GTU: Gaussian-kernel TV Upscaler simulating blur, bleeding effects and color levels.
  • RGB/COMPONENT/SCART: Best quality connection, sharp and crisp image
  • S-VIDEO/YC: Good quality connection, clean image
  • COMPOSITE/CVBS: Low quality connection, some interferences
  • RF-MODULATOR/CHANNEL3-4: Worst quality connection, subtle hum-bar and noise

ℹ️ Note: NMC SPICED FLAVOUR presets include SIGNAL/CONNECTION visual layer. MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR presets bypass it.

DEVICE COLOR-CORRECTION

Maybe I will (not) shock you: we've been emulating games with totally wrong colors for years. Modern LCD/OLED use a LEDs matrix to produce ultra-bright, super-vivid, sometimes over-saturated colors. Old CRTs used cannons to shoot electrons at a phosphor-coated glass screen. Are colors reproduced by such abysmal different technologies the same? Nope. Not at all. Not even similar.

Is Super Mario Bros sky so violet? Nope, it's blue. Are Sonic brick tiles in Green Hill Zone so orange? Nope again, they're brown. Eyeball original hardware for further proofs and bear in mind some facts:

  • Artists originally used professional CRT displays to color videogames graphics
  • Videogame graphics were designed to be reproduced on consumer CRT displays
  • Europe, USA and Japan used to have non-standardized settings for color temperatures
  • Each CRT display behavior changes according to settings, age and hours of activity

Well, colors are discrete as they're coded in games. Problem is they are not "compensated" by CRT screen. Real-time color-correction to the rescue!

TEMPERATURE SIMULATION

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore gives you two choices for white point balancing:

> 💭 Do you like to play NTSC-U and PAL games with vivid colors?
  • TEMPERATURE WARM 6500k: best suited for NTSC-U and PAL countries, white point shifted towards reds, saturated colors
> 💭 Do you prefer those obscure NTSC-J only games or want to improve contrast and black depth?
  • TEMPERATURE COLD 9300k: best suited for NTSC-J countries, white point shifted towards blues, adds a slightly glacial mood

You can configure global overrides to switch all presets to TEMPERATURE COLD 9300k or even totally disable color-correction without having to edit one-by-one.

ℹ️ Note: all of NMC SPICED FLAVOUR presets default to TEMPERATURE WARM 6500k visual layer. MBZ VANILLA FLAVOUR presets bypass color-correction.

MONOCHROME SIMULATION

My infamous Monochrome Experience quest led to almighty Guest.R building a LUMA CONVERSION feature to share some love to firstborn CRTs. TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore includes Commodore C1201, a monochromatic monitor with amber phosphors, and additional switchable profiles:

> 💭 Do you want to enjoy one-color gaming like you did on your IBM/Apple/Tandy/Nixdorf monitor or black and white TV?
  • MONOCHROME AMBER: P3 phosphor, light-orange tinting
  • MONOCHROME BLACK&WHITE: P4 phosphor, classic gray shades
  • MONOCHROME GREEN: P1 phosphor, Matrix terminal. Knock, Knock, Neo.
  • MONOCHROME AQUA: P2 phosphor, oscilloscope blue-green tinting
  • MONOCHROME BLOOD: Virtual Boy edgy red tinting

ℹ️ Note: MONOCHROME profiles are automatically applied accordingly to device model. You can experiment with additional profiles by customizing presets vwith local overrides.

PRESETS PERFORMANCE

Mega Bezel is optimized for a nice and consistent performance across SMOOTH-ADVANCED, ADVANCED or STANDARD presets. Nonetheless, POTATO provides accessibility for less powerful machines.

Here's a quick rundown of base shaders involved in TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore:

  • ADVANCED (ADV) is a full customizable experience with modular layouts for display scaling and positioning, glass reflections and ambient lightning. This is the way to go to have customization flexibility and performance, with high visual quality and unaltered original artworks
  • STANDARD (STD) is a faster alternative to ADVANCED and includes CRT postprocessing effects like color grading and display scaling/positioning personalization
  • POTATO (POT) is an insanely performing overlay solution with easy-go CRT masking based on lighter shaders
> 💭 Is the preset you like too heavy for your rig?
  • Try toggling unwanted features and save your custom simple-presets
  • Just go for a POTATO preset, despite the naming it's incredibly tasty!

CUSTOM INTRO SEQUENCES

Animated intro sequences will literally turn your device on while game is booting, full with old-school statics and a custom logo paired with each scene for a better immersion in retrogaming mood.

ℹ️ Note: YOU MUST use RetroArch auto-loading methods to see custom intro sequences, please refer to the loading presets section.

QUICK START

TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs are designed to be easy to pick up for RetroArch newcomers or veterans.

Follow the step-by-step installation instructions for a trouble-less quick start.

⚠️ Please, please, PLEASE carefully read requirements, before you start and frequently asked questions sections before asking for support.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - VERY IMPORTANT

To enjoy TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs you MUST have:

INSTALLATION

STEP 1: INSTALL RETROARCH

  1. Install latest RetroArch
    -> Download from RetroArch official site
    -> Install according to your Operative System

ℹ️ *Note: refer to detailed step-by-step instructions from Official Libretro Docs for Frontend Installation and Cores Installation.

STEP 2: SETUP RETROARCH FOR MEGA BEZEL - VERY IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT: these settings are required for Mega Bezel to work correctly.

Do this BEFORE loading your content

  1. Configure video driver
    Launch RetroArch
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Video / Output
    -> Set Video to Vulkan (best performance) or GLCore (if Vulkan is not available)
  1. Enable advanced settings
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / User Interface
    -> Set Show Advanced Settings to ON
  1. Configure video scaling
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Video / Scaling
    -> Set Integer Scale to OFF
    -> Set Aspect Ratio to FULL
  1. Configure video rotation
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Video / Output
    -> Set Video Rotation to NORMAL
  1. Enable save config changes and restart
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Config
    -> Set Save config on exit to ON
    Go to Main Menu
    -> Do Restart RetroArch
  1. After restart, disable save config changes
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Config
    -> Set Save config on exit to OFF

STEP 3: INSTALL MEGA BEZEL REFLECTION SHADER

Mega Bezel Reflection Shader should come already bundled in Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/Mega_Bezel.

If you can't find it or desire to update to latest version, there are different methods to get it: Online Updater, Manual Installing and GitHub Cloning.

ONLINE UPDATER (Easy)
This is a fast and very easy way to install/update stable Mega Bezel releases from inside RetroArch

  1. Update via RetroArch Online Updater
    Launch RetroArch
    Go to Main Menu / Online Updater
    -> Do Update Slang shaders
    Wait for downloading... You'll get a notification when complete.
    You're done!

MANUAL INSTALLING (Intermediate)
This is an alternative way to install/update stable Mega Bezel releases via .ZIP archive

  1. Get latest release
    Download from Mega Bezel GitHub Repo
  1. Setup folders
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/ folder
    -> If bezel folder is missing create it manually
  1. Install shader Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/ folder
    -> Copy Mega_Bezel folder from the downloaded .ZIP archive
    -> Check final path to the Mega bezel being Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/Mega_Bezel
    You're done!

GITHUB CLONING (Advanced)
This is a power-users method to install/update Mega Bezel development code via creating a local clone of Mega Bezel GitHub Repo. Remember Development code may be unstable/untested.

  1. Get and install GitHub Desktop latest release
    Download from GitHub Desktop official site
    Install using default settings
  1. Setup folders
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/ folder
    -> If bezel folder is missing create it manually
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/ folder
    -> If Mega_Bezel folder is missing create it manually
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/Mega_Bezel folder
    -> Verify Mega_Bezel folder to be empty (required for cloning)
  1. Install via GitHub Desktop
    Run GitHub Desktop
    Open File / Clone repository...
    Go to URL tab (rightest one)
    -> In URL or username/repository input HyperspaceMadness/Mega_Bezel
    -> In Local path do choose... and find your path to RetroArch\shaders\shaders_slang\bezel\Mega_Bezel
    -> Do CLONE
    Wait for downloading to complete...
    You're done!

For later updates straight from of Mega Bezel GitHub Repo

  1. Update via GitHub Desktop
    Run GitHub Desktop
    Open Current Repository dropdown (top right)
    -> Choose Mega_Bezel
    -> Do Fetch Origin
    Wait for downloading to complete...
    You're done!

STEP 4: INSTALL THENAMEC MEGA BEZEL PACK

There are two methods to get TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs: Manual Updating and GitHub Cloning.

MANUAL INSTALLING (Intermediate) This is the ordinary way to install/update stable TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs releases via .ZIP file

  1. Get latest release
    Download from TheNamec Retropacks Blog
    (Direct) Download from TheNamec GitHub Repo
  1. Setup folders
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/ folder
    If Mega_Bezel_Packs folder is missing create it manually
  1. Install pack
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs folder
    Copy TheNamec-Commodorefolder from the downloaded .ZIP archive
    Check final path to the Mega bezel being Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore
    You're done!

GITHUB CLONING (Advanced)
This is a power-users method to install/update TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs via creating local clones of TheNamec GitHub Repos

  1. Get and install GitHub Desktop latest release
    Download from GitHub Desktop official site
    Install using default settings
  1. Setup folders
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/ folder
    -> If Mega_Bezel_Packs folder is missing create it manually
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs folder
    -> If TheNamec-Commodore folder is missing create it manually
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore folder
    -> Verify TheNamec-Commodore folder to be empty (required for cloning)
  1. Install via GitHub Desktop
    Run GitHub Desktop
    Open File / Clone repository...
    Go to URL tab (rightest one)
    -> In URL or username/repository input TheNamec/megabezel-commodore-pack
    -> In Local path do choose... and find your path to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore
    -> Do CLONE
    Wait for downloading to complete...
    You're done!

For later updates straight from of TheNamec GitHub Repos

  1. Update via GitHub Desktop
    Run GitHub Desktop
    Open Current Repository dropdown (top right)
    -> Choose megabezel-commodore-pack
    -> Do Fetch Origin
    Wait for downloading to complete...
    You're done!

UNINSTALL THENAMEC MEGA BEZEL PACK

Uninstall pack
Navigate to RetroArch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/
-> Delete TheNamec-Commodore folder

STEP 5: (OPTIONAL) SETUP FINALBURN NEO CORE

FinalBurn Neo core (arcade) needs special settings to work with Mega Bezels.

Do this BEFORE loading your content

  1. Configure RetroArch options
    Go to Main Menu / Settings / Core
    -> Set Allow Rotation to OFF

Do this AFTER loading your content

  1. Configure FinalBurn Neo core options
    Go to Quick Menu / Core Options
    -> Set Vertical mode to OFF

If your game is VERTICAL

  1. Configure Mega Bezel shader options
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Shader Parameters
    -> Set Rotate CRT Tube to 1

If you game is UPSIDE-DOWN

  1. Configure Mega Bezel shader options
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Shader Parameters
    -> Set Flip Core Image Vertical to 1
    -> Set Flip Core Image Horizontal to 1

If your game is VECTOR or WIREFRANE

  1. Configure Core High Resolution output
    Go to Quick Menu / Options / DIP Switches
    -> Set Hires Mode to Yes

STEP 6: (OPTIONAL) INSTALL COMMODORE CORES

RetroArch plays AMIGA, COMMODORE64 and VIC20 games via cores i.e. emulator plugins. Cores installation is easily done from within RetroArch interface.

  1. Install cores via Online Updater Run RetroArch
    Go to Main menu / Online updater / Core Downloader
    -> Select Commodore - Amiga (PUAE)
    -> Select Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast) or Commodore - C64 (VICE x64sc, accurate)
    -> Select Commodore - VIC-20 (VICE xvic)
    Wait for downloading. You will get notifications when complete...
    You're done!

ℹ️ Note: AMIGA emulation requires copyrighted BIOS files with specific MD5 checksums. Please refer to PUAE Core Docs for more info and keep in mind: Google is your friend 🔍

ℹ️ Note: you can use TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs with any Core, despite mismatching system and overlay. It would be rather sacrilegious to play a Mario Bros game on a Commodore64 setup, isn't it? 👾

LOADING PRESETS

You can easily load a pre-made preset for an hassle-free experience:

  1. First run set-and-forget setup Run RetroArch Load a content
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders -> Set Video Shaders to ON -> Set Remember Last Used Shader Directory to ON
  1. Navigate to shader presets
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Load...
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore/Presets
  1. Choose a Scene folder
    This configures backdrop image and lights, i.e. Amiga500 with power and drive LEDs.
    Choose your preferred one.
  1. Choose a Device folder
    This configures display image and lights, i.e. C1084 Monitor with function LED.
    You can choose from:
    • Dynamic bezels, procedurally generated with automatic aspect ratio
    • Monitors and TVs, usually locked at standard 1.33 aspect ratio (4:3)
  1. Choose a Shader folder
    This controls games visuals via pixels post-processing.
    You can select:
    • MBZ vanilla presets from HyperSpaceMadness, featuring ideal clean visuals
    • NMC spiced presets from TheNamec, featuring CRT masks, advanced lightning and color grading
    • SHARP presets are clearer and crispier
    • SOFT presets are blurrier and smoother
  1. Choose a .slangp Preset
    Each preset combines variations described in the filename itself using tags. For further information check the Features section. Read tags as follows:
    • Screen Curvature: Curved, Flat, Faux
    • Distance from screen: Near, Full Device, Integer scaling
    • Ambient Lightning: Day, Night
  1. Load the preset (finally!)
    Select a .slangp preset
    Wait a couple seconds for the preset to load and... bam! You're done.
    Got to Quick Menu / Resume
    Enjoy enhanced gaming!
  1. Quick switch between presets (in the current folder)
    After loading a shader, you can use hotkeys for rapid scanning
    • Next preset: press M key (default settings)
    • Previous preset: press N key (default settings)

CUSTOMIZATION

Mega Bezel really is the definitive swiss-knife when it comes to retrogaming experience customization. You can build tailor-made per-game customizations including:

  • Fix overscan and centering for each game. Shame on you, lazy PAL/NTSC adaptions!
  • Fiddle with display scaling, position and aspect ratio
  • Tuning ambient and device lightning
  • Invest countless hours in visual configuration (instead of happily gaming)

Let's discover how to accomplish these step-by-step.

BEFORE YOU START - VERY IMPORTANT

Shader Presets are combinations of one or more shaders. For simplicity, consider your customization as separate child presets that reference parent presets, the latters being presets included in TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs. This way your customized presets stay really simple, as they contain just the parameters you changed plus a reference to original preset. RetroArch refers to this mechanism as Simple Preset and introduces two critical advantages:

  • Keeps parent presets intact (you really want that, to avoid having to reinstall if something goes wrong!)
  • Outputs separate child presets for your customizations (way easier to maintain, fewer parameters)

ℹ️ Note: For further reading on Simple Preset feature, check Libretro Official Docs.

⚠️ YOU MUST ENABLE Simple Preset to keep your customizations from destroying original presets. 😰

  1. Enable Simple Presets
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Set Simple Presets to ON

CUSTOMIZE VIA QUICK MENU

Quick menu lets you customize via gamepad by increasing/decreasing values for shader parameters. It's ok for trivial changes, but can fell a little slow for complex activities and requires switching between the quick menu and gameplay are to see the changes.

ℹ️ Note: unless you save your custom settings, you will lose all of them when you close the game or quit RetroArch!

  1. First run set-and-forget setup Launch RetroArch
    Go to Settings / User Interface / Appearance
    -> Set Framebuffer Opacity to around 0.300 (lower values = less opaque UI background)
  1. Customize shader parameters via Quick Menu Load your content
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Shader Parameters / Parameters
    -> Adjust settings to your preference
  1. Test customized shader parameters in-game
    Go to Quick Menu / Resume
    -> Enjoy playing or keep customizing
  1. Save customized preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Choose one saving option from pane (refer to Loading presets section to determine best option)

CUSTOMIZE VIA DESKTOP MENU

Desktop menu lets you customize shader parameters via sliders and input boxes with mouse and keyboard. You can use side-by-side distinct game window and parameters panel and see the changes in real-time. Desktop Menu is the ideal tool to quickly learn parameters effects and to develop deep customizations.

ℹ️ Note: unless you save your custom settings, you will lose all of them when you close the game or quit RetroArch!

  1. First run set-and-forget setup
    Launch RetroArch
    Go to Settings / User Interface
    -> Set Desktop Menu to ON
    Go to Main Menu
    -> Do Restart RetroArch (required)
  1. Launch Desktop Menu
    Load your content (you better choose one without time limits 😉)
    -> Press f key to exit full screen (default settings)
    Go to Window pane
    -> Select Toggle Desktop Menu
    Desktop Menu window opens up
  1. Load shader via Desktop Menu
    Go to View pane
    -> Select Shaders
    Shaders Panel opens up
    -> Select Load dropdown, choose Load again from pane
    Navigate to the shader you want to customize
    -> Select shader and do Open
    Wait for shader to load
    Shader panel gets populated with parameters
  1. Customize and live-test shader parameters via Desktop Menu
    Arrange Shader panel and **RetroArch content window side-by-side so you can easily see both
    Adjust settings to your preference using sliders in Shader Panel
    You can see changes updating in real time in RetroArch main window
  1. Save customized preset
    Go to Shaders Panel
    -> Select Save dropdown -> Choose one saving option from pane (refer to Loading presets section to determine best option)
  1. Close Desktop Menu
    Go to File pane in Desktop Menu
    -> Select Exit
    Desktop Menu will close.
  1. Re-enable full screen
    Focus RetroArch main window -> Press f key to enter full screen (default settings)

PRESETS SAVE/LOAD

RetroArch gives you different choices for automatically loading shaders so you don't have to manually select presets each time you load content. Do some experimentation and find the one that best fits your needs!

  • GLOBAL PRESETS are automatically applied in any content for any core
  • CORE PRESETS are applied in any content for that specific core
  • CONTENT DIRECTORY PRESETS apply to all content in a certain folder
  • GAME PRESETS apply just to one game

ℹ️ Note: Content Directory preset and Game Presets are also core specific. For further reading about RetroArch shaders check Libretro Official Docs.

MANUAL SAVE/LOAD

> 💭  Would you like to manually load a preset each time you launch a game?
  • PRO 👍
    • You are free to load whatever shader preset you like, regardless of game, core or path
  • CON 👎
    • You have to reload the shader preset each time you start a content
  1. Save your preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Select Save Shader preset as...
    -> Input a name and confirm
    Preset is saved. You will get a notification.
  1. Load your preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Load
    -> Navigate to your preset folder
    -> Select a preset and confirm to open
    Preset is saved. You will get a notification.

ℹ️ Note: Custom preset are saved in /shaders folder.

CORE PRESET

> 💭 Would you like to autoload presets each time you use a specific core (i.e. `PUAE core`)?
  • PRO 👍
    • RetroArch will load the same preset for all games using a specific core
  • CON 👎
    • You can use ONE graphic pack for each core
    • I.e. PUAE Core, you can't have both AMIGA500 and AMIGA1200 presets autoloading
  1. Save your preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Select Save Core preset
    Preset is saved. You will get a notification.
  1. Load your preset
    Preset is automatically applied when you load content using a specific core.

ℹ️ Note: Custom core presets are saved in /config/CoreName/CoreName.slangp.

CONTENT DIRECTORY PRESET

> 💭 Would you like to autoload the same preset for all games from a specific folder (i.e. `roms/Commodore - Amiga`)?
  • PRO 👍
    • RetroArch will load the same preset for ALL the games in a specific folder.
    • Usually this is the sweet spot to associate a different presets on a multi-system core.
    • I.e. PUAE core, three distinct folders for Amiga500, Amiga 1200 and Amiga CD32
  • CON 👎
    • You can't have game-specific shader adjustments, i.e. overscan settings
    • You have to use separate core presets
    • You have to use separate game presets
  1. Save your preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Select Save Content Directory preset
    Preset is saved. You will get a notification.
  1. Load your preset
    Preset is automatically applied when you load content from a specific folder.

ℹ️ Note: Custom directory preset are saved in /config/CoreName/FolderName.slangp.

GAME PRESET

> 💭 Would you like to autoload a specific preset for a single game?
  • PRO 👍
    • RetroArch will load a specific preset each time you boot a specific game.
    • You can tune the shader settings to perfection, including position and overscan, for each game. - You can choose different presets for each game.
  • CON 👎
    • You'll have to do this for every-single-game-you-love.
    • Process is boring and time consuming. Yet oddly satisfying.
  1. Save your preset
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Save
    -> Select Game preset
    Preset is saved. You will get a notification.
  1. Load your preset
    Preset is automatically applied when you load content from a specific folder.

ℹ️ Note: Custom game preset are saved in the /config/CoreName/GameName.slangp.

COMMON PER-GAME CUSTOMIZATIONS

This section contains some step-by-step examples of some of the most wanted per-game customizations.

For the sake of brevity I will assume that you have already done these preliminary steps:

  1. Before customizing
    Launch RetroArch
    Load your content
    Go to Quick Menu / Shaders / Shader Parameters

ℹ️ Note: For more information about Mega Bezel parameters, please refer to the HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shaders documentation.

CUSTOMIZE DISPLAY SCALING AND POSITIONING

You can customize device scaling and positioning (not available for POTATO presets)

  1. Customize display scaling
    Go to SCALING section
    -> Set NON-INTEGER SCALE % to custom value
  1. Customize display positioning
    Go to POSITION OFFSET section
    -> Set POSITION X and POSITION Y to custom value

FIX OVERSCAN / PILLAR BOXES / BLACK AREAS

I know, I know. You always hated these huge black areas from old games. Consider these as a trick to overcome performance limitations and to do lazy PAL/NTSC conversions. Finally you can trim black areas to pursue your dream of an ideal full screen: content will adapt accordingly in real-time.

Remember that Monitors/TVs presets are locked to 4:3, so you have to balance aspect ratio to prevent stretching. You will get the best results with Dynamic Bezels presets as they fluidly adapt to content changes and automatically adapt to keep aspect ratio.

ℹ️ Note: Overscan tuning greatly changes from game to game, a perfect scenario for custom Game Presets.

  1. Customize overscan
    Go to CROPPING section
    -> Set CROP MODE to CROP ANY
    -> Set CROP TOP %, CROP BOTTOM %, CROP LEFT % and CROP RIGHT % to cut away pixels

You can tune the lightning level for best contrast between gaming area and backdrop:

SCENE LIGHTNING TUNING

  1. Customize ambient lightning
    Go to NIGHT LIGHTNING section
    -> Set OPACITY value to set the amount of darkness

ZERO-CONFIG PRESETS OVERRIDES

LOCAL OVERRIDES

ZERO-CONFIG PRESETS are modular, meaning you can enable/disable complex features just by editing single lines in the preset without messing with thousands of parameters.

This comes really hand to configure preset-level scenarios:

  • SCENE LIGHTNING: ADVANCED FX (default), VANILLA
  • DEVICE COLOR-CORRECTION: TEMPERATURE and MONOCHROME profiles

Customization is rather simple:

  • Lines starting with #REFERENCE are enabled
  • Lines starting with DOUBLE SLASH before the #REFERENCE are disabled
  1. Open PRESET
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore/Presets/Scene/Device/Shader/Preset.slangp
    Open Preset.slangp with your favorite text editor
  1. Customize LOCAL CONFIGURATION
    Add/remove 'DOUBLE SLASH' to enable/disable settings
    Further instructions included in preset.slangp
    Save when finished.

Other visual layers switches are included FOR TESTING PURPOSE ONLY:

  • SCENE BASE modules
  • DEVICE SCALING profiles
  • DEVICE CURVATURE profiles
  • DEVICE CRT MASK profiles
  • DEVICE CRT FLAVOUR modules

GLOBAL OVERRIDES

TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore introduces a powerful GLOBAL OVERRIDE feature to manage effects across ALL NMC SPICED FLAVOUR presets without having to customize them one by one.

This comes really handy to configure general settings:

  • DEVICE LIGHTNING: TUBE DIFFUSE, TUBE REFLECTION STATIC, TUBE SHADOW, CABINET GLASS
  • COLOR-CORRECTION: TEMPERATURE WARM (default), TEMPERATURE COLD

Customization is rather simple:

  • Lines starting with #REFERENCE are enabled
  • Lines starting with DOUBLE SLASH before the #REFERENCE are disabled
  1. Open GLOBAL OVERRIDE
    Navigate to Retroarch/shaders/Mega_Bezel_Packs/TheNamec-Commodore/res
    Open overrides.params with your favorite text editor
  1. Customize GLOBAL OVERRIDE
    Add/remove 'DOUBLE SLASH' to enable/disable settings
    Further instructions included in overrides.params
    Save when finished.

Other visual layers switches are included FOR TESTING PURPOSE ONLY:

  • DEVICE ASPECT RATIO: AUTO (default for Dynamic Bezels), EXPLICIT 1.33 (default for monitors and TVs), PAR PIXEL ASPECT RATIO
  • DEVICE CRT MASK profiles
  • DEVICE SIGNAL/CONNECTION profiles
  • DEVICE COLOR-CORRECTION monochrome profiles
  • DEVICE CRT FLAVOUR modules

⚠️ WARNING. With great power comes great responsibility! Use global overrides carefully to avoid unexpected results. Backup files to avoid having to reinstall the pack. 😰

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: How to install/update/uninstall TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs?

Q: Vulkan, Glcore, Direct3D? Which video driver is better?

  • Vulkan is the king for performance. Full stop.
  • Glcore may work, but require longer compilation times at start and suffer bad performance.
  • Direct3D has extreme compilation times. Like... months.
  • Really, Vulkan is the way to go. If your device doesn't support it try using Glcore.

Q: Will Mega Bezel Reflection Shader work on ODroid, Raspberry Pi or - generally speaking - Single Board Computer?

  • Not yet. Mega Bezel can be somewhat intensive on CPU/GPU, the lack of supported drivers and computing firepower will inevitably compromise the gaming experience.
  • Developer HyperSpaceMadness is constantly improving performance with optimizations like graphics caching and light shaders variants!

Q: Will Mega Bezel Reflection Shader work on my phone/tablet?

  • Of course, if you have enough computing firepower. And Vulkan support.
  • Your last chance are Potato presets!

Q: Will Mega Bezel Reflection Shader work on Xbox Series X/S?

  • Not yet because of Direct3D having really poor performance with the shader.

Q: So TheNamec overlays just work on FullHD 1080p and UltraHD 2160p displays with 16:9 aspect ratio?

  • Nope. Presets really should work with any host scenario. Except for vertical/rotated displays.
  • Responsive design adapts to ultrawide and other-than-16:9 displays, including 16:10 and 4:3.
  • To me, FullHD and UltraHD are a good balance of file size, performance and image quality.
  • Vector artworks are future proof. I can upscale to infinite resolutions... if I only had infinite RAM!

Q: Can't see any preset in the shaders folder!

  • A video driver is compatible with slangp shader format is strictly required.
  • Recommended video driver is Vulkan. Use Glcore if your device doesn't support it.
  • Be sure to check the Setup RetroArch for Mega Bezel section for further info on driver setting.

Q: Everything looks stretchy and I see black pillar-boxes on sides! What the hell?

Q: Is TheNamec involved in Mega Bezel Project?

  • Yup yup, I'm a proud member of the collective of artists pushing boundaries for better Bezels since 2020!
  • Be sure to check my comrades projects, links in Mega Bezel Community section.

Q: What did you use to draw the artworks?

  • A sperimental vector drawing application.
  • A beated-up Logitech G502 mouse.
  • No fancy graphic tablets were harmed during the process.
  • Little to no raster post-production, except for 2160p to 1080p supersampling.

Q: Which CRT shader are presets based upon?

  • crt-guest-advanced and NTSC variants from Guest.R
  • lcd-grid from CGCW

Q: Will you improve TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore ?

  • Adding more Amiga, Commodore 64, VIC20 and Commodore 264 series variations and data units 🦾
  • I'm pretty torn about pc-looking A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000... I'll take a look at these as soon as I complete the visual shaders overhaul 🤞

Q: Will you ever expand beyond Commodore systems?

  • Search for TheNamec Mega Bezel CRT GAMING pack. Pretty nice devices there!
  • Free time and motivation really are key elements! 💪

Q: Will you ever accept requests?

  • Of course, if the subject is interesting in preserving videogaming history.
  • Obscure gaming devices are best candidates. Please propose in my Libretro thread and add some photos!
  • I might not be interested in illustrating ordinary grandma's TV set of your youth. At least, not for free.

POLICIES

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DISTRIBUTION

TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs can be downloaded from the official website https://retrogamingpacks.blogspot.com and GitHub Repository https://github.com/thenamec/megabezel-commodore-pack.

TheNamec Mega Bezel Packs and all its related assets and codes are free for personal use: if you paid for it, you have been scammed. 🤬

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This includes TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore, TheNamec Mega Bezel CRT Gaming and TheNamec FS-UAE Themes and was a necessary choice to block the use of my (hard) work in derivative projects with no respect for the attribution clause and without even notifying me.

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THIRD-PARTY ASSETS

This product includes textures developed by HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shader.

This product includes customized shaders from community:

I'd like to thank Unsplash community photographers for providing hi-quality source materials for textures:

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Commodore brand, including the 'C=', the 'C-flag logo', '64 and rainbow lines logo' and 'VIC20 and VC20 logo alternatives', is a registered trademark owned by Commodore Business Machines LTD.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MEGA BEZEL COMMUNITY

HyperSpaceMadness Mega Bezel Reflection Shader is an impressive real-time postprocessing framework simulating CRT technology features while mitigating its worst, obsolete defects. The framework integrates tools from Guest.R, CRT-Geom Deluxe, LCD-GRID and has some never-seen-before original features like dynamic procedural bezels, real-time reflections, ambient illumination and the unique GLASS visuals.

More info on HyperSpaceMadness Mega Bezel Reflection Shader project at Official website, GitHub Repo and Libretro Forums.

Many artists decided to experiment with Mega Bezel, leading to a creative community with shared ideals and design principles. I'd like to thank my fellows in this pixelated voyage for providing a continuous stream of inspiration, cool ideas and technical knowledge:

CRT GAMING REDDIT COMMUNITY

Can't recommend r/crtgaming subreddit enough to get your feet wet in cathodic tubes applied to retro and modern gaming!

People from r/crtgaming is an precious source of information about CRT tech insights, visual references and detailed photos. They supported development of TheNamec Mega Bezel CRT Gaming pack since early days with lots of responsive feedback, suggestions and a stellar device selection to help me find the Holy Grails of CRT Gaming.

I'd like to kindly thank u/Hudson_bee for providing me high-quality closeups of his JVC DT-V1710.

PERSONAL THANKSGIVING

I'd like to thank people who supported me in the project:

  • My father Rocco, for introducing me in Commodore computers gaming at the age of four
  • My girlfriend Sabrina for supporting me in doing something funny, just for fun sake
  • HyperSpaceMadness for his impressive shader and near-daily support
  • The Mega Bezel Community for setting such excellent design quality standards

CONTACTS

TheNamec Retrogaming Packs is a fluid project: since the beginning, I tried to add the coolest features that came up to my mind and the requested ones from the retrogaming community.

Please refer to the project network to share ideas and comments:

Official Links:

Latest releases: