/retromega-revisited-es-de

A port of the Retro Mega theme (originally made by djfumberger for Pegasus) to ES-DE v3.0

Retro Mega (Revisited) for ES-DE

This is port of the Reto Mega theme (originally designed & created by djfumberger for Pegasus Frontend) to ES-DE.

I primarily translated the layout to be usable in the theming engine for ES-DE. Please refer to the Changes Made section below for additional details. The original version of the theme for Pegasus can be found here.

Changes Made

  • Translated and rewrote all Pegasus specific aspects to make the theme compatible with ES-DE.
    • ES-DE's theming engine does not share the same feature set as Pegasus so some aspects needed to be removed (e.g. drop shadows, navigation flow, some animations)
  • Replaced controller graphics with the artwork set created by Pineapple Graphics.
    • The original artwork created by djfumberger is amazing, however it had a smaller scope of coverage. Moving to the set from Pineapple Graphics enabled a larger set of systems to be implemented while keeping a consistent aesthetic.
  • Updated system names to match the standard used by ES-DE
  • Added images & color schemes for additional systems supported by ES-DE
  • Embedded the ES-DE system-metadata repository to power color details

Preview

System View
Gamelist View (Dark) Gamelist View (Light)

Configuration Options

The theme has a simple set of options that can be changed directly from the UI Settings menu of ES-DE

Variants:

  • Theme Variant - sets the layout used for the gamelist view when media & metadata are scraped for your games. There are a few variants to choose from:
    • Lists - There are a few options available to allow for dfferent media to be displayed. Please select the one that best matches the media you have downloaded for your games.
      • List: Boxart - Displays Boxart
      • List: Miximage - Displays Miximages
      • List: Screenshot - Displays Screenshots
      • List: Title Screen - Displays Title Screens
      • List: Physical Media - Displays Physical Media
    • Basic - Displays a basic list of game names without any additional artwork.

Color Schemes:

  • Theme Color Scheme - sets the color scheme that is used for the overall theme on all views. There are 6 built in color schems:
    • Colorful (Light) - The default color scheme. Displays a custom color for each system based on the Colorful media set.
    • Colorful (Dark) - A dark mode version of the above color scheme.
    • DMG - a DMG inspired color scheme.
    • Famicom - a Famicom inspired color scheme.
Colorful (Light) Colorful (Dark) DMG Famicom

Font Sizes:

  • Theme Font Size - sets the size that text will render at. This can be helpful when using the theme on small screens.
    • Supported Font Sizes:
    • Medium - Default size, good for small handheld screens under 6 inches in size.
    • Small - Smaller size, good for larger screens.

Aspect Ratios:

  • Theme Aspect Ratio - sets the aspect ratio to match your display. This should happen automatically but can also be set manually if needed.
    • Supported Aspect Ratios:
    • 4:3
    • 16:9
    • 16:10
    • 3:2
    • 19.5:9
    • 21:9

Additional Notes

Credits

  • Original concept created & designed by djfumberger
  • Controller Images created by Pineapple Graphics
  • The base folder image used to create the All Games, Favorites, Last Played and Custom Collections images was sourced from Rick Patrick.
  • The icons on the folder images were sourced from FontAwesome

License

Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ You are free to share and adapt this theme as long as you provide attribution back as well share any updates you make under the same licence terms.