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.