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These Realistic Arcade Bezels were made by Orionsangel and tested on Windows 10 with Mame and Retroarch. Thanks to HyperSpaceMadness, Mr. RetroLust, ArsInvictus, Duimon, Dreamstate & MQC. As well as Mr. Do. Most of these realistic arcade bezels could not have been made without them. Check out my youtube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/orionsangel

Hey, just sharing a quick tutorial because, I spent a few hours making this work. Basically I'm using Retroarch for most of my emulators and shaders. Especially the koko-aio crt shaders that are in my opinion the most immersive and realistic. The issue is that some consoles doesn't have a retroarch core yet making it impossible to add shaders. Fortunately someone called mausimus created an open-source app, ShaderGlass, which overlays any glsl or slang shaders on top of pretty much anything. Sounds fun, but it doesn't work as simply as you'd want. Here's how I made it work : 1. First you need a working Xemu emulator configurated. 2. Now let's modify some Xemu parameters : First, under Display tab, you need to disable fullscreen and fullscreen on startup : A little further down the page you'll want to set the display mode to Stretch and set the aspect ratio on Native : 3. Now you'll want to install the latest stable version of ShaderGlass from their official GitHub : https://github.com/mausimus/ShaderGlass/releases You can then import any missing RetroArch shaders like the missing koko-aio that are fullscreen : Set the input mode to Clone : Save your setup as a custom profile, call it something like xemu.sgp : 4. Now in Launchbox modify your Xemu emulator and remove the -fullscreen flag in the command-line parameters. Should be looking like this now : 5. Now, still in LaunchBox's Xemu emulator options, replace the Running Script by (update paths accordingly) : WinWait, ahk_exe xemu.exe WinWaitActive, ahk_exe xemu.exe Run, D:\LaunchBox\ThirdParty\ShaderGlass\ShaderGlass.exe -f D:\LaunchBox\ThirdParty\ShaderGlass\presets\xemu.sgp Sleep, 1000 WinActivate, ahk_exe xemu.exe WinWaitActive, ahk_exe xemu.exe WinWaitClose, ahk_exe xemu.exe WinClose, ahk_exe ShaderGlass.exe Basically what it does is simply : Wait for Xemu emulator to be ready Run ShaderGlass fullscreen with your profile Give back the focus to Xemu so that your controller works When Xemu end, exit ShaderGlass You would think it's done but unfortunately you still require borderless gaming to get Xemu fullscreen without being actually fullscreen. Otherwise your shader will clip on both sides and look like this : 6. Install the legacy open source version of Borderless Gaming which is still working great up to this day on Windows 11 : https://legacy.borderlessgam.ing 7. Add Xemu to your Favorites which means it's going to fullscreen window the app automatically : 8. Check Run on Startup under Options dropdown. Now everything is automated and working! You might wonder why I'm not using ResizeRaccoon which does the same thing? I tested it and it's working if you're not using BigBox as Windows shell instead of explorer.exe. In my case I'm shelling bigbox.exe so Resize Raccoon doesn't work because it's a system tray only app. It would be great if the dev fix this but I don't have time right now to raise an issue on their Github. It would be best in the future because it's open source compared to borderless gaming which is now paid. By the way this is working perfectly in BigBox. Enjoy!

Retro Achievements HUD View File # AchievementHUD_V6.6 Display Plugin ### Core Features **Live Achievement Tracking** - Shows all achievements for the current game with unlock status - Displays achievement icons, descriptions, and point values - Shows how rare each achievement is (percentage of players who've unlocked it) - Instant detection when you unlock achievements (<100ms via RetroArch log monitoring) **Dynamic Achievement Celebrations** - Full-screen gold celebrations when you unlock achievements - Text-to-speech announcements (optional, fully configurable) - LEDBlinky integration for RGB button/joystick animations (optional) - Audio ducking - game audio drops during announcements so you don't miss anything **Profile Display** - Your RetroAchievements profile with avatar, username, and rank - Total points and "true points" (weighted by difficulty) - Currently playing status - Recently played games with completion percentages **Smart Features** - Configurable sort modes - sort achievements by popularity, points, or alphabetically - Auto-scroll - smoothly scrolls through long achievement lists during gameplay - "Next achievement" suggestion - shows you the most common locked achievement - Multi-monitor support with DPI awareness - Home screen when no game is running --- ## Why a Second Monitor? Checking achievements mid-game means pausing, opening menus, breaking immersion. With a second screen, you always know: - What you just unlocked - What achievements are available - How close you are to completion - Which achievement to go for next It's like having the RetroAchievements website open next to you, but live-updated and game-aware. --- ## Technical Highlights **Instant Detection** - Monitors RetroArch logs for achievement unlocks in real-time - No polling delays - detections happen the moment RetroArch records them - Falls back to API polling for non-RetroArch emulators **LaunchBox Integration** - Fully integrated with LaunchBox's game launch/exit lifecycle - Uses LaunchBox's RetroAchievements configuration (no duplicate setup) - Pulls game metadata directly from LaunchBox's database - Supports Clear Logos via LaunchBox's image system (handles MAME ROM name mismatches automatically) **Customizable Display** - Choose your target monitor - Adjust celebration duration - Configure TTS voice, speed, and volume - Enable/disable individual features (LEDBlinky, TTS, audio ducking) - Sort achievements your way - Auto-scroll for hands-free browsing --- ## Requirements - LaunchBox (tested with latest versions) - RetroAchievements account configured in LaunchBox (Tools > Options > RetroAchievements) - RetroArch for instant achievement detection (optional - API polling works with any emulator) - .NET 9.0 runtime - Second monitor recommended (works on single monitor but best experience is dual-screen) **Optional Integrations:** - LEDBlinky for RGB lighting effects - Text-to-Speech (built into Windows) --- ## How It Works 1. **Launch a game** through LaunchBox 2. **Display appears** on your configured second monitor showing: - Game's Clear Logo or title - Your achievement progress - Full achievement list with icons and descriptions 3. **Unlock achievements** - instant celebration on screen 4. **Track your progress** without ever pausing the game 5. **Game exits** - display returns to home screen showing your profile and recent games --- ## Installation 1. Download the plugin 2. Extract to `LaunchBox\Plugins\AchievementHUD\` 3. Restart LaunchBox 4. Configure in Tools > Options > Achievement HUD 5. Set your target monitor and preferences 6. Launch a game and enjoy! --- ## Credits by: TrailerVert Built with love for the LaunchBox and RetroAchievements communities. Special thanks to the LaunchBox plugin API and RetroAchievements for making this possible. --- **Current Version:** 6.6 **Status:** Beta **License:** Free to use --- Submitter TrailerVert Submitted 02/22/2026 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

Mo' Colors for your Game Boy Color - Lights Out! Retroarch Bezels View File I have edited some alternate colors to go along with Mr. RetroLust's platform bezels for Retroarch (specifically the GBC ones), which you can find here: I liked the idea of having different colored GBC bezels per game, so I added a bunch of basic colors not present in the original variants. This includes new flat and transparent colors, de-saturated versions, and a simple black one... totaling to 27 new overlays. Because why not. You can use the save game override option in Retroarch to save the bezel per game, and/or you can pick one to use by default for your GBC core, using the save core override option. The files are in the folder structure: overlays/_MR.RETROLUST, so you can simply drop overlays into your Retroarch directory. GIMP .xcf file is also included separately for convenience. ┏(＾0＾)┛ CREDITS: Mr. RetroLust for the original overlays! Submitter d66dle Submitted 01/08/2026 Category Platform Bezels/Overlays  

I've recently been setting up PS2 emulation in launchbox, using retroarch as emulator. There's a bit of an oddity that I wasn't sure whether was a Launchbox or a Retroarch issue; when I attempt to launch roms, I'm told that a dependency isn't satisfied. When I check the dependency (screenshot) It shows that the bios can't be found... except that I DO have the correct bios in the correct location, and that 'Play anyway' will correctly launch the ROMs. I'm posting so that the Launchbox team can have a look - it's reporting the bios folder name as bios' instead of bios (see pic) in the first half of the text - the \system\pcsx2\bios location specified contains my bios files, but I think the verification might be using an incorrect name (with a ' appended) when trying to verify. Note that 'Open Location' opens my pcsx2 folder, not my pcsx2/bios folder. So I'm assuming that there's some sort of path issue confusion due to the ' (maybe)?

These custom console themed overlays were edited and assembled by me to play your retro console games with a unique nostalgic bezel on Retroarch. Please enjoy and have fun. Please give me credit and the others involved if you use it on your Youtube channel. Thanks. The Mega Bezel Reflection Shader is by Hyperspacemadness Some of the original artwork came from ReignStumble Credit is given to RetroKenesis for the bezel frames Here's a Tutorial on how to add them to Retroarch. Older versions...

What would be the best way of setting the vertical games to use a different shader in RetroArch when I load those? I am currently using a MAME romset in Launchbox (Arcade Platform) set to launch RetroArch MAME 0.170 core. The shader I like to use for horizontal games is crt-royale-kurozumi.cgp. This shader does not work for vertical but I found one that does. I just don't really know the best way of going about configuring all the vertical games to use another shader. If anyone knows, Thanks for the help!

figured out how to copy the post I'm going to post this answer in a few different areas on the forum. I have been trying to figure out how to launch retroarch mame for the systems that don't have a stand alone core. I have finally found a mostly elegant solution 1) Add a New Emulator - I have named mine RetroArch MAME console cores Add your retroarch.exe Make sure to check "Don't use quotes..." 2) Tab over to the Associated Platforms Here's the magic sauce example 1 "neocdz -cdrm \"%romfile%\"" example 2 "a5200 -rp \"F:\Roms\Atari 5200\" -cart \"%romfile%\"" example 3 "coleco -rp F:\Roms\ColecoVision\ -cart \"%romfile%\"" The reason for the "Don't use quotes" and adding this as a new emulator is because of the special thing we have to do to the command line using mostly the same arguments has standalone mame/mess you have to have all the arguments in double quotes " but because of how Windows handles long file names with spaces the locations have to be in quotes to. This throws retroarch/the windows commandline off. This is where the \ before the double quote at the beginning and the \ before the closing double quote per directory/location. Also we can use the launchbox variable %romfile% to help make this work. 3) On top of all that you also have to specify the rompath if the mame core hasn't generated an ini with the rompath. This is needed for the bios of the core you are loading. If all your mame console bios files are in the same dir you could just use that for each entry The core will generate ini files for each system after first run. 4) I also edited my retroarch core options file. I probably enable boot to bios but I don't at the moment. There is my setup for launching roms through retroarch mame. I hope this helps

Simple Default Boxes for MAME/Retroarch + XCF Files (Updated) View File Very simple default boxes with MAME/Retroarch logos, similar to the Launchbox ones I posted earlier. I didn't make so many variants this time, but the included GIMP files now have some more stuff in there to work with, if anyone wants to make their own boxes with them (ex. use the plastic wrap layer, recoloring). It's not the cleanest 'template' in the world... but one can play around with it if they wish ^^; You can see a preview of what those look like in the screenshots. So far I'm content using the 'Default Boxes - [Name]' version of the files rather than the alternates just for my own use, but if get bored with them I may add more alt variants, more platforms, cart images, etc... For now, I'll just leave this here as is. Default 3D Box and Default Box folders go into Launchbox\Images\Platforms\PlatformName\ AND/OR Platform Categories\CategoryName\ Credits: MrRetrolust for the base box images, and to the creators of the MAME/Retroarch logos 👾└(^o^)┐ Submitter d66dle Submitted 08/21/2025 Category Platform Default Image Packs  

Could someone do a NEW YouTube tutorial for installing Launchbox, and then RetroArch (and other gaming installs) on a Nvidia ShieldTV please? I ask because right now the tutorials I’ve search are different from the interface I’m using forcing me into an impasse because I don’t know how to install RetroArch because the steps on the tutorials are different from what actually see and therefore what I can actually do.

Hello! I'm working on getting a Phillips cdi system to launch through Launchbox via RetroArch using the same cdi core. I’ve followed a few tutorials from JustJamie and ETAprime on YouTube, and it seemed like I had it right. The opening screen loaded, but when when I pressed the play button, I got the following message (also see screenshot): “you do not have your video cartridge loaded. Please switch off your CDI player, insert the cartridge and restart” I am trying to play the games “Christmas Crisis,” and Christmas Country” respectively, and I can confirm that I have the correct cdimono1 bios (the one with 5 files). In the screenshot, you can see a Christmas style font, so it seems like the system knows what I am trying to load, but does anyone know what I am missing here?

Hello, I know that Lanchbox has a feature for changing the emulator on the fly at launch. But is there anyway to change the core per launch? Some of my n64 and psx games run better with different cores, it would be awesome if i could change them on the fly as well.