BatoCRT, an EmulationStation theme for Recalbox/Batocera/RetroPie

A simple EmulationStation theme for Recalbox/Batocera/RetroPie. Based on the CRT theme by Anthony that was originally based on the Carbon theme by Eric Hettervik; then tweaked to work with Recalbox/Batocera.

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Updates

20/08/2017

• Moved things around in _inc/templates to allow this theme to support both Recalbox/Batocera and RetroPie.
• Templates are split in to _inc/templates/recalbox and _inc/templates/retropie. See the customizing layout section below.
• Added a 16x9-no_desc.xml template for RetroPie.
• Adjusted retropie/theme.xml to disable aditional md_lbl elements that would appear in 16x9-no_desc.xml template.

07/08/2017

• Initial fork and edit of CRT Theme.
• Removed unsupport ES theme items such as video/z-index/etc as they do not work in Recalbox/Batocera.
• Add support for favorite, fba_libretro & pcenginecd.
• Created templates with and without the CRT bezel for artwork, default template is 16x9 with no CRT bezel.

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Preview

TBC

Details

• Has support for system, basic, detailed and video views
• Displays the following metadata on detailed view:
• rating
• description
• number of players
• genre
• publish date
• last played
• 16x9 layouts currently tested on 1080p resolutions
• 4x3 and 16x10 layouts currently untested

How to use

Installation

Copy the theme directory to \\RECALBOX\share\system\.emulationstation\themes\ and then select the theme in the UI settings menu.

Customizing Layout

In theme.xml you can uncomment the layout template you wish to use. The default layout is 16x9 with no bezel.

<theme>
   <formatVersion>4</formatVersion>
   <!--
   Uncomment the template vesion below that you want to use...
   -->
   <!-- This Section for Recalbox/Batocera templates... -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/4x3.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/16x9-no_desc.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/16x10.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/4x3-bezel.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/16x9-bezel.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/recalbox/16x10-bezel.xml</include> -->


   <!-- This Section for RetroPie templates... -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/retropie/4x3.xml</include> -->
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/retropie/16x9.xml</include> -->
   <include>./_inc/templates/retropie/16x9-no_desc.xml</include>
   <!-- <include>./_inc/templates/retropie/16x10.xml</include> -->
</theme>

Acknowledgments

• Based on the EmulationStation CRT theme by Anthony (see: https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-crt)
• All Logo graphics are from the default Carbon theme made by Eric Hettervik (see: https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon/)
• Theme tutorial written by mattrixk was a huge help in learning how to build this (see: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme)