A Tour of BigBox / LaunchBox themes for your Arcade with Active Marquee Support!

In this video I walk through a handful of BigBox themes and demonstrate different views, how to download them within BigBox, and some features like the search function!
Arcade accessories:
www.etsy.com/shop/ArcadeAdams...
Official ArcadeAdam Merchandise
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Launchbox Forums:
forums.launchbox-app.com/
Purchase Launchbox:
www.launchbox-app.com/premium
Looks like the license has changed since I bought it, you can do a 1 year for $30 and renew for $15, or forever license is now $75 one-time.
Still worth it!
EmuMovies (not required but adds even more artwork sources):
emumovies.com/
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My Arcade Cabinet Build:
Cabinet:
RecRoomMasters 32" Pro Upright Xtension Arcade Machine "Emulator Edition Plus" - www.recroommasters.com/32-Pro...
PC:
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV
CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC GAMING
Memory: G.Skill 16GB 2x8GB
Storage: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SATA 6Gb/s SSD, 4x 8TB 5400rpm WD 3.5" Drives
PS: Corsair CX850
Open frame Bench Case
TVs:
Main Display: Samsung 32" 1080p 7 series
Marquee: 34" Vitrolight 1920x340 Custom LCD
Control Panel:
Xtension Control Board "Emulator Edition Plus" (modded)
2x Brooks Universal Fighting Boards - www.brookaccessory.com/detail...
Replaced the I-PAC mini with the Ultimarc I-PAC Ultimate I/O for LED button control and menu admin buttons
Ultimarc GoldLeaf RGB Illuminated Buttons
Ultimarc U-Trak FlushMount Arcade Trackball with Transclucent ball and RGB LEDs
2x Ultimarc J-Stik RGB LED Ball-Top Joysticks with custom 3D printed octagonal gates
Lightguns:
2x AimTrak Light Gun With Recoil
2x Custom Light gun holsters mounted behind main display
600watt 36v Switching PSU
Mayflash Dlophin Bar for WiiMote support
Audio:
Logitech 2.1 Z333 Speakers
Misc:
Power management: TrickleStar 7 Outlet Advanced powerstrip to turn on displays when PC is powered on
Real Coin door with modded 7-Port USB hub with selectable inputs (used for lightbar selection and gamepads)
Sound reactive RGB LED cabinet lighting
Launchbox / BigBox front end with LEDBlinky support

[@I9IIEIIYIIEIIS]

When I was a kid I was 99% gaming - 1% fiddling. Now I'm 90% fiddling, tinkering, modding - 10% gaming.

[@shatterpointgames]

Amen

[@DavidHust]

Dang. That's pretty much dead on. Good observation.

[@simonwl]

Haha. Sums me up perfectly!

[@malikargos9790]

You really feel me

[@quateliousmosley7994]

YESSssss!!! Same here. It's a constant quest for improvement/perfection.

[@SCORP1ONF1RE]

Love it. My issue is that I rarely ever play any of these games anymore. I'm old! I find myself just skimming through all the eye candy lol.

[@arcademania7544]

Fiddle with a build for 2 weeks, play games for 20 min. 😂

[@lominero5]

@@arcademania7544 too true lol

[@poshko41]

Honestly, the HyperSpin/Big Box competition is all but over. I finally completely deleted my Hyperspin setup from my hard drive. Big Box does everything HyperSpin did and more. It’s just sad to see HS die such a slow, agonizing death without the developers even lifting a finger.

[@RatchetBookClub]

This is dope. I need to build up my skills so that I can utilize this in the future.

[@Ronderal]

It brings me joy to see Metamorphic Force featured at 1:15. I love that game

[@play4fun599]

The full list of themes from the videos is highly awaited in the comment section!

[@Nulak]

Cool video, thx a lot.

[@Asterra2]

Two reasons why I ended up using AttractMode over this. 1: Menu elements are literally incapable of holding steady at 60fps. 2: The introductory animation it goes through every time you navigate to a new game is neat and all, but I want the option to have all that pop up *immediately.* Including playing the video *immediately.* If you're scrolling through games randomly, trying to find an interesting looking one, you simply do not want to have to wait 3-4 seconds each time you scroll the wheel. How about 0 seconds? How about the option for 0 seconds?

[@loki.odinson]

Unified theme is still my favorite. It's what I've used for at least the last year. Where did you get that kickass NeoGeo MVS movie that sounds like Nathan Barnatt's cool Neo Geo song?

[@oswaldotorre6047]

I'd like a theme like Pegasus default grid, it is really good!

[@fueter]

could you show us ignorant your settings in options? that would be helpful. Thank you ;)

[@ASofterSide]

Great video! I would love to speak with you about assistance I need with setup, computer needed etc.

[@DontPaniku]

Oh that's one thing I don't know. My game titles are just regular text.

[@damienretro4416]

There are lots of "ok" themes for BigBox but very few (if any) great themes.

[@medinajoshua21]

Hi I'm new to bigbox/launchbox how do you get it to where pictures are flying in and the video's are in png picture for each game?

[@PademoniumCinematics]

Nice visits! Not a fan of the neon retro deluxe theme ? I have not seen it .

[@bednarek6762]

I have a bigbox. Launchbox only download a dozen or so themes on over 2000 "mame" games. What am I doing wrong ? [The games were pre-filtered by launchbox audit]

[@johnschwenzer137]

Awesome video. How did you add the "beat 'em up" and other categories to your arcade wheel? I use Unified Refried and cant seem to get it to work. Is it structured that way in Launchbox via folders?

[@ryandavid4840]

Did you ever get an answer for this?

[@malikargos9790]

Hi bro , How do you change the crítical zone theme view ? What button or keyboard button use

[@Red-Revolution708]

I paid for a life membership for LB and BB though I don’t use it. Why I picked up a few unnecessary viruses through downloading Roms which I have had many times.

[@draryuplayer]

#ArcadeAdam How to get animation on video? With Emumovie?Thanks

[@RaphaRox]

where did you get those nice intro vids for the games? I only got snaps of gameplay

[@benjiebarker]

What theme does the megacade from extreme home arcade use?

[@snorkelingmann753]

Hi, do you know a theme that I can use that you can just scroll through all games and not have the emulator part?

[@NESKIID83]

How are you flipping through the different layouts?

[@connercampbell7972]

Where did you add those games?

[@FaBiO_CafFaNeLLi]

which button do you press to change the style of themes? sorry if you said in the video and that I am BR not understanding English

[@ArcadeAdam]

I don’t think it’s on by default. You have to go into big box, settings, assign keys and it’s near the bottom to change view

[@FaBiO_CafFaNeLLi]

@@ArcadeAdam I got here thank you very much

[@rogue277]

How are you quick switching between views?

[@KannibalBeats]

I'd love to have the CriticalZone layout that starts at 1:30 but I can't figure out how to get that? Do you have a bunch of custom game themes within CriticalZone?

[@KannibalBeats]

figured it out! you need EmuMovies premium, (or download all their Hyperspin videos manually)

[@TheBigb1973]

But what are you pressing to change those themes on the fly??

[@FLAWLEZZ713]

Would you rather have hyper spin or big box? I’m having one built with launchbox/big box hope I’m making the right choice

[@cipher893]

Hyperspin can’t to my knowledge change themes when you have chosen and installed a build for instance and lacks many other features and functions. I think you are good.

[@battlechasers]

i have a 2tb hyperspin set up with all the emumovies. can i port these over to big box to save time instead of downloading from servers? what folder should i look for?

[@ArcadeAdam]

Yep! in Bigbox/launchbox just remap your media folders to the (assuming) d:\hyperspin\media\system name\

[@ryanhorton9594]

How do you switch views on the fly?

[@ArcadeAdam]

Inside Bigbox, go to controls and towards the bottom of the list you can assign a key or gamepad button to switch theme views

[@DissTrackTed]

Importing takes way too long for the amount of files I have. I tried to import just my GBA games overnight, twice...Just to come back to database still updating/Freezing. I just bought the Big Box and I'm getting frustrated.

[@ArcadeAdam]

Big box imports a ton of media, try turning off videos during the initial import to speed up the process and then go back and get them on the second pass!

[@darkerm76]

Awesome but downloading is so slow. How can I add video and box art faster? Is there any zip file?

[@ArcadeAdam]

Servers were faster before the pandemic, not sure what the cause would be besides increased user count/usage but some art is posted on the launchbox forums and that might be a faster server?

[@KRIS__B]

Hello LunchBox is developing incredibly, it is a pity that can: 1. When switching on, you cannot set your own video, intro, just like in Hs, there is only the Big Box inscription 2. not do something similar to Hs on the nested wheel model, i.e. the wheel in the Arcade, Console, etc. I am waiting for such a possibility ;)

[@tj4497]

How do you switch views when you are inside of a Theme? Great Video by the way.

[@bundangkorea]

You can set up a hotkey within BigBox options, and then you can change themes and views on the fly

[@tj4497]

@@bundangkorea Thanks. Works Fine.

[@fezzle81]

How do you get game play video? Is that built into Big Box or from Emumovies?

[@ArcadeAdam]

Yep! Launchbox has tons of built in media, emumovies just adds even more and gives you more options, not required but nice to have.

[@connercampbell7972]

How to get AAE?

[@jonnyblanka]

Why do your videos/snaps contain a whole other theme in them? Is that hyperspin? Seems like a theme within a theme a bit information overload..

[@zeebuzz2734]

How are you switching views without using menus?

[@ArcadeAdam]

There is a 'switch view' hotkey you can assign in bigbox options

[@Damian_J_Walst]

1:07 caught in 4k

[@arcaderacer586]

He didnt show anyone how he setup the videos or how to select any of the options or how to select them.

[@cipher893]

Haha, nice another one with my view of City Hunter 2. The typefaces on the information boxes are super tacky, not in a good way (the 80s were rad, that typeface still isn't) and hard to read. I said this once, but I was downvoted to oblivion by the creator even though I gave praise for the overall theme execution.

[@BATMAN_MASKE]

Vut the big box is with money

[@jrami223]

Coin ops sucks