Thumbnails for RetroArch.
I was dissatisfied with the default RetroArch thumbnails, so I’ve been working on and off for the past few years to improve them. I limited myself to official US releases, but that still meant thousands of thumbnails (5,882, currently).
I created templates for each system, remasked the key art and logos, cleaned up dust and scratches, and generally tried to make them more consistent in the context of RetroArch’s UI. In short, these aren’t strict preservations, but (loving) recreations designed to look nice on a screen. Names are based on the latest No-Intro and REDUMP databases, so they should be easy to use. Screenshots and title screens are included as well, if you’d also like to display those.
I made this for me! Hopefully someone else finds it useful.
The current scope of the project is licensed US releases of home console games that are playable with a gamepad.
- Atari 5200
- Atari 7800
- Atari Lynx
- PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
- PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Color
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Neo Geo
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Sega 32X
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Master System / Mark III
- Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
- Sega Mega-CD / Sega CD
- Sega Saturn
Data from the following sources was used to name files:
The screenshots and box art scans have many different sources. Thank you to the many contributors and sites who have made this possible.