Pimp your RETROARCH & MAME using BEZELS & SHADERS - The Bezel Project + Sonkun and Mega Bezels

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I often get asked what shaders, effects and bezels I use for my videos. So I thought I'd put together a little video to show and teach you guys how to do your own within RetroArch and MAME, these extent to other emulators too, but I only use them with RetroArch and MAME. For MAME it's just Bezels and for RetroArch it's Bezels and Shaders.
Grab Bezel Project here
github.com/the...
Sonkun Shaders
forums.libretr...
Mega Bezels
github.com/Hyp...
Some useful tutorials from ‪@RetroCrisis‬
• Installing Sonkun's CR...
• Sonkun's CRT Shaders f...
• BEST CRT Shaders for R...
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[@coinjunkie3906]

Thanks for sharing info about the bezel project! We've put a lot of work into making them and happy people are enjoying them

[@PixelCherryNinja]

I absolutely love it. Thanks for your great work 👍

[@PozitiveBalance]

Much appreciated ✌🏼

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Many thanks

[@Cloud-kv7qy]

Hey man, don't have anything really specific to say, just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate all the work and time that you put into your videos and channel
Super helpful and really entertaining 👍

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Many thanks, you're too kind. Have a nice weekend

[@alandoce9186]

Incredible content, quality over everything, as it should be, keep it up mate 👍

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Thank you, that's very kind of you.

[@T200026]

I've moved over to Retroarch from mame and these shaders are fantastic, only one issue is vertical games in RA don't seem to like them "aspect ratio " seems out.. Great video btw

[@PixelCherryNinja]

I find that the runahead feature in RetroArch is really good at eliminating latency.

[@siamanspaps]

Had the same issue with Vulkan breaking everything.
Reinstalled nvidia drivers and retroarch - works great now!

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Nice

[@gargamel3966]

Super helpful. Was trying to see where to set bezels in mame. Any ideas?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

In art or artwork folder.

[@enelhorno2024]

Bezels from the Bezel Project look ugly. Sometimes they add art that does not belong to the game's era and the resolution sucks balls.

[@nichttuntun3364]

Thank you for the great video. I need some help.
I'm using The Bezel Project with MAME, launched via Launchbox. The horizontally layed out screens/overlays work perfect, BUT the overlays of the 4:3 vertically layed out games, like Puckman, are not in the foreground. That means, the corners of the actual arcade game's screens are overlapping the frame of the overlayed monitor-screen, what looks very strange. I can´t figure out why that is and need a tip or some help. Thank you in advance.

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Thanks for the compliment. I'm really sorry, I haven't used this for ages. From what I recall, the bezel project works best with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

[@nichttuntun3364]

@@PixelCherryNinjaAll good. Yes, seems so.

[@cfc3972]

having problems cant see/find m.a.m.e bezels , i can do shaders but not bezels any help?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Really sorry, it's been a while since I've messed with it. I only did what's in the video to get it working.

[@Kig_Ama]

How can I change shaders on the fly in retroarch by pressing a key and without going back to the menu and clicking through it, it's so annoying.

[@PixelCherryNinja]

There's a next and previous shader hot key, off the top of my head I think it's M and N.

[@Kig_Ama]

@PixelCherryNinja yeah I know, ty, but doesn't work. Maybe u can make a tutorial?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@Kig_Ama I think it has issues, it may not work with shaders that are added manually.
I'm not sure if I'll make a tutorial, as I always remember having issues myself.

[@celebrategout1008]

nice background dude

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Fellow Castlevania fan, well, welcome to the channel

[@sergiogarza9379]

Will this work on a retro I’d pocket 5?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@sergiogarza9379 you can get bezels and shaders on android, but it's not as streamlined.

[@sergiogarza9379]

@ wish someone had a tutorial on that

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@sergiogarza9379 maybe one day, it's difficult to find the time with everything else.

[@rick330]

Does anyone know if you can just use any sonkun shader but have the cool pictures on the edges of the screen without the picture of the tv surrounding the game?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

I've used Sonkun shaders along with Bezels from the Bezel project, they work great together. Generally speaking you can choose a shader and overlay. So I guess, it's a Yes

[@rick330]

@@PixelCherryNinja oh it's called an overlay ok I didn't even know that.

[@massimilianosabato]

is possible add mega bezels on Retroarch for Android?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@massimilianosabato you can, but it want as streamlined. I had to add them manually.

[@massimilianosabato]

@@PixelCherryNinja do they need to be installed for each individual game?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@massimilianosabato yes

[@Chara-c4z]

so u combined both mega bezel and sonkun crt shaders?

[@Tomonre]

works wiht android

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Thanks for letting us know

[@Welks767]

There any way to use the bezel project on steam deck?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Last I checked it wasn't available on Linux.

[@ccchan2649]

They work for me. Guess things have changed in the past 3 months.

[@TarikA]

What's the first game with that white wolf?

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Shadow Dancer (arcade)

[@TarikA]

@@PixelCherryNinja Nice, thanks! =)

[@PixelCherryNinja]

@@TarikA Enjoy my bro

[@orlandozavala482]

Could you send me the 88games rom overlay? Please

[@PixelCherryNinja]

Check the links in the description.

[@orlandozavala482]

Tks, is there a way to install the RetroArch pack on iphone?