Topic: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz236/rzrscm/2011-12-19-223056_1920x1200_scrot.png

I'm working on a retro computer theme...I used Gimp to pixelize my wallpaper and convert it to a 256 color palette to give it a sort of 16-bit look, and I'm using an Amiga-style Topaz font...I'm not sure what I should do with the panel, though, and I can't find a good dark icon theme that would fit what I'm going for.  Any suggestions?

Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

Looks good!! This Icon set is dark and colorful.. not sure if it's what you are looking for.

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Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

why not use the original icons from the old systems? like the amiga or early mac icons or those from geos from the c64 - nice idea though -
http://www.hoessl.org/geos3.png
here's the woman who designed tons of icons everyone knows, like the first mac icons and the windows solitaire playing cards: http://www.kare.com/portfolio/index.html

Last edited by saneks (2011-12-22 17:32:57)

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That is funny. This morning, I talk a friend about... the windows solitaire icon ! I was saying that the person who have designed it should be very proud, because it's one of the icons everybody have seen.

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Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

saneks wrote:

why not use the original icons from the old systems? like the amiga or early mac icons or those from geos from the c64 - nice idea though -
http://www.hoessl.org/geos3.png
here's the woman who designed tons of icons everyone knows, like the first mac icons and the windows solitaire playing cards: http://www.kare.com/portfolio/index.html

<--THIS!!! I NEED!!!

Have any sources? WM, Icons etc.

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6812998037_0aef34d038.jpg
I redone my audacious conky using ascii chars to draw it and the player controls then used white & grey text with a blue shade which gives it a kind of retro look

Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

Reminds me of something similar I did - an Atari 800 (and other such machines in the series) themed terminal.

I did it on my now-temporarily-defunct-due-to-bad-power-supply HP laptop running #!, and my MBP that replaced said laptop. The netbook running Arch uses pretty much the same Terminator setup my old HP did, though.

Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

xeNULL wrote:
saneks wrote:

why not use the original icons from the old systems? like the amiga or early mac icons or those from geos from the c64 - nice idea though -
http://www.hoessl.org/geos3.png
here's the woman who designed tons of icons everyone knows, like the first mac icons and the windows solitaire playing cards: http://www.kare.com/portfolio/index.html

<--THIS!!! I NEED!!!

Have any sources? WM, Icons etc.

just go ahead, install the VICE emulator, get a copy of GEOS and make some screenshots. then crop and make your own icons.. hehe, i remember i used that for school. had a noisy 9 needle printer.

edit.. found this: http://www.csswow.com/know-your-icons-p … ter-icons/ - no icon sets, though.

Last edited by saneks (2012-02-07 00:46:15)

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--snip--

saneks wrote:

just go ahead, install the VICE emulator, get a copy of GEOS and make some screenshots. then crop and make your own icons.. hehe, i remember i used that for school. had a noisy 9 needle printer.

edit.. found this: http://www.csswow.com/know-your-icons-p … ter-icons/ - no icon sets, though.

Thanks =]

Last edited by xeNULL (2012-02-08 19:25:03)

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I just realized I did not contribute...try amiwm. AmiWM is an amiga workbench emulator it is awesome! Here is a link *click*

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Re: Retro Theme (suggestions please)

^ +1 smile
AmiWM is a nice WM to try some Retro themes styles.

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