What emulator-frontend?

ATWindsor · 07 December 2007, 08:39

I'm thinking of building a dedicated machine for emulating games. (Amiga, snes, mame anf so on). However it would be nice if it was hassle-free and easy to use. And so I have been looking to get a front-end. The maximus arcade-frontend seems very nice (http://www.maximusarcade.com/index.htm), however it doesn't seem to have the neat features of for instance lemon amiga, where all the games are set up with a working config, lemom amiga however hasen't got as nice an interface, and is just for amiga.

So Im looking for solutions/tips on other frontends/general advice. Any help is very welcome.

AtW

Retroplay · 07 December 2007, 18:52

GameBase is the only one I can think of.
There's already the excellent GameBase Amiga and others for NES, SNES, Commodore 16/+4 and of course Commodore 64.
There are others aswell.

DamienD · 07 December 2007, 19:14

Maybe some of the Frontends mentioned in this thread will do most of what you want?

... Good menus/frontends.

dlfrsilver · 07 December 2007, 19:45

Amigame for amiga, it's the most simple and easy

ATWindsor · 08 December 2007, 23:43

Thanks for the tips guys, I'm looking into some frontends now. But it seems none of them has that neat feture of lemon-amiga that has configurations for "all" the games, and also selcts the "right" adf-files. But then it occured to me that it might be possible to send WinUAE just the name of the config-file with a command-line. So to sum up, is there a way to export all the configs lemon-amiga creates to a folder? (so I can use these configs from the front-end)

Retro-Nerd · 08 December 2007, 23:47

Try Gamebase Amiga, it's superior to Lemon Amiga. All games are preconfigured and ready to play. Even WHLoad games are supported.

http://gbamiga.elowar.com/

Charlie · 09 December 2007, 00:37

You could go crackers with this:
3D arcade

You Tube
[ Show youtube player ]
[ Show youtube player ]

Maybe a bit OTT?
I've seen setup's with rooms full of retro-computers & consoles too, not just arcade cabs.

ATWindsor · 09 December 2007, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Try Gamebase Amiga, it's superior to Lemon Amiga. All games are preconfigured and ready to play. Even WHLoad games are supported.

http://gbamiga.elowar.com/

Ok, thanks for the tip. But I'm still looking for a "clean" frontend that can be navigated without keyboard and mouse, and on a TV. So do you know if its possible to export the config-files in Gamebase Amiga?

AtW

ATWindsor · 09 December 2007, 00:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie

You could go crackers with this:
3D arcade

You Tube
[ Show youtube player ]
[ Show youtube player ]

Maybe a bit OTT?
I've seen setup's with rooms full of retro-computers & consoles too, not just arcade cabs.

Hehe, seems a bit unpractical and work-consuming to me, but thanks for a nice link, I never even new something like this existed

AtW

07 December 2007, 08:39	#1
ATWindsor Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 49	What emulator-frontend? I'm thinking of building a dedicated machine for emulating games. (Amiga, snes, mame anf so on). However it would be nice if it was hassle-free and easy to use. And so I have been looking to get a front-end. The maximus arcade-frontend seems very nice (http://www.maximusarcade.com/index.htm), however it doesn't seem to have the neat features of for instance lemon amiga, where all the games are set up with a working config, lemom amiga however hasen't got as nice an interface, and is just for amiga. So Im looking for solutions/tips on other frontends/general advice. Any help is very welcome. AtW

08 December 2007, 23:47	#6
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	Try Gamebase Amiga, it's superior to Lemon Amiga. All games are preconfigured and ready to play. Even WHLoad games are supported. http://gbamiga.elowar.com/ Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 08 December 2007 at 23:53.

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07 December 2007, 18:52	#2
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,082	GameBase is the only one I can think of. There's already the excellent GameBase Amiga and others for NES, SNES, Commodore 16/+4 and of course Commodore 64. There are others aswell.

07 December 2007, 19:14	#3
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Maybe some of the Frontends mentioned in this thread will do most of what you want? ... Good menus/frontends.

07 December 2007, 19:45	#4
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,414	Amigame for amiga, it's the most simple and easy

08 December 2007, 23:43	#5
ATWindsor Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 49	Thanks for the tips guys, I'm looking into some frontends now. But it seems none of them has that neat feture of lemon-amiga that has configurations for "all" the games, and also selcts the "right" adf-files. But then it occured to me that it might be possible to send WinUAE just the name of the config-file with a command-line. So to sum up, is there a way to export all the configs lemon-amiga creates to a folder? (so I can use these configs from the front-end)

09 December 2007, 00:37	#7
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	You could go crackers with this: 3D arcade You Tube [ Show youtube player ] [ Show youtube player ] Maybe a bit OTT? I've seen setup's with rooms full of retro-computers & consoles too, not just arcade cabs.

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