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killergorilla 26 April 2007 13:28

Good menus/frontends.
 
Weird request this one.

I'm not after a frontend to use at all, I just want people to give some examples of which frontends they think work really well, giving the user exactly what they need in terms of useability and visual splendour.

I'd appreciate a screenshot, and if you can be arsed, a little explanation on why you think it's so good, how it differs from others, any excellent features it has, and how you navigate it.

I don't use any frontends apart from AGS on my A1200 (which I'm getting really tired of).

Let's just call it research. :)

DDNI 26 April 2007 16:03

Igame. It works, it is fast (despite docs saying its slow). It hasnt crashed yet. Setting up screenshots is a pain though as is classifying games by genre. A pop up window on game exit asking you to pick a genre would be good. Maybe a dat file with all games already classified to a genre would be nice.

killergorilla 26 April 2007 16:05

I mean any frontend, MAME32, whatever, not just Amiga frontends.

Sorry if I didn't make that clear :)

Anubis 26 April 2007 16:11

I used Offline List. I needed the way to know which games have English language (GBA) and this frontend does that nicely. :)

http://offlinelist.free.fr/images/sc...glish_main.png

I've set couple of emulators to work with it and it works well, but it's not how I usually run the games. :)

DDNI 26 April 2007 16:16

I know, but if it aint Amiga it aint worth writing about lol

DDNI 26 April 2007 16:16

Damn Anubis your collection of GBA games must have cost you a fortune ;)

DamienD 26 April 2007 16:17

I use LusSpace FE with my SNES DVD and it's quite cool, works with loads of different emulators / systems ;)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1770/lusspaceqr4.png

killergorilla 26 April 2007 16:21

Hmm...

Those two look identical, I can see a theme here :)

Keep em coming!

Anyone use one as a frontend for an arcade cabinet or something like that?

Maybe something without a mouse?

Anubis 26 April 2007 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI
Damn Anubis your collection of GBA games must have cost you a fortune ;)

And to ensure money spend, you have to make sure you have backups of everything you own! :cheese

DamienD 26 April 2007 16:27

Here's a site with MAME FrontEnds:

http://www.zophar.net/frontends/mame.html

Personally, I don't use them though so can't comment how good they are etc...

mr_0rga5m 26 April 2007 16:28

0.7d (2004/01/22) ! .. You've not updated in a while eh. :)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis
I used Offline List. I needed the way to know which games have English language (GBA) and this frontend does that nicely. :)

http://offlinelist.free.fr/images/sc...glish_main.png

I've set couple of emulators to work with it and it works well, but it's not how I usually run the games. :)


Retro-Nerd 26 April 2007 16:38

I'm using Emuloader for Mame. It has some nice gamefilters and a online connection to MAWS.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6...aderhk1.th.png

mr_0rga5m 26 April 2007 16:57

EmuLoader is excellent, And its coded in Delphi. So its double excellent. :agree

Marcuz 26 April 2007 17:10

Emuloader seems convincing. next time i put some order here i'll try it.

Anubis 26 April 2007 17:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_0rga5m
0.7d (2004/01/22) ! .. You've not updated in a while eh. :)

.

No, I don't update front end that I don't use that often. Screenshot is from their web site, and btw I don't use official dat files, but NoIntro one. ;)

Ultron 26 April 2007 17:25

I use Emuloader here too.

Retroplay 26 April 2007 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by marco pedrana
Emuloader seems convincing. next time i put some order here i'll try it.

Emuloader is the king amongst MAME frontends.
I started my MAME experience with MAME32 but after switching over to MAME/Emuloader there's no turning back. :D

Marcuz 26 April 2007 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retroplay
Emuloader is the king amongst MAME frontends.
I started my MAME experience with MAME32 but after switching over to MAME/Emuloader there's no turning back. :D

cool! but does it use the bare mame executable or the various hacked ones also? so to use their features like filters, scale etc.

Retro-Nerd 26 April 2007 20:04

Quote:

Emu Loader is a GUI for MAME (TM), ZiNc, Daphne, AGEMAME and HazeMD emulators.
It is compatible with all versions of Windows. This frontend started as a hobby and a
learning project. When I first discovered MAME back in 1997, I couldn't find a frontend
with everything I wanted.
At the very beginning, it was known as "Mameloader" (between friends), but before I
could release it to the public, another frontend came out first, exactly with this name.
Oops... change of plans! "Visual MAME" / "fxMAME" / "guiMAME" /
"Arcade PC - MAME Frontend." ??? None of those names came to life, heh. With the help of
"Chen Yu-hau" from Taipei/Taiwan, Emu Loader slowly became popular. But now it has become
something much bigger and well known in the emulation scene. I got help from others too of course,
but if it wasn't from Chen's initial help, the development would have been terminated.
Thank you all! :)

WARNING: DOS MAME and MAME32 are not supported by the frontend!
I'm using it with Mame32 Plus! and it works fine. You can load a Overlay PNG for your desired filter effect.

Marcuz 26 April 2007 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd
I'm using it with Mame32 Plus! and it works fine. You can load a Overlay PNG for your desired filter effect.

hey that's interesting, thank you, i'll try it for sure :)


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