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First MAME Cabinet Finished
BuriedEgg:
Good point! Yeah, that was a big issue when I used to use Atomic FE. I like to have that seemless arcade experience so I set Atomic to shutdown on exit. This meant if I quit Atomic to go to Windows it will shutdown instead.
However, once I switched to MaLa I was able to keep MaLa config'd to shutdown on exit (like I wanted) but still be able to quit into Windows (right-mouse then "exit") whenever I need.
I have to admit I really did a poor job explaining, in my video, why a seemless experience is important. I was thinking along the lines of having little nephews and neices over to play without my supervision. That's also the reason I have everything locked (coin doors, rear maintenence panel, etc.). Last Thanksgiving I had about a dozen kids over (family) and they were banging away on the thing and pressing everything. Since I had no specialized Windows function keys (only secret shift-shortcuts) and no access to Windows or a mouse or keyboard, the cabinet was bulletproof!
Thanks for pointing it out, though! Its important to note.
Epyx:
Lol yep young kids would be a perfectly good reason for a front end seamless machine. Mine is 14 and loves tinkering around in Windows as much as her old man and I don't like other peoples kids lol so all good :)