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What Front End are you using?

AdvanceMenu
17 (1.1%)
ArcadeOS
9 (0.6%)
ArcadEpic
0 (0%)
AtomicFE
45 (3%)
CabFE
0 (0%)
Command Line
1 (0.1%)
Dragon King
1 (0.1%)
EmuLaunch
5 (0.3%)
Emulaxian/3D Arcade
11 (0.7%)
Fronty
2 (0.1%)
GameEx
147 (9.7%)
GameLauncher
15 (1%)
HyperSpin
539 (35.5%)
Khameleon
1 (0.1%)
Kymaera
0 (0%)
MaLa
273 (18%)
MAMELOAD TNG
2 (0.1%)
MAMEUI
35 (2.3%)
Mamewah
101 (6.7%)
Maximus Arcade
185 (12.2%)
MultiFE
2 (0.1%)
PyreCade
1 (0.1%)
UltraMame
2 (0.1%)
Ultrastyle
2 (0.1%)
Wah!Cade
15 (1%)
XMAME-GUI
0 (0%)
Angry Bee
1 (0.1%)
Simple Touch Front End
3 (0.2%)
mGalaxy
12 (0.8%)
Big Blue
0 (0%)
Attract-Mode
28 (1.8%)
HTML5 FE
1 (0.1%)
Inertia
1 (0.1%)
Emuloader
3 (0.2%)
QMC2
1 (0.1%)
FEEL
3 (0.2%)
AttractMode
15 (1%)
Launchbox
10 (0.7%)
BigBox
28 (1.8%)

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #400 on: March 12, 2017, 09:44:05 am »
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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #401 on: March 13, 2017, 06:19:31 am »
Is there any front end that lets you browse by game series or genre ignoring the platform it is made for and not just by emulator and a-z. I'd like to see all games in lets say mario universe under one menu. All fighter games under one etc. It would be nice to have favourites for game series too so that there is no fillers inbetween

Attractmode can do this.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #402 on: April 02, 2017, 05:04:48 pm »
My new favorite front end is Launchbox with emu movies subscription. Only downside is that it doesn't seem to have an attract mode like GamEx does. Hopefully I'll get around to finishing my arcade cabinet this summer.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #403 on: May 25, 2017, 12:29:03 pm »
Launchbox and specifically BigBox needs to be added to the list of frontends.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #404 on: May 26, 2017, 07:55:04 am »
+1 for Launchbox + BigBox. No more Hyperspin for me.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #405 on: June 15, 2017, 08:42:04 am »
Let me know if another FE needs added. 
I'm not as active on here as I was nine years ago when I started this thread.  It's helpful if someone would PM me when I need to add a new option.   :cheers:

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #406 on: June 15, 2017, 09:46:15 am »
Hi all, I'd like my frontend project (F.E.E.L.) to be added to this list.
 
It's a long lasting project (I gave it birth in the far 2011!), and IMHO (but also in my users' opinion) is quite valuable and rich in features, and better than a lot of commercial projects.

Talking technicals, it's very light, meant for Win PCs (also very old ones) and mainly oriented to arcade cabs and/or bartops.
It's compatible with horizontal and vertical 15khz Crt screens, and LED button dashboards.
Suitable to run and manage *any* number of roms and emulators with the highest level of personalization on commands, skins etc.

More info on the relevant homesite:
http://feelfrontend.altervista.org

Important news: I recently released the whole core code under LGPL open source license and published it on GitHub :
https://github.com/dr-prodigy/feel-frontend

Feel (hehe) free to contact me thru pm, website comments, fb, etc.. I'll try to help out with any question about it.

Any votes/suggestions/contributions are welcome, thank you very much.

Cheers!
« Last Edit: June 15, 2017, 09:49:45 am by dr.prodigy »
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http://feelfrontend.altervista.org

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #407 on: June 15, 2017, 09:49:07 am »
FEEL is on there.  4th from the bottom.  It was added on July 17, 2015.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #408 on: June 15, 2017, 09:53:55 am »
Oh sorry I've forgotten! Just got at first page and - believe it or not - I couldn't find it in list (I'm on smartphone, not really comfy in reading the web version and see the poll) :-S

Okay, anyway, I hope the additional info I just added (especially about its recent opensource release) will be useful all the same!

Thanks and sorry again :)

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« Last Edit: June 15, 2017, 09:55:56 am by dr.prodigy »
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing"

F.E.E.L. - FrontEnd (Emulator Launcher) development & support
http://feelfrontend.altervista.org

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #409 on: July 05, 2017, 02:30:04 pm »
I dont know how I have missed this topic all these years. LoL

For me, I have been using EmuLoader for years and pretty much what I have stuck with and I really like it. I might give a few other a shot when I get around to building another cab. Hopefully soon. :)
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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #410 on: September 13, 2017, 11:53:41 am »
I've built two different machines so far.

For my pinball/MAME emulator, I run PinballX. It was my first project and is fairly easy to configure to work with multiple platforms.

I also built a bar top MAME system that didn't suit Pinball X. After trying a few different front ends, I ended up dropping the money on Big Box.  Setting it up took very little work and I like the amount of configuration left up to the admin.
The more things stay, the more they change the sane.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #411 on: April 05, 2018, 03:27:04 pm »
FEEL is on there.  4th from the bottom.  It was added on July 17, 2015.

Hey, actually trying to reach you are you able to send me a direct message? It's saying I'm not allowed to send you a message or have access or something. I'm unsure what I need to do to gain access.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #412 on: April 05, 2018, 03:55:54 pm »
I'm unsure what I need to do to gain access.
Your PMs should be enabled now.   :cheers:


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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #413 on: April 05, 2018, 04:47:30 pm »
FEEL is on there.  4th from the bottom.  It was added on July 17, 2015.

Hey, actually trying to reach you are you able to send me a direct message? It's saying I'm not allowed to send you a message or have access or something. I'm unsure what I need to do to gain access.
You're trying to reach me or the FE author? I just update the thread. The FE author deals with the FE.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #414 on: April 06, 2018, 03:14:04 pm »
I'm unsure what I need to do to gain access.
Your PMs should be enabled now.   :cheers:
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Ah, thanks did an Admin just need to do that for me? I thought there might be some milestone of posts I needed to reach first haha.

FEEL is on there.  4th from the bottom.  It was added on July 17, 2015.

Hey, actually trying to reach you are you able to send me a direct message? It's saying I'm not allowed to send you a message or have access or something. I'm unsure what I need to do to gain access.
You're trying to reach me or the FE author? I just update the thread. The FE author deals with the FE.

Actually you. I'll send you a pm in a min.

Sorry for side tracking the thread.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #415 on: August 16, 2018, 02:41:39 am »
I'm using Launchbox/Bigbox on my 2 arcade cabinets (Egret 2 / Egret 3). On the horizontal cab Big box doesn't look good because of the CRT resolution.  :dunno On my vertical CRT cab Bigbox looks ok.

But it's a very easy to use software. I really apreciate that as a Frontend Noob.  :notworthy:

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #416 on: September 16, 2019, 09:53:14 pm »
I gonged my Maximus Arcade/Windows 7 front end in favor of LaunchBox-BigBox/Windows 10.  Got nine years out of MA.  So I count that as a good investment.  But I just ran into problem after problem managing multiple Mame versions and associated games lists.  So far I'm impressed with the ease of setup with LaunchBox-BigBox.  Spent a little bit of time tuning the settings along with AutoHotKey to behave like MA.  But it was pretty straight forward stuff and fun to tinker with something new.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #417 on: October 21, 2019, 12:13:30 pm »
Why no Pinup System? - Best choice for any vpin cabinet today!!!   :cheers:

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #418 on: January 18, 2020, 06:30:47 pm »
Why no Pinup System? - Best choice for any vpin cabinet today!!!   :cheers:


I am including all Front Ends listed in the Wiki for several reasons.

Let me know if another FE needs added. 
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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #419 on: February 12, 2020, 04:14:07 am »
Emulastation!! with a prepared CRT theme.

Even though i use Launchbox for scrapping and a python script for generate gamelist.xml

Emulastation at 450x270@50 it's perfect for CRT  ;D

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #420 on: April 24, 2020, 02:13:11 pm »
I resurrected my cab after 10 years lol

It used to have AtomicFE which worked pretty well I tried to install the newest version but couldn't get it to work so tried Hyperspin which is ok'ish but
I'm not sure I like it that much to be honest

Really out of touch with all this stuff lol

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #421 on: April 24, 2020, 10:25:47 pm »
This should be re-done again 2020... many outdated ones and new ones now around.. specially LB/BB.... one of the good ones now days..
Just help others because its the right thing to do...

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #422 on: April 24, 2020, 10:35:04 pm »
This should be re-done again 2020... many outdated ones and new ones now around.. specially LB/BB.... one of the good ones now days..
It's updated with all FEs that have been listed or had the dev ask to be listed. People can change their votes if they want. I think leaving it as is meets everyone's needs.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #423 on: April 25, 2020, 05:15:31 pm »
Hmmm, you got votes from years ago. and maybe folks that are no longer active..   should be all from scratch now in 2020... new fresh poll... IMO....
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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #424 on: April 25, 2020, 07:13:21 pm »
Hmmm, you got votes from years ago. and maybe folks that are no longer active..   should be all from scratch now in 2020... new fresh poll... IMO....

You're right. Those 1462 people who voted have probably changed their mind.  :o

Most peeps setup a frontend. Get it working and leave it alone. Holding a new vote wont change the most popular ones IMO.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #425 on: April 27, 2020, 03:47:22 pm »
Hmmm, you got votes from years ago. and maybe folks that are no longer active..   should be all from scratch now in 2020... new fresh poll... IMO....

You're right. Those 1462 people who voted have probably changed their mind.  :o

Most peeps setup a frontend. Get it working and leave it alone. Holding a new vote wont change the most popular ones IMO.
I think the only thing a new poll would accomplish is eliminating folks who were active on the site years ago but may not be now.  They wouldn't vote and it would eliminate votes for some older FEs.

This thread got into a little bit of a pissing match which wasn't the point of it. It wasn't supposed to be a popularity contest. Rather, we used to see a metric ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ton on posts asking the same question.

Some of the more popular FEs with active communities plugged the pole and encouraged their members to come vote. I'm fine with that as perhaps those members elsewhere visited the site to vote and perhaps contributed to our community.

Anyone can start their own thread and create a poll. Unless Saint or PL1 wants this one changed, I'm leaving it as is.  :cheers:

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #426 on: June 05, 2020, 11:41:08 am »
Most peeps setup a frontend. Get it working and leave it alone. Holding a new vote wont change the most popular ones IMO.

I do too. But the frontend I chose for the rig I built in 2008 isn't the same one I chose when I built a another one in 2019.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #427 on: June 05, 2020, 12:40:27 pm »
Most peeps setup a frontend. Get it working and leave it alone. Holding a new vote wont change the most popular ones IMO.

I do too. But the frontend I chose for the rig I built in 2008 isn't the same one I chose when I built a another one in 2019.
Perhaps changing your vote to the newer FE is the best solution in that case. It's not perfect but better than nothing.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #428 on: October 06, 2020, 09:19:31 am »
Recently purchased Bigbox and it's ridiculously good.  There are lots of themes to choose from and it identified MOST of my games correctly on the first swipe.  I had to go in and manually change a few of them to get the correct images to show up, but once I figured out how to do that it only took a few minutes.  My machine now boots up directly into a nice menu of games with attract mode (I haven't played with this yet) and everything.  Really good.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #429 on: May 07, 2021, 12:09:10 pm »
For whatever it's worth - I use Turbo Mame.  Not on your list, it was discontinued probably in 2006 or thereabouts, and I doubt anybody else uses it.  I like it because you just run it and play.  No loading game lists, no messing with settings, you just play.

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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #430 on: May 07, 2021, 02:14:06 pm »
This is like what?? A 13 year old topic? I'm not sure if I ever responded, guess I'd have to go back through pages and see. Wow 13 years. So many new ones have popped up, so many good ones have died. 13 years ago?? What was I using then.. Arcade@Home maybe? All time classic fav is for sure ArcadeOS, I'm almost tempted to do an ArcadeOS build for shits and giggles and stick it into one of those stupid Arcade1Up cabs just to show how superior it is to that junk sold today and those wannabe Raspberry Pi conversions. But yeah, I think my favorite over the years, is probably Hyperspin, but then if I was going to choose one for someone to use themselves today, as of 5/7/2021, my choice for them would be Attract Mode using the Hyperspin display. So much easier to setup then the actual hyperspin, and it performs real well on older hardware (not much older). It's a good choice and offers easy customization. And, it's cross platform, so you can set it up almost identical in PC & Pi's 3&4. I'm still playing around with it for a recent (PC) cab I'm building, still need to add hyperspin game animations and what have you, transitioning over from an actual hyperspin setup right now, but here's what it's looking like so far:


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Re: Favorite Front End
« Reply #431 on: August 25, 2021, 08:06:42 am »
LaunchBox is easily one of the best game-launching and interface tools ever released on PC.

Unlike similar programs, LaunchBox requires relatively little in the way of technical know-how, yet is extremely flexible and configurable.

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