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TV CRT to Arcade Chassis - Issues & Where To Start
Zebidee:
Mala is still limping along, but you'll have to do some stuff to support it in Win7+. I never used Mala myself, but looked at it as an option when graduating my systems from older XP/MameWAH setups. There's more on the Mala threads here, will let you search.
In the end, I went with Attract-Mode as a more modern FE with a pro feel. Basic setup is straightforward, easy to get started. Little bit of learning curve to get the best out of it, but very happy with it now. There is an online GUI layout editor but no offline editor - to tweak layouts for my individual CRT TVs I needed to learn how to edit them in "Squirrel". This sounds complex, but is really more about cut-and-paste in Notepad++.
Hyperspin and Launchbox are popular, but may be better suited to more modern displays. There are other FE options out there and thread discussions :)