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Why not just use MAME32??
Apollo:
MAME32 looks like poo.
SirPoonga:
The main reason is mame32 is not cabinet friendly. It doesn't look arcadish. alot of people don't want the windows look. Many will even install windows98 and replace the shell with the FE.
Also mame32 is not joystick friendly. Yeah, it has the option of scrolling through the lists using a joystick, but for the most part, it isn't joystick friendly. If oyu don;t have a tbal on your cabinet it will be tough to get around.
greywolf22:
I agree with what everyone else here says. Originally I wondered the same thing (about Mame32), but only until I installed Mamewah...then I realized the greatness of a Front End :). Since my cabinet control panel was limited and I knew I wouldn't have room for a trackball (at least not on my current CP), I wondered how I would navigate without the need to pull out a mouse and take away from the true arcade experience. A FE just makes it look much nicer (IMHO) and makes it very easy to navigate (joystick and buttons only)
shmokes:
If only you comprehended the restraint being shown by the die hard purists here (probably 70 or 80% of the people who frequent the software forum - I probably couldn't count myself as one of them if I wanted to -- not dedicated enough).
Coming in and asking, "Why not use Mame32?" is like going to Catholic Mass and saying, "I don't get it. Why don't more people follow Satan? He seems at least as good." ;D
Pasqualz:
Actually, i was just on the vatican website asking that question in their forums. Hmmmm, strange, there seem to be large black clouds gathering over me, and lightning to. . . Agggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!