myHTPC for frontend? WOW!!

[AGGIEZ]

Check out what this guy used for his MAME frontend! Nice and clean, easy to make custom lists and sort by genre. What every frontend should have. Setup sounds a little painful, but the results are awesome!


http://www.pyronious.com/

under Arcade Emulation --> last page

[Jakobud]

I have looked into this.  It was a royal pain in the butt.  You had to have stuff mySql server running to database all your games and all sorts of stuff.  It was just too much of a pain to setup.  I approached this originally though, because I loved the idea of using a HTPC-type interface to browse through games.  It is something that no Mame frontend has really done well yet.  I hope someone goes that direction eventually.

[mcdo15]

intresting.. my intent is to get my windows media center to show games...this would be a good place to look

[NoOne=NBA=]

You can do genre sorting on most of the current frontends if you want to put some effort into it.
You just have to do it a different way.
With this method, you need to program a database, which needs to be running as mentioned above.
With the other frontends, you can custom build your genre settings by putting games in, or taking them out of a given list.

I have gamelists that sort by control type (shooting/driving/double stick/spinner/etc...), screen orientation, and monitor type (vector/raster)--which has always been good enough for me.
If I WANTED to put the effort into it, I could further divide the current lists into fighter/shooter/climber/maze/etc... but have never seen a need for this myself.

[Sasquatch!]

I have gamelists that sort by control type (shooting/driving/double stick/spinner/etc...), screen orientation, and monitor type (vector/raster)--which has always been good enough for me.
If I WANTED to put the effort into it, I could further divide the current lists into fighter/shooter/climber/maze/etc... but have never seen a need for this myself.

I have two categories in Game Launcher: "favorites" (AKA "stuff I actually play") and "all".  

[Gunstar Hero]

I have two categories in Game Launcher: "favorites" (AKA "stuff I actually play") and "all".  

Recognize that! I have the 5000 ROM "Main List" and then the 300 (or so) ROM "Dream Arcade." I just keep it in Dream Arcade unless I feel adventurous!

[Goz]

I haven't tried this yet, but GameEx is supposed to take the headache out of using MAME in MyHTPC / Meedio.

Take a peek

GameEx

-Goz

[NinjaEpisode]

I've tried both.  the myhtpc software is difficult to setup and takes a while to load.

GameEx is nice as it fits right into Medic Center without issue.  Works well, although I was having sound issues that I don't think are directly related to the software.