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adding emulators to arcade os ??
« on: August 06, 2007, 03:00:37 pm »
hi i was wondering how do you add emulatos to arcade os???


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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2007, 04:33:49 pm »
i had a little look at taht link and could not see anything of help,

could someone please help me here  :)

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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2007, 04:40:17 pm »
Never heard anyone use ArcadeOS .... does it have features which other frontends like MALA or AtomicFX do not have?

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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 05:17:51 pm »
dunno neva used them but i think it does
either way its good

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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2007, 05:27:09 pm »
Never heard anyone use ArcadeOS .... does it have features which other frontends like MALA or AtomicFX do not have?

It's a DOS front end that has built-in support for arcade monitors.  Quite powerful for what it does.

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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2007, 05:40:12 pm »
It's not actively supported by the developers anymore, you're pretty much on your own there. I think  a large number of people have switched over to the current frontends. If you can't get it working, try some of the latest free ones:

AtomicFE
Mala
Mamewah

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Re: adding emulators to arcade os ??
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2007, 11:25:31 am »
you have to configure the *.APP file. it is a text file for emus and apps that aos can launch. you can get this from the aos website then edit to your liking. there is a blank template for other applications you want to add. i think it has to be the same name as your emu exe, mine is vantage.app for vantage. the emu should already be properly working without aos.

then inside ArcadeOS menu, you can switch to that other emulator/app. aos requires that there is a dosmame emulator configured and present or it will exit back to dos with an error.