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orangelounge:
If anyone could recommend to me the best way to go about achieving such a goal, I'd be greatly appreciative.

I would like a MAME Frontend/rom sorting solution to:


*Be able to not only browse a full gamelist, but also to browse by categories (Shooters, platform)
*Be able to sort out all junk (mahjong) ROMs and clones (Doesn't necessarily need to be done by frontend, any solution would work)
*Be able to start not only MAME, but SNES, NES, Genesis, etc. emulators as well.
*Not have any "YOU MUST BE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO USE THIS ROM TYPE OK TO CONTINUE"
*Have a layout that's usable at low resolutions (running 640x480 on a TV via S-Video)

For anyone who can suggest the best way to go about this, I'd be greatly appreciative.  Thank you so much.
Chris:
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
SGT:

--- Quote from: orangelounge on August 20, 2007, 02:27:27 pm ---*Be able to not only browse a full gamelist, but also to browse by categories (Shooters, platform)
*Be able to sort out all junk (mahjong) ROMs and clones (Doesn't necessarily need to be done by frontend, any solution would work)
*Be able to start not only MAME, but SNES, NES, Genesis, etc. emulators as well.
*Have a layout that's usable at low resolutions (running 640x480 on a TV via S-Video)

--- End quote ---

I'm pretty sure that all currently active front-ends do all of the above.  The frontends that get the most press on this forum and are still being updated are (sorted in descending alphabetical order  ;D):

Mala
GameEx
AtomicFE


--- Quote from: orangelounge on August 20, 2007, 02:27:27 pm ---*Not have any "YOU MUST BE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO USE THIS ROM TYPE OK TO CONTINUE"

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You will need to patch and compile Mame for it to disappear.  If you don't want to compile, I think one of the front ends will submit an "OK" for you so that it goes away quickly, anyone?
orangelounge:

--- Quote from: orangelounge on August 20, 2007, 02:27:27 pm ---*Be able to not only browse a full gamelist, but also to browse by categories (Shooters, platform)

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How do you do this in MaLa?  Just wondering.  Does it require a specific layout to be used, or how should I configure this up?

Thanks again.
SGT:
Not a specific layout.  If you just want to browse, you can create a filter.  However I think most people would use either Mala's game list editor or romlister to create custom game lists based upon the criteria that you specifiy.
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