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Lilwolf:
I'm considering / chunk of the way through writing an new middleware piece.   This will sit between a frontend and emulators and make multiple emulators look like one instance of mame. 

Why?

Well, I wanted some control that wasn't in a lot of frontends.  Like changing video settings based on resolution, control settings in mame based on number of players and buttons, and also what emulator a game should run based on the what emulates it better for a given release.

when calling a game, it would then look through its own list and figure out what emulator should run, and what configuration, launch it... return when done.

It would also implement -listxml parameters and would only return the games that you want, and it would combine the results from multiple emulators.

You can get some of these features from some frontends.  But it seems like it would be nice to be able to try different frontends without having to configure past the default mame. 

Anyway, if this seems useful, let me know...  Otherwise I won't add any configuration and just get it working for my own system.
Cakemeister:
If you do write such a piece of software, send me the source code. :)

gonzo90017:
Sounds like a great idea.
Lilwolf:
I always release my code.   I started writing it in C# since I hadn't used it in years.  It's great that Microsoft started giving out the Express Edition for home / project use!

Red:
Yes, great idea. 
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