Hyper-Spin, a new are of front ends? AMAZING

[rlehm]

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/index.php

Maybe this is old news, but this Front End looks AMAZING!!!!!

Me wants it!

[Teknique]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=76698.0

cheers

[Turnarcades]

Great looking front-end. Wonder what the system demands are like though?
Or the user-friendliness come to that.

[headkaze]

I don't know about "new era" of front ends if that was what you were trying to write. It's a clone of a very old FE called Ultracade. Ultracade wasn't free though so you could say "new era of free FE's" perhaps. Still there is alot of excitement around this FE, can't wait to check it out "in the flesh" so to speak.

[Franco B]

Great looking front-end. Wonder what the system demands are like though?
Or the user-friendliness come to that.

Im running it on a P4 2.4 ghz with 1g of RAM...and it runs just fine.

Minimum.... That's kinda steep for alot of people on this board.

So far the lowest spec processor I've tested it with is a P4 1.5Ghz and I saw no signs of performance issues in theory it should be usable on PIII systems

It looks like it should run on pretty much any PC you can buy for peanuts nowadays.

I can imagine it being quite user friendly, I think that's one of the major factors as why it has taken 'so long' to come out. Im sure they are making it as user friendly as possible before releasing any 'beta' versions. Can't blame them for it.

[headkaze]

It looks like it should run on pretty much any PC you can buy for peanuts nowadays.

I can imagine it being quite user friendly, I think that's one of the major factors as why it has taken 'so long' to come out. Im sure they are making it as user friendly as possible before releasing any 'beta' versions. Can't blame them for it.

I think it's more being held up by it's theme editor at the moment.

[Franco B]

It looks like it should run on pretty much any PC you can buy for peanuts nowadays.

I can imagine it being quite user friendly, I think that's one of the major factors as why it has taken 'so long' to come out. Im sure they are making it as user friendly as possible before releasing any 'beta' versions. Can't blame them for it.

I think it's more being held up by it's theme editor at the moment.

From what I have been following yes I think its that too. Rome wasn't built in a day tho. Not that im saying HSFE will be the be all end all of FEs,l but I do think it will make people raise there game which is good for all of us end users.

[Singapura]

Don't get me wrong, I love the things I've seen about this FE but I think the hype is getting a bit out of hand. How many threads about Hyperspin do we have now?

[Franco B]

What threats exactly do we have? Or do you mean threads? (Sorry, im not being an arse,  I  just wasn't sure)

Either way, I dont think HyperSpin will deliver anything but what they are aiming for.

Surely the amount of threads there are is a sign of how much of an anticipated FE this is. Is it a bad thing to have excitement about a release? I know sometime it seems like things will never happen (RAM yoke, cough cough) but there are obviously a lot of people working on this.

(And no, im not a Beta tester, just give the guiys a break, they are doing something for FREE for the community)

[youki]

I'm really curious to see how will be the backend.

This FE looks impressive because of very nice Artworks.  

Technically Khamealon is already able to do the same things , and is already out.

[Franco B]

Could you give me any more info on Khamealon? Google searches for Khamealon/Khameleon/Khamealon FE etc are not bringing up much.

[youki]

You are searching too far :

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79571.0   

[Franco B]

Damn google! 

Thanks youki, ill have a good read. 

[Popcorrin]

I don't know about "new era" of front ends if that was what you were trying to write. It's a clone of a very old FE called Ultracade. Ultracade wasn't free though so you could say "new era of free FE's" perhaps. Still there is alot of excitement around this FE, can't wait to check it out "in the flesh" so to speak.

I remember a time on these boards, long before hyperspin was announced, that everyone used to dog on the ultracade frontend(even before the mame trademark fiasco).  They said it was ugly, cheesy looking, would never work for a large amount of games and not very user friendly.

Now that something almost identical to it will be available for the community, it is regarded as one of the most awesome looking frontends ever.  A new era of frontends. 
 

[leapinlew]

everyone used to dog on the ultracade frontend

You might be exaggerating slightly...

It's not unusual for a product to be released before the technology to support it is ready and in turn receives bad reviews. It happens.

[Popcorrin]

It's not unusual for a product to be released before the technology to support it is ready and in turn receives bad reviews. It happens.

It had nothing to do with the technology not supporting it.  The ultracade software ran the same then as it does now which from as far as I can tell is nearly identical to hyperspin.

[rlehm]

yes, i meant new era. and, it matters not what others think really, it's my cab, and I want it

[leapinlew]

It's not unusual for a product to be released before the technology to support it is ready and in turn receives bad reviews. It happens.

It had nothing to do with the technology not supporting it.  The ultracade software ran the same then as it does now which from as far as I can tell is nearly identical to hyperspin.

Fine - I'll concede that ultracade software could've ran on peoples home machines, as long as your willing to concede that not EVERYONE dogged ultracades front end.

I shouldn't have to say this, but obviously the problem with Ultracade was who was behind it and the disaster that it turned out to be.

[Hoopz]

I shouldn't have to say this, but obviously the problem with Ultracade was who was behind it and the disaster that it turned out to be.

Dunno, but it seemed to work out well or at least the way karma thought it should work out.   

[Turnarcades]

Dunno about the Ultracade debate, but if this tuns out to be quick-skinnable (and not take months to get how you want like some FE's do) then it will probably be considered for my personal new cabinet.

[leapinlew]

Hopefully they don't take long too long to come out with a vertical format - thats my preference. I mostly play classics.

[Jdurg]

Interesting, but any company that uses the "take over the entire screen with an ad right while you're in the middle of reading something" can burn in hell for all I care.

(Went to check it out and I kept getting these full page flash advertisements at random moments.  I will never support anybody or any company that resorts to that bull----steaming pile of meadow muffin---).   

[Cakemeister]

Could you give me any more info on Khamealon? Google searches for Khamealon/Khameleon/Khamealon FE etc are not bringing up much.

That's kind of weird. I googled for "khameleon front end" and the top four hits were either BYOAC threads concerning Khameleon, the Khameleon home page, or the Khameleon documentation page.

Khameleon is spelled like chameleon with a k, the k is a homage to the Kymaera front end from which it is derived.

Interesting, but any company that uses the "take over the entire screen with an ad right while you're in the middle of reading something" can burn in hell for all I care.

(Went to check it out and I kept getting these full page flash advertisements at random moments.  I will never support anybody or any company that resorts to that bull----Cleveland steamer---).   

The flash ads are annoying, but dude has to pay the bills. Web hosting is not cheap.

[davidrfoley]

I shouldn't have to say this, but obviously the problem with Ultracade was who was behind it and the disaster that it turned out to be.

To claim that UltraCade was anything but an incredible success is humorous at best.  UltraCade was far from a disaster, and was, and still is the most successful multi-game classic arcade machine ever sold.  Between UltraCade and the home version Arcade Legends we sold over 30,000 units.  Even though Global VR killed the product, then reskinned it with less games as Global Arcade Classics, they have been able to hundreds more. 

[AllisterFiend]

Interesting, but any company that uses the "take over the entire screen with an ad right while you're in the middle of reading something" can burn in hell for all I care.

(Went to check it out and I kept getting these full page flash advertisements at random moments.  I will never support anybody or any company that resorts to that bull----Cleveland steamer---).   

If it bothers you that much, use a browser that blocks them.   I have been using Firfox for years now and I rarely have to deal with ads!!!   I'm sure most browsers can do this now.

Allister Fiend

[leapinlew]

UltraCade was far from a disaster, and was, and still is the most successful multi-game classic arcade machine ever sold. 

Is that right? You think ultracade is more successful than Jakks handhelds or the 20 year reunion Galaga\Ms. Pac machines?

Do you allow anyone to live in your world, or is it exclusive to disillusioned failures?

[Popcorrin]

Fine - I'll concede that ultracade software could've ran on peoples home machines, as long as your willing to concede that not EVERYONE dogged ultracades front end.

I'll never concede, when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE!  

[leapinlew]

I'll never concede, when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE!   

[davidrfoley]

Jaks is a toy that plugs into your TV.

Galaga / Ms Pac has two games on it, is not upgradeable, and really isn't comparable to an UltraCade.

Sure, there are many machines out there that outsold UltraCade, but none of the same type of machine.