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Dazz:
--- Quote from: Blanka on January 26, 2010, 01:48:20 am ---Yeah, but this uses graphics for the game titles as well. What if they do not exist? Do I get some fancy Helvetica then?
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Yes, there is text that can replace the use of wheel images. However, the text is really just a place holder as the images really make the wheel look nice. The text is just as boring as other text based front ends, but you can select out of a couple fonts if you really want text.
If you are worried about having games that don't have a wheel image... The whole MAME collection, all 6000+ games, almost all have a title image created. Our team has been cranking out wheel images and they have completed a huge majority of them. Right now they are going into each game and getting a screenshot of the title screen and then taking the title screen and tracing the title image to use on the HyperSpin wheel. It's a grueling task and these guys have been working on wheel images for almost a year straight. Wheel images for almost all other systems have been completed.
Here is a quick video showing what a text wheel looks like in HyperSpin. There are different options that you can use to change the text and colors, but I haven't messed with them. The video below shows what the default is.
The thing with HyperSpin is that you can go from extremely basic layouts with only a screenshot and text to fully animated and elaborate themes. There are people that simply use a full screen video and list text to fully animated themes with rotating 3d box images. HyperSpin is extremely customizable and with the new version coming out soon there are even more items that can be customized.
Blanka:
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ragnar:
I like the idea of favorites. I wish there was an FE that supported passwords though. I'd love to be able to lock kids out of games like mortal kombat.
youki:
Atomic supports password. there is a parental control feature.
you can create "screens" that are accessible only with password (password you can enter with the control panel of course).
there is also password feature to exit the front end, to avoid kid to go back to the system or shutdown the cab by accident.
headkaze:
--- Quote from: ragnar on January 28, 2010, 01:06:47 am ---I like the idea of favorites. I wish there was an FE that supported passwords though. I'd love to be able to lock kids out of games like mortal kombat.
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Check out GameEx Login. Everyone in your family can have their own avatar and password (or no password), their own favourites list and theme. All options can be customized individually so you can remove adult games for your children etc.
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