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Title: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: U_C_A_B on March 21, 2010, 02:02:28 pm: Hi there, does anybody know of a good frontend that supports multiple versions of mame and can be used in a mame cabinet?
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Dazz on March 21, 2010, 03:33:28 pm: HyperSpin can. You could even have games that run on different versions of MAME all on the same menu.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Congui on March 22, 2010, 09:32:11 am: Mamewah , through a game specific ini file, can handle multiple version of mame.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: mh12 on March 22, 2010, 09:38:34 am: i would think any of them can, as long as they don't insist on an .exe file for MAME. if you can specify a bat/cmd file, you can do whatever you like in one list. i run MAME .128 with some games running .99, and others being run by Zinc. through MaLa.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 22, 2010, 10:54:32 am: I run three different MAME versions using Mamewah.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Red on March 22, 2010, 06:41:36 pm: Quote from: mh12 on March 22, 2010, 09:38:34 am
i would think any of them can, as long as they don't insist on an .exe file for MAME. if you can specify a bat/cmd file, you can do whatever you like in one list. i run MAME .128 with some games running .99, and others being run by Zinc. through MaLa.

How exactly do you do this? Thanks.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: mh12 on March 22, 2010, 08:11:09 pm: Quote from: Red on March 22, 2010, 06:41:36 pm
Quote from: mh12 on March 22, 2010, 09:38:34 am
i would think any of them can, as long as they don't insist on an .exe file for MAME. if you can specify a bat/cmd file, you can do whatever you like in one list. i run MAME .128 with some games running .99, and others being run by Zinc. through MaLa.

How exactly do you do this? Thanks.

check out these threads:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68419.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68419.0)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81059.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81059.0)

the second one is probably enough. the first is if you wanna cheat like me and add non-MAME stuff to your MAME list. like i have Magic Engine running Parasol Stars (it's my only TG16 game, so of course I don't want another list for it). shoulda been an arcade game!
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: shateredsoul on March 24, 2010, 01:19:17 pm: just curious...

why do people do this?
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 24, 2010, 01:23:22 pm: Quote from: shateredsoul on March 24, 2010, 01:19:17 pm
just curious...

why do people do this?

To play games that work in one version of MAME that don't work, or just don't work as well, in another.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: mh12 on March 24, 2010, 03:21:46 pm: Quote from: shateredsoul on March 24, 2010, 01:19:17 pm
just curious...

why do people do this?

to dunk on my friends faster in MAXIMUM HANGTIIME!
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Epyx on March 24, 2010, 03:28:30 pm: Quote
just curious...

why do people do this?

To have Wolfmame 1.06 available for when you want to record high scores or view other peoples .inp files and still be able to fall back on current versions of MAME for general purpose play.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: abispac on March 25, 2010, 09:25:36 pm: Quote from: shateredsoul on March 24, 2010, 01:19:17 pm
just curious...

why do people do this?
to conbine non mame games into one mame wheel, like having dkong,d2k and dkong3 all together with misfit .... yeah :cheers:
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Red on March 26, 2010, 12:12:19 am: Quote from: abispac on March 25, 2010, 09:25:36 pm
Quote from: shateredsoul on March 24, 2010, 01:19:17 pm
just curious...

why do people do this?
to conbine non mame games into one mame wheel, like having dkong,d2k and dkong3 all together with misfit .... yeah :cheers:

How can you have all three dkong,d2k and dkong3 all together? I didn't see them in MAME.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Howard_Casto on March 27, 2010, 11:21:08 pm: I think you misunderstood the reply, which is understandable. (Engrish is hard. ;) )

He means to add non-official mame games back into mame in appearance only (you have one gamelist but games from multiple versions are added to it)

D2k is supported in misfit mame, NOT mame.

Thus re-combining them back together.

He didn't mean a 4 in 1 rom or something like that.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Red on March 28, 2010, 12:34:17 pm: Why isn't D2k supported in mame?
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Hoopz on March 28, 2010, 04:31:46 pm: Quote from: Red on March 28, 2010, 12:34:17 pm
Why isn't D2k supported in mame?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0)

All the details and more that you'll ever need.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Red on March 28, 2010, 07:45:12 pm: Quote from: Hoopz on March 28, 2010, 04:31:46 pm
Quote from: Red on March 28, 2010, 12:34:17 pm
Why isn't D2k supported in mame?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0)

All the details and more that you'll ever need.

Thanks Hoopz.
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: Howard_Casto on March 29, 2010, 01:53:46 am: Please don't bring that mess up. Or I'll have to comment... and it will get bad. Trust me. ;)
Title: Re: Frontend that supports multiple versions of mame??
Post by: U_C_A_B on April 04, 2010, 03:34:33 pm: About the .bat thing, how do you code it? Sorry I sound noobish, but how would you code the BAT to redirect you to the different versions of mame. I've read the topic about it but I just don't get it, I'd like to use AtomicFE.