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Title: Which front end...
Post by: chrisindfw on December 09, 2003, 11:11:16 am

Greetings,

I've done some searching and decided to just come out and ask.

I am looking for a front end that is...
Easy to use
Easy to switch between emulators
Easy to swtich between favorites list (ie Combat,Driving, etc)

I was looking at Mame-Wah but was wondering if there was an easier way for a front end to switch between the emulators.

Thanks

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: Jakobud on December 09, 2003, 01:32:17 pm

Its very easy to switch between emulators in Game Launcher.  Easy to set up custom lists too.

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: Cave on December 09, 2003, 02:03:02 pm

Quote from: chrisindfw on December 09, 2003, 11:11:16 am

I was looking at Mame-Wah but was wondering if there was an easier way for a front end to switch between the emulators.

It doesn't get any easier than pressing one button  ;)

(press 4 to cycle emulators or change it to something else)

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: chrisindfw on December 09, 2003, 02:24:57 pm

Thanks!
I see that now. It is working good...

Right now I am running Mame-Wah with Mame and Stella as emulators. When I run an Atari game and I hit escape to get back to mamewah, it gets hosed and messes up. Any ideas?

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 09, 2003, 02:59:48 pm

I would recommend using z26 for an atari emulator with mamewah.  You can get it here:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/stuzza12/downloads.htm (http://members.lycos.co.uk/stuzza12/downloads.htm)

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: chrisindfw on December 09, 2003, 04:21:48 pm

I got z26 and made the changes but it still locks up after hitting escape from an atari game.

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: Minwah on December 09, 2003, 06:31:19 pm

Quote from: chrisindfw on December 09, 2003, 04:21:48 pm

I got z26 and made the changes but it still locks up after hitting escape from an atari game.

See what happens if you run the game from a commandline...

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: chrisindfw on December 10, 2003, 08:18:23 am

It runs fine from the command line. The problem is when running z26 with mamewah. The game loads and plays fine. Its when I hit escape to exit back to mamewah that mamewah locks up and hoses all the windows. I have to "end task" it and start over.

Any ideas?

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: chrisindfw on December 10, 2003, 09:02:20 am

Nevermind.. I got it!

Thanks!

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: Syntax on December 10, 2003, 06:10:56 pm

you should tell us how you fixed it incase someone else gets the same problem.

Title: Re:Which front end...
Post by: pmisbedah on February 25, 2004, 04:56:22 pm

Quote from: chrisindfw on December 10, 2003, 09:02:20 am

Nevermind.. I got it!

Thanks!

I would like to know what you did to fix it as I'm having this problem, too.

Thanks,
Paul.