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Title: Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: Dogface on December 15, 2003, 12:23:11 pm

Are there any good frontends that work with Mame32?  

On a side note, when you install a trackball can you set that to act as a mouse for browsing between emus?

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: Sephroth57 on December 15, 2003, 02:30:32 pm

well thats kinda the point of mame32 is that it has a front end built into it, why would you want to use a front end with it you might as well use MAME

and no, i dont think front ends work with mame32

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: Howard_Casto on December 15, 2003, 02:40:05 pm

They can, but as it's clunky it's never recomended. As the man said, use mame if you want to use a stand-alone front end.  

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: Minwah on December 15, 2003, 06:52:35 pm

Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 15, 2003, 02:40:05 pm

They can, but as it's clunky it's never recomended. As the man said, use mame if you want to use a stand-alone front end.  

Here here :)

As for the trackball, it will do whatever your mouse does...switching between emu's etc. will depend on the software you're running...

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: eightbit on December 16, 2003, 10:08:43 am

If you run a front end like mame32 that supports mouse input then you can use your trackball in the frontend.

Mame32 is mame with a built-in front end. If you want to use another front end you should use Windows Command line Mame instead of mame32.

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: greven grevs on December 16, 2003, 10:33:06 am

I like using myHTPC [www.myhtpc.net] as a frontend  to all my emulators and music programs. I saw it on someone elses cab but for the life of me I can not remember the name of the project or the guys name.

Title: Re:Mame32 and Frontends
Post by: krick on February 08, 2004, 02:51:10 am

Quote from: greven grevs on December 16, 2003, 10:33:06 am

I like using myHTPC [www.myhtpc.net] as a frontend  to all my emulators and music programs. I saw it on someone elses cab but for the life of me I can not remember the name of the project or the guys name.

Whas this it?...
http://www.pyronious.com/htdocs/emulation04.shtml (http://www.pyronious.com/htdocs/emulation04.shtml)