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Front End Support => Maximus Arcade => Topic started by: RetroGeek on March 08, 2016, 05:16:25 pm

Title: MAME not working in Maximus Arcade, SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES
Post by: RetroGeek on March 08, 2016, 05:16:25 pm

I paid $25 to register Maximus Arcade.  I love this frontend and think it is the best looking one out there.  Only problem is that I can not get MAME to work.  Also, the picture of the SNES needs to be replaced with a non-yellowed console.  Looks like crap.  All of the other console pictures are beautiful, but the SNES is yellowed.

So, my only complaints about Maximus Arcade are:

1  MAME does not work

2  SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES

If these two things were fixed, I would be one happy camper.

Title: Re: MAME not working in Maximus Arcade, SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES
Post by: RetroGeek on March 13, 2016, 08:22:07 pm

I did manage to get MAME working, but, I should not have had to go thru the crap I went thru to get it working.  Also, is there any way to get mp4 videos to work with Maximus Arcade?  The game videos on the emumovies web site are in mp4 format.  I am beginning to think that Maximus Arcade sucks as a MAME emulation frontend.  HyperSpin works a lot better, and supports mp4 videos.  It's a shame, because I really do like the way Maximus Arcade looks.

The following MUST be done to make the Maximus Arcade frontend perfect:

Replace the picture of the Super Nintendo with a non-yellowed console.

Allow the use of mp4 videos.

Fix the MAME not working problem.

Title: Re: MAME not working in Maximus Arcade, SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES
Post by: MaseMan on March 13, 2016, 08:39:06 pm

What was your issue not getting MAME to work? I've never had issues with it and I also use Maximus Arcade.

Title: Re: MAME not working in Maximus Arcade, SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES
Post by: Slippyblade on March 14, 2016, 12:27:52 am

It's a front end and, as such, has very little to do with making MAME "work".

Title: Re: MAME not working in Maximus Arcade, SNES picture is of a yellowed SNES
Post by: JDFan on March 14, 2016, 09:44:31 am

Figure Maximus has not been updated in several years - so it is not surprising with all of the updates to MAME that an old front end that has not and is not being updated will not work with some parts of it !!

If you use an older version of MAME that was released when MA was actively supported there will not be any problems but as you mention some of the newer MAME features (ie. .mp4 format) are not supported and thus require some working around (ie. converting to a supported format).

AS for the "Replace the picture of the Super Nintendo with a non-yellowed console."
Pretty much any picture you want to use can be made to work so just go into the zip file and replace it and rezip  if you do not like it !