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Title: Front End
Post by: spisi on October 20, 2022, 12:13:45 pm

Hey guys. I was never really interested in front ends. I just made shortcuts on the desk top, double-click and go. But now I have multiple emulators. What's the cleanest front end for multiple emulators (MAME, Stella, VPinballX)?

Title: Re: Front End
Post by: drfrancky on October 20, 2022, 05:47:52 pm

You can try LaunchBox (https://www.launchbox-app.com)
Easy to set up any emulator.
But i suggest using RetroArch (https://www.retroarch.com/) with different cores inside LaunchBox. That way you will have only one emulator, with one configuration.
Just download LaunchBox and play alittle with it. 

Title: Re: Front End
Post by: Warborg on October 21, 2022, 11:00:36 pm

I second Launchbox...  I can use it on my desktop to select whatever I like and it's flexible enough to set up just about any type of emu or game I want.  And for my arcade machine I can run it in Bigbox mode for a very nice graphical front end that's easy to maneuver.

Title: Re: Front End
Post by: spisi on October 23, 2022, 11:34:32 am

Great. Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Front End
Post by: GeoMan on October 23, 2022, 03:47:38 pm

I also suggest Retroarch + Launchbox. You can use latest MAME with Launchbox as it supports importing of MAME sets and use Retroarch for all other emus.

Title: Re: Front End
Post by: Zeosstud on October 26, 2022, 04:40:50 pm

You might even consider registering it and then using BigBox, really cool, you will enjoy it.

Zeosstud