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Title: The best frontend
Post by: teddyboyblue on March 08, 2006, 10:22:17 pm: Hi

I am finish whit my cabinet and now i need to know what the best frontend is for Mame and other emulators ?

The PC that i am using is an 800 MHz amd whit a radeon 9200 that is connected to the TV through scart is there a special settings for this ?

Sorry for the bad English :'(
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: jcrouse on March 08, 2006, 10:31:15 pm: What is the best car?

John
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: teddyboyblue on March 08, 2006, 10:36:48 pm: ;D

OK but what experience do you have on the different frontends that have multiple emulators
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: mccoy178 on March 08, 2006, 10:37:07 pm: Mamewah young Jedi.
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: jcrouse on March 08, 2006, 10:40:59 pm: The first night I discovered front-ends I went here, http://www.mameworld.net/, and tried all the ones in the Frontends section in the left hand margin.

John
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: teddyboyblue on March 08, 2006, 10:48:46 pm: Thanks

i will look at them on http://www.mameworld.net/ and SE whats the best frontend for me

but what about the settings on the graphics card is there something i should know there ?
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: Lord Hiryu on March 09, 2006, 03:37:01 am: What O.S are you using?
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: Buddabing on March 09, 2006, 09:05:49 am: Quote from: teddyboyblue on March 08, 2006, 10:22:17 pm
Hi

I am finish whit my cabinet and now i need to know what the best frontend is for Mame and other emulators ?

The PC that i am using is an 800 MHz amd whit a radeon 9200 that is connected to the TV through scart is there a special settings for this ?

Sorry for the bad English :'(

There is none. Try them all.

You might consult the Wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com), in the software section for more information.

EDIT:

I don't know which languages you speak other than Danish and English. If you are more familiar with French than you should definitely go with Atomic. Likewise, if you like German better than English then you should use MaLa.
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: youki on March 09, 2006, 09:34:52 am: If you are on Windows , you can try mine : http://www.atomicfe.com
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: Moby Ick on March 12, 2006, 10:54:43 am: Make sure you check out GameEx. My personal favorite and very easy to configure. Tom releases updates/improvements every 5 mins as well... Very receptive to his users.

http://tomspeirs.com/gameex/
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: divemaster127 on March 12, 2006, 12:05:51 pm: gameex has my vote, very helpful, awesome frontend, lots of update & VERY easy to setup
dm
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: dax on March 12, 2006, 01:00:18 pm: I've tried Mame32, MameWah, AtomicFE, ArcadeOS and several others.

Of all I've tried, I think ArcadeOS (for DOS) and MameWah are my favorites at this point. ArcadeOS gives you a lot of control over game-specific configuration without having to edit INI files. AtomicFE seems very fancy, but geared towards high-end PCs and probably not a good choice for arcade monitor setups. I had a hard time navigating menus with AtomicFE. It seems to have promise but it isn't very user friendly right now, especially when it comes to managing game lists. MameWah also isn't the most user-friendly system, but it is solid and simple after you get it initially configured. I'm enjoying tweaking MameWah right now, though I'm having some weird issues under Win98 that might not be a problem under XP.
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: loadman on March 12, 2006, 05:21:39 pm: Quote
Of all I've tried, I think ArcadeOS (for DOS) and MameWah are my favorites at this point. ArcadeOS gives you a lot of control over game-specific configuration without having to edit INI files.

Keep in mind that this can be a bad thing as Kids and ignorant Friends can accidentally change your settings.

I Like FE's that bury the settings, although it can be a little painful to set-up initially

:-)
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: whatzcrackn on March 12, 2006, 09:57:56 pm: Quote from: teddyboyblue on March 08, 2006, 10:22:17 pm
The PC that i am using is an 800 MHz amd whit a radeon 9200....... :'(
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: youki on March 13, 2006, 03:48:25 am: Quote
AtomicFE seems very fancy, but geared towards high-end PCs and probably not a good choice for arcade monitor setups

???...

AtomicFe can work from Pentium 1 233Mhz ! It is just a question of layout. Of course more the layout is complex with animation, sound , layers, alpha blending more you will need a powerfull machine.

And why it is not a good choice for arcade Monitor?.. It has been made FOR arcade monitor!. It can support all arcade VGA resolutions.
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: redfivexw on March 22, 2006, 10:49:15 pm: I have tried all of them, if you want the absolute easiest setup, GameEX can be setup pretty much without much effort, but your system has to be fairly powerful to run it smoothly. The only downside is it is a strictly horizontal setup on the screen. I also like Atomic Fe, it is a little bit harder, but not much, and also works great, and allows for vertical setup. Both work with windows and mame32, so they are the easiest.
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: ojelela on March 22, 2006, 11:26:28 pm: Take a look at MALA I think it's close to perfect 8)

http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: danny_galaga on March 23, 2006, 07:06:51 am: Quote from: jcrouse on March 08, 2006, 10:31:15 pm
What is the best car?

John

zonda (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=51418.0)
Title: Re: The best frontend
Post by: squirrellydw on March 23, 2006, 09:02:58 am: my two favorites are AtomicFE and Maximusarcade

http://www.maximusarcade.com/