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Title: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: MTD2 on April 01, 2006, 03:13:27 am
I'm looking for a FE for a Vertical machine. I want to hide the OS as much as possible. I.E. boot directly into the FE. 

Any suggestions.  I can't believe MAMEWAH doesn't support vertical orientation. 
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: loadman on April 01, 2006, 03:24:31 am
....Try a few..

Have you looked here yet?

 http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends)

For my vertical cocktail setup, MaLa rocks my world    ;D

http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html (http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html)
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: youki on April 01, 2006, 10:25:46 am
AtomicFe does that too.  And it rocks too!  ;)
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: NickS on April 01, 2006, 02:49:33 pm
AtomicFe does that too.  And it rocks too!  ;)

I am looking for the same thing and am about to give AtomicFE a try. I will also try Mala.

Are there many layouts that have been designed for vertical cocktails on Atomic FE?. I have not been able to find any myself but I will have another look. I will see how easy it is to design your own layouts. I am looking for something with a classic arcade feel using marquues as the buttons with characters from the classic games such as Pacman, Galaga, Frogger, Mr Do, Donkey Kong, BombJack etc. Is is easy to design your own layouts?.
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: southpaw13 on April 01, 2006, 10:52:56 pm
Does Mala support the LEDWIZ?
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: Buddabing on April 02, 2006, 12:27:46 am
Mala supports LEDs thru the "MaLa Hardware".

See the wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/MaLa) for details.
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: southpaw13 on April 02, 2006, 11:17:14 am
That's what I thought....

I was just hoping  ;D

Southpaw
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: Spartan on April 03, 2006, 12:04:42 am
....Try a few..

Have you looked here yet?

 http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends)

For my vertical cocktail setup, MaLa rocks my world    ;D

http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html (http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html)

Another vote for MaLa.  Here is a screenshot of my "tweaked" version: 

(http://www.arcadezentrum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2061&sid=ffe8124a8293fffb9b37b4650f8e40c3)
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: youki on April 03, 2006, 03:46:56 am
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Are there many layouts that have been designed for vertical cocktails on Atomic FE?. I have not been able to find any myself but I will have another look. I will see how easy it is to design your own layouts. I am looking for something with a classic arcade feel using marquues as the buttons with characters from the classic games such as Pacman, Galaga, Frogger, Mr Do, Donkey Kong, BombJack etc. Is is easy to design your own layouts?.


Few "pure" vertical layout are online (there is "vertical' in the name).  But all layout can be used as vertical. The FE rotate it for you.

The current layout editor for AtomicFE is not good.  I'm busy writing a new one infinitly better.

Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: NickS on April 03, 2006, 03:46:03 pm
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Are there many layouts that have been designed for vertical cocktails on Atomic FE?. I have not been able to find any myself but I will have another look. I will see how easy it is to design your own layouts. I am looking for something with a classic arcade feel using marquues as the buttons with characters from the classic games such as Pacman, Galaga, Frogger, Mr Do, Donkey Kong, BombJack etc. Is is easy to design your own layouts?.


Few "pure" vertical layout are online (there is "vertical' in the name).  But all layout can be used as vertical. The FE rotate it for you.

The current layout editor for AtomicFE is not good.  I'm busy writing a new one infinitly better.


Thanks,

I look forward to the new layout editor coming out.
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: loadman on April 04, 2006, 07:52:52 pm
....Try a few..

Have you looked here yet?

 http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends)

For my vertical cocktail setup, MaLa rocks my world    ;D

http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html (http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/features.html)

Another vote for MaLa.  Here is a screenshot of my "tweaked" version: 



Very Nice!

I use the classic 'GameLancher' layout on MaLa
(http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/layouts/gamelauncher_v.jpg)
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: Spartan on April 04, 2006, 09:22:04 pm

Very Nice!

I use the classic 'GameLancher' layout on MaLa
(http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/layouts/gamelauncher_v.jpg)

That's a good one.  I used the actual Gamelauncher for a while before I discovered MaLa.

I tweaked mine in that I:

-> Made the control panel on MaLa look like my actual control panels (8way stick, 2 yellow "move" buttons & 3 "action" buttons -- red, green, blue)
-> Moved the screenshot (snap) into the empty green space, and enlarge
-> Add the screenshot (title) where the snap was
-> Use the controls.ini file to show what each button does.  This is displayed in the color-coded "lights" above the buttons themselves.
Title: Re: FE for Dedicated Vertical Cocktail
Post by: loadman on April 04, 2006, 09:36:16 pm
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That's a good one.  I used the actual Gamelauncher for a while before I discovered MaLa.

...So did I.  Having this layout saved me re-training my little kids. Besides I like it simple.