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MALA vs Hyperspin
rockyrocket:
Hope you do get some time drventure as engine18 looks like it has a lot to offer!.
So got bored again and picked up the htpc again, that's it now am leaving it alone.
Edit just could not help myself
mamefreak2:
--- Quote from: harveybirdman on May 24, 2012, 04:44:09 pm ---This is what it boils down to for me......
Mala layouts can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be, and you don't have to download a bagillion gigs worth of stuff to enhanace the experience.
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HS can be as simple as you want them to be too. But if you want more complex, there's a heck of a lot more options for you to do so.
You don't have to download a bizillion gigabits for HS either. See Dazz's example below. Very easy to create a universal theme if that's what you want. Very skinnable, very easy to do.
--- Quote from: harveybirdman on May 24, 2012, 04:44:09 pm ---Don't get me wrong, Hyperspin is extremely impressive, but with all due respect to hyperspin users, if you've seen one hyperspin front end you've seen them all....
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Not true actually. I like being able to put my own personal stamp on things and I've done tons of my own themes that are unique to me. My HS system is pretty unique actually and I'm sure it's the same for tons of folks out there. You get what you put into it though. For some who want a quick simple easy to go system and like the look of something else, that's cool. What I like about HS though is that it can give you whatever look you want and I don't think there's another system out there that can do it to this extent.
--- Quote from: DrChek on May 24, 2012, 10:03:15 pm ---Also in HS you only have like 4 choices of text font, MALA can use any font on the system.
For example I think it would be impossible to recreate the racing cab design that was posted above with those fonts.
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I'm not sure what you need the text font for though. You just create the design in some other program and then export it. You can download wheel art from the site and you can insert whatever logos you want as well. What do you need fonts for in HS?
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on June 06, 2012, 01:37:52 pm ---Well, here’s a counter-opinion: spending hours upon hours designing and tweaking layouts, and assembling screenshots, animations, sounds, graphics, etc. is a whole lot of time spent with no commensurate benefit, other than maybe to scratch some kind of bizarre OCD-induced itch to have everything just so. The games are just as easy to locate and run from a utilitarian list as they are from a flashy/elaborate one—maybe easier. I’m not saying that your front end should be an ugly, poorly organized mess—I’m simply saying that the core elements are relatively easy to set up, and going beyond that quickly leads into the worst “diminishing returns” scenario imaginable.
I mean, I see some of these videos on Youtube where guys have these fancy pictures and media for all kinds of console emulators, and I almost feel sorry for them for the amount of time they must have wasted getting it all running. I’d be willing to bet that in three lifetimes they wouldn’t spend as much time actually playing those games as they spent setting up the front end. So what’s the point?
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Well, for some of us putting together themes is actually a lot of fun. Customizing your machine exactly how you want it to look is fun in itself. It's a hobby and I love doing this stuff. I've got several different themes for my Jukebox for example and depending on what mood I'm in will alternate between them. It takes me about 30 seconds to make this change...
When I was deciding on a front end it was HS for me all the way. I haven't used any others so I can't comment on them but I haven't seen aything that allows me to do what I want the way HS can.
Like I said above, it can be as simple or complex as you want it to be. Me? I like playing around and building themes. It's a lot of fun actually.
--- Quote from: Dazz on June 09, 2012, 07:32:35 pm ---
This one is quickly becoming one of my favorites... Not sure if he's got it completed or not though.
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Perfect example of what I'm saying. You don't want a bunch of themes? Just skin it with a universal theme like this one. Don't like the wheel? Make it scroll games vertical or horizontal... really easy to do.
severdhed:
just my 2 cents....
i have tried many front ends, and always come back to MaLa...it is easy to use, easy to customize and it just plain works, even on older hardware. i've tried gamex, hyperspin, maximus arcade,and probably a few more i forget the names of. none of them were as easy to get working and customize the way i wanted them like mala.
NIVO:
i prefer to put in the time and effort for Hyperspin. The rewards are great.
TheShaner:
Well, I started this thread a little while back, when I was just starting to think about my front end. I have heavily used MALA for some time now and know enough about it to give a good opinion on it. But before I do that, I am going to go ahead and take a stab at creating a Hyperspin theme for my box.
I want to try and approach it a little differently though. I want to basically recreate my MALA theme, but with some of Hyperspin's tricks incorporated.
Here is what I have in MALA right now
When you switch emulators, the arcade machine is replaced with a TV from that era, the console and some box art, but the rest of the elements on the screen stay the same, ie. background etc.
It looks a lot cooler with the dynamic artwork in place.
So I am going to try and do something in the same vein, but on Hyperspin. I will build out the screen elements in hyperspin rather than photoshop so I can transition them into the screen and gain overall control over them. The key will be though, that I am not going to use any of the crazy game themes out there, my system them will be consistant throughout the games within it. I would assume this is possible. If anyone has knowledge to the contrary, please let me know before I get too deep.
I will report in when I have something to show.
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