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Mala vs Mamewah vs AtomicFE
loadman:
Yep sounds like we all agree
--- Quote ---Most of the posts about Minwah and Mala are new users trying to figure them out. All three are rock solid. (I know you said just kidding, but you did mention it...)
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Yeah there are a few posts about MaLa at the moment. It does not mean it is the best OR it has the most bugs.
FYI Most English speaking persons prefer to post their questions here rather than using the German MaLa forum.
PS. Mala users should consider taking a look at the German forum via a translator occasionally, as there are some good posts and you may just learn someting new about MaLa :-)
I use this
97thruhiker:
Thanks for the translated link. I was checking the page out a couple of days ago and never got back to it to have a translated. As previously mentioned in this thread I'm sure all of these frontends are great in their own respect. Additionally, I'm sure I've sounded like a fanboy in a couple of other posts in reference to MaLa. I'm just excited to actually have a frontend working. I have tried just about every frontend out their with poor results (not the frontends fault, just my own incompetence). Unlike most of the people here my background is not in computers (I did learn how to program in basic on my Apple II back in the early 80's :)). I did not own a computer again until 1999. As a result I have been spoiled by the Windows GUI. Anything outside of that I seem to bog down so I welcomed the ease of use provided to me by this frontend.
headkaze:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 11, 2006, 08:56:38 am ---Don't get me wrong about Gamex - I tried it, and it does have a lot of cool features, is very slick, well supported, and extremely well documented. However, IMO not suitable for an arcade cab - it looks too Windows Media PCish.
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This is what I mean by people giving out misinformation. GameEx is fully skinnable! Take a look at this screenshot and tell me that looks too "Windows Media PCish". GameEx is updated alot, so if you've tried it a few months ago chances are it's changed alot since you last used it. The default theme does indeed look like MCE this is because it was originally written as a MAME plugin for MCE. But it has expended way beyond that into a fully featured FE. Rather than bag GameEx and give users wrong information about a FE, just tell them to go to the wiki and make up their own mind. Saves these threads turning into heated arguments.
Havok:
--- Quote from: headkaze on July 13, 2006, 04:25:12 am ---
--- Quote from: Havok on July 11, 2006, 08:56:38 am ---Don't get me wrong about Gamex - I tried it, and it does have a lot of cool features, is very slick, well supported, and extremely well documented. However, IMO not suitable for an arcade cab - it looks too Windows Media PCish.
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This is what I mean by people giving out misinformation. GameEx is fully skinnable! Take a look at this screenshot and tell me that looks too "Windows Media PCish". GameEx is updated alot, so if you've tried it a few months ago chances are it's changed alot since you last used it. The default theme does indeed look like MCE this is because it was originally written as a MAME plugin for MCE. But it has expended way beyond that into a fully featured FE. Rather than bag GameEx and give users wrong information about a FE, just tell them to go to the wiki and make up their own mind. Saves these threads turning into heated arguments.
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Still looks Windows Media PCish to me. (Different colors, though) :-*
What other skins are available? Or, do you leave that up to the user?
I'm not bagging it - I gave you quite a few props, but I also gave my OPINION. Where is the wrong information? I absolutely believe that, and as such is correct! However, in addition to stating my OPINION, I did say this:
--- Quote ---I tried it, and it does have a lot of cool features, is very slick, well supported, and extremely well documented
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:dizzy: - Is this information incorrect in some way?
Granted, it has been about two months since I tried it, so maybe you have lots of new skins that change the look and feel of Gamex. Is this the case?
If I am not mistaken, the original post requested why we chose one FE over another. I gave my OPINION, and why...
headkaze:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 13, 2006, 10:32:23 am ---Still looks Windows Media PCish to me. (Different colors, though) :-*
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Your entitled to your opinion by all means, but it's when you state something about a FE that is untrue that cheezes me off - that's my opinion. I don't get how you can say GameEx looks like MCE when it's using a different theme is beyond me. "Different colors"?? Are you blind, the only thing the same as MCE is the animated selector bar. GameEx can import MameWah layouts and look exactly like MameWah if you want, so how does GameEx turn into an MCE look alike when it's using a MameWah layout? Do you think MameWah looks like MCE? Your argument makes no sense.
GameEx can also have snaps for the background, or full motion video. I can assure you my cab running the Soul Calibur theme looks nothing like MCE - apart from the selector bar, which you can choose to be non-animated and with a solid colour (just like MameWah) if you like.
If you were a GameEx user, you would potentially be aware of these features, but clearly your are not.
--- Quote from: Havok on July 13, 2006, 10:32:23 am ---What other skins are available? Or, do you leave that up to the user?
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I've made two skins, and other users have submitted their own skins. It's all on the GameEx site if you wan't to know what ones are available.
--- Quote from: Havok on July 13, 2006, 10:32:23 am ---I'm not bagging it - I gave you quite a few props, but I also gave my OPINION. Where is the wrong information? I absolutely believe that, and as such is correct! However, in addition to stating my OPINION, I did say this:
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Fair enough, but your opinion that it looks like MCE is a little wack IMHO. I guess your entitled to call an apple an orange, but clearly it is not. The day you start calling MameWah an MCE look-a-like is the day I might start believing your not just bagging GameEx.
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