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Maximus Arcade- Worth the money?
ARTIFACT:
I love mala... i AM curious to try maximus though - i believe they have a free trial
Neilyboy:
I wanted to try it but for 25 bones.. come on I mean its just a front end.. You have written a clean and quick program for launching other programs haha... If it was 10 or 15 bucks I would have picked up a copy by now but for us who are broke.. I cant afford 25 bucks for something that I can get for free that works just as well and does the same thing.
Neil
Bloodwyn:
I have used all of them.
They all work great.
For me.. it is a matter of specific features that I wanted and whether the frontend could do it.
I did NOT want a text list of my games, I wanted an image list.
So far out of current working frontends, only Mala and Atomic can do image lists.
Out of those 2, I chose Mala for my specific needs.
I would make a list of what features you want on your cabinet/frontend
Examples:
Mame only cab or Multiple Emulators
Multimedia features needed or just for games.
Is the frontend going to be used by you only , or do you have children that access it.
Do you need plugin capabilities for LED lighting or other features?
Do you want animated backgrounds or scrolling text on the front end?
Once you get your list done, install all the frontends that could meet your needs and test each one.
The authors of Mala, GameEX and Atomic are constantly taking user input and improving their front ends.
They all do a fantastic job of updating us all on their progress on this message board as well as their own.
Bloodwyn
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on August 21, 2007, 11:18:18 pm ---I love Mala...
One thing I like from the videos I've seen of Maximum, is the console system selection ... Big graphic of each system on the screen... looks pretty cool
--- End quote ---
Using the mala tree, you can easily set this up. Just create the tree and rename the pics of the consoles to the list you want. Check the wiki for exact descriptions. http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Mala_Tree
Katana Man:
I've set mine up to do this. I'll release my Mala layouts and individual images when I'm done. I used some nice high res images too. I've spent many hours finding high res pics, then removing the backgrounds for perfect transparency. I'll release the full photoshop .psd versions as well.
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