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boogieman:
I will second maximus arcade, it's great!

DeLuSioNal29:
See Maximus Arcade in action here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81857.msg853909#msg853909

~ D

wbassett:
I've had my cab up and running now since April this year.  Up until now I have been playing with button layouts, working on light gun setups, and sorting through all the roms and deciding which ones are fun and which ones are either a copy of another game or overall just lame.

I'm down to two Front Ends that have my interest, AtomicFE and Maximus Arcade.  Before I ask any specific questions about those FEs, I do have a question about MAME and how it works with FEs.

I am currently using Mame32plus .103u2 and when I launch a game I get the screen that says to enter 'OK' or move the joystick left and right.  The joystick option works with an analog stick plugged in the game port, but not with my arcade sticks that emulate keyboard keys.  Next is another screen to that I can either hit enter to 'select' the game, or one of my console buttons also works.  Here is the biggest problem- after that I get a Mame volume bar across the bottom of the screen.  The only way to exit out of that is to go into the Mame setup and then exit out.  Is this a bug with .103u2?  I just downloaded .123 and it doesn't seem to have that problem.

Okay, now the FE question...  volume bar issue aside, how does the FE deal with these startup screens that ask for 'OK' or a joystick move, and then the second screen where you have to hit enter?  Does the FE handle that or will I still have to go through these screens before the game starts?

RayB:
Does Maximus come with a lot of premade art? Like proper screen shots, etc? It would be worth it if it did... It's such a chore to make that stuff and set it up. (Yeah, I downloaded screenshot packs but they were so small, I ended up having to hit F12 myself in every game)

Teknique:

--- Quote from: wbassett on July 04, 2008, 01:24:57 pm ---I've had my cab up and running now since April this year.  Up until now I have been playing with button layouts, working on light gun setups, and sorting through all the roms and deciding which ones are fun and which ones are either a copy of another game or overall just lame.

I'm down to two Front Ends that have my interest, AtomicFE and Maximus Arcade.  Before I ask any specific questions about those FEs, I do have a question about MAME and how it works with FEs.

I am currently using Mame32plus .103u2 and when I launch a game I get the screen that says to enter 'OK' or move the joystick left and right.  The joystick option works with an analog stick plugged in the game port, but not with my arcade sticks that emulate keyboard keys.  Next is another screen to that I can either hit enter to 'select' the game, or one of my console buttons also works.  Here is the biggest problem- after that I get a Mame volume bar across the bottom of the screen.  The only way to exit out of that is to go into the Mame setup and then exit out.  Is this a bug with .103u2?  I just downloaded .123 and it doesn't seem to have that problem.

Okay, now the FE question...  volume bar issue aside, how does the FE deal with these startup screens that ask for 'OK' or a joystick move, and then the second screen where you have to hit enter?  Does the FE handle that or will I still have to go through these screens before the game starts?

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Mame handles that.  screens will still be there unless you recompile mame into a custom build yourself.  Check here for more info on recompiling and removal of nag screens:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0c92f828896321c342a2dc45175d38f9&topic=64298.0

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