ok, i gave gemeex another shot, but i didn't get very far. I always brushed it off because it looked too much like a windows app, which apparently can be changed. however i can't even get it to run because it tells me my rom path is incorrect for mame, even though it is set properly.
the problem i seem to have is that alot of the programs that people use in this hobby are just so poorly documented. I've downloaded so many different apps, from front ends, to programs to convert mng caputres to avi, to some program (i forget the name) that was used to convert rom sets from one version to the other. half of the stuff i get does not come with any clear instructions at all. I understand alot of these apps were written by some guy trying only to resolve his own problems, and therefore he understands their inner workings.
it is just very frustrated that so many of these programs either dont work, or require you to search through numerous web sites with dead links in order to try to find some way to make them work.
i dont know why gameex says that my rom path is wrong, when it clearly isnt. but i dont have that problem with mala, so i'll just stick with it, since it actually works