Upgrading gives you access to neat features like Goodmerge 7zip support and launching individual games with specific versions of MAME. As a friend of mine would put it, “fuck that shit” :)Ĭontinuing a bit on GameEx features, the free version can be upgraded to the registered version for measly 15USD.
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I was planning to download it for testing anyway, but as their site was horribly slow (had enough of <19kbaud modems during early 90s, thanks!) and dropping downloads rather frequently, I used that as an excuse to shortcut to the GameEx installer. Maximus Arcade on the other hand seemed more level with GameEx feature-wise, but still lacking here and there. The wheel selector does look nice on the screen shots, but not nice enough to bother with the registration! Nice, but maybe these could be put to a separate list to make comparison easier? As downloading Hyperspin for testing required forum registration, I decided to leave it at that. It boasted a good set of features, had seemingly frequent updates and in overall, seemed like the most hassle-free to start testing with.Ĭomparing feature lists, Hyperspin’s seemed to focus more on seemingly pointless user experience stuff like “ Animation based interface with hundreds of random effects so it’s always exciting to see” or “ Overlapping background animation system for smooth transition between games“. The finalists on my list were Maximus Arcade, Hyperspin and GameEx.
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Despite there are plenty to choose from, most of the frontends seemed discontinued or seldomly updated. I first spent a good while investigating what’s “out there”, checking and cross-comparing feature lists (if any) and whatnot. Nailing things down to the last bit of detail isn’t of importance here anyway. But since the cabinet is up and running, I figured I might just as well do this post. Despite having worked on the configuration quite a lot, it’s still pretty much “in progress”.
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Maybe just a little bit of history repeating to make my day with this project? Whereas it seemed, at a glance, something in the lines of “ install frontend + emulator + ROMs, do a bit of config“, actually getting down to it proved out more something like “ install frontend and get stuck in a myriad of config options and fine-tuning“.
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This task also swiftly turned out a far more bigger one than I had expected. Finally dropping fiddling with the video hardware, I was able to move on to the actual emulator configuration.