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Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
#252680 - 04/23/11 09:55 PM
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Hi!
Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder if there are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
Thank you in advance. 
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252683 - 04/23/11 10:17 PM
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you can simply use command line MAME with one of the many frontends available (e.g. Emuloader or QMC2)
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
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#252684 - 04/23/11 10:18 PM
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> you can simply use command line MAME with one of the many frontends available (e.g.
> Emuloader or QMC2)
Or upgrade to MameUI .142.1, the issue was fixed.
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252686 - 04/23/11 10:24 PM
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> Hi!
>
> Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder if there
> are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
>
> Thank you in advance.
Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a frontend for MAME, there are many.
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
- Stiletto
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Sune]
#252687 - 04/23/11 10:28 PM
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> > you can simply use command line MAME with one of the many frontends available (e.g.
> > Emuloader or QMC2)
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> Or upgrade to MameUI .142.1, the issue was fixed.
Uh, it still takes a long time to start up and shutdown even on my i7 machine with updated 32-bit Windows XP Pro. SP3, 2.5 GB of RAM, SATA HDDs, etc. Also, it seems to corrupt my settings if I exit and start too fast without letting mameui.exe process finish.
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252688 - 04/23/11 10:29 PM
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> > Hi!
> >
> > Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder if
> there
> > are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
>
> Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a
> frontend for MAME, there are many.
>
> http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
Wow, that's a lot! Um, which one is the best like MAMEUI for my updated, old Windows XP Pro. SP3 machine with 2.5 GB of RAM?
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252690 - 04/23/11 10:34 PM
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> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder if
> > there
> > > are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a
> > frontend for MAME, there are many.
> >
> > http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
>
> Wow, that's a lot! Um, which one is the best like MAMEUI for my updated, old Windows
> XP Pro. SP3 machine with 2.5 GB of RAM?
For the most similarity to MAMEUI, try MAME+ GUI 1.5.0, although it hasn't been updated in a year (as far as I know) and thus may have issues or not support some new command-line features that MAME has. http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
- Stiletto
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252691 - 04/23/11 10:39 PM
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> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder if
> > > there
> > > > are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > > Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a
> > > frontend for MAME, there are many.
> > >
> > > http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
> >
> > Wow, that's a lot! Um, which one is the best like MAMEUI for my updated, old
> Windows
> > XP Pro. SP3 machine with 2.5 GB of RAM?
>
> For the most similarity to MAMEUI, try MAME+ GUI 1.5.0, although it hasn't been
> updated in a year (as far as I know) and thus may have issues or not support some new
> command-line features that MAME has.
> http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
>
> But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set display to windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252692 - 04/23/11 10:43 PM
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> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder
> if
> > > > there
> > > > > are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a
> > > > frontend for MAME, there are many.
> > > >
> > > > http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
> > >
> > > Wow, that's a lot! Um, which one is the best like MAMEUI for my updated, old
> > Windows
> > > XP Pro. SP3 machine with 2.5 GB of RAM?
> >
> > For the most similarity to MAMEUI, try MAME+ GUI 1.5.0, although it hasn't been
> > updated in a year (as far as I know) and thus may have issues or not support some
> new
> > command-line features that MAME has.
> > http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
> >
> > But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
>
> Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set display to
> windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
Yeah, I doubt you should be concerned.
But just FYI: when frontends stop being updated, generally speaking, they stop being able to control any new command-line switches (or if their behavior has changed) in MAME.
- Stiletto
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252693 - 04/23/11 10:45 PM
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> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since MAMEUI v0.142 is buggy and has very slow startups and exits, I wonder
> > if
> > > > > there
> > > > > > are any alternatives that do not have these problems. Do they exist?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > Use MAME (which you can download from http://www.mamedev.org) and then get a
> > > > > frontend for MAME, there are many.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
> > > >
> > > > Wow, that's a lot! Um, which one is the best like MAMEUI for my updated, old
> > > Windows
> > > > XP Pro. SP3 machine with 2.5 GB of RAM?
> > >
> > > For the most similarity to MAMEUI, try MAME+ GUI 1.5.0, although it hasn't been
> > > updated in a year (as far as I know) and thus may have issues or not support some
> > new
> > > command-line features that MAME has.
> > > http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
> > >
> > > But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
> >
> > Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set display to
> > windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
>
> Yeah, I doubt you should be concerned.
>
> But just FYI: when frontends stop being updated, generally speaking, they stop being
> able to control any new command-line switches (or if their behavior has changed) in
> MAME.
>
> - Stiletto
By the way, I noticed that wiki I linked to leaves out some good ones, too, like EmuLoader and QMC2.
- Stiletto
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252694 - 04/23/11 10:47 PM
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252696 - 04/23/11 10:50 PM
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> > > > http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
> > > >
> > > > But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
> > >
> > > Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set display to
> > > windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
> >
> > Yeah, I doubt you should be concerned.
> >
> > But just FYI: when frontends stop being updated, generally speaking, they stop
> being
> > able to control any new command-line switches (or if their behavior has changed) in
> > MAME.
> >
> > - Stiletto
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> By the way, I noticed that wiki I linked to leaves out some good ones, too, like
> EmuLoader and QMC2.
Thanks. Someone should update the list then. 
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: John IV]
#252697 - 04/23/11 10:51 PM
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> Was the source for Mame+GUI ever released? If so where does it live?
Hi John.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameplus/
/EDIT
hmm nope doesn't look like there's any source code there..unless you have to be logged in to see it.
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: John IV]
#252698 - 04/23/11 10:52 PM
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> Was the source for Mame+GUI ever released? If so where does it live?
Never mind, I did not realize that it's being distributed with MAME Plus these days.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameplus/
Newer version of MAME+GUI (1.5.1) is included, compiled 4/12/2011.
/EDIT
As for sourcecode... I dunno? Old source is here:
http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.src-20100305.zip
/EDIT AGAIN
Damn you Sune... 
/EDIT ANOTHER TIME
SVN is here:
http://mameplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mameplus/trunk/
However, they do not seem to be doing source releases on SourceForge. I've just PM'd Emuman about this - for the GUI frontend it doesn't matter so much, but for their actual mameplus binaries, I'm not sure that providing public read-only SVN access is the same as doing source releases 
It's probably okay, but I'd rather the question be settled.
- Stiletto
Edited by Stiletto (04/23/11 11:43 PM)
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252699 - 04/23/11 11:46 PM
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> > > > > http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
> > > > >
> > > > > But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their fans.
> > > >
> > > > Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set display
> to
> > > > windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
> > >
> > > Yeah, I doubt you should be concerned.
> > >
> > > But just FYI: when frontends stop being updated, generally speaking, they stop
> > being
> > > able to control any new command-line switches (or if their behavior has changed)
> in
> > > MAME.
> > >
> > > - Stiletto
> >
> > By the way, I noticed that wiki I linked to leaves out some good ones, too, like
> > EmuLoader and QMC2.
>
> Thanks. Someone should update the list then.
Well, they haven't said specifically on that page, but ArcadeControls.com specialized in helping people build cabinets that you can install a PC in with MAME loaded, ie. a "MAME cabinet". My guess is that their main motivation in the creation of that list is to list all the frontends that can be operated without a mouse or keyboard.
- Stiletto
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Stiletto]
#252701 - 04/24/11 12:18 AM
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> > > > > > http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/download/mamepgui-1.5.0.win-20100305.zip
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But you should try out some of the others sometime, they all have their
> fans.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah thanks. I don't I will have to worry about new features? I just set
> display
> > to
> > > > > windowed, use addons (e.g., decorations), etc.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, I doubt you should be concerned.
> > > >
> > > > But just FYI: when frontends stop being updated, generally speaking, they stop
> > > being
> > > > able to control any new command-line switches (or if their behavior has
> changed)
> > in
> > > > MAME.
> > > >
> > > > - Stiletto
> > >
> > > By the way, I noticed that wiki I linked to leaves out some good ones, too, like
> > > EmuLoader and QMC2.
> >
> > Thanks. Someone should update the list then.
>
> Well, they haven't said specifically on that page, but ArcadeControls.com specialized
> in helping people build cabinets that you can install a PC in with MAME loaded, ie. a
> "MAME cabinet". My guess is that their main motivation in the creation of that list
> is to list all the frontends that can be operated without a mouse or keyboard.
Ah. Thanks.
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Ant Dude]
#252718 - 04/24/11 04:36 AM
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> > By the way, I noticed that wiki I linked to leaves out some good ones, too, like
> > EmuLoader and QMC2.
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> Thanks. Someone should update the list then.
Emu Loader
P.S.: somehow, the forum doesn't allow me to post the link to QMC2...
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Re: Are there alternative MAME for Windows?
[Re: Sune]
#252729 - 04/24/11 08:00 AM
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M+GUI source is not there, but MAMEMPlus one is there, just a bit hard to find:
Develop > What's happening? > Click on the revision number
now on the top of the page, if you click on the second mameplus link of the bar
"SourceForge.net > Find Software > mameplus > SCM Repositories > mameplus "
you get to the root of the svn repository and you can browse both mamep and mamepgui sources (not the M+GUI, though)
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