> > > > > > 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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