> > > > I know about this but I am not sure if it is in .dmg or like a command prompt
> nor
> > > > terminal:
> > > >
> > > > http://sdlmame.lngn.net/
> > > >
> > > > However, I am looking for the latest version that is available in .dmg or gui
> > like
> > > > MameUI, is there ?
> > >
> > > Use SDLMAME from http://sdlmame.lngn.net/ and combine it with a frontend like
> QMC2:
> > > http://qmc2.arcadehits.net/wordpress/
> > >
> > > - Stiletto
> >
> > That's it! I thank you for it. This is the only one ? I want to compare to another
> > one unless it is the only one. I am curious.
>
> There's several Mac frontends, but you must always use something like SDLMAME with
> it.
>
> One nearly _exactly_ like MAMEUI is one called M+GUI, formerly called MAME Plus GUI.
> Despite the name it is a standalone frontend, not like MAMEUI with MAME built in, so
> you still need to use something like SDLMAME (which is just standard MAME compiled
> for Mac, so you could compile it youself from mamedev.org if you wanted?) or maybe
> there is also MAMEPlus for Mac?
>
> Anyways it is hard to recommend a download place for M+GUI for Mac, because the
> official download site (sf.net/projects/mameplus) only offers Windows. Either compile
> M+GUI yourself from
> http://mameplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mameplus/trunk/mamepgui/?view=tar, or you
> could try this dmg: http://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/1350-m-gui-mac
>
> Also in comparison to QMC2, I think it is not as updated and new MAME features on the
> commandline may not have been added to the UI in M+GUI. It also might be a little
> unstable. But it is almost exactly like MAMEUI but with MAME not built-in.
>
> For a built-in frontend you would have to go back to a several-years-old version of
> MAME, such as MAME OSX based on MAME 0.136 or MacMAME for PPC, and you'd be missing
> out on all the updates over the last many years - so don't do that. Or OpenEmu as you
> say, but I don't recommend it unless you really like it.
>
> Other Mac MAME frontends (that are very different looking from QMC2 and M+GUI):
> AttractMode: http://attractmode.org/
> MAME Library: http://www.randomsequence.com/software/mame-library/
> MAME Launcher: http://nekocan.sitemix.jp/?page_id=17
> AdvanceMenu: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/menu-readme.html
> MAME_Tunes: http://macapps.sakura.ne.jp/mame_tunes/index_en.html
> and probably others if you use Google.
>
> My advice: use one that is frequently updated, within the last year or two. That way
> you can be sure all MAME command-line/terminal options can be accessed and changed by
> the frontend.
>
> Of the ones I listed, recently updated are QMC2, M+GUI, AttractMode, MAME Launcher.
> AdvanceMenu is one year outdated, MAME_Tunes and MAME Library are several years
> outdated. I do not know how old OpenEmu is either, sorry...
>
> Sometimes you can get away with outdated frontends because over MAME's 18-year
> history, commandline interface does not change too much. But lately there have been
> many new commandline features so it is important to be up-to-date in 2014-2015. I
> think the frontend that supports the most commandline features (on Windows/Linux/Mac)
> is QMC2, and EmuLoader for Windows maybe a close second. AdvanceMenu is guaranteed
> not to support all the commandline features, and I have my doubts over most of the
> others mentioned in this post.
>
> QMC2 also has the advantage of supporting MESS as well, which is MAME's computer and
> console emulator spinoff. There are VERY few OS X MESS frontends! M+GUI claims to,
> but i have not tested it.
>
> Also remember: if you don't like any of these frontend choices, you can try running
> MAME and a Windows frontend through Parallels or something like that to see what the
> performance is like, but you will get better performance with SDLMAME and a Mac
> native frontend.
>
> [EDIT] A few others I know nothing about:
> GameEx for Mac (really big for some reason, 270MB? I think it uses Wine somehow
> maybe. Released 05/29/2013): http://www.gameex.com/download-gameex/
> EmuLaunch (from 2006): http://www.emulaunch.com/
> MacMAMEInfoX (uploaded January 5th 2011):
> http://download.vastheman.com/macmameinfox.php
>
> - Stiletto
Very well informed. I thank you. I will take your word for it anyway. Thanks!
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