Attract-Mode

Attract-Mode is a graphical front-end for command line emulators such as MAME, MESS and Nestopia. It hides the underlying operating system and is intended to be controlled with a joystick, gamepad or spin dial, making it ideal for use in arcade cabinet setups. Attract-Mode is open source and runs on Linux, OS X and Windows.

Features

• Configuration menu for easy configuration of most settings.
• Fully scriptable display layouts written in the Squirrel programming language.
• Includes the "Attrac-Man" layout, a playable Pacman-inspired game that unfolds around the edges of your game menu.
• Frontend controls can be mapped to any joystick, keyboard or mouse input.
• User configurable sounds and ambient music.
• Display images, videos and information related to specific games.
• Supports screen rotation and flipping (including auto-rotation).
• Filter game lists based on specific attributes.
• Automatically generate game lists from directory contents.
• Import game information from MAME/MESS -listxml and -listsoftware commands.
• Catver.ini and nplayers.ini file support.
• Unicode character (UTF-8) support.
• Configurable screensaver.

Links

• More information and downloads: http://attractmode.org
• Github repository: https://github.com/mickelson/attract