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A frontend is a menu system that allows players to select from a list of games.  Once a game is selected from the list, the game is launched using an appropriate emulator.  Here is a list of the varioius emulators and a brief description.  If needed, further information will be found on the individual page for that emulator.
 
A frontend is a menu system that allows players to select from a list of games.  Once a game is selected from the list, the game is launched using an appropriate emulator.  Here is a list of the varioius emulators and a brief description.  If needed, further information will be found on the individual page for that emulator.
  
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Many frontends make use of a collection of [[Screens, Titles & Extras|screenshots, photo's of cabinet and scans of flyers]]. These additional files can add extra information on the history or appearance of the original arcade cabinet or console game.
  
 
==AdvanceMenu==
 
==AdvanceMenu==

Revision as of 03:15, 7 March 2006

A frontend is a menu system that allows players to select from a list of games. Once a game is selected from the list, the game is launched using an appropriate emulator. Here is a list of the varioius emulators and a brief description. If needed, further information will be found on the individual page for that emulator.

Many frontends make use of a collection of screenshots, photo's of cabinet and scans of flyers. These additional files can add extra information on the history or appearance of the original arcade cabinet or console game.

AdvanceMenu

ArcadeFE

ArcadeFX

ArcadeOS

AtomicFE

Emulaxian/3D Arcade

Emuloader

EmuTron

GameLauncher

GameEx

Kymaera

MaLa

MameWah

MameWah is a front-end capable of running nearly every emulator for any system. It's highly customizable back-end makes it an ideal front-end for integrating many different systems with highly flexible layouts.

The interface to MameWah is meant to be controled by actual arcade controls which makes it a non-point-n-click non-windows-GUI front-end. MameWah also does an excellent job of hiding the Windows environment.

The flexibility comes for customizing INI files. Some examples and explainations of MameWah 1.61 INI files can be found here.