reko19 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I understand that choosing the FE is very subjective. For those of you who switched from Mamewah, what was the reason? A feature you couldn't live without, support, documentation, etc. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hoffman Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I understand that choosing the FE is very subjective. For those of you who switched from Mamewah, what was the reason? A feature you couldn't live without, support, documentation, etc. Thanks.Functionality.I have tried many Fe's and still do occasionally. I find Gameex to be able to do everything I want. If you are looking for one concrete reason Im sorry I cannot give you one.MameWah is a good FE and requires very little resources.. but it lacks the bells and whistles Gameex has.To be honest I dont take advantage of all the Extras gameex has to offer I just find other Fe's limiting.Have you tried Gameex? What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatflash Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I understand that choosing the FE is very subjective. For those of you who switched from Mamewah, what was the reason? A feature you couldn't live without, support, documentation, etc. Thanks.MameWah is no where near as well developed as GameEx.. One of the GameEx features that keeps me with it is the ability to have details of romsets with each emulator, ie. type, year, publisher, game info & trivia..GameEx is also a brilliantly supported Fe, in fact it is far more than an FE, it is a fully featured media centre (almost) and can be customised to a huge degree.Also, Tom is a great help!I have looked at all the current frontends last week (to compare there rendering of animated snaps) and was glad to return to the happy house that it 'Gameex villa'Oh - and some of the frontends were totally incapable of playing avisnaps at 60fps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reko19 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks for the replies. I downloaded and messed around with Gamex a little. So far overwhelming number of features and options. I do like the look and feel of mamewah. I am sure with a little tweaking I could have gamex to look and feel the way I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hoffman Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks for the replies. I downloaded and messed around with Gamex a little. So far overwhelming number of features and options. I do like the look and feel of mamewah. I am sure with a little tweaking I could have gamex to look and feel the way I want.If you have any problem setting anything up make a topic and youll be up and running in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkenobi Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 GameEx can be changed to any look and feel you like. If you have a specific MAMEwah theme that you like, you can actually convert it to a GameEx via the Theme Editor. Thus, the two look nearly identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reko19 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 that sounds interesting. could you point me in the right direction on how to do it? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkenobi Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Install GameEx and run the Theme Editor from the start menu. There is a menu item that does it (I believe it's built into the open command. I have not done this personally, but I have seen a number of results from those who have used it and it looks good. I can take a look this evening if you need help and no one else gets to it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reko19 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 getting an error msg, started a new post above, thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo90017 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 MameWah is no where near as well developed as GameEx.. One of the GameEx features that keeps me with it is the ability to have details of romsets with each emulator, ie. type, year, publisher, game info & trivia..Mamewah can do this. I have looked at all the current frontends last week (to compare there rendering of animated snaps) and was glad to return to the happy house that it 'Gameex villa'Oh - and some of the frontends were totally incapable of playing avisnaps at 60fps...I'm currently doing some testing on a 233mhz laptop and mamewah runs the avisnaps just fine. They're encoded using xvid and are all 60fps.Almost all fe's have powerful features is just that you need to spend time learning how to use it. Personally I don't think there's a one must have fe. I think it's more of a matter of preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatflash Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Mamewah can do this. I'm currently doing some testing on a 233mhz laptop and mamewah runs the avisnaps just fine. They're encoded using xvid and are all 60fps.Almost all fe's have powerful features is just that you need to spend time learning how to use it. Personally I don't think there's a one must have fe. I think it's more of a matter of preference.Also, Mamewah does not install under vista.. The setup files ocx will fail on installation (unless there is a workaround i failed to find) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orclord Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Just to add my 2 cents.....On a cab I prefer...How shall I say, a raw interface......I grew up on ArcadeOS....It was to the point...Not flashy.....Which is all I want in a Cab FE.......So MameWah was the natural choice when moving up from DOS.......Now GameEX is Flash with bling and more bling.......Ideally suited for out of cab PC use in my case.....I use it nightly for streaming internet radio....(9412 is the Dogz) and launching a Jukebox proggy....It really is horses for courses.....Luv em both.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1983 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 One feature I'm becoming reliant on is the new Search option in GameE, not sure if MameWah has anything like this, I love just searching for some random word and seeing what games appear on the different systems Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo90017 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 One feature I'm becoming reliant on is the new Search option in GameE, not sure if MameWah has anything like this, I love just searching for some random word and seeing what games appear on the different systems StuYea it actually does it's called "Find Game". Not sure if it's list specific though.Also, Mamewah does not install under vista.. The setup files ocx will fail on installation (unless there is a workaround i failed to find)I have no idea. This is the first time I heard of this. But i'm not sure why anyone would install vista over xp for cab use anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1983 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yea it actually does it's called "Find Game". Not sure if it's list specific though.I have no idea. This is the first time I heard of this. But i'm not sure why anyone would install vista over xp for cab use anyways.Mame runs much better in 64bit mode and Vistax64 is much better supported software and driver wise than XPx64, that's what made me choose a stripped down version of Vista for my cabWith all the bells and whistles removed it runs just a smooth as XP, though I am running it on a dualcore 3.16 Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatflash Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yea it actually does it's called "Find Game". Not sure if it's list specific though.I have no idea. This is the first time I heard of this. But i'm not sure why anyone would install vista over xp for cab use anyways.Not everyone wants a Cab sitting in there living room.. The original post was regarding the pro's and con's of 2 fe's, not which is the better cab fe. I have a lovelly 24' quad core desktop system running vista (for my sins - don't anyone start a vista v xp thread), which works and runs a dream. Mamewah does not work under vista, though i have tried it just over 6 months ago. I prefered Gameex then, though I have no idea what has improved in Mamewah. All I do know is that Gameex has improved tons. So what was a great fe even then is now an even better fe now. I see no reason to use another fe as it does all i need and a whole lot more. And Tom is very quick to listen and implement user requests - What more could anyone wish for??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace3093 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I have mamewah running on my Vista machine and it works great. I do prefer Gameex for all of the extra features. All I can really suggest is to try them both and see what one you like better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatflash Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I have mamewah running on my Vista machine and it works great. I do prefer Gameex for all of the extra features. All I can really suggest is to try them both and see what one you like better.how did you get it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace3093 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I just installed it last week to see how I liked it. I didnt even know there was issues with Vista and Mamewah. I just went to the main mamewah site and downloaded the newest version and also downloaded the requested system files on the dowload pages. It worked fine on my Vista Premium. I only ran Mame so I am not sure if there are issues with other emulators but I dont why there would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatflash Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I just installed it last week to see how I liked it. I didnt even know there was issues with Vista and Mamewah. I just went to the main mamewah site and downloaded the newest version and also downloaded the requested system files on the dowload pages. It worked fine on my Vista Premium. I only ran Mame so I am not sure if there are issues with other emulators but I dont why there would be.Strange - It is the system file installer that usually causes problems installing files? Did check forums and saw lots of people talking about this problem, and talk of a new verison being made that works in vista.? Well.. I had the same problem. Not that i wanted to run it as such, just was gonna chack it out so that i could be able to better answer this topics title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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