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Howdy,
FYI, Hyperspin, the next gen front end for your various emulators is almost here, private beta expected August 6th.
Why would I want to use HyperSpin as opposed to Mala, Maximus Arcade, Mamewah, etc?
1 - It's free (as is Mala/Mamewah) 2 - it's got flash akin to a commercial program 3 - it's fairly easy to configure 4 - well, maybe you should just have a look
Looks really good, i'd be interested to try it out once it becomes available
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Cruis'n USA x 2 (linked), California Speed x 2 (linked) Mame machine in converted Smash TV Cabinet 4 Slot Neo Geo
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I second that. Hey yeah i can do it i work in computers i just dont have the patience to walk through that. Spescially when you work on computers for a living
I hope it is easy to configure... I gave up on others. I am in no way patient in configuring these programs...
Life is like Pinball!! You never know where you will bounce or where your going but sometimes you have that one amazing shot But on the other hand you have those darn gutter ball where you just get frustrated.
The only "problem" I think it will have is part of it's strength. Basically, the reason why the individual entries' look so good is because they are each regarded as their own themes. so the question to ask is: if there is no "theme" for the entry, will the game still show up in the list? I'm not so sure the answer is "yes". They are working hard getting all the themes done for the popular games, and I'm sure what they are trying to do is at least have a marquee type of menu listing for all mame games. The vids show there's a lot of work that's been done for the various consoles and their games too.
We'll find out in a little over a week I guess, I'll be trying it out first night. Creating themes is supposed to be easy (if you have the artistic skills?) and this is a community driven front end, so the more people create themes, the better we all are for it. If someone wants them all (because some people HAVE to have them all ), then it might be better to wait a while for people to create them.
I wonder, with the necessary vids and themes, we're talking maybe 4 gig in size?
The only "problem" I think it will have is part of it's strength. Basically, the reason why the individual entries' look so good is because they are each regarded as their own themes. so the question to ask is: if there is no "theme" for the entry, will the game still show up in the list? I'm not so sure the answer is "yes". They are working hard getting all the themes done for the popular games, and I'm sure what they are trying to do is at least have a marquee type of menu listing for all mame games. The vids show there's a lot of work that's been done for the various consoles and their games too.
We'll find out in a little over a week I guess, I'll be trying it out first night. Creating themes is supposed to be easy (if you have the artistic skills?) and this is a community driven front end, so the more people create themes, the better we all are for it. If someone wants them all (because some people HAVE to have them all ), then it might be better to wait a while for people to create them.
I wonder, with the necessary vids and themes, we're talking maybe 4 gig in size?
Life is like Pinball!! You never know where you will bounce or where your going but sometimes you have that one amazing shot But on the other hand you have those darn gutter ball where you just get frustrated.
Yeah, no doubt. The vids are the ones from emu-movies but they have to be converted to "FLV" format or something like that, which is necessary due to how the front end manipulates the video. I believe emumovies will be hosting these as well.
What do you think of the look of the front end Ethous? I gather after a while, some might feel it's over kill but it does look pretty special imho.
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It looks cool could take forever to get to the game you wanna play I find. Makes me think of a visual version of mess. Could be good if you always play same games on the system but i dont see it a fast gui. I would try it but not with 6000 roms in mame and full consoles would take forever
Yeah, no doubt. The vids are the ones from emu-movies but they have to be converted to "FLV" format or something like that, which is necessary due to how the front end manipulates the video. I believe emumovies will be hosting these as well.
What do you think of the look of the front end Ethous? I gather after a while, some might feel it's over kill but it does look pretty special imho.
Life is like Pinball!! You never know where you will bounce or where your going but sometimes you have that one amazing shot But on the other hand you have those darn gutter ball where you just get frustrated.
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Yeah because that makes for a long list i dont say i use 6000 of the roms i have but i use maybe 100 to 200 type of games i love to play then there testing ect.
That's a good question. One of the vids show they cycle pretty quickly, hopefully there's a way to cycle letter by letter and not just title by title.
Life is like Pinball!! You never know where you will bounce or where your going but sometimes you have that one amazing shot But on the other hand you have those darn gutter ball where you just get frustrated.
Tell you what Loaf... Once I built the SuperMAME, if you program it all for me, your Firepower clearcoat is on me. That would save me a lot of headaches...
yeah, this isn't just mame, nor vid (because you can use it for pins software too like FP) so pardon me for posting it here and feel free to move it if you wish.
Howdy,
FYI, Hyperspin, the next gen front end for your various emulators is almost here, private beta expected August 6th.
Why would I want to use HyperSpin as opposed to Mala, Maximus Arcade, Mamewah, etc?
1 - It's free (as is Mala/Mamewah) 2 - it's got flash akin to a commercial program 3 - it's fairly easy to configure 4 - well, maybe you should just have a look
, I was thinking the same freaking thing. If I ever get to a version 2 of the cab done, I'm going for a modular design so I can have one panel for a 2 player 7 button joystick setup (U360's) with a trackball (just to help out the Neo Geo a bit), 1 panel with 2 spinners with steering wheel attachments (for championship Sprint and other 360 racing games). Finally, one panel with a 270 degree steering wheel for the rest of the racing games and top it off with a Star Wars Yoke. Dare to dream...
Back on topic: I just became a beta tester and I can tell you that it's for real. Wow!!! I've not fully set it up yet, but the menu works well and is plenty fast on my rig (2.4ghz). The size of the themes can be a bit daunting, due to the video file but it looks so great it's ok to sacrifice some storage space IMHO. Look for a torrent sometime next week with everything included (not by me, that's part of how they will distribute it).
I also spoke with the developper on pinball support; adding Visual Pinball to the list of emu's supported SHOULD be possible. We'll see, I'll begin testing tonight and will provide comments later no how easy/hard it is to configure. From what I can see so far, it's not a matter of just clicking on a few buttons (some manual editing of .xml files is required) but it's also not rocket science.
Yo! the public beta of HyperSpin was released yesterday and it's working pretty darn sweet. If you want to try it out, there is a torrent available to download from the HyperSpin home page.
note #1 - there were a few errors with the overall package, a couple of files need to be switched and .ini's need to be adjusted. Very minor stuff note #2 - the download is 1 gig in size, as the themes (over 50) include the necessary flv's. note #3 - the torrent download is setup so that once you've got it, you can run it right away (you'll have to adjust the necessary paths for your emulators though. note #4 - a few people have been getting a black screen, not sure why though it appears if your video card is a bit old (guessing, but over 4 years?) there may be issues. I suspect this is a bug which the devs will be able to get a workaround shortly.
Q - why can't it use the avi's already on the net for the preview videos? A - Because HyperSpin's themes allow full control over the placement of the videos', including it's angle, etc. Full control over an AVI doesn't appear to be possible, thus the need to move onto a new video type.
Q - why is there only 50 themes included, my set of roms is over XXXX in size? A - Creating themes takes time, that's why the community invites anyone to create the themes. It looks like text support is coming soon so that even creating a wheel graphic won't be necessary but for now, that's the only limitation: the wheel graphics.
Q - Why would I want to load up a front end that takes 1 gig to play 50 megs? A - The 1 gig download includes other stuff, such as full set graphics for the NES and NeoGeo Pocket and I think more (but these don't include the videos). Additionally, I'd say that 1 gig may be big, but its a small price to pay for something that just plain ol' looks cool!
Enjoy and stop by the HyperSpin board if you have any questions, I found these dudes VERY friendly and helpful.
, whenever you want me to setup your emulators and front end .
Actually, haven't had the chance to post, but I've got to work on firepower, stupid kickback plunger popped out again. Haven't had the chance to look at it yet. But back to your question, whenever I get the clearcoat done, I'm going to need to also get some work done on her, get the rest of those inserts refilled.
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, I was thinking the same freaking thing. If I ever get to a version 2 of the cab done, I'm going for a modular design so I can have one panel for a 2 player 7 button joystick setup (U360's) with a trackball (just to help out the Neo Geo a bit), 1 panel with 2 spinners with steering wheel attachments (for championship Sprint and other 360 racing games). Finally, one panel with a 270 degree steering wheel for the rest of the racing games and top it off with a Star Wars Yoke. Dare to dream...
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