mame help required!

[tiggerbiker]

i'm gathering parts to build a mame cabinet - so i can play bubble bobble, commando, r-type, 1942, green beret etc, etc properly.

i have a Shuttle XPC SN95G5 (AMD Athlon 64 4000+) and would like to use it with some kind of front end package - the idea is that i can switch on the cabinet and no-one can see that its really a computer in a fancy box.

the problem is - i'm frigging clueless with computer command line programmes + scripts etc.

could some one that has the experience/knowledge (& lots of patience!) help me out here??!!

[sirdave]

Hey mate
I can help you out with this, I'm midway through building mine, its payable now but needs some finishing touches, I'm not at a pc but can sort you out what ever you need, hiding windows is easy, won't really have time until Saturday to get on a pc but if you can wait till then I can help

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[tiggerbiker]

Hey mate
I can help you out with this, I'm midway through building mine, its payable now but needs some finishing touches, I'm not at a pc but can sort you out what ever you need, hiding windows is easy, won't really have time until Saturday to get on a pc but if you can wait till then I can help

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that would be perfect m8-
in the mean time, whats the best OS for the pc?

[_Belial]

Have a look on here mate, there's a few of us with the same setup of mame cabs and a few mentions of front-ends you can use on here

http://www.digital-forums.com/showth...abinet-project

If you're a windows user then stick to using windows on the PC, it works fine for mame and will make admin less of a nightmare than *nix for you if you're not comfortable with editing scripts

[tiggerbiker]

Have a look on here mate, there's a few of us with the same setup of mame cabs and a few mentions of front-ends you can use on here

http://www.digital-forums.com/showth...abinet-project

If you're a windows user then stick to using windows on the PC, it works fine for mame and will make admin less of a nightmare than *nix for you if you're not comfortable with editing scripts

thanks for that m8,
what flavor of windoze?
win 7 64bit? or would xp64 be better?

[_Belial]

I run windows 7 x64 on mine with no problems (running MALA as a front-end), either XP or Win7 will be fine mate. I don't bother with the whole hiding windows thing on mine tbh, takes about 60 seconds to boot up into MALA so doesn't really bother me that I get the windows boot screen and a flash of explorer before it runs.