You guys should all just suggest this to Ciro at EmuLoader, rather than program from scratch! (NT)

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: : I would like to see the following features: : : -screenshot support : : -marquee image support : : -bevel image support : : -maybe cabinet image, and sideart, and control panel image support : : (all these images should be on the screen together, with the screenshot, marquee, and bevel images laid over the cabinet image or a generic/blank cabinet image) People could use pics of their own control panels, if they have multiple/swapple panel to show which one to use with that game. The screen show should all this stuff for a game as the cursor/mouse lands on it. : : -multiple control devices; joystick and buttons, mouse/trackball/spinner, keyboard... the main function (most often used ones) should be VERY easy and quick to access/navigate--include some way to scroll faster than normal through the list. perhaps a double tap to start the fast scroll. The "admin" features should be hidden from normal view. Just have a small button on screen somewhere to bring up the admin stuff. : : -maybe another button on screen that brings up game info (dev, year, game strategy/tips, etc.) : : -multiple lists. a game should be allowed to be listed in more than one list. and some "type" lists, also (vetical games, trackball, spinner, joy, etc.) also game genres. : : -multiple "modes". 1) lists games with images, 2) shows marquees only--stacked vertical for a wheel-like scrolling feel, 3) screenshots only -fullscreen in this case : : -how about slide-show/multiple image support for each game? That way, it would/could look almost like the game is in attract mode from the within the front-end. And if it could play sounds (samples, wav's, etc) for each game, it would be even closer. Heck.. If you're ambitious, you could write in an avi driver/player so that you could record movies of the attract mode in mame32 and use it in the front-end. : : -it should be highly customizable. the positions and sizes of the images, and gamelist, should be customizable. And so should the general color scheme, and the button faces, start-up sounds, start-up/splash screen, background graphics and sound/music (if there's no game sounds/music)... : : also, the controls should be customizable. and include the use of "shift buttons". : : I think a good control scheme for scrolling through the list of games would be as follows: : : down/up - scroll one game at a time : : right/left - fast scroll : : double tap down/up - "page up/down" (one screen full of game titles, not a number of titles) : : double tap left/up - super fast/faster scroll : : That's what I'd like, but maybe others would like something different; that's why the controls should be customizable. : : -sound/volume control. I hope to have a knob on my cabinet (when I finally build it) but until then, software controls will have to do. I know mame has one but... : : : : I've been wanting to make my own front-end (that's why I've given it a lot of thought) but don't know how to program. : : Good luck and thanks.

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