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R. Belmont
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Re: Create a linux front end to mame
04/30/08 01:18 AM


> > > I'd like to write a new mame UI to run in Linux.
> >
> > The two words together - MAME and UI... I wouldn't know if this is possible or not,
> > but could the Windows based MAMEUI (formerly MAME32) source be modified to run
> under
> > X without many problems?

MameUI is written in 100% raw on-the-metal Win32 and isn't even remotely portable.

> A MAMEUI clone for Linux (built with the SDLMAME source) would be wildly popular. I'm
> amazed that it hasn't been done yet.

The existing Linux frontends really aren't bad, but I agree that a MameUI lookalike would be popular. As long as it was a separate frontend I wouldn't cause any trouble :-)

Edited by R. Belmont (04/30/08 03:01 AM)







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* Create a linux front end to mame Junix 02/22/08 07:00 PM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame Heihachi_73  04/29/08 09:27 PM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame twistyAdministrator  04/29/08 11:35 PM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame R. Belmont  04/30/08 01:18 AM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame R. Belmont  10/30/08 12:24 AM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame Heihachi_73  08/27/08 07:46 AM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame BarnacleEd  08/14/08 05:15 PM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame R. Belmont  02/23/08 01:43 AM
. * Re: Create a linux front end to mame Junix  02/25/08 10:26 PM

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