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Yes it seems to work fine without bezels! In fact I think the games work with bezels (I tried one and it worked fine), but then the main menu didn't show!

Just trying to get it to work, but the main menu has stopped showing. It will start up and I can hear the sounds so I think the menu is there - it just won't show in the screen! If I load a game (without being able to see which one as the menu won't show), then the game runs fine. If I then quit the game and go back to the menu, I can see the menu! But if I then exit and restart AAE, the menu disappears again. Any help appreciated! EDIT - it seems to be that turning on the bezel art causes the above problem! Weird. I would like to be able to use the bezel art though. Any ideas?

Is it still worth using this instead of MAME?

Are those playlists accurate? The one for Capcom CPS-1 has Buster Bros listed, but that is not a CPS-1 game.

Brilliant thanks!!! Seems like what is missing is mainly alternate versions and prototypes, so that's fine

I split my MAME/arcade roms into playlists using the LB import. Is there anywhere I can see how many games should appear in each playlist, or some way to make sure I have the correct number?

Sorry eXo I wasn't clear in my question - I meant after the first install had been done. I think I've figured it out though - by editing the dosbox.conf file. I tried most of the shaders and am not convinced they're that great. Not on a par with what is available in MAME anyway!

How do I change the DOSBOX scalers per game eXo?

With the current beta, I have noticed that the screenshots sometimes do not show in the game details pane, when screenshots are present (and correctly labelled) for that game.

Is your RAID storage in a NAS or local PC? Took a look at Backblaze, but they don't seem to do NAS at the price point you mention - you have to move up to a business deal which is much more expensive.

Lol well put! I am now an Apple ecosystem user having moved my main machine over to OSX a few years ago (for various reasons), though I don't think I'm a "fanboy" or even a cult member! In fact I run LB on Windows on a "Bootcamp" partition on my MacBook which seems to work well.

"@JamesBond@ge persuaded me to buy an old CRT monitor; it subsequently set fire to the house and I hold him responsible". Don't worry, it indeed has nothing to do with you, I was just messing around!

Yes, don't worry I won't cite you on the insurance claim, I was just being a little facetious. I do look on eBay from time to time - though need to do some more research on the particular monitor that I would need to go for.

@JamesBond@ge LOL; yes, I think that description does apply to me in some ways. Perhaps I can make a recess in the wall for it

@eXo - yes, perhaps "intended for" was not the right way to put it when making an analogy to DOS games. As you point out, unlike MAME games, the games produced for DOS were not intended for any particular machine but for a range of PC compatibles. I would however rephrase and say that shaders can be helpful to re-create the feel of the original monitors that the games were played on - and acknowledge that this will differ between individuals. I would suspect that the majority of DOS games were played on CRT type monitors rather than flatscreens. For you, as you say, scan lines and screen curvature were something to work around. For me, trying to eliminate these was never on my radar and I just enjoyed the games as they were on (originally) my parents' Amstrad 1512. Thankfully, we both sensibly agree that this should be an option to enhance the current experience - though you say that in relation to eXoDOS this becomes tricky. I take it that you are therefore not aware of any other possibilities here within the realm of emulation, other than using a different version of DOSBOX which does support this feature? PS - I have indeed considered getting hold of an old monitor like the above. I have not taken the plunge largely due to space and aesthetic issues though maybe one day!

@eXo - other processing would include screen curvature for one. Fisty puts it quite well above - MAME and Retroarch are able to employ complex shaders that utilise various processes to re-create the feel of the original monitors that the games were intended for. Applying this to the DOS games would really bring things to life and take away the feel that we are playing an emulated version on an LCD screen. I will look into the shaders you mention and report back though. @Jason Carr - glad to hear that you recognise the issue and plan to address it, cheers!

@eXo - yes, I am sure that the game is being rendered fine. I am trying to recreate the effect of the monitor that the game would have been run on - which would indeed include scanlines, and often other processing. Is this possible? Hope this is more clear. @Jason Carr - the build in PDF reader in Big Box works fine for all the PDF manuals; just not the extra PDF items that are listed under "additional apps". It's almost like Big Box does not treat things listed under additional apps as PDFs. Is this the case?

Many thanks eXo. @Jason Carr - any thoughts regarding the above and the extra PDFs (hint books etc) working in LB but not BB? @eXo - the reason that I was looking into using a different version of DOSBOX was because I was keen to apply some kind of shader effect to make the games more like they did on the original machines. I understand that the standard DOSBOX cannot do this, though that there are other versions which can. Please correct me if I am wrong! From your reply however it sounds like this might be untenable, and if so no problem. Perhaps there might be another workaround.

@Jason Carr, I've noticed another problem that might be linked. I tried deleting a video for a game by going to edit, then the "other" tab, then deleting the "game video path" and then clicking OK. The video for the game continues to show in LB however, and when I go back to game edit, the path has re-appeared. This is in the latest beta of Launchbox Next. Any thoughts?

Got vol's 1-3 up an running in LB. Only thing is, the "additional apps" (e.g. hint books, etc) open fine in LB as PDFs, but in BB I just get a blank screen when trying to open these. Manuals themselves open fine in BB. Any idea what's going on? Also, does anyone know how I can use a different version of DOSBOX with some of these games? I tried editing the games, but the use DOSBOX box isn't even ticked!

I have just noticed another issue with LB Next. If I press CTRL+I in LB to view the images associated with an item, then not all the images show up. The current one I am looking at has front and rear box art (as you can see when you edit the item), but only the front box art shows when browsing the images fullscreen!

Actually, somehow the default video playback app had been changed; I returned it to VLC and that seemed to fix the problem!

When I launch a game in LB Next (MAME), the video in LB Next keeps playing in the background! How do I turn stop this from happening.

A lot of my games have extra PDFs (hint books, etc) listed under additional apps. In LB they show up when I right-click on a game with the PDF symbol next to it, and when I click on them the PDF opens. In BB, the same files appear but when I click on them I just get a blank screen. The manuals in BB work fine however!

Interesting. Hopefully @Jason can comment.