ProgettoEMMA support for arcade games

[spycat]

LaunchBox works fine with Mame, I've had no problems adding the emulator or games. Before LaunchBox, I used different frontends for console/home computer emulators and for Mame. Now I've got an all-in-one frontend plus PC games support. A feature that I miss and think might be welcomed by LaunchBox Mame users (also users of Kawaks and other arcade emulators) is support for AntoPisa's ProgettoEMMA. ProgettoEMMA is an information website for arcade games that can be integrated into a frontend. If a frontend is programmed to support it, ProgettoEMMA can show very detailed information for all your installed arcade games. This includes the History.Dat and MameInfo.Dat files. It also has lots of clickables, some games have a play demo video option. Images can be saved and text copied and pasted. ProgettoEMMA can be displayed in a scrollable window (could be switched in/out on the game details window maybe). It's a most reliable site, my old Mame frontend has been using it for just over 3 years (Feb 2012) with no issues. To really see ProgettoEMMA at work you would need a frontend that supports it. But you can just test it out by using the following example (it will be fullscreen, not in a window like when integrated into a frontend). http://progettoemma.net/gioco.php?lang=en&game=mslug The lang=en bit is optional, without it the game info shows in Italian, but just click the English icon. mslug is the rom name for the arcade game Metal Slug - Super Vehicle-001 By replacing the mslug bit you can see information for other games and this is how ProgettoEMMA works by displaying info for each game as you select it in the frontend's game thumbnails/boxart window. This image shows the original LaunchBox game details for the arcade game Bionic Commando. http://i60.tinypic.com/2j4r34g.jpg And this image is a mock-up of what ProgettoEmma might look like. http://i61.tinypic.com/2qa4s5y.jpg

[Jason Carr]

I see, cool. That could definitely be a cool feature to add. Probably wouldn't want to completely replace the current view, but still, does make a lot of sense. Added to my list, thanks scree.