Comments on: Maximus Arcade: Multi-Platform Emulator Front-End for Windows Media Center

By: indigo

indigo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:02:44 +0000

http://www.viddler.com/explore/shateredsoul/videos/1/

a video of my configuration .. since then I have added dreamcast, ps2, atari lynx, and i’m working on atari 2600,5200, and 7200 (I can’t figure out MESS!!). The wireless xbox 360 controllers work perfectly (since I had an xbox 360, i only had to buy the adapter for about 15 buck on ebay). Is it really against the emulation spirit? Since when is simplicity and something that can be configured relatively easily against the spirit? If you can afford a pc you can afford $20

In the end I intend on adding it to a game room for when friends come over.

I have also integrated it into windows media center, but haven’t gotten around making media center launch again after maximus closes. I can send a video of that when it’s done.

By: racketboy

racketboy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:19:54 +0000

I think I had to map the “exit” function on the emulators to be one of the numbers like “1″ on the remote. Something like that….

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:18:35 +0000

Hey, just found this and I’m trying to set up Maximus Arcade with Vista Media Center and the remote. The one thing I can’t get is how to use the remote to move “back” from the game menu to the emulator choices. Also did you get it to work on exiting the emulators? Any details you can provide on the integration of the remote control with MA would be awesome!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:05:57 +0000

How about a link…?

By: Alex (PresidentLeever)

Alex (PresidentLeever) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:36 +0000

I haven’t really found a frontend matching my wants yet, this one looks nice but it’s too basic.
I’ll stick with GoodFE for now. Basic but very easy to use.

FreezeSMS or Gamebase64 are the best I’ve seen but they’re not suitable for multiple consoles or for TV + remote setups.

By: Ramen Junkie

Ramen Junkie — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:23:09 +0000

I’ve been setting up a machine to do just this recently. I was originally looking for a splash style front end that would just launch my emulators then I settled on increasing the icon size and just using the desktop.

Still, I was kind of irritated that the system wouldn’t launch the games completely and all of the emulators had different interfaces.

This looks pretty bad ass though. I’ll certainly add it to my setup.

Here’s hoping it works out and I can finally bring myself to dump my physical consoles and carts (by dump I mean store int he attic because I can’t part with that stuff).