| Emu Loader is a graphical user interface (GUI) for arcade emulators and MAME emulator. Compatible with all versions of Windows (WinXP and newer).
This frontend started as a hobby and a learning project. I first discovered MAME in 1997.
WARNING: DOS MAME and MAME32 are not supported by the frontend!
Features:
Emulators supported (latest versions of all emulators only, except MAME/HBMAME)
- MAME v0.37 beta 15 and newer (variants: UME; SDLMAME; SDLUME; MAME Plus!; WolfMAME)
- ZiNc v1.1
- Daphne
- Demul
- SEGA Model 2 Emu v1.0 and v1.1a
- Supermodel: SEGA Model 3
- HBMAME (HomeBrew MAME)
- DICE: Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator
- Support for non-arcade machines and games from software lists (MAME 0.162 and newer only)
- Support for split ROMs (zip/7-zip only)
- Detection of MAME/HBMAME merged clone sets (full scan mode only)
NOTE: Merged sets are NOT fully supported by the frontend and I recommend stay away from them
- Multiple favorites lists (no limit)
- Support for 7-Zip ROMs. It requires an external 7z.dll file to work. MAME, HBMAME and Demul emulators only
- Three scan games modes (audit)
- Full scan with full ROMs validation thru CRC32 checksum and CHDs thru SHA-1 or MD5 checksum
- Quick scan to simply search for main game files, no validation
- Force games available to set games available no matter what, with no files search or validation
- Support for several image categories: title snapshots, game snapshots, marquees, flyers, cabinets, control panels, control panel layouts, PCBs, in-game artworks
- Preview snapshots (unzipped and zipped). Max of 10 snapshots per game (and per image category) Zipped images filenames are fixed (same filename for all emulators):
- Title Snapshot......: titles.zip
- In-Game Snapshot....: snap.zip
- Marquee.............: marquees.zip
- Flyer...............: flyers.zip
- Cabinet.............: cabinets.zip
- Control Panel.......: cpanel.zip
- Control Panel Layout: cpanellayout.zip
- PCB.................: pcb.zip
- In-Game Artwork.....: snapartwork.zip
- Video preview playback. Watch a video sample of your games when browsing the games list
- any video and audio format can be used, limited only by your system
- any media player can be used as long as it can load files from the command line
- support for command line switches so you can have more control over the media player
- Extra snapshots using full game names. This is an unique Emu Loader feature to avoid similar filenames to be mixed up. Format: "fullgamename0000.png" (e.g.: galaga0000.png instead of gala0000.png)
- Image layouts view mode. View up to three image categories at the same time
- Support for MAMu_ icons, one folder per system (unzipped or zipped)... MAMEUI / MAME32 icons might not be fully compatible Icon files can have multiple icons with different sizes: 48x48; 32x32; 24x24; 16x16 (one for each games list view mode)
- Random game selection (only thru Ctrl+R hotkey or games popup menu)
- Advanced games filters, including a search bar with customizable settings
- Incremental search by game title or game name Just type the game title or game name for a quick acccess (partial strings support)
- Custom game/driver options (driver settings for MAME/HBMAME only)
- Support several .dat files: mameinfo.dat, messinfo.dat, history.dat, story.dat (MAMEscore v2), marp.dat
- Run multi-slot machines by selecting multiple games in list: "Neo-Geo MVS", "Sega Meta-Tech", "ST-V"
- Easy access with popup menus, toolbar buttons and hot keys
- Rename/delete preview snapshots (unzipped only)
- Long file/folder names friendly
- Browse games list with Detonator II / HotRod SE / SlikStik and X-Arcade arcade controllers (limited functions)
- Full screen mode. Shows only games list and preview snapshots, no tool bars or Windows title bar
- Delete/copy/move game files directly from the frontend (.zip; .7z; .cfg; nvram; .dat; etc). Recycle bin not supported!
- Game columns customization (details and grouped view modes)
- Basic detection of bad .zip files to prevent frontend crashes (ZipForge library)
- Frontend settings are stored in .ini files. Windows registry is never used!
- View complete web game info directly in images panel (ProgettoEMMA website)
- Grouped view mode. List games in "parent + clone games" groups format. (columns sort is disable in this view)
- CatVer support (catver.ini or catver_full.ini from AntoPISA). View category and version added in your games list (MAME only)
- Nplayers support (nplayers.ini). Shows how many players a game support (MAME only)
- Languages support (languages.ini). Show language for each game (MAME only)
- Category ini for MESS ("category_home.ini" from AntoPISA). Category of MESS machines and for proper non-arcade machines filtering (MAME 0.162 and newer only)
- Version ini for MESS ("version.ini" from AntoPISA). Version added of MESS machines in your games list (MAME 0.162 and newer only)
- MAME Machines Side Panel to list all MAME machines with software list games, to filter games by machine ("Machine" tool bar button)
- MAMu_ Icons Manager. Neat feature to manage game icons. Specially coded for the icons master, MAMu_
- Alpha-blend icons support (32 bits)
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