kxmame 2.0-svn20070531

[Toan Nguyen]

Name: kxmame
Version: 2.0-svn20070531
Type: Arcade Game
Depend: 
License: GPL
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kxmame/
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=28270

Description:
 A KDE frontend for xmame/xmess emulator. Based on
gxmame plus many new features:

- Support xmess, sdlmame
- Customizable game icon size and toolbar.
- Auto-rescale screenshots. Added video previews.
- Improved gamelist search, categorization.
- Vastly improved joystick browser, customizable
joystick buttons.
- Works with latest xmame/xmess version.
- Support launching game using alternative
emulator instead of xmess.
- Fast, responsive compared to gxmame.

Usage:

Download "catver.ini" (or "catver") from
http://catver.com to help kxmame categorize mame
roms. (Or from http://www.progettoemma.net/ if you
prefer the Italian version).
Use menu Settings->Directories to tell kxmame
where to look for ROMS, snapshots, preview videos,
xmame executables, catver.ini ....
Use menu Settings->"Configure kxmame" to specify
xmame options.

Changelog:
 
kxmame-2.0-svn20070531:

This is a snapshot from current kxmame
development. New from kxmame-2.0-beta includes
sdlmame support from Sven Gothel and xmame/xmess
0.106 bug fix from Brandon Corey. Plus many
smaller bug fixes.

kxmame-2.0-beta: 

The new features included in this release are

        - Support xmess using the same simple
kxmame-1.x interface. It's as                
simple as selecting your game console,
double-clicking your rom file to launch a game.
Individually zipped roms are                
supported.

        - Overhaul of kxmame navigation using
joystick. Without touching                
keyboard or mouse, you can use your joystick to
browse the game list, the filter list, launch a
game, switching between xmame/xmess executables,
launch alternative emulators. The joystick buttons
used for these tasks can be customized in the
menu. (The default button settings are for my PS2
pad, so it mightnot work with other joystick).

        - Crudely support alternative emulators
for xmess. See the file               
"alternative.dat" included in kxmame source for
details (kxmame                offers no controls
over the video, audio or input settings of
alternative emulators). Using this file, you can
even trick kxmame into running emulators for
systems that are not supported by xmess yet!

        - Many other smaller improvements: more
meaningful error messages, slightly more efficient
memory usage, better context menu, allow disabling
video preview in "configure kxmame".


Enjoys ! Don't forget to report bugs or suggetions
at sf.net website.