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Utilities

2008-03-17T14:25:11Z

Emb: /* Screen Savers */

==Input Mapping Software==
* '''[http://www.autohotkey.com AutoHotkey]'''
: Automate your applications. Maybe used for these games, that have trouble to get working in a cabinet (most wrappers seen to made in this utility)

* '''[http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ AutoIt]'''
: Powerful scripting application that can be used to write wrappers. Can compile custom scripts to executables.

* '''[http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20English%20Version.htm Joy2Key]'''
: Program to simulate keypresses from joystick inputs (useful for some emulators)

* '''[http://xpadder.com/ XPAdder]'''
: Great software for keyboard and mouse emulation. ''(By Jonathan)''

== List Generators ==

* '''[http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/LCDGen.html Mame LCDGen]'''
:LCD text file generator for creating *.lcd files to send to a LCD attached to your PC's com port, typically used in a Mamecab in conjunction with [[Mamewah]] or other frontend. ''(By Silver)''

* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/LISTGEN.ZIP ListGen]'''
: This utility uses a free SQL engine (SQLite) to create an internal table from MAME's -listxml output that can be used to generate MAMEWah game lists. It also can be used to generate batch files for Cakemeister's MAME Movie Maker. ListGen is a fast, open source way to filter game lists. ''(By Cakemeister)''

* '''[http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/ ROMLister]'''
: A windows GUI based application that also uses MAME's xml output file to allow you to create custom filtered lists of games based on your input criteria. (# of buttons, joystick type, monitor orientation, etc) The program can create numerous output files, including XML, CSV, and batch files for quickly copying all of the target ROMs to your machine. Open source and freeware. ''(By NOP)''

* '''[http://multimame.wikidot.com/start MultiMame]'''
: MultiMAME is a command line application which makes multiple emulators and/or subset of games look like a single emulator. ''(By Lilwolf)''

* '''[http://spiderstyle.arachno-media.com/ RomDir2XML]'''
: Utility for generating MaLa game lists for emulators other than MAME. ''(By Spiderstyle)''

== Video Tools ==

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/multires.shtm MultiRes]'''
: Program to change the screen resolution (inc. from a commandline)

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm PowerStrip]'''
: Program for setting custom resolutions. See [[Custom display modes (Windows) - Powerstrip]]

* '''[http://mamewah.mameworld.net/downloads.htm MAME Resolution Tool]'''
: Tool for generating cfg files with resolutions to match closest authentic resolution for games. ''(By MinWah)''

* '''[http://www.ultimarc.com/avres.zip AvRes]'''
: Another tool for generating cfg files with resolutions to match closest authentic resolution for games. ''(By Gavin Benson)''

* '''[http://community.arcadeinfo.de/showthread.php?t=8170 Soft-15k]'''
: A simple tool programming videocard drivers to support 15 Khz AND arcade resolutions. Supports ATI Catalyst, NVidia ForceWare, Matrox PowerDesk and various 3Dfx Voodoo3/4/5 drivers. See [[Soft-15khz]]. ''(By SailorSat)''

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/irotate.shtm iRotate]'''
: iRotate uses the hardware rotation capabilities of the video card to rotate the screen.

* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/MNG2AVI.ZIP mng2avi]'''
: The mng2avi is a utility which converts MNG video files into AVI video files. It does this by first breaking down the MNG file into a series of pngs, then running a VirtualDub script to create the AVI file. Optionally, mng2avi can be used to create demo loop movies directly from MAME's MNG output. ''(By Cakemeister)''

* '''[http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/MNG2AVI.html mng2avi]'''
: Another mng2avi program. ''(By Silver)''

== Audio Tools ==

* '''[http://hofle.com/mame/CabVol.zip CabVol]'''
: Control volume with your spinner/trackball/joysticks/buttons. ''(By Ahofle)''

* '''[http://glorysoft.omsk.ru/volumetray.html VolumeTray]'''
: This little utility lets me map a single button/control on my control panel for Volume up and down that works regardless of emulator.

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx Command Line Volume]'''
: Run this utility before and after you run an emulator and it will restore the volume last set for it. ''(By HeadKaze)''

==Control Panel Software==

===Johnny 5===
: Johnny5 is a label layout program, controls viewer, and artwork generator. You take your own background image and add where you want your labels to go, such as Up, Fire, etc. Johnny then takes information from [[controls.dat]] to populate the labels and creates a psudeo-interactive display from it. Optionally, Johnny can just save the display to a file via command-line. J5 can also display instruction cards, control panel images and supports the [http://home.comcast.net/~plotor/command.html command.dat]. Johnny also includes a GUI. ''(By Howard Casto)''

''You can find full information about Johnny 5 controls viewer on at http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/johnny''

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com/ Johnny 5 home page]'''

===CPMaker===
: CPMaker is a label layout program, control panel layout program, controls viewer, and artwork generator. The CPMaker GUI, which was released in February 2006, allows the user to easily create his or her own control panel out of artwork pieces. ''(By Cakemeister)''
* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com CPMaker home page]'''

===CPViewer===
: CPViewer is a label layout program and controls viewer.

:jcrouse says this about what CPViewer is:

:''"CPViewer is an add-on for Mame. More specifically for the front-end you use to launch your Mame games.''

:''It uses a file called controls.ini (part of [[controls.dat]]) to lookup the controls for a particular game. 'It then displays them on the screen so you know what buttons and movements perform what actions in the game that is currently highlighted in your front-end.''

:''Did you ever sit do to play a little and decide to try a new game? Then ask yourself, "What buttons do what?"''

:''Well if the game has been documented in the controls.ini file, this won't happen again. Simply press a hotkey (one of your control panel buttons) and a graphic of your control panel will be displayed with all of the character movements or button assignments displayed so you know what buttons perform what actions. It's that simple."'' ''(By John Crouse)''

* '''[http://www.cpviewer.emuchrist.org CPViewer home page]'''

===CPWizard===
: CPWizard is a control panel editor, control panel ([[controls.dat]]), game info (listinfo.xml/Catver.ini/nplayers.ini/HallOfFame.xml), game history (history.dat), mame info (mameinfo.dat), special moves (command.dat) and hiscore (story.dat) viewer.

:CPWizard is a CP editor and viewer with a graphics library designed to build a custom CP. It runs resident in the icon tray and can be invoked by pressing pause in Mame without the need for command line options. It can export CP as images or bezel artwork that can be toggled on or off inside Mame. It also supports emulators other than Mame. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://members.iinet.net.au/~freeaxs/cpwizard/ CPWizard Home Page]'''

== LED Software ==
* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64375.0 LEDWiz SDK]'''
: LEDWiz SDK. ''(By RandyT / MikeQ / HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.ultimarc.com/pacdrive.html PACDrive SDK]'''
: PACDrive SDK. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=69607.0 LuminAudio Engine™]'''
: LuminAudio Engine™ is a "light organ" application for the LED-Wiz and LED-Wiz+GP Lighting and output controllers. ''(By RandyT)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4636 LuminAudio Engine™ FE Integration Scripts]'''
: Scripts to help integrate the LuminAudio Engine™ software for use in Front Ends. ''(By AlexDog69)''

== Front-End / Jukebox Plugins ==

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64275.0 Mala LEDWiz Plugin]'''
: MaLa LEDWiz plugin ''(By Loadman & Edge)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64387.0 Emu-Wave Plugin]'''
: MaLa plugin that plays wav files ''(By Loadman)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59334.0 UltraStik Mapper Plugin]'''
: Mala plugin for UltraStik 360 ''(By FatFingers)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64387.0 LEDBlinky w/ Animation Editor]'''
: Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor (LWAX format). Supports LEDWiz and PACDrive. ''(By Arzoo)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4564 PluginLCD]'''
: GameEx plugin that supports LEDWiz, PACDrive, BetaBrite, BPP-440, CrystalFontz, PJRC, ProLite hardware devices. It also supports Speech and Sample event driven effects. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4405 UltraStik Plugin]'''
: GameEx plugin for UltraStik 360 ''(By Oqqalz)''

* '''[http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/plugins.html MaLa Plugins]'''
: Other MaLa Plugins

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=2704 GameEx Plugins]'''
: Other GameEx Plugins

* '''[http://www.jukeplugsys.com/?page_id=10 JukePlugSys]'''
: Jukebox Plugin System. See [[Jukebox Plug-Ins]] ''(By Unclet / Space Fractal / HeadKaze / Loadman)''

== Screen Savers ==

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com EmuSaver]'''
: Emulator Screensaver ''(By Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://tomspeirs.com/mamescreensaver Mame Screensaver]'''
: Mame Screensaver ''(By Tom Speirs)''

* '''[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mamelauncher Random Mame Launcher]'''
: Randomly loads a new random MAME ROM for a specific amount of time (which you specify). Useful for arcade cabinets in which you want to randomize your game selection (e.g. have your games run a new random game for each different day). ''(By emb)''

== Emulator Wrappers ==
* '''[[Wrappers]]'''
: Wrappers are small utilities used to "wrap" an emulator to automate it's launching and exiting.

== Misc Tools ==
* '''[http://www.daemon-tools.cc/ Daemon Tools]'''
: Program to create virtual drives (useful for mounting CD images)

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=71845.0 Mame Compiler 64]'''
: FE to help compiling Mame and applying diff patches. Supports Mame 32/64 and MameUI 32/64. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0 Hiscore Diff's]'''
: Hiscore diff's for all MAME versions without hiscore support (107u2 - current). ''(By MKChamp)''

* '''[http://www.singleclick.com/~jelwell/arcade/XYNTService.zip XYNTService]'''
: This utility lets you start and stop any program as if it were a Windows System Service. This is especially useful for starting programs in the background even if you have Windows set up to boot directly into your Frontend. ''(By Xiangyang Liu)''

* '''[http://www.pirmasoft.com/runassvc.php RunAsSvc]'''
: Another program for running apps as a service. ''(By Dieter Schmeer)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/download/instantsheller.zip Instant Sheller]'''
: Hide Windows boot up screen, cursors, desktop and boot straight into a Front End. See [[Hiding Windows]] ''(By Tom Speirs)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62982.0 Mame Interop SDK]'''
: The MameInterop SDK is a collection of source code projects to help with writing applications that communicate with Mame using it's built in output system developed by the MAME Team. ''(By MAME Team / HeadKaze / Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com/ Mame Hooker]'''
: Program to control hardware through the COM/Parallel ports including LEDWiz, PACDrive, IO Warrior and Keyboard LED's using a scripting engine. It can communicate with Mame and other software as well as display artwork on a secondary monitor. ''(By Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx WMPFull]'''
: Play video files using Windows Media Player in fullscreen. Will exit when ESC is pressed or the video has finished playing. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx Web Cam Snap]'''
: Attach a webcam to your cab and take snaps or video's of visitors. Play them back later in your Front End. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm Oscar's File Renamer]'''
: Program to rename files using text editor type functions like Quick find, Replace, multiple Undo/Redo, Macros and of course normal editing. ''(By Oscar)''

* '''[http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ Scanner]'''
: A hard disk usage visualization tool. An extended pie chart displays all major files and folders. ''(By Steffen Gerlach)''

==See also==
*[[Technical design software]]
*[[Graphics software]]

[[Category:Software]]

RandomMameLauncher

2008-03-17T14:20:34Z

Emb: Random Mame Launcher

Randomly loads a new random MAME ROM for a specific amount of time (which you specify). Useful for arcade cabinets in which you want to randomize your game selection (e.g. have your games run a new random game for each different day).

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mamelauncher

Utilities

2008-03-17T13:10:47Z

Emb: /* Screen Savers */

==Input Mapping Software==
* '''[http://www.autohotkey.com AutoHotkey]'''
: Automate your applications. Maybe used for these games, that have trouble to get working in a cabinet (most wrappers seen to made in this utility)

* '''[http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ AutoIt]'''
: Powerful scripting application that can be used to write wrappers. Can compile custom scripts to executables.

* '''[http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20English%20Version.htm Joy2Key]'''
: Program to simulate keypresses from joystick inputs (useful for some emulators)

* '''[http://xpadder.com/ XPAdder]'''
: Great software for keyboard and mouse emulation. ''(By Jonathan)''

== List Generators ==

* '''[http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/LCDGen.html Mame LCDGen]'''
:LCD text file generator for creating *.lcd files to send to a LCD attached to your PC's com port, typically used in a Mamecab in conjunction with [[Mamewah]] or other frontend. ''(By Silver)''

* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/LISTGEN.ZIP ListGen]'''
: This utility uses a free SQL engine (SQLite) to create an internal table from MAME's -listxml output that can be used to generate MAMEWah game lists. It also can be used to generate batch files for Cakemeister's MAME Movie Maker. ListGen is a fast, open source way to filter game lists. ''(By Cakemeister)''

* '''[http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/ ROMLister]'''
: A windows GUI based application that also uses MAME's xml output file to allow you to create custom filtered lists of games based on your input criteria. (# of buttons, joystick type, monitor orientation, etc) The program can create numerous output files, including XML, CSV, and batch files for quickly copying all of the target ROMs to your machine. Open source and freeware. ''(By NOP)''

* '''[http://multimame.wikidot.com/start MultiMame]'''
: MultiMAME is a command line application which makes multiple emulators and/or subset of games look like a single emulator. ''(By Lilwolf)''

* '''[http://spiderstyle.arachno-media.com/ RomDir2XML]'''
: Utility for generating MaLa game lists for emulators other than MAME. ''(By Spiderstyle)''

== Video Tools ==

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/multires.shtm MultiRes]'''
: Program to change the screen resolution (inc. from a commandline)

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm PowerStrip]'''
: Program for setting custom resolutions. See [[Custom display modes (Windows) - Powerstrip]]

* '''[http://mamewah.mameworld.net/downloads.htm MAME Resolution Tool]'''
: Tool for generating cfg files with resolutions to match closest authentic resolution for games. ''(By MinWah)''

* '''[http://www.ultimarc.com/avres.zip AvRes]'''
: Another tool for generating cfg files with resolutions to match closest authentic resolution for games. ''(By Gavin Benson)''

* '''[http://community.arcadeinfo.de/showthread.php?t=8170 Soft-15k]'''
: A simple tool programming videocard drivers to support 15 Khz AND arcade resolutions. Supports ATI Catalyst, NVidia ForceWare, Matrox PowerDesk and various 3Dfx Voodoo3/4/5 drivers. See [[Soft-15khz]]. ''(By SailorSat)''

* '''[http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/irotate.shtm iRotate]'''
: iRotate uses the hardware rotation capabilities of the video card to rotate the screen.

* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/MNG2AVI.ZIP mng2avi]'''
: The mng2avi is a utility which converts MNG video files into AVI video files. It does this by first breaking down the MNG file into a series of pngs, then running a VirtualDub script to create the AVI file. Optionally, mng2avi can be used to create demo loop movies directly from MAME's MNG output. ''(By Cakemeister)''

* '''[http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/MNG2AVI.html mng2avi]'''
: Another mng2avi program. ''(By Silver)''

== Audio Tools ==

* '''[http://hofle.com/mame/CabVol.zip CabVol]'''
: Control volume with your spinner/trackball/joysticks/buttons. ''(By Ahofle)''

* '''[http://glorysoft.omsk.ru/volumetray.html VolumeTray]'''
: This little utility lets me map a single button/control on my control panel for Volume up and down that works regardless of emulator.

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx Command Line Volume]'''
: Run this utility before and after you run an emulator and it will restore the volume last set for it. ''(By HeadKaze)''

==Control Panel Software==

===Johnny 5===
: Johnny5 is a label layout program, controls viewer, and artwork generator. You take your own background image and add where you want your labels to go, such as Up, Fire, etc. Johnny then takes information from [[controls.dat]] to populate the labels and creates a psudeo-interactive display from it. Optionally, Johnny can just save the display to a file via command-line. J5 can also display instruction cards, control panel images and supports the [http://home.comcast.net/~plotor/command.html command.dat]. Johnny also includes a GUI. ''(By Howard Casto)''

''You can find full information about Johnny 5 controls viewer on at http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/johnny''

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com/ Johnny 5 home page]'''

===CPMaker===
: CPMaker is a label layout program, control panel layout program, controls viewer, and artwork generator. The CPMaker GUI, which was released in February 2006, allows the user to easily create his or her own control panel out of artwork pieces. ''(By Cakemeister)''
* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com CPMaker home page]'''

===CPViewer===
: CPViewer is a label layout program and controls viewer.

:jcrouse says this about what CPViewer is:

:''"CPViewer is an add-on for Mame. More specifically for the front-end you use to launch your Mame games.''

:''It uses a file called controls.ini (part of [[controls.dat]]) to lookup the controls for a particular game. 'It then displays them on the screen so you know what buttons and movements perform what actions in the game that is currently highlighted in your front-end.''

:''Did you ever sit do to play a little and decide to try a new game? Then ask yourself, "What buttons do what?"''

:''Well if the game has been documented in the controls.ini file, this won't happen again. Simply press a hotkey (one of your control panel buttons) and a graphic of your control panel will be displayed with all of the character movements or button assignments displayed so you know what buttons perform what actions. It's that simple."'' ''(By John Crouse)''

* '''[http://www.cpviewer.emuchrist.org CPViewer home page]'''

===CPWizard===
: CPWizard is a control panel editor, control panel ([[controls.dat]]), game info (listinfo.xml/Catver.ini/nplayers.ini/HallOfFame.xml), game history (history.dat), mame info (mameinfo.dat), special moves (command.dat) and hiscore (story.dat) viewer.

:CPWizard is a CP editor and viewer with a graphics library designed to build a custom CP. It runs resident in the icon tray and can be invoked by pressing pause in Mame without the need for command line options. It can export CP as images or bezel artwork that can be toggled on or off inside Mame. It also supports emulators other than Mame. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://members.iinet.net.au/~freeaxs/cpwizard/ CPWizard Home Page]'''

== LED Software ==
* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64375.0 LEDWiz SDK]'''
: LEDWiz SDK. ''(By RandyT / MikeQ / HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.ultimarc.com/pacdrive.html PACDrive SDK]'''
: PACDrive SDK. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=69607.0 LuminAudio Engine™]'''
: LuminAudio Engine™ is a "light organ" application for the LED-Wiz and LED-Wiz+GP Lighting and output controllers. ''(By RandyT)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4636 LuminAudio Engine™ FE Integration Scripts]'''
: Scripts to help integrate the LuminAudio Engine™ software for use in Front Ends. ''(By AlexDog69)''

== Front-End / Jukebox Plugins ==

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64275.0 Mala LEDWiz Plugin]'''
: MaLa LEDWiz plugin ''(By Loadman & Edge)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64387.0 Emu-Wave Plugin]'''
: MaLa plugin that plays wav files ''(By Loadman)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59334.0 UltraStik Mapper Plugin]'''
: Mala plugin for UltraStik 360 ''(By FatFingers)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64387.0 LEDBlinky w/ Animation Editor]'''
: Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor (LWAX format). Supports LEDWiz and PACDrive. ''(By Arzoo)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4564 PluginLCD]'''
: GameEx plugin that supports LEDWiz, PACDrive, BetaBrite, BPP-440, CrystalFontz, PJRC, ProLite hardware devices. It also supports Speech and Sample event driven effects. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4405 UltraStik Plugin]'''
: GameEx plugin for UltraStik 360 ''(By Oqqalz)''

* '''[http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/plugins.html MaLa Plugins]'''
: Other MaLa Plugins

* '''[http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=2704 GameEx Plugins]'''
: Other GameEx Plugins

* '''[http://www.jukeplugsys.com/?page_id=10 JukePlugSys]'''
: Jukebox Plugin System. See [[Jukebox Plug-Ins]] ''(By Unclet / Space Fractal / HeadKaze / Loadman)''

== Screen Savers ==

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com EmuSaver]'''
: Emulator Screensaver ''(By Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://tomspeirs.com/mamescreensaver Mame Screensaver]'''
: Mame Screensaver ''(By Tom Speirs)''

* '''[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mamelauncher Random Mame Launcher]'''
: Periodically launches/reloads a new random MAME ROM for a specified time. ''(By emb)''

== Emulator Wrappers ==
* '''[[Wrappers]]'''
: Wrappers are small utilities used to "wrap" an emulator to automate it's launching and exiting.

== Misc Tools ==
* '''[http://www.daemon-tools.cc/ Daemon Tools]'''
: Program to create virtual drives (useful for mounting CD images)

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=71845.0 Mame Compiler 64]'''
: FE to help compiling Mame and applying diff patches. Supports Mame 32/64 and MameUI 32/64. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0 Hiscore Diff's]'''
: Hiscore diff's for all MAME versions without hiscore support (107u2 - current). ''(By MKChamp)''

* '''[http://www.singleclick.com/~jelwell/arcade/XYNTService.zip XYNTService]'''
: This utility lets you start and stop any program as if it were a Windows System Service. This is especially useful for starting programs in the background even if you have Windows set up to boot directly into your Frontend. ''(By Xiangyang Liu)''

* '''[http://www.pirmasoft.com/runassvc.php RunAsSvc]'''
: Another program for running apps as a service. ''(By Dieter Schmeer)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/download/instantsheller.zip Instant Sheller]'''
: Hide Windows boot up screen, cursors, desktop and boot straight into a Front End. See [[Hiding Windows]] ''(By Tom Speirs)''

* '''[http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62982.0 Mame Interop SDK]'''
: The MameInterop SDK is a collection of source code projects to help with writing applications that communicate with Mame using it's built in output system developed by the MAME Team. ''(By MAME Team / HeadKaze / Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com/ Mame Hooker]'''
: Program to control hardware through the COM/Parallel ports including LEDWiz, PACDrive, IO Warrior and Keyboard LED's using a scripting engine. It can communicate with Mame and other software as well as display artwork on a secondary monitor. ''(By Howard Casto)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx WMPFull]'''
: Play video files using Windows Media Player in fullscreen. Will exit when ESC is pressed or the video has finished playing. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.gameex.net/Download/WrappersPluginsandUtilities/tabid/85/Default.aspx Web Cam Snap]'''
: Attach a webcam to your cab and take snaps or video's of visitors. Play them back later in your Front End. ''(By HeadKaze)''

* '''[http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm Oscar's File Renamer]'''
: Program to rename files using text editor type functions like Quick find, Replace, multiple Undo/Redo, Macros and of course normal editing. ''(By Oscar)''

* '''[http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ Scanner]'''
: A hard disk usage visualization tool. An extended pie chart displays all major files and folders. ''(By Steffen Gerlach)''

==See also==
*[[Technical design software]]
*[[Graphics software]]

[[Category:Software]]