pfeMAME version 1.007 has been released today
pfeMAME is a front end for the Multiple Arcade Game Emulator (MAME) written in Python. It is cross platform (tested on Linux - Ubuntu and Windows). It also includes a graphical Tile View designed for MAME cabinets which allows control using joystick / gamepad. It supports favorite game flagging, MESS systems, and a Tiled view for arcade cabinets. It was written with a minimalist view in mind but also because there were some features I wanted that other front ends just didn't provide.
Please see the changelog for full change information and make sure you read the manual if you are a first time user.
This release includes quite a few bug fixes and a few new or improved features. I have also incorporated a very early support for launching Visual Pinball tables - this has nothing to do with MAME really as it requires that you have VPINMame and Visual Pinball located somewhere and already fully set up and working - its really just a hack at a very basic front end as I like playing pinball tables but I have the complexity of existing front ends.
There are two notable issues; Under Linux if you are building from source yourself, don't use the setup.sh file to copy the support files - do it manually for now. Also under Linux, the manual doesn't open on some installs - just open it manually.
You can download Windows 32bit / 64bit and Linux 64bit packaged distributions as well as the source code from
here. Please also look at the sourceforge web page for screenshots.
Comments are freely welcomed as per usual.
pfeMAME was written by Gareth Finch and started in 2014.
You are free to distribute pfeMAME and modify its source as you wish, however pfeMAME is not to be sold or repackaged for commercial sale.
[Posted by: Gfinch]
