The Ideal Epsxe Frontend??

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favian

Discussion Starter · Nov 2, 2005 (Edited)

i've searched day and night for the ultimate espsxe frontend..
all i found were all small frontends.. tiny applications with little information and offered very little outside of epsxe's own gui...

so i wanted to see i anyone was interested in developing a proper fullscreen full fledged frontend for epsxe.. i've drawn a composite (in mspaint lol) that shows what i think a great ps1 frontend would look like..

Among its features:

- Full Screen GUI Support
- User Defined Cover Art For Each Game
- User Defined Screenshots for Each Game
- User Defined Description for each game (synopsis, genre, developer, year released, country of origin)
- Configure Location of ISO (e.g. c:\isos\ghost in the shell\gits.bin)
- Navigate GUI with gamepad (DirectInput Support) (perfect for users of PS1 control adapters)
- Launch epsxe with parimeters you set in the configuration menu
- Built In ISO ripper ala PSXeven (http://batard.psxfanatics.com/)
- User Definable Interface (like a wallpaper)

The inspiration?

I (and many others) have a very large collection of original (NOT bootleg games) a lot them are rare or imports.. Some i dont want to be handled too much, like lunar, arc the lad, vandal hearts, rhapsody.. etc for fear of them getting scratched.

It would be much more convenient to rip all your games to ISO and run them from your computer connected to the tv (tv out) and then using the PS1 control to navigate the interface.. Sure beats sitting down and clickin around and playing on a monitor! Play the games the way they were meant to be played...

good idea or no? anyone up to the task?

my personal amateur concept art below:

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favian

Discussion Starter · #21 · Nov 3, 2005

thanks again. have fun!

gameman733

· #22 · Nov 3, 2005

man, you really get to work fast, if you need any help, let me know. (ive done some work in VB.net, probebly nothing that would help)

Hairybudda

· #23 · Nov 3, 2005

gameman733 said:
man, you really get to work fast, if you need any help, let me know. (ive done some work in VB.net, probebly nothing that would help)

Sounds good to me, we both seem to be on the same wavelength and have the same general goals for this project anyway. I'd appreciate the help, I'll let you know when I've cleaned the code up because its a mongolian clusterfvck right now.

I just wanna settle summore of this in stone too.

PM me and we can sort our stuff out?

favian

Discussion Starter · #24 · Nov 4, 2005

hmm HairyBudda was banned.. if you by any chance check this thread please email me at:

or PM me if that ever works

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favian

Discussion Starter · #25 · Nov 7, 2005

how's it coming along?

hushypushy

· #26 · Nov 8, 2005

how is he supposed to update you if he's banned? -_-

perhaps email him and continue this conquest on MSN messenger or something else? keep us updated.

favian

Discussion Starter · #27 · Nov 8, 2005

i did get in touch with him, the mod reduced his ban

ihatetheworld

· #28 · Nov 8, 2005

favian said:
i did get in touch with him, the mod reduced his ban

what was he banned for?

favian

Discussion Starter · #29 · Nov 8, 2005

i'm not sure to be honest. i think he was drunk when he did whatever it is he did

gameman733

· #30 · Nov 9, 2005

I'm not sure to be honest. i think he was drunk when he did whatever it is he did

Lol, i know he got into a spat with moomoomoo on the fourms (look for the thread), but i dont think that resulted in anything.

favian

Discussion Starter · #31 · Nov 9, 2005

i've seen worse things happen in other forums hehe

hushypushy

· #32 · Nov 9, 2005

that's true, but Ngemu isn't those other forums now, eh? did you talk that way to your mother when you were a child? "mommmm, jimmy's mom let's him smoke and watch rated R movies, why cant i??" and your mom is like "well, obviously i'm not jimmy's mom, not to mention you're only 10"

this an emulation/technology forum ffs. if the thread is what i thought it was, i still dont think hairybudda should've been banned, but hey moomoomoo is my superior eh, he doesnt have to ask my permission..

favian

Discussion Starter · #33 · Nov 9, 2005

hushypushy said:
that's true, but Ngemu isn't those other forums now, eh? did you talk that way to your mother when you were a child? "mommmm, jimmy's mom let's him smoke and watch rated R movies, why cant i??" and your mom is like "well, obviously i'm not jimmy's mom, not to mention you're only 10"

this an emulation/technology forum ffs. if the thread is what i thought it was, i still dont think hairybudda should've been banned, but hey moomoomoo is my superior eh, he doesnt have to ask my permission..

a lil longwinded but yes

favian

Discussion Starter · #34 · Nov 12, 2005

he should be unbanned by now.

hushypushy

· #35 · Nov 12, 2005

where did you hear he was even going to get unbanned?

favian

Discussion Starter · #36 · Nov 12, 2005

the mod that banned him, any more questions?

hushypushy

· #37 · Nov 12, 2005

yeah, i have two.

first of all, why are you musing offtopic in this thread, seen here:

he should be unbanned by now.

if you have a problem, take it up with the admin that you previously talked to via PM.

secondly, why are you giving sass to me? not wise to disrespect me (or any of the staff)

favian

Discussion Starter · #38 · Nov 13, 2005

hey Hairybudda, whats the status of the project?

hushypushy

· #39 · Nov 13, 2005

ok, in case you havent noticed, he's still banned and he cant reply to this thread. furthermore, a PM is useless because he's banned. you can try the "send email to this user" in his profile. if you have his email address or MSN/AIM/ICQ/etc then talk to him there, rather than just making worthless spam.

Samor

· #40 · Nov 13, 2005

hushypushy said:
this an emulation/technology forum ffs. if the thread is what i thought it was, i still dont think hairybudda should've been banned, but hey moomoomoo is my superior eh, he doesnt have to ask my permission..

eh? =P
hmm... you mean he's admin and you're mod?
Anyway, did you people talk about that particular ban?

I don't know how the forum management is nowadays, though

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