« Wah!Cade »

Overview

Wah!Cade. A GNU/Linux friendly clone of Minwah's excellent MameWAH.
It's is a front end for games and emulators (e.g. the M.A.M.E. arcade game emulator), and has been designed with arcade cabinet controls & projects in mind.
The source code is released under the GNU GPL license.

Features

• It's MameWAH for GNU/Linux!
• It uses MameWah's config files and layouts.
• It has a keyboard controlled GUI - Perfect for those arcade controls.
• It runs x.mame games and other emulators too.
• A History Viewer.
• A Control Panel Viewer.
• A Layout Editor.
• A Setup Editor.

What's new in 0.99pre7 "Dizzy"

• Fix for the UnboundLocalError bug. See the changelog for more info.

What's new in 0.99pre6 "Flumped"

• Faster scrolling on game list.
• Option for scroll arrows on lists.
• Added "--no-gstreamer" option. This will disable all music & video playback.
• New emulator templates (mednafen & Vectrex) from Zombie & Battlecat.
• The usual bug fixes. Huge thanks to everyone who helped out reporting, suggesting and fixing these.

Requirements

• python >= 2.4
• pygtk2 >= 2.8
• elementtree (included in python 2.5)
• chardet python module (text encoding detection)
• python imaging library (optional; required for image rotation in layouts)
• gstreamer (optional; required for video & music playback)
• pygame (optional; required for joystick support)

Contact

Bugs can be raised on the launchpad site here. Suggest new features here and post comments, etc. on the forum. Alternatively. mail them to: wahcade at anti-particle dot com.