Finally I succeeded in creating a small frontend for the Mac OS version of OpenMSX.
Finally I succeeded in creating a small frontend for the Mac OS version of OpenMSX. Since all the good names like "Slingshot" and "Catapult" were already taken, I decided to give it the simple name "Peashooter" :)
Here are some features of the frontend:
- Can manage Disk images, Tape images and ROMs (MSX1/MSX2/MSX2+ ROMs are divided in different subfolders).
- Can support the following file formats: ROM, MSX, MX1, MX2, DSK, XSA, DI1, DI2, CAS, WAV
- Can load preview images in PNG format
- Can parse filenames according to the naming conventions of GOODxxx renamer tools
- Universal binary (Works on both Intel-based and PPC-based Macs)
And these are the known limitations:
- A copy of the OpenMSX Emulator must be placed in the Application folder or in the Desktop folder of the user, and must be named "openMSX" (its default name, usually you have to do nothing but copying the emulator to the Applications folder)
- Since the frontend uses the default configuration of OpenMSX to load the files (C-Bios v0.21), you can't load disk and tape images unless you manually change the default configuration of OpenMSX. I hope to fix this limitation in the future, adding the ability of selecting which MSX machine you want to emulate.
- All the ROM files, Disk images and Tape images must be place in a folder called "OpenMSX User Data" in the document folder of the user. If you don't create this folder, the application will ask you if it can create that folders for you.
All the MSX1 ROMs must be placed in the subfolder "MSX1 ROMs"
All the MSX2 ROMs must be placed in the subfolder "MSX2 ROMs"
All the MSX2+ ROMs must be placed in the subfolder "MSX2+ ROMs"
All the Disk images must be placed in the subfolder "Disks"
All the Tape images must be place in the subfolder "Tapes"
- It's an alpha release... it works on both my desktop computers (one 17" iMac G5 and one 24" iMac Core 2 Duo) and on my MacBook, however since it's highly untested it might not work on your Mac.
You can download the frontend from this link:
