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Overview Installation Parameters Usage Search Game Renaming Use Music Files

Overview
LusSpace FE Overview LusSpace FE is an universal frontend which supports lots of goodies for the games like screenshots, boxarts/covers, musics and all files for Mame like cabinets, panels, flyers...And it scans yours roms to play directly with emulators, add the support for all emulators to play 7zip roms (only for roms of goodtools). LusSpace FE supports : display year, name, kind, country of games display original titles for japanese, chinese, korean games more than 70 systems like Atari ST, Sharp X68000, CPS-2, MAME, GameBoy, NES, Megadrive, Wonderswan........ more than 100 emulators, complete list here more than 40 000 screenshots from SpacEmul launch games with the emulator you choose launch 7zip games with all emulators [only for roms of goodtools] games search for one system or for all systems with lots of function : search by kind, year, country. skins support save yours favourites games for each systems save size of the design like width and height for the program, for the pictures...[ F2 button ] change design of the program with F10, F11, F12 buttons scan your games with F8 button, you can scan 3 folders in same time launch GoodTool Frontend with F7 button save missing games with Ctrl+F3 launch Dats Manager with F5 button music files in all format : NES, PC Engine, N64, arcade.... 5 music players : Deli Player, Foorbar 2000, KBMP, M1, Winamp MNG Movies / MP3 for arcade games made by CrashTest. update of Dats from the website listing of all / having / missing games all Mame goodies zipped or unzipped: cabinets, flyers, panels, marquees, icons Mame ini & dats: history.dat, players.ini gba dat from gba no-intro dat and you can search the games on the web, search faq, find a place to buy games... Back to Top
Installation
Install Procedures of LusSpace FE Download the latest LusSpace FE version and the file dats.zip Extract LusSpace FE zip and dats zip in one folder, you must keep the existing folder of these zip files. Download Screenshots , Boxart, Musics Packs and extract them with path names in same folder of LusSpace.exe. You can also download icons, flyers, screens, panels, marquees. Back to Top
Parameters
LusSpace FE Parameters Emulator's Path : you must go to Emulators page checked the emulator you want to use click on folder picture to enter full path name for emulator then click on save options each time. Scan for Games : you must go to Scan page [F3] you can select / unselect "Scan SubDirectories" you must click on folder picture to enter full name path you can add 1, 2 or 3 folder for each systems then click on "Start Scanning" to save folders and launch the scan. Mame goodies : you must click on Options then Mame Dirs then for each goodies you must click on folder picture to enter full path name where you put goodies then you have just to click on Save it's the folders you put zipped or unzipped goodies for zipped goodies you must rename them like Mame, example : snap.zip, titles.zip... LusSpace FE supports only unzipped icons for the speed... Music Options : go to Goodies then Musics checked the music player you want to use click on folder picture to enter full name path and click on "Save Options" each time you can add Music File(s) if you want Back to Top
Usage
LusSpace FE Usage Play games : before play games, you must do a scan (game mut be in green) then to play games you just have to double-click on list games or you can launch games with right click on list games then "Play" Update Screenshots : go to "File" then "Download Pictures", then choose "For This Game" or "All Games" you can donwload pictures with right click on pictures too !!! Update Dats : go to "File" then "Update Database" then click on "Only this Dat" or "All Dats" a new page appears, the Dat Downloader : you can exclude dats with the cross picture to start the download click on the green arrow List all / missing / having games : click on "File" then "List" then click on the options you want :) you can also list games with the small icons in bottom of the program click on red icon to list missing games click on green icon to list having games click on 2 colors icons to list all games Save program size : click on "Options" then "Save Form Size" or F2 that save the size of program, the size of list games, the size of picture, save if the games are stretched or not.... Arcade mode view : click on "Options" then "Arcade Mode View" then click on "Icons Mode" to use Mamu's icons for arcade games or click on "Flags Mode" to use countries flags for arcade games Change LusSpace FE design : click on "Options" then "All Pictures Mode" or F12 to have this design : click on "Options" then "Only Screenshots" or F11 that hide the bottom with games' informations, goodies, scan...: click on "Options" then "Mask Systems Bar" or F10 to have this design : you can also use F10 and F11 in same time to just have screenshots like this : Back to Top
Search
LusSpace FE Search Functions To search you must go to "Search" page , you can use F5 too ! you can search in the name of the game by enter word(s) in 'In Game" if you search all Platform games, you have just to choose Platform in "In Genre" if you search all Japanese games, you have just to choose Japan in "In Country" if you search 1992 for year, type 1992 in "In Year" you can search in one dat or all dats with "Options" then click on 'Start Searching' YOU CAN HOLD SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL OPTIONS with a right click on list games, you can directly search a game in one or all dats : Back to Top
Games Renaming
For Arcade Games LusSpace scan Arcade games by the name of the romsets, so you don't have to do anything. It's exactly the same romsets as MAME, but LusSpace support only zipped games ! For GoodTools Games LusSpace scan the games by the name for the goodtools ! It supports .zip, .7zip, and all extensions of games like .n64, .gb, .gba, .gen, .smd, .gg, .sms..... So you just have to rename yours zipped or unzipped games like the goodtools. If you use 7zip, you can 7zipped yours games in 1 7zip or like the goodmerge. For TOSEC Games LusSpace scan the games by the CRC so you don't have to do anything :) But you must use .zip for yours games ! For CD Games LusSpace scan CD games by the name ! for original games you just have to put in your cd drive. So you must rename yours isos like in the dats. It supports all extensions like .iso, .bin, .mdf, .cdi.... Example : for Crash Bandicoot 2 on Playstation, you must rename your iso like : Crash Bandicoot 2.iso or Crash Bandicoot 2.bin...... Back to Top
How use music files ?
How ? First, you must download a music player, I suggest you Foobar 2000 because it supports lots of differents musics with plugins and supports .rar and .zip. Then you choose with LusSpace the music player you have downloaded. Then if you see a file or files in list like 4279.zip, you just have to doucle-click on it. WinAmp don't launch music files stored in a .zip or in a .rar !!! If there aren't any musics for the games, you can add it by clicking on 'Add Music File(s) for this Game'. Back to Top