ZSPIN- looks very interesting?

[Metalzoic]

Watching their youtube channel makes me angry.

Instead of straightforward info focusing on how their frontend functions we have videos filled with useless crap. A robot speaking (badly), showing random stupidness and dating websites. Worthless.

[ryuuji]

Yeah... well I do not follow their youtube channel just the forums.

[knewlife]

Seems similar to Retro-FE... but more attention to themes, i like that. Can be really good in the future.

Even if it is a Open Source HS clone... i like it. We can add features to it if we want.

 

...Retro-FE has no updates since August 03 2015...

[ryuuji]

yeah retrofe will switch to LUA engine ...

[knewlife]

yeah retrofe will switch to LUA engine ...

read about it... Seems interesting as is a script language that will allow you to do things like the ones we see in hyperspin using action script. Just hoping the project don't die like others I check before.

Edit: I hope it don't sound offensive... I don't want this projects to die... I like them but those things happened before and is really sad that good ideas don't develop into something more mature.

[vaderag]

Sounds like zspin will do a bunch of stuff I'd like HS to do... Is HS really dead?!! I hope not... I've only just learned what I'm doing

[THK]

once & for all, HS is dead! until an update comes out, now plz, plz stop F'n asking, wondering, repeating, filosifying, extrapolating, deducting, concluding, anything

[knewlife]

once & for all, HS is dead! until an update comes out, now plz, plz stop F'n asking, wondering, repeating, filosifying, extrapolating, deducting, concluding, anything

My theory is that hyperspin isn't being developed because of.... Aliens.

[vaderag]

once & for all, HS is dead! until an update comes out, now plz, plz stop F'n asking, wondering, repeating, filosifying, extrapolating, deducting, concluding, anything

Okay, so if that's the case, where do we go?? Zspin and RetroFE sound like they're still in early Beta, GameEx just doesn't have the same feel, and there my knowledge stops... Surely there must be a viable alternative (or some way to revive HS??)

[gigapig]

Okay, so if that's the case, where do we go?? Zspin and RetroFE sound like they're still in early Beta, GameEx just doesn't have the same feel, and there my knowledge stops... Surely there must be a viable alternative (or some way to revive HS??)

once & for all, HS is dead! until an update comes out, now plz, plz stop F'n asking, wondering, repeating, filosifying, extrapolating, deducting, concluding, anything

Yippeee! So when is the update coming out??

Okay, so if that's the case, where do we go?? Zspin and RetroFE sound like they're still in early Beta, GameEx just doesn't have the same feel, and there my knowledge stops... Surely there must be a viable alternative (or some way to revive HS??)

Really!! Why not just set up Hyperspin and play some games? Why the constant need for another front end? Crazy.

Do you guys just sit and scroll through endless themes and wheel art?

I suppose most of you use Kodi in the same way, you don't watch movies just flick through pictures and bio's.

Please explain. If you constantly need a challenge in your life, learn a new skill, programming, artist, brain surgeon, help a local community, why waste your time on ANOTHER FE.

[vaderag]

Yippeee! So when is the update coming out??

Really!! Why not just set up Hyperspin and play some games? Why the constant need for another front end? Crazy.

Do you guys just sit and scroll through endless themes and wheel art?

I suppose most of you use Kodi in the same way, you don't watch movies just flick through pictures and bio's.

Please explain. If you constantly need a challenge in your life, learn a new skill, programming, artist, brain surgeon, help a local community, why waste your time on ANOTHER FE.

Okay, let me explain...

I haven't set up or built my machine yet. I'm some ways down the HS path, but have come across some constraints (such as multi layer wheels) which have meant that while the setup I'm getting to is good, it's not exactly what I want.

If HS was still being developed and there was at least hope that these things will come in future then sure, I'm happy.

But if it's 100% dead why build a machine on something that is never going anywhere? You want to future proof yourself if you're building from scratch.

If HS is really dead that's like saying, hey, build your next desktop on XP... Does the job, and you won't ever need to worry about updating again!

If you already have a setup, I'm with you, play some games get on with it, but if you're starting from scratch I see no reason to build on something that is no longer supported....

[gigapig]

Okay, let me explain...

I haven't set up or built my machine yet. I'm some ways down the HS path, but have come across some constraints (such as multi layer wheels) which have meant that while the setup I'm getting to is good, it's not exactly what I want.

If HS was still being developed and there was at least hope that these things will come in future then sure, I'm happy.

But if it's 100% dead why build a machine on something that is never going anywhere? You want to future proof yourself if you're building from scratch.

If HS is really dead that's like saying, hey, build your next desktop on XP... Does the job, and you won't ever need to worry about updating again!

If you already have a setup, I'm with you, play some games get on with it, but if you're starting from scratch I see no reason to build on something that is no longer supported....

Understood.

You would need to pick the one that best suits your needs even consider older FE's like Mala.

No one here can tell you if Hyperspin will be updated or not, some people are waiting for the return of Jesus, they pray every day, they keep busy, they have faith. Will the second coming happen, no one knows.

[vaderag]

Is there a back story? Do we even know why development stopped? Have we had official word either way?? I just need some closure !!

[gigapig]

Is there a back story? Do we even know why development stopped? Have we had official word either way?? I just need some closure !!

No, seriously no one knows the answer to those questions.

[iNTiGOD]

Maybe one day we will be able to run hyperspin in an emulator.

It will be like inception.

[THK]

At the end of the day, look at what every FE is, not what it's potentially gonna be. FE development tends to be a manner of years, most often in spurts with a long time of little to no apparent progress.

Try to figure out what style of FE you want. The flashy kind like HS with lots of customization which entails a lot more setting up to personal preference. Or a more straight forward FE like GameEX. To each it's own, you just got to figure out what suits you're purpose best and has the most features you would like to have included.

 

Picking one FE and changing isn't all lost time. You'll learn how things are done around emulators & FE's, so when you upgrade an FE or emulator or switch between, everything will get much more intuitive & less time consuming. That being said, once you know what you're doing, HS really isn't that hard to set up, most time will go into making every little thing to your own liking, not getting things running. If you want instant FE with no hassle, HS is just not for you, nor are plenty of other FEs.

 

 

HS is being developed by just the one guy. He only communicates with a few of the admins and has other stuff going on in his life. But we do get little updates from time to time.

But that's not all of it. RocketLauncher was originally developed for HS as HyperLaunch and split off so it now has become an all round game launcher for FE's. Other add-ons like HyperPause, HyperMarquee, Bezels, etc. have all been added options all while HS was presumed dead in the water by some.

 

 

 

The reason of my response is that random ppl just seem to pronounce HS dead or even some content creators (I've personally been pronounced dead by someone in a leap of absence because he didn't get his greedy hands on my work I do for free) 

[iNTiGOD]

Hyperspin does the job for me. It's not perfect but I wouldn't have anything else in my cab. Love it!!

[32assassin]

If HS is really dead that's like saying, hey, build your next desktop on XP... Does the job, and you won't ever need to worry about updating again!

If you already have a setup, I'm with you, play some games get on with it, but if you're starting from scratch I see no reason to build on something that is no longer supported....

 

UH?????   only reason you don't want to build your next pc on XP is because

 

software is constantly being developed and improved

hardware is constantly being developed and improved

 

 

even if a newer version of Hyperspin never comes out,  I doubt you will ever stop updating your Hyperspin set up, 

rocketaluncher is constantly being updated

new XMLs are constantly being created

new themes are constantly being created

new wheels are constantly being created

 

 

 

 

I know that I add something to my setup on a weekly basis.

 

 

look around their is nothing that even comes close to hyperspin,  unless you are into the text based FEs

 

this was my previous set up 

MAMEWAH

static images with a text list

 

NOT MY VIDEO

[ryuuji]

other FE to consider it is Attract-Mode...

[FrankyRizzo]

I tried zspin... I like the idea of sub wheels and native 1080p support.  I tried RetroFE and a few others.  Even with the lack of updates that HS has had I still find it the best and most customizable solution.  I have used custom themes where everything is resized to handle the handle the images being resized to 1920x1080 on a 65" 4k TV (obviously in 1080p resolution) and it looks great.  

 

So the native 1080p support is really just about ease of use and not needing to resize every image and save the originals in the event that another update comes out.

 

So the only real addition I would love is multi wheel support. I am currently using an addon that closes, relaunches HyperSpin and swaps XML files to do this. It works good and the only downside is the 7 second loading screen.  And you need to swap XML files around when editing Rocket Launcher. 

 

Use any FE you guys want.  But I dont see many benefits to using anything else.  Updates don't matter if they don't add something in high demand or fix something that is broke.  The HS 1.4 update was a long time coming.  It fixed a bug that made horizontal wheels a nightmare.  Because up and down still is what moved your wheel left and right.  And when you held up or down to scroll faster... the wheel would actually move in reverse LOL. It also gave the ability to have 7 items in a horizontal wheel.  So for people using this with KODI its a big win.  I am one of the few that doesnt really want a HS 2.0 because I worry... "Shit will my current theme still be supported or will I need to start over again?" 

 

Also for most who think HS is dead...  Almost everyone I know uses RocketLauncher with HS,  RL is really the brains of the arcade, that is what needs the constant updates.  Not the FE

[dark13]

Honestly... I think the only feature HS would need right now is true 16:9 support. The slow development brought people to create and share their own solutions and most of HS missing features have been covered by third party applications. Sub wheel, HyperSearch, etc. The problem, maybe, is that not everyone knows these applications exist.

I wanted my theme to show infos just like kodi do, I coded some actionscript widget to have info dinamically loaded into HS, and I'm NOT a coder.

Between all frontends HS is the one most oriented to customization, RetroFE and Zspin seems promising but development seems to be still in "beta" phase. Teendub is also making a kodi add-on that makes much more sense than RCB (RCB is a freaking mess). Moreover HS is considered cpu intensive but, believe me, it is NOT. Flash IS cpu intensive while moving stuff on screen and official HS themes have lots of stuff moving on screen. When keeping things simple HS is much more "light" than kodi, consider that my skin is usable even on a p4 3ghz 1gb ddr.

[ryuuji]

the only drawback is that HS is for Windows only ... and 1024x768 xD

[zillion23]

Launchbox is a FE that is very actively developed for right now with almost weekly updates as the developer works on it full time.

 

[dark13]

the only drawback is that HS is for Windows only ... and 1024x768 xD

Yeah, that's true, a linux version would be nice, someone (dont' remember who lol) is developing hyperspin for ARM cpu. Anyway windows is the best choice for emulation.

 

LAunchbox has become way too similar to gameex, dont' like too much that style. Hyper Launcher for kodi seems more interesting

[Metalzoic]

Launchbox and Gamex are so just so plain and dull looking.

About as cool and exciting as the ingredients on the back of a can.