•  Overview
•  Installation
•  Parameters
•  Usage
•  Search
•  Game Renaming
•  Use Music Files

LusSpace FE Overview

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...

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.

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

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 :



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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 :

For Arcade Games

For GoodTools Games

For TOSEC Games

For CD Games

How ?