You will still need to set up each individual emulator for your gamepad’s button layout and such, but if you already have emulators set up on your Windows machine, you should already be set in that department.

While Maximus Arcade won’t configure all your emulator’s settings for you, it is pre-configured with line commands to automatically launch your chosen game in its respective emulator. Maximus is a combination of a slick and simplistic interface that is also highly configurable. On the surface Maximus Arcade seems to be a very simple piece of software, but if you have ever dealt with any other front-ends, you can appreciate the hard work the developers have put into it. While I played around with some other pieces of software (known as front-ends), I settled on Maximus Arcade as perfect solution for my needs. Having it look slick while doing all this would also be a bonus. It is easy enough to find and install arcade and console emulators for Windows, but the real challenge is finding a way to start up the emulators and navigate the different systems and game with only a remote and/or a wireless gamepad. Just recently, I found the time to complete the digital entertainment package by adding full emulation support to this wonderful machine. Since then, my wife and I have been enjoying having out media library available at out fingertips instead of having to deal with discs and such. A number of months ago, I bought a salvaged Dell desktop PC from my place of employment for $150, added a huge hard drive and a cheap graphics card to it and turned it into a Windows Media Center PC for my living room. I’ve also had this same goal for my other digital entertainment such as my music, movies, and TV shows. After reading that first sentence, you might think I’m lazy, but it really comes down to convenience and simplicity. One of my personal holy grails of my gaming life is to have a single machine that I can play a variety of games from different eras without having to get out of my chair. Maximus Arcade: Multi-Platform Emulator Front-End for Windows Media Center

Windows 7 emulator front end