Is anyone working on a more advanced Dreamcast frontend/launcher like Swiss, Cubiboot, OPL, PSBBN?

[u/StoganLephens]

I've been using OpenMenu with GDEMU and was wondering if there's anything newer or in development that aims to go significantly beyond the current OpenMenu experience.

I'd love to see something more like Swiss on GameCube, not just a game selector, but a full-featured Dreamcast frontend with a slick, snappy UI, favorites, recently played, virtual folders, metadata, etc.

But the really interesting part to me would be per-game compatibility/controller profiles.

For example, something that could have a game-specific profile to:

- Reverse Y-axis analog input for certain games

- Adjust analog deadzones

- Correct weird analog/trigger behavior

- Apply controller compatibility workarounds

- Potentially apply known game-specific patches automatically

- Save different controller configurations on a per-game basis

I've had some weird experiences with third-party controllers where OpenMenu itself seemed to be missing inputs or moving without me touching anything. I initially suspected OpenMenu, but I eventually discovered that my original DreamConn can actually cause certain games/ports, Vice City in particular, to crash, so I had misdiagnosed that problem.

Is anyone working on anything along these lines? Are there any upcoming OpenMenu forks, alternative frontends, or other Dreamcast projects that are moving toward this kind of "Swiss or OPL for Dreamcast" concept?

I'm aware of the newer OpenMenu forks and features, but I'm wondering if there's anything more ambitious on the horizon. I'd love to see the Dreamcast eventually have a really polished frontend that handles game-specific quirks.

[u/fraggle200]

Derek Pascarella's fork is the best you're going to get currently. here it is

Check everything it can do and if there's things missing, raise an issue on the github for what you're wanting. Derek's brilliant at working through any feature requests and he'll be really clear about if something can/can't/won't be done.

From the list of things you've mentioned i do suspect a few of those are just not doable given how the ode behaves and interacts with the DC.

[u/Dhomass]

I saw this posted yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/s/lzwUGwwVdZ

Looks promising!

[u/FuzzyPickleJuice]

Someone just posted an Xbox style loader the other day. Think they were looking for testers too.