If you need more help see the Troubleshooting section below and the official Maximus Arcade Documentation and Help.
If you have any lines pointing to a folder that does not have any valid files that Maximus is looking for you will get the Invalid Media Locations error! For this reason only add one line at a time and test it before adding more.
Never add add anything to the optional lines (Image/Movie/Marquee) until you have the emulator working with a few ROMs!.
Only enable and set up one emulator at a time or you will have problems! Start with MAME which is enabled by default (under the Display Order Tab).
Maximus is the only frontend that you have to pay for, but its features make it well worth considering. Although best suited for use in arcade cabinets, it can be configured for use in a kiosk or simply running on a computer with a keyboard, trackball, or game pad. Maximus Arcade is a commercial Frontend software that allows for seamless interaction with multiple arcade and console emulators while keeping the Windows environment hidden.
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