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GameEx Changelog

What's new in GameEx 18.57

Feb 14, 2024
  • I brought the TV functionality in GameEx up to this decade, removed the legacy stuff and it can now act as an IPTV client, supporting M3U plus, XMLTV, Xsream and VOD. It's very simple to configure and supports up to 20 playlists.
  • With this I also improved the http video streaming.
  • In addition I resolved several minor bugs and resolved a few exceptions that were being swallowed.

New in GameEx 18.50 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • The .net 6 and .net 4 (XP and 32 bit) installers have been combined into a single installer. There is now just one download. This makes it easier and quicker for me to do releases and avoids confusion. To force the .net 4 install on 64 bit Windows 7 or newer set the compatibility to Windows XP or Vista.
  • Updated all VC runtimes to latest versions so they don’t require windows updates or create surplus temporary files.
  • Updated .net 6 runtime to latest.

New in GameEx 18.38 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • Filtering Steam games installed is now optional and off by default.
  • Upgraded to .net 7 from 6.
  • Use the .net 4 version (still supported) for Windows versions below 10 now.

New in GameEx 18.37 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Filtering Steam games installed is now optional and off by default.
  • Upgraded to .net 7 from 6.
  • Use the .net 4 version (still supported) for Windows versions below 10 now.

New in GameEx 18.32 (Jan 15, 2023)

  • For complete MAME list customization if required you can now specify a custom listxml file.

New in GameEx 18.31 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • New and updated HBMAME profile and download.

New in GameEx 18.29 (Nov 3, 2022)

  • Fixes Windows XP compatibilty for installer out of the box.

New in GameEx 18.25 (Oct 2, 2022)

  • Fixes GameEx process sometimes staying active after exit.
  • Removed demo from installer. It was very dated and got in the way.

New in GameEx 18.16 (Aug 28, 2022)

  • Fixes marquee not changing when in screensaver.
  • Updates the links, descriptions and text labels for GameEx Online.

New in GameEx 18.14 (Aug 20, 2022)

  • Improved APNG support thanks to Scutters.

New in GameEx 18.10 (Jun 18, 2022)

  • Improvements to layout, positioning and scaling of the default theme (version 3 themes). Internally these are now version 5 themes
  • Default selector bar has been AI upscaled.
  • Version 6 themes coming soon with powerful new skinning features and compatible with both Arcade Edition and regular GameEx.
  • Fixes MAME support files not being used since relative parts were supported.
  • Fixes 32 bit versions not launching.
  • Fixes GameEx Online most played list showing strange names or not loading.
  • Fixes threads not aborting causing a hang.
  • Fixes some resources not being released with fonts.

New in GameEx 18.08 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Fixes gamepad and real wiimote insertion and removal crashes
  • Gamepad joystick to keyboard (joytokey) mapping working again inlcuding with real wiimotes and with Daphne
  • Mini PC wii console now completed

New in GameEx 18.07 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • I’ve finialized the real wiimote support. You can now exit Dolphin or any other emulator with the home button.For dolphin set input to background.

New in GameEx 18.06 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Adds support for real wiimotes. Dolphinbar mode 4.

New in GameEx 18.04 (May 18, 2022)

  • Now supports relative paths and along with some other changes I made this allows for cloud and portable setups.

New in GameEx 17.22 (Apr 25, 2022)

  • Fixed and improved EmuMovies file matching

New in GameEx 17.17 (Feb 6, 2022)

  • Adds the all games list to GameEx Arcade Edition.

New in GameEx 17.15 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • New feature to add and use an additional alternate emulator to launch MAME games with.
  • New emulator file/rom include and export filters.

New in GameEx 17.14 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Genres in Arcade Edition now lists and optimizes when other emulators (other than MAME) are used.

New in GameEx 17.13 (Dec 29, 2021)

  • New Marquee display feature. Display maarquee and logo images on secondary display. Pretty much plug n play with few settings. Just enable in the setup wizard. If you wish to use images other than logos for emulators set the gameextender custom images folder for each emulator. This feature uses and enables gameextender and optrmizes gameextender viewer for local display.

New in GameEx 17.02 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • Fixes and updates for latest MAME versions.
  • History.dat XML support.
  • Updated MAME support files.
  • Fixes statistics not working.
  • Fixes issue where games would not launch if not logged onto GameEx Online.
  • Tweaked default MAME game filter.
  • Improved font scaling with default theme at 4K.

New in GameEx 17.00 (Sep 9, 2021)

  • New media playback features to GameEx for a change. Now features m3u and m3u plus support. Simply drop an m3u file or an internet shortcut into one of your video folders, and voila IPTV support.
  • A bit old school now but the GameEx DVD player now includes madVR support.
  • madVR support is automatic and now also works on GameEx 64 bit installs.
  • Fixes a rather annoying bug where the please wait animation will always stay on for a minimum of 2 seconds. So subsequently this release is a significant performance improvement.

New in GameEx 16.96 (Jul 4, 2021)

  • Fixes MNG playback and support on 64 bit.
  • Supports attract mode videos in subfolders.
  • New option to display attract mode videos at correct aspect aspect ratio or stretch. Note: Now not stretched by default.

New in GameEx 16.95 (Jul 2, 2021)

  • MadVR integration is working perfecctly again, now with detection for NVIDIA cards and 32 bit app.
  • Fixes ISO mounting bug introduced a few versions back.
  • Fixes UPNP Media servers not being detected in Videos and Media Library.

New in GameEx 16.94 (Jun 27, 2021)

  • New random background videos feature.

New in GameEx 16.72 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Improved rendering performance.1080p 60fps on recent embedded hardware such as Appolo Lake Celerons.

New in GameEx 16.67 (Oct 26, 2020)

  • New GPU hardware based video recording on Windows 10, supporting HD 60fps and fullscreen exclusive apps.
  • The video creation tool has also been improved, allowing individual games to be recorded.
  • Cleaner Windows start menu

New in GameEx 16.62 (Oct 24, 2020)

  • Weather is fixed and back, using different API.

New in GameEx 16.55 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • Whenever possible uses 1 to 1 pixel fonts. Not only does this improve quality once loaded and cached also improves performance. This also makes GameEx Arcade Edition and gamelauncher mode look good at low resolutions.
  • Fixes reduce cpu/sleep not working.

New in GameEx 16.51 (Jul 10, 2020)

  • MAME high score support is back and much improved now using hi2txt by and thanks to greatstone. Performance is vastly improved using caching and results are also now published to and available at GameEx Online. A new leaderboard will be available shortly.
  • Much improved performance for Gamebase systems.
  • Fixes audio visualizations

New in GameEx 16.45 (Jul 2, 2020)

  • As always, an EmuMovies subscription is highly recommended but I have created some system platform videos based on the standard MAME Multimedia and this release can download them automatically.
  • The videos were created with a custom .net app I wrote along with FFMpeg and waifu2x for upscaling.
  • Here are some samples. MAME and Turbografx.
  • This release also fixes dynamic theme videos being shown on the game info screen.

New in GameEx 16.09 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • Improvements and fixes to Gamelauncher mode
  • Default theme images have been upscaled and quality has improved.

New in GameEx 16.00 (Nov 17, 2019)

  • The project has moved to .net framework 4 and SharpDX. All operating systems and features are still supported.
  • Image loading optimizations and speed improvements.
  • GameEx Arcade flash games now load in a desktop app rather than browser, giving a nice experience now.
  • Fixes MAME snap aspect ratio.

New in GameEx 15.61 (Aug 14, 2019)

  • Fixes for latest MAME release.
  • Fixes GameEx Online web site and game cards for GameEx Arcade Edition.
  • Bug where external dialog box would show if preview video was a certain esolution.
  • Fixex issue where iit was not possible to enable other emulators in attract mode with GameEx Arcade Edition.

New in GameEx 15.50 (Sep 23, 2018)

  • Some plugins and gamebase music is not supported in the 64 bit version. If this is a problem for you, uncheck the option during installation.

New in GameEx 15.41 (Sep 16, 2018)

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixes manual viewer on 64 bit version

New in GameEx 15.20 (Mar 26, 2018)

  • This release is a significant update to GameEx and GameEx arcade edition but
  • involves work mainly on the back end. There are also too many fixes to mention
  • in this release but the original purpose of it was to upgrade the DirectX
  • library from managed DirectX to SlimDX. In addition all video rendering is now
  • GPU hardware accelerated. This all provides significant stability and
  • performance improvements, especially on older hardware. On newer hardware 4k
  • 60fps video previews are no issue at all.
  • There is also a fixed and improved GameLauncher mode and the background snap
  • theme and mode is working as expected again.
  • Again, there are many fixes in and minor improvements in this release. You
  • may find some issues you had fixed and because the changes are so substantial I
  • will provide the previous releases in case I missed something in my regression
  • testing.

New in GameEx 15.10 (Jan 18, 2018)

  • Features new and improved support for 4k / UltraHD

New in GameEx 14.93 (Sep 30, 2017)

  • Fixes Karaoke
  • Fixes downloading in Setup.exe
  • Improved wheel and list animations.
  • For GameEx Arcade Edition MAME arcade games are automatically put onto another a separate menu if you have more than 2 other systems setup.

New in GameEx 14.90 (Sep 6, 2017)

  • A major new feature for developers in this release. Introducing AddIns.
  • Addins allow you to programmatically create your own modules (lists and menus) and play, list and launch anything..
  • You can for example create your own video or multimedia modules somewhat similar to how some Kodi AddOns work.
  • It’s not overly complicated to get started and there is a full example available here.
  • They are also now part of the official GameEx repository.

New in GameEx 14.83 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • Radio stations now start to play much faster.
  • New background video for GameEx default theme
  • GameEx now uses the smoother frame rate please wait animation from GameEx Arcade Edittion.
  • Fiexs pop up descriptions showing wrong MAME game descriptions.
  • Automatic artwork downloader now downloads MAME ICONs
  • GZIP (gz) support for premium members.

New in GameEx 14.82 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • A new version of the setup wizard by Ben Baker is included which fixes several reported issues and also shows some of the new design of the setup wizard that will be available in GameEx Evolution.
  • Also with this release, game manuals are now not a registered only feature.

New in GameEx 14.81 (Jun 2, 2017)

  • New error reporting application and feature

New in GameEx 14.80 (May 31, 2017)

  • The search games feature is now available in GameEx Arcade Edition, GameEx Lite and MAME only mode.
  • Added Chinese (Simplified) language
  • GameEx will now use and fall back to downloading game media from the gamesdb.net if EmuMovies is unavailable.

New in GameEx 14.75 (Mar 19, 2017)

  • GameEx Arcade Edition now features support for Steam, Uplay and Origin online gaming platforms.

New in GameEx 14.74 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Signiffacnt updates to GameEx and GameEx Arcde Edition.
  • GameEx Arcade Edition now supports all otther emulated systems and not just arcade. Is this the best Arcade Cab and HTPC front end now available?
  • View at YouTube.
  • Fixes to the MAME list update and other systems matching is improved.
  • Fixes AAE showing black screen when launched
  • Fixes some user interface navigation issues.
  • Games in series now lists for other systems if MAME Arcade is being used

New in GameEx 14.72 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • The Setup Wizard no longer runs as administrator. This allows network paths and mapped drives to be selected for path settings more easily. The release adds support for AAE (Another Arcade Emulator) for launching the majority of arcade vector games in place of MAME if desired. The GameEx process is now set as DPI aware fixing windows scaling issues on some setups. Finally this release fixes quite a bad memory leak when displaying video and image previews so an upgrade is highly recommended from the last few versions as this could cause GameEx to crash.
  • In other news, I have been playing with the GPD Win and another Cherry Trail Atom CPU based system. GameEx runs very well on these systems. I tested some of the other popular front ends or at least the paid ones and they were pretty much unusuable on these new fanless systems. GameEx Arcade edition and GameEx lite also seemed to be running well with the system that only had 2GB of RAM although it was tested with a version of Windows I had created with NTLITE. The GPD Win is the latest handheld gaming phenomenon and the other cherry trail systems are in my eyes Raspberry PI killers. The Minix Z84-3 is under $200 US and includes a licensed version of Windows 10. In addition ASUS have a PC stick for just over $100. Although the ASUS stick has a slower CPU than the other systems and only 2GB RAM. Still GameEx seemed to run very well on it. In my testing these systems run a lot better at 720P resolution.

New in GameEx 14.70 (Dec 23, 2016)

  • Various minor changes, fixes and additions.

New in GameEx 14.69 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Cosmetic improvemements and fixes.
  • Fixes to Ben Baker’s Setup Wizard.
  • Preview images and videos now do a nice cross fade.

New in GameEx 14.68 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Thanks to some useful feedback and fixes the wheel view has been improved.
  • The wheel view and GameEx Arcade Edition now work nicely in vertical setups.

New in GameEx 14.67 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • GameEx and GameEx Arcade Edition 14.67.
  • Fixes to the MAME list update.
  • For GameEx Arcade Edition, Supermodel Model 3 emulator is an additional integrated arcade system for you to play with.

New in GameEx 14.66 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • Improvements and fixes to MAME list update. Ensures only arcade games are listed now. Fixes some games missing including Neo-Geo.
  • Cosmetic and layout improvements to GameEx Arcade Edition running at 640×480 and at 4:3 aspect
  • Updated MAME support files.

New in GameEx 14.64 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.
  • The MAME list update is slightly faster.
  • The in built artwork downloader has minor fixes and improvements and it is now also included as an external utility.
  • With this release the EmuMovies sync utility is no longer included with the install and GameEx uses is its own integrated solution. You can obviously get it from the site if you still want it..
  • The artwork downloader now includes Daphne.support.
  • Don’t forget that GameEx subscribers get a 25% discount on an EmuMovies subscription.

New in GameEx 14.63 (Nov 14, 2016)

  • This release contains some improvements to the EmuMovies in built background downloader. It will now download for systerms where a database is not specified or where using a map file or software list XML file. In addition for registered users for both GameEx and EmuMovies manuals are also downloaded.

New in GameEx 14.62 (Nov 14, 2016)

  • Big fixes and improvements to GameExtender. It is now working smoothly again in a browser for starters. The server will now automatically bind to all adapters so there is no need to set the IP address and the viewer will now connect to the local host if it cant reach the specified IP.The icing on the cake is GameExtender now has a GameEx Online incarnation. No setup required. Works just the same albeit slower as its client server.

New in GameEx 14.60 (Nov 7, 2016)

  • Fixes MAME NeoGeo not being recognised correctly with latest MAME release.

New in GameEx 14.58 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • A massive integrated emulator confirg and downloads update with this release. Adding 48 new configuration and downloads.

New in GameEx 14.57 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Fixes for views. Fixes Daphne logos not showing.

New in GameEx 14.56 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • Lots of improvements to online game services support:
  • Improved database scraping
  • Improved wheel and thumb list views with logo support
  • Orign video download.
  • All servcies download game trailer videos from other sources
  • Fixes Uplay not showing all games
  • Improved wheel view

New in GameEx 14.54 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • Adds proper support for logo images in image list / grid view. This makes the recent community logos project redundant.
  • Fixes media content not showing if no paths set. This makes EmuMovies in built sync support completely transparent and a no brainer. Just set your emumovies login and no need to set paths to meda

New in GameEx 14.53 (Aug 15, 2016)

  • This release adds official wheel logo image support.
  • Also fixes an issue where downloading form emumovies would not show media if paths to media were not set.

New in GameEx 14.51 (Jul 29, 2016)

  • This release has improved support for MAME software lists with improved artwork and GameEx database matching. Software lists can be used by selecting a MAME xml file under advanced emulator settings in the Setup Wizard.
  • With this release there is a new stream feature in GameEx Online to stream your desktop. This does have limitiations in that it won’t stream apps and GameEx if they are running Direct3D in full screen exclusive mode but that is a pretty normal limitation on windows. Maybe in the future it will be possible.

New in GameEx 14.50 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Extends custom menu sub menus to 300.
  • Fixes system help text.
  • Fixes video play all.

New in GameEx 14.49 (May 27, 2016)

  • Cosmetic fixes.
  • Fixes image mounting.

New in GameEx 14.48 (May 17, 2016)

  • Display fixes

New in GameEx 14.47 (May 5, 2016)

  • This release adds support for the MAME software list naming convenstion in the GameEx databases

New in GameEx 14.46 (May 4, 2016)

  • Several cosmetic improvements in this release making every theme look better in my opinion. There is per pixel scrolling of the game list and a new default list transition. I really got tired of the list zipping left and right.MAME software list files are now supported via specifiying a hash XML file under advanced emulator settings. It is not full MAME support but it does allow you to use other emulators with MAME software list games and get the correct game names.

New in GameEx 14.45 (May 3, 2016)

  • Fixes for latest Steam client.
  • Fix for images with alpha in thumbnail view.

New in GameEx 14.44 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • Fixes for Daemon Tools image mounting.
  • Fixes video refresh rate changing/

New in GameEx 14.43 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Just a minor update to GameEx to support the latest version of catver.ini (MAME categories).
  • In other news the MAME 60fps title videos are nearly complete and are avaialbe on the FTP for supporting members.

New in GameEx 14.42 (Jan 14, 2016)

  • New MAME feature. This release adds a new clones setting for when updating the MAME list to allow a listing of original games unless the clone has a different name. This is a good way to produce a clean list without missing too many games.

New in GameEx 14.41 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Fixes some issues introduced due to some unremoved test code.

New in GameEx 14.40 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • Preview videos will now detect and use LAV Filters if installed and a basic LAV Filter installation is now recommended for GameEx over the Shark codec pack.

New in GameEx 14.39 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • This releases improves stability and performance of video playback. Using LAV filters by default if they are installed and introducing a timeout on rendering files by running on a thread so GameEx does not lock up.

New in GameEx 14.37 (Sep 12, 2015)

  • This releases adds live TV streaming in GameEx Online.

New in GameEx 14.36 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • New XML based TV support so any kind of backend TV server can be added. There are two new plugins available for TV, for Windows Media Center (SerrverWMC) and VU Player for Engima 2 based set top boxes. Channel and TV Guide data is supported and a full graphical EPG will be available in a GameEx fututre release. Source code for the plugins is available in the general plugins download category on the forum should you wish to create your own plugin for a TV server backend.
  • Updated image mounting support with support for the latest Daemon Tools Lite version and support for built in operating system ISO mounting in Windows 8 and beyond.
  • This relase adds support for the MadVR video renderer. It will be used if it is installed.
  • The following features are now no longer registered version only and are now available in the free version- TV, DVD/BLURAY on disk, support for ISOs for DVDs and Blurays.
  • Fixed for the Setup Wizard and Repository Manager.

New in GameEx 14.35 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Fixes for latest MAME releases.

New in GameEx 14.33 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Fixes uninstall.
  • Fixes black screen on exit.

New in GameEx 14.31 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • In order to provide a better user experience for GameEx Online – By default
  • GameEx will continue to run in the background to allow always logged in access
  • to GameEx Online even when not displaying and launched
  • This is enabled by default but can be disable under the GameEx Online
  • settings.

New in GameEx 14.30 (Jul 15, 2015)

  • GameEx Online:
  • Ability to rate games and add descriptions. These are shared across all users and ratings are averaged. They are automatically downloaded and matched with your games when logging into GameEx online from GameEx and added to your game lists.
  • GameEx
  • Ability to rate games within the front end once logged into GameEx Online. These are published online and shared across all users.
  • Rating games on the web site also updates the front end instantly.
  • New highest rated list showing your games by rating.
  • New live most played and favorites lists which become available once logged in. These lists match your games with the user bases most played and favorited games.
  • New privacy setting to disable public listing of your game library.
  • Gamesbase
  • Video snaps are supported for Gamebase systems. Simply add your video folder as an additional picture/screenshot path.
  • Support for the modified GBlauncher by Mattia.M78 allowing launching of extras.
  • Interface
  • When browsing database data such as categories and years GameEx will show a collage of videos for each item.

New in GameEx 14.20 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • This release of GameEx brings a new GameEx online repository to the feature list with a new repository manager utility which replaces the plugin manager along with new extensions to the Setup Wizard.
  • The GameEx repository is an online file database offering extensions, themes and other files via an API.
  • The official GameEx repository is hosted with the forums utilising the download section and provides version control, HTML descriptions, reviews, ratings and author information.
  • Downloads and updates to any files are automatically made available to the setup wizard and the new repository manager utility.
  • This is an important step on the road to GameEx Evolution where we hope to
  • have much more content shared in the repository submitted by you.
  • You can submit your themes and other content to the repository at any time and also provide version updates. In the future we may offer a store for you to sell your content along with support for third party repositories.
  • Free registration is required for access to the downloads in the repository and some files require an active subscription.

New in GameEx 14.11 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixes for the latest official MAME version.
  • Adds ability to remove Steam, Origin and Uplay games from the list with the delete key.

New in GameEx 14.10 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Fixes for older MAME versions
  • Fixes YouTube
  • Updated plugins by Adultery
  • Install now includes Adultery’s Hi-Score Snapper plugin

New in GameEx 14.09 (May 30, 2015)

  • Fixes some games being filtered with the latest MAME release
  • The escape key exit setting now has to be enabled to exit games with the 2 and 4 keys or player 2 start and credit buttons on control panels

New in GameEx 14.08 (May 28, 2015)

  • Fixes for latest MAME release.
  • Fixes videos not reaching end and not exiting player.

New in GameEx 14.07 (May 4, 2015)

  • This release fixes GameEx unable to install on Windows 10 and also contains updated plugins by Adultery.

New in GameEx 14.06 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • The weather ICON is back and we have a brand new weather page.
  • Lots of improvements for MAME ArcadeVGA users including multiple frequency monitor support
  • Fixes MAME High score support (HiToText).
  • Plugin fixes by Adultery

New in GameEx 14.05 (Apr 9, 2015)

  • Improved and smoother Video, DVD and YouTube playback.
  • Frequency switching for videos is working again.
  • TV (HD HomeRun) is working again.
  • PDF and comic book streaming is now supported on GameEx Online

New in GameEx 14.04 (Mar 16, 2015)

  • Updated Plugins by Adultery.

New in GameEx 14.03 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Support for the guide button on Xbox controllers to exit the game or enter in game mode after holding for 5 seconds. By default it is set to exit games. Configure under input settings
  • Individual control of what happens for in game mode with emulators. You can make it enter in game mode, exit the game or disable it.
  • Now always hides the mouse cursor on display initialization.
  • YouTube is working again. This got broken when we created the new gameex.com site
  • gameex.com is now a fully mobile friendly site.

New in GameEx 14.02 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • This release introduces a fully relational movie database module.
  • With full navigation and data for actors, directors, ratings, genres, years and collections.

New in GameEx 14.01 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • Updated XBMC plugin to support Kodi.

New in GameEx 13.32 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • For VIP users (Contributors and Elites) to get early access to the GameEx Evolution Online features such as remote media streaming and configuration
  • The purpose is to help us test these features and reward our most valuable members.
  • A new testing forum for our contributor and elite users where they can get early access to GameEx Evolution and other products such as plugins and help us test them.

New in GameEx 13.31 (Sep 5, 2014)

  • For registered users this release introduces plug and play Uplay support.

New in GameEx 13.29 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • For registered users this release introduces plug and play EA Origin support.

New in GameEx 13.28 (Aug 28, 2014)

  • Updated Xpadder Plugin by Adultery.
  • Fixes and performance improvements browsing UPNP media servers.
  • Accurate logging of operating system version so we can better support you.

New in GameEx 13.27 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • Fixes, optimizations, and security enhancments to the integrated EmuMovies downloader.
  • Also includes EmuMovied Download Service Utility version 2.1.

New in GameEx 13.26 (May 7, 2014)

  • Fixes Steam support for latest client
  • Updated plugins by Ben Baker
  • Updated MAME mapping utility by Tempest
  • Updated Plugins by Adultery
  • Fixes GameEx In Game/Pause settings wrong in Seup Wizard.

New in GameEx 13.24 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • This release adds support for the new Emumovies GameEx database videos for other emulated systems.
  • NES is available via the download service and FTP and Coleco is currently being worked on.
  • Download the videos, set the path under basic emulator settings and the rest is plug is play.

New in GameEx 13.22 (Mar 3, 2014)

  • Working with EmuMovies this release brings GameEx database videos to life. Read more here. Note: Set the path to the videos under MAME settings.
  • Movie box art and descriptions are downloading and working again.
  • Several fixes for the UPNP media server client
  • Some performance enhancments

New in GameEx 13.21 (Jan 15, 2014)

  • Big update to the Game Info Plugin
  • Updated Xpadder Plugin
  • Fixes Steam support for the latest Steam client released last week

New in GameEx 13.20 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Updated XPadder and Game Info plugins by Adultery featuring many new features.
  • Updated LCD/LED Plugin by Ben Baker adding support for the latest devices and MAME releases.

New in GameEx 13.19 (Nov 16, 2013)

  • Fixes for latest MAME release.
  • Display reinitialization fix.

New in GameEx 13.18 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • Big Plugin update

New in GameEx 13.17 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • This release is a database related update.
  • We have included updates to all the databases so they now contain all data even data that is not verified and validated. The user community seemed to want that so that is what has been done.
  • GameEx itself also includes a couple of minor updates to work with and display the data better.

New in GameEx 13.15 (Aug 8, 2013)

  • Many updated emulator databases thanks to Flash. We are always looking to improve them and could do with some help. If you would like to contribute please contact GreatFlash via the forums.
  • Adds publisher support from the system databases, featuring full listing, categorisation and linking. (Only supported with modern theme versions).
  • Adds back the system biography which has been missing for some time. (Only supported with modern theme versions).
  • Another new database feature thanks to Flash is that when using database game names bracketed information can be shown and nicely formatted for cases where there are multiple regions or discs. (Remove brackets has to be turned off).
  • New setting to format game names (renamed from previous setting) which performs a little more formatting of file names to make them look nicer.
  • The in game / pause feature has been greatly improved and includes support for a key combo and gamepad hot buttons to access the feature. The feature is also now more reliable, resilient and stable. It also now properly pauses and resumes any system. It works with the latest MAME and many emulators but if it is not compatible GameEx will gracefully return to to the game. Note: The feature has been moved to its own sub section in the setup wizard under input and the settings are now stored in custominput.ini.
  • Fixes controls Meta Data for the latest MAME release (this had broken the UltraStik plugin).
  • Updated Game Info plugin by Adultery.
  • New Quick Launch plugin by Adultery easily allowing you to launch multiple programs before and after games.
  • The system databases are now included with the installer. They are no longer a separate download and will update automatically.
  • We now have more standardised naming of gaming systems and emulators thanks to Headkaze and several files have been renamed and updated.
  • The plugin system has been updated to 1.41 with events now receiving publisher, system biography, and video snap path.

New in GameEx 13.14 (Jul 10, 2013)

  • Updated XPadder and Game Info plugins by Adultery.
  • Steam support can now be disabled completely.
  • Number of external applications supported increased from 25 to 50.

New in GameEx 13.13 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Updated Game Info Plugin

New in GameEx 13.12 (May 30, 2013)

  • Minor performance improvements and fixes.

New in GameEx 13.11 (May 10, 2013)

  • Fixes to GameEx login which was not working properly since we moved to the new database format.
  • Fixes display not reninitializing after download of and selecting themes.
  • Fixes display startup issues when the run full screen windowed setting is set.

New in GameEx 13.10 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • Fix for theme editor on some versions of 64 bit windows

New in GameEx 13.09 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • Minor fix to directory caching.

New in GameEx 13.07 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Fixed a couple of systems broken in last update.
  • Fixes issues when GameEx set to login to Steam

New in GameEx 13.06 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Improved performance and responsiveness loading artwork and video previews
  • Fixes weather ICON
  • The excluded files setting now accepts wildcards.
  • ROM filter will now filter main list when using 7-zip/zip support.
  • Imrproved performance of automatic artwork downloader and it also downloads two files at a time.
  • New tweak to allow seek into game preview videos to skip the fade in.
  • Searching for HDHomeRun devices at startup is now done on a thread.
  • The preview video collage for MAME all games and MAME in the emulator list now only shows games available and not all videos n the in the folder.
  • Slightly improved performance loading emulators at startup.

New in GameEx 13.05 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • For registered users live TV HDHomeRun support for digital cable and digital antenna.
  • New setting to run GameEx full screen in a window.
  • New version of the emumovies download service utility included.

New in GameEx 13.04 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Includes new version of the emumovies download service utility which features significantly improved performance

New in GameEx 13.03 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • This version adds basic Live Cable TV.
  • This release supports using an external player for BLURAY ISOs

New in GameEx 13.01 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Adds Adultery's Virtual Drive Loader Plugin

New in GameEx 13.00 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • This is only an incremental minor version release and fixes a potential security issue and plugin events not running in the screensaver.

New in GameEx 12.99 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • Global game pad exit is now always in effect even if using an advanced emulator config
  • Various other minor fixes

New in GameEx 12.98 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Fixes memory usage issues with preview video player.
  • MP4 files now play out of the box on Windows 8 although other codecs are still highly recommended.
  • Updated Game Info and Xpadder plugins by Adultery. Thank you for all your hard work
  • GameEx now exits a little qucker.

New in GameEx 12.97 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Improvements and fixes to UPNP support.
  • Emulators are now loaded and cached at startup.
  • Fixes memory leak playing videos in screensaver.

New in GameEx 12.96 (Dec 19, 2012)

  • Adds an additional 8,000 high quality radio stations.

New in GameEx 12.95 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Fixed all default radio stations (for new installs only.)
  • Updated categorized radio stations for registered users.

New in GameEx 12.93 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • The entire USA NetFlix library is now available via the GameEx front end up, with database integration and support for gamepads and remote control in the external player.
  • Fixes losing input focus when returning from Daphne.
  • Fixes Escape key combo not available in daphne.
  • The keyboard escape key combo now correctly checks for all keys held down at once rather than pressed individually.
  • Correctly disables power saving when watching a DVD or video.

New in GameEx 12.92 (Nov 28, 2012)

  • This is a release to enhance GameEx when used over a network with assets and files on NAS boxes or servers.
  • GameEx will now automaticially reconnect mapped drives when accessed. This is a worthwhile enhancment as many applications cannot work with UNC paths and .net will not normally detect and reconnect the drive.
  • Greatly improved performance via caching and code optimisations when using the scan sub folders settings. This improves performance in lots of areas of GameEx when this setting is used and even when not used.

New in GameEx 12.90 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Properly detects image is mounted even if the filesystem is not supported by the operating system.
  • Faster detection that image is mounted.
  • Several more formats supported.
  • Fixes mounting bin or iso instead of cue when cue file present.

New in GameEx 12.89 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • There is now a seperate games list for MAME CHD games. A list update is required to show them.
  • It seems MAME now prompts for exit and GameEx was not closing the process if it detected the escape key. This now happens.

New in GameEx 12.88 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • For registered users RAR has been added to the 7-zip/zip support.
  • Fixes please wait animation not showing when unarchiving and mounting.

New in GameEx 12.86 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • This release has an option in the installer to install a GameEx plugin for XBMC. The addon will allow you to launch GameEx from the XBMC programs module. This version also cleanly returns and sets focus to XBMC. Ensure XBMC is running windowed when fullscreen. This is the default.
  • Several minor fixes in this release including exported MAME games in windows media center working properly.
  • New version of Adultery's Game Info plugin including multi monitor and theme support.

New in GameEx 12.85 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Updated MAME support files.
  • Updated Steam wrappers. Thanks again to Aaron, Orlin and Stu.
  • Fixes Steam emulator group issue.
  • Fixes black screen with CD checking

New in GameEx 12.84 (Sep 24, 2012)

  • Updated EmuMovies download service utility to version 1.1.
  • This or future versions of GameEx will soon be required for continued use of the automated artwork and video download feature due to multiple front ends now using the download service API and changes implemented because of that.

New in GameEx 12.83 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • GameEx now supports non Steam games in Steam.
  • Several audio related fixes.
  • Fixes unhandled exception.

New in GameEx 12.82 (Sep 8, 2012)

  • Steam updates.

New in GameEx 12.81 (Sep 6, 2012)

  • A new front end first for registered GameEx users - Plug and play Steam support with automatic artwork, videos and database.
  • This would not have been possible without PimpDaddyStu and NullPointer.

New in GameEx 12.80 (Sep 4, 2012)

  • Ben Baker added support for the new Ultimarc Servostik via the Ultrastik plugin.
  • Fixes CloneOf database field.
  • Includes new version of the EmuMovies download service utility. Now supporting system intro videos.
  • Fixes Karaoke when in queue mode.

New in GameEx 12.79 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • New Game Info plugin by Adultery
  • Fixes launching with some Gamebase systems
  • Initial development support for several new database fields
  • Fixes issue with not all favorties being listed on first load

New in GameEx 12.78 (Jul 25, 2012)

  • EmuMovies has generously allowed Snaps and Titles to be completely free content for free users of the automatic download feature in GameEx (and the download service utility) so this version reflects that and the automatic artwork download feature in GameEx will also download titles for free EmuMovies users.

New in GameEx 12.77 (Jul 21, 2012)

  • Updated Launch and XPadder plugins by Adultery.

New in GameEx 12.76 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • New setting to enable or disable automatic artwork and video download for if you want to do your own thing.
  • Fixes some audio issues.

New in GameEx 12.75 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • Faster initial loading of Jukebox when using file audio tags. Fixes for automatic emumovies download.

New in GameEx 12.71 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • MP3, OGG, and AIF audio files are now supported for theme sound files.
  • The database engine has been moved from MS Access to SQLite. There are new emulator databases available in the new format and game data and movie databases will be upgraded to SQLite on first run of this version. Access .mdb files are still backwards compatible for game databases.
  • Automatic download of artwork and videos via emumovies. If GameEx can login it will automatically download. Snaps, Titles, Marquees, Cabinets, Boxes and Carts along with MP4 videos. For free EmuMovies users screenshots will be downloaded and EmuMovies has generously allowed snaps to only count towards a quarter of the daily usage limit.
  • For registered users experimental support for running on Linux and Mac under Wine. In addition an experimental Mac OS X package is available on the download page. It is experimental and features have been removed. GameEx and the install package will detect if running under wine and act accordingly. Wine - Mono is required and it will also run under the official .net framework 2 SP 1. It is hoped eventually a native version will be released running under MONO only.
  • Audio tag reading has beem improved.

New in GameEx 12.70 (Jun 30, 2012)

  • This release contains two new plugins: PlugInLaunch by HeadSoft and Adultery and a new Xpadder plugin also by Adultery.

New in GameEx 12.68 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes font issue and GameEx exiting after selecting a theme.

New in GameEx 12.67 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes list update for latest MAME version and excludes devices from list.

New in GameEx 12.62 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • This release brings a new video engine capable of better running of HD content and supporting subtitles again.
  • MP4 video files now play out of the box on windows 7.
  • All available themes online can now be downloaded and installed within GameEx itself.
  • GameEx will now automatically load any fonts used for a theme without them needed to be registered with Windows.
  • This release contains various updates to better handle rendering of the display and improved theme handling.
  • Various other fixes and improvements.
  • Most of the video code is credited to Ben Baker. Who's help again is invaluable.
  • The install package has been updated so it checks for installed components better and will not prompt to download or install again. This also greatly improves the speed of setup for existing installs.

New in GameEx 12.61 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes a few issues where incorrect box art and album art would display.
  • New setting to sync display resolution to DVD and videos. If set and supported by your system GameEx will change resolution to match the video. This allows external receivers/processers and displays to upscale the picture instead of Windows. This allows 480p and 576p to be displayed at native res and refresh rate with the refresh setting added a couple of versions ago. It also allows 1080p content to displayed at that resolution if GameEx is running at a lower resolution.
  • When GameEx is set to run at a specific resolution DVDs and any use of the web browser will now also run at that resolution.
  • Fixes issues where folder icon in list was only displaying if MAME ICONs where enabled.
  • For registered users when browsing video folders GameEx will detect a DVD folder structure and allow playback.
  • GameEx can now also be used as a standalone video and DVD player if opening with a supported file including DVD and Blu Ray ISOs. If used in this manner GameEx will also always act as a registered version.

New in GameEx 12.60 (May 16, 2012)

  • Many updated and some new emulator configs and downloads thanks to Stilkdog.

New in GameEx 12.45 (Jan 3, 2012)

  • Theme/Skinning:
  • New static HTPC style list option in the theme editor. This gives an alternative list in the start page menus.
  • New theme editor option to not show the weather condition icon and just the temperature
  • Weather condition icons can now be loaded from a theme if in the [theme]\media\weather folder
  • The auto update image can be used with a theme if in the [theme]\media folder. Change autoupdate1.png
  • Display and Emulators:
  • New game specific background snap folder for emulators and MAME. These images will be shown in the background when browsing the list when set.
  • If the above path is not specified there is a new display mode to show snaps in the background based on existing art paths.
  • Custom artwork paths for emulators now support videos.
  • The image ribbon display mode now support paging up and down.
  • Several minor cosmetic related bugs fixed.
  • Media:
  • GameEx can now act as a full UPNP/DNLA client. This is supported for all media including the jukebox, pictures, media library and Videos. In terms of the Jukebox, GameEx will try to load the entire library and act as it normally does displaying the entire collection. At the present time videos have to be download from the media server and do not stream. The client has been tested with Windows Media Player, Mezzmo and Serviio.
  • GameEx will now download and display artist pictures in the Jukebox and will display these if album artwork cannot be found.
  • New Get MetaData menu option for the Jukebox to download all artwork.
  • Better support of album artwork in the Jukebox.
  • With thanks, GameEx now uses the TMDb API for movie artwork and metadata. In addition it will now download movie ratings. TMDb has a very good search engine so matches appear to be quite accurate. Therefore with this release the movie database utility is legacy and no longer included with the install.
  • For videos the create snaps menu option is now called Get MetaData since it now also retrieves box art, descriptions, year of release and rating.
  • Their are now three separate folders for videos so GameEx can properly identify metadata. That is Movies, TV shows and other videos.
  • GameEx will now display videos at the correct aspect ratio when they have a different display size.

New in GameEx 12.38 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Fixes MAME paths not accepting UNC

New in GameEx 12.15 (Sep 30, 2011)

  • Various cosmetic fixes as reported on the forums.
  • Updated Italian translation by AlphaUMi.

New in GameEx 12.13 (Sep 15, 2011)

  • Due to a security issue, upgrading to this or future versions is required in order to continue to use GameEx online features. This includes YouTube, GameEx Arcade, and online MAME lists. They will no longer work in older versions. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

New in GameEx 12.06 (Aug 27, 2011)

  • For the language translations used within GameEx any missing translations have now been added (computer generated). In addition the title text/font will now display the full ANSI character set. This fixes accents not displaying.

New in GameEx 12.04 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • Fixes certain GameBase systems not loading.
  • New GameBase setting, show desktop, whether GameEx should not try to hide the operating system displaying when launching GameBase. Defaults to true, not hide.
  • Fixes TaskBar not showing in themes when the mouse pointer is at y position 0.
  • Fixes album and visualizations showing in wrong position with version 4 themes.

New in GameEx 12.03 (Aug 22, 2011)

  • Fixes issue returning to GameEx when using a theme with a custom scroller.

New in GameEx 12.00 (Aug 19, 2011)

  • Fixes not restoring thumbnail view when navigating back.
  • The window title now shows total cpu usage and this is also written to the registry for LCD/Plugin use
  • Can now specify a command line for ripping DVDs instead of using a profile.
  • Due to exchange rate changes the price of a 1 year license has increased by $2.

New in GameEx 11.97 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • Improved rendering performance of videos.
  • Some throttling is applied again if GameEx is running way too fast.

New in GameEx 11.96 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • Changes to frame skipping which should result in a smoother display for most people, including smooth scrolling.
  • Scrolling text now increases speed with the display size
  • The scrolling text position is now remembered
  • The setup wizard now supports multiple control assignments for custom keyboard and gamepad controls. Thanks Ben.
  • Visualizations now run faster.
  • Fixes theme picker.

New in GameEx 11.93 (Aug 5, 2011)

  • This release adds the global exit keyboard and gamepad combos along with the shutdown keyboard combo to the input settings in the setup wizard. They were only previously accessible by manually editing custominput.ini.

New in GameEx 11.91 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • This release brings a simple but much requested feature. There is now the ability to have a global key combination to exit launched applications and emulators. To change the setting a manual edit of config/custominput.ini is required.

New in GameEx 11.89 (Jul 19, 2011)

  • More unicode fixes.

New in GameEx 11.86 (Jul 5, 2011)

  • Performance fixes and enhancements.

New in GameEx 11.84 (Jun 28, 2011)

  • Fixes GameBase support.

New in GameEx 11.83 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • Fixes emulators loaded more than once at startup.

New in GameEx 11.71 (May 3, 2011)

  • For emulated systems and plugins the rom name with extension is available in gamedata.description.
  • Fixes some issues setting the current emulator when navigating lists and the game info page.

New in GameEx 11.68 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • Fixes Zinc support for latest MAME release.

New in GameEx 11.64 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Certain graphic images are now only loaded when first drawn improving start-up and display reinitializing speed.
  • Only three emulator databases are kept in memory at one time as opposed to previously all.
  • Several arrays redimensioned to fit.
  • Removed activex web browser control and replaced with .net version. Web pages seem to load and exit a lot quicker now and it allowed several dependencies to be removed..
  • Some unused code and variables removed.
  • Fixes view sometimes not being remembered.
  • Now does a more thorough scan when searching for valid favorites, most and last played games.
  • New compatibility full screen mode fixing a crash when returning from videos for some users and also allowing full screen mode under remote desktop.
  • GameEx is now remote desktop aware and will reinitialise the display if running full screen on session starts and ends.
  • DVDs on disk now scans quicker.
  • DVD Ripping now built in to the interface via the use ofHandbrake CLI. Simply place handbrakecli.exe in the GameEx folder.
  • Fixes download timeouts in install package.
  • Now features resume for regular DVD disks.
  • Fixes memory leak when viewing web pages.

New in GameEx 11.61 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • The search music feature will now additionaly search online for playable radio stations. Registered users will also be able to add found stations to favorites. Eg Example search - 80s new wave
  • The existing additional radio stations available to registered users have been audited and validated
  • New client side web api for GameExtender server. Good things coming from this soon hopefully.

New in GameEx 11.58 (Feb 25, 2011)

  • GameEx new GameExtender features. New features include custom images for different systems. Display Marquee, box or whatever you like on a per system basis. Images display during navigation within GameEx as well as when in a game. New remote control features when using any modern web browser with specific iPhone and iPad web application. Control GameEx as well as launch and also exit games along with being able to bring up the in game page. Note iPhone demo 2/3 way through video.
  • Fixes not finding game music with GameBase systems.
  • Fixes search when GameEx rotated.
  • Pop up descriptions now show system biography
  • Latest version of EmuMovies download service utility

New in GameEx 11.56 (Feb 14, 2011)

  • Now almost every list item will show a default image/snap if one cannot be found.
  • New pop up game, video descriptions and ratings. See video. Currently only available for v1 and v3 themes, and GameLauncher mode.

New in GameEx 11.55 (Feb 14, 2011)

  • Updates and additions to the default themes.

New in GameEx 11.53 (Feb 8, 2011)

  • Updated Italian translation thanks to AlphaUMi.
  • Updated Spanish translation thanks to EvilForces.
  • Two new additional custom artwork paths available for emulators.
  • The lighter font now has a slight gradient by default.
  • Fixes GameBase not working in GameLauncher mode.
  • Fixes GameBase systems not showing up if no other emulators are setup.
  • Improved startup/intro animation.
  • New theme editor setting to disable color keying and enable alpha channel

New in GameEx 11.52 (Feb 8, 2011)

  • Fixes remove brackets from MAME games.
  • Fixes web browser issue some users had.
  • Fixes for latest MAME release which added a lot of new games.
  • Improves/fixes lag with YouTube videos.
  • Hopefully fixes crash after viewing videos some user experienced. Please report.
  • Fixes mouse cursor not visible when viewing web pages.

New in GameEx 11.51 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • This release is the work of Stilkdog and includes many updated configurations and downloadable emulators for use within the Setup Wizard. Thank you Stilkdog.

New in GameEx 11.50 (Jan 7, 2011)

  • Now supports low resolutions in vertical display modes (V4 themes only).

New in GameEx 11.49 (Jan 1, 2011)

  • Fixes GameBase 64 SID music not working.

New in GameEx 11.47 (Dec 24, 2010)

  • Fixes Jukebox play instantly mode and media library playing random songs after selecting a song..
  • Fixes game music not playing if a radio station is playing.
  • C64.COM's SID Stream is a new default radio station.

New in GameEx 11.46 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • More GameBase enhancements. GameEx will automatically find and fix paths. Thanks to the oldsk00l and sidplay2 winamp plugins Gameex can now play Amiga and C64 music within the front end if available for a game. This release also fixes a crash and memory leak issue with visulalizations and fixes game music not playing if the jukebox has been accessed.

New in GameEx 11.45 (Dec 18, 2010)

  • GameEx can now utilize an existing GameBase installation and support and make use of included collections. The feature is pretty much plug and play with only two settings and does require the newest version of the GameBase front end to be installed.
  • It includes substantial database support and also works seamlessly with artwork and extras.
  • C64 Rulez!
  • GameBase is the work and copyright of James Burrows and is a great standalone front-end in its own right. Hopefully, I am improving on the concept by bringing it a step closer to being used on Media Centers and Arcade Cabinets.

New in GameEx 11.43 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Theme/Skinning enhancements:
  • Now ALL modules can have a custom layout and background. Including MAME list select and Emulator system selection.
  • Video backgrounds although implemented in the theme editor were not working. This is now fixed.
  • New scroller object in the theme editor. Can have custom text or a news feed for each module or system.
  • New weather object in the theme editor. See below.
  • More to come in upcoming releases.
  • Weather ICON:
  • New weather icon in GameEx which displays the current conditions and temperature. You can select your location by using the weather application, also accessible from the setup wizard. Its enabled by default but can be turned off.
  • Other fixes and enhancements:
  • Fixes issue where you could not clear the playlist when Jukebox set to play randomly on queue end.
  • New screen rotation available - Flip Y

New in GameEx 11.42 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • When windowed the GameEx window is no longer slightly transparent
  • New setting for what to do when the Jukebox playlist queue has reached the end. Either play random songs (default), stop or repeat.

New in GameEx 11.38 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • The secondary image/snap/video is now loaded on a thread. This resolves temporary freeze ups when loading some 3D cabinets and improves input response.
  • Fixes audio in MNG videos.

New in GameEx 11.35 (Nov 9, 2010)

  • Jukebox:
  • The jukebox will now stop playing when it reaches the end of the playlist.
  • The Jukebox has been tightly integrated with YouTube support to allow auto search of albums and playlists and then queuing them to play as videos automatically.
  • File tag reading is quicker due to updated libraries.
  • Search:
  • Search Jukebox has been changed to Search Music and in addition to searching your Jukebox will now search online for albums - match tracks with you tube videos and play all.
  • Somewhat of a killer feature!
  • In addition the interface is more intuitive when using a keyboard.
  • Emulators:
  • A snap or video can now be selected to be shown when no artwork is found.
  • Navigation:
  • The letter select has been improved to support multiple letters so typing "DONKEY" will take you straight to donkey kong in the list.
  • User Interface:
  • When the application is showing the please wait animation additional status information will now often be shown if the task is taking a while to complete. For example when the Jukebox is scanning for files, ripping a cd or when searching media.
  • Status messages are shown at the bottom at the screen to give more of an indication of what GameEx is doing in certain situations. For example indicating a music file has been queued.
  • Web/HTML Application:
  • The web browser control will now automatically resize to full screen when the taskbar is not displayed.

New in GameEx 11.32 (Oct 23, 2010)

  • New rotated cocktail display mode.

New in GameEx 11.30 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • Search is no longer a registered version feature and now available for free.
  • Search feature now includes an on screen keyboard operatable with arcade controls and game pads.

New in GameEx 11.28 (Oct 12, 2010)

  • Fixes crash when reinitializing visualizations.
  • Updated default MAME game filter.

New in GameEx 11.27 (Oct 5, 2010)

  • Improved 3D transitions, fades and other minor fixes.

New in GameEx 11.26 (Oct 2, 2010)

  • Fixes visualizations when using 3D transitions
  • Includes new version of EmuMovies download service utility
  • Fixes Nestopia emulator config

New in GameEx 11.25 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixes X file rendering memory leak
  • Fixes images not displaying upon emulator launch
  • Fixes X file rendering issue
  • System game music now working

New in GameEx 11.24 (Sep 13, 2010)

  • If a netplay request comes in when the screensaver is running the screensaver will now exit so you can accept the request. As of the last version the select sound will play when a request comes in. This version contains a new WAV file for NetPlay which is based on the theme in use.
  • The screen now fades to black when launching. Don't know why I did not think of that before!

New in GameEx 11.23 (Sep 11, 2010)

  • Better handling of NetPlay requests
  • Fixes an issue shutting down display before launching which could cause memory leaks and hangs

New in GameEx 11.21 NetPlay (Sep 9, 2010)

  • This is potentially quite a special release and something new.
  • GameEx now has support for Client/Server MAME and with a custom GameEx client and back end has the potential to offer multi user MAME internet network play using just arcade controls and gamepads.
  • GameEx code should be stable but it is obviously a slightly experimental release.
  • I will be extending the GameEx online features and user accounts but for now to use this new feature you will need to get and install a GameEx game card as this creates your user account on the server
  • I strongly suggest checking this out.
  • For all comments, support, and suggestions please head over to the forum at gameex.info
  • Client/Server MAME and Client/Server MESS is the work of Digital Ghost.
  • To request a NetPlay you must have port 5085 mapped. GameEx does however try to create this NAT mapping using uPnP and will also try to create a firewall rule for the executable.

New in GameEx 11.17 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • Views are now remembered on a per system basis
  • X files now supported in custom menus
  • Minor fixes

New in GameEx 11.16 (Aug 30, 2010)

  • Additional system asset paths for game music and game tv commercials. You can get these files using the EmuMovies download service.
  • Improved picture and slide show transitions.
  • Jukebox Visualizations have also been improved.
  • Next audio track is now displayed on the now playing scroller.
  • Audio tag reading is improved
  • Improved memory management of audio files.
  • Ambiance correctly stops playing when needed.
  • Each list now independently retains its own view mode.
  • Changing view is now quick.

New in GameEx 11.15 (Aug 27, 2010)

  • Includes the new EmuMovies download service utility. There will be specific GameEx support for the new download service in the future.

New in GameEx 11.14 (Aug 23, 2010)

  • Fixes ambience playing too early at startup
  • Latest version of HiToText
  • Fixes text being truncated at very low resolutions
  • Fixes freeze issue when viewing artwork full screen and paging
  • Direct3D X files are now supported for menu and system logos

New in GameEx 11.10 (Aug 17, 2010)

  • This release would not be possible without the work from Ben Baker (AKA Headkase) who helped me implement most of this and also tirelessly converted the 3D files.
  • GameEx now supports 3D Cabinet files as an optional MAME artwork. You wil find a pretty big file on the web site with all the currently available ones. Setup is by just simply setting the path. The GameEx demo also no includes some samples. GameEx will display and animate the 3d models when available.
  • I'd also like to mention that credit for these files should also go to folks working on the 3D arcade front end, which is where they came from in there original format. If you like something a bit different Id recommend checking out the 3D arcade front end. It was very much ahead of its time.
  • In other changes, there have been a few little cosmetic enhancments here and there and in addition to GameLauncher mode there is a new "Simple" user interface mode which basically hides the menus and give full operation without them. Allowing easy browsing and paging. For people who were experiencing crashes when using the video player and HTML applications, I think I have fixed the issue, although I was never able to recreate it myself. Please let me know. Album artwork no longer displays foder.jpg if it is a system file, allowing correct artwork now to show if your collections is not organised by album.

New in GameEx 11.09 (Aug 17, 2010)

  • New optional demo download for new installations which will setup GameEx with a sample of a few systems and media.
  • Updated and fixed radio stations
  • Fixes game system biography previously unavailable

New in GameEx 11.08 (Aug 17, 2010)

  • Fixes slide shows when using 3d transitions
  • Fixes DVD playback

New in GameEx 11.07 (Aug 17, 2010)

  • Fixes window resizing and video/dvd crash affecting some systems. Also fixes MAME list updating finding too many games, and fade out when using 3D transition animations.

New in GameEx 11 (Aug 17, 2010)

  • Should run significantly better and faster on any vaguely modern hardware.
  • Alpha Blending.
  • PNG with transparancy support.
  • Fewer driver incompatibalities.
  • Proper anti aliased fonts.
  • No more reliance on DirectDraw which Microsoft depreciated some time ago.
  • Improved and smoother transition effects.
  • Fast rotated display support.

New in GameEx 10.80 (May 17, 2010)

  • Optimized version of GameEx

New in GameEx 10.78 (May 16, 2010)

  • Fixes font being cut off when outlined. Fixes startup crash when using background videos with latest Codec packs. A few optimizations. Themes with single backgrounds (AdvancedGfx=False) working again.

New in GameEx 10.77 (May 14, 2010)

  • Fixes crash on startup when using latest codec packs. Fixes incorrectly detecting Windows Media Player as not installed.

New in GameEx 10.76 (May 14, 2010)

  • Fixes display issue when using bigger font DPI settings in Vista or Windows 7.

New in GameEx 10.75 (May 14, 2010)

  • Fixes Video/DVD description download issue. This would cause GameEx to continuously try to download descriptions.

New in GameEx 10.74 (May 13, 2010)

  • Fixes not creating thumbnails.
  • Reverted to the old method of capturing video by cpaturing the desktop rather than the emulators window.

New in GameEx 10.72 (May 8, 2010)

  • New options to allow turning off visualizations and video thumb view for slower PCs. Fixes issue with screenaver and trackball usage.

New in GameEx 10.69 (Apr 26, 2010)

  • Something a bit different for this release. Here is a new game card feature. You can get a game card / tag from the web site to put on any web pages, blog, or forum, and its fed from GameEx.
  • Similar to GameEx live but personalized and something you can use yourself. To setup your game card go to the web site and go to get game card under the community menu.

New in GameEx 10.67 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • Added turbo paging.
  • After paging up or down for a while paging speeds up.

New in GameEx 10.66 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • Added trackball and spinner support.
  • Navigate lists with the mouse.

New in GameEx 10.62 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • Ambiance will now resume after running an emulator. GameEx will now run without administrator rights. You will need to install GameEx to a folder that does not require administrator rights such as C:\GameEx. This is now the default install path. Fixes path double quotes issue. Fixes font issue at high resolutions.

New in GameEx 10.61 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • New theme editor by Headkaze to support the new background images. Thanks!

New in GameEx 10.60 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • Fixes minor ini writing issue.
  • Vastly improved speed of advanced configuration application.
  • Support for AVS video files.
  • Other fixes.

New in GameEx 10.58 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • GameEx now has full unicode text and scripted language display support and the Japanese transalation has been fixed. The display corruption/glitch on windows 7 and vista when GameEx is running windowed is fixed. Improved font display when viewing the control panel. GameEx themes now support these additional background images or videos - "EbookBak", "KaraokeBak", "DVDBak", "NewsBak", "SearchBak" and "LibBak".

New in GameEx 10.57 (Apr 17, 2010)

  • Further improvements to startup time and when restoring the display. Fixes installer issue with karaoke and mounting support. The advanced graphics setting has been removed since backgrounds are now loaded dynamicly.

New in GameEx 10.56 (Apr 17, 2010)

  • The main configuration ini file is now stored and operated on in memory. This allows potentially significantly faster loading and operation of GameEx, and also much faster upgrade of GameEx when installing this and future versions. Fixes windows media player and iTunes playlists. Fixes issue when emulator treated as single pc game and the info page is not enabled.

New in GameEx 10.52 (Apr 7, 2010)

  • Thanks to Headkaze and him very kindly giving me the particular code from CPWizard. GameEx is now the only multi system front end to have command.dat support. It is set to work out of the box. In addition this is a slightly optimized version utilising less system and video memory. Several fixes are also included. For the setup package the mounting and karaoke support files are now separate downloads to reduce the size of the install.

New in GameEx 10.51 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Creating video snaps has been improved with on the fly and faster encoding and now producing larger videos. The in game menu now has an option to create a video. Also includes various other fixes.

New in GameEx 10.50 (Apr 3, 2010)

  • The freezing issues reported are now fixed. A big thanks to Jeremy (Frequency) for helping me with that. We both put a lot of effort in.
  • In addition there is a now a new in game menu with gameex that can be called up when running MAME, Daphne and emulators. You can view control panels, artwork and instructions and then either resume or exit the game. This is one of those dream features in a front end, and I intend to extend it in upcoming releases. As always please give your feedback.
  • The video and DVD player has also had a few user interface improvements.

New in GameEx 10.47 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • This release includes the new MAME Emu mapping utility by Tempest. Making the feature much more powerful and easier to use. Please join me in thanking Matt for his contribution.

New in GameEx 10.46 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • The new emulator preview video feature has been extended for Daphne, MAME and most played. For MAME and most played the videos are unique to the games in the individual lists. In addition background videos now support MP4 and WMV and some of the video code has been updated and may run a little quicker.

New in GameEx 10.43 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • This is a bling release. GameEx now features a video thumb view, allowing multiple game video previews to be displayed. You need a fast PC to make use of it. E.g Quad core. In addition when viewing a list of emulators random video previews for the system are shown continuously.

New in GameEx 10.42 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • Optimized version. Quicker return from applications and switching between full screen and windowed.
  • Box art now displays when previewing videos and DVDs on the info page.

New in GameEx 10.41 (Mar 10, 2010)

  • The MAME list updating now does a more thorough search for recommended and games in series.
  • In addition, when updating the MAME list - MAME32 favorites and custom lists are loaded at the start and any games in these lists are now forced to be present, overriding any other filters.
  • There is a new "remove duplicates/clean list" feature which defaults to on if using a game filter and clones. This produces a clean list of games for MAME, and is more like what I intended from the beginning for GameEx MAME support. Supporting clones but a filtered list.
  • Video box art downloading was broken and is now fixed.
  • Another new feature is now GameEx will try to download a description for DVDs and Videos.
  • When in thumbnail view, video and DVD preview thumbs will be created even if the preview videos setting is off. In addition if it cannot create a preview thumb it will not try again.
  • The preview videos feature has been extended to allow not previewing for DVDs and large video files (ie HD).
  • When selecting ebooks, pictures or videos, GameEx will now navigate directly to within the folder if you only have one path setup.
  • Note: If you are upgrading, the new features are configurable.

New in GameEx 10.40 (Feb 21, 2010)

  • The ebook and game manual viewer now supports txt files.
  • Although already supported in GameEx cbz and cbr comic files can now also be used for game maunals for MAME and emulators
  • Fixes issue where MAME game manual would not show if for the games parent
  • The package in the setup and the offline installer for ebooks and game manuals has been updated and will need to be installed again for txt file support

New in GameEx 10.39 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • Some subtle but worthwhile changes when on a game information page. The video and artwork for the selected game or item will continue to display and play when browsing up and down the info page. The last played date and number of times played is now also shown for MAME games.

New in GameEx 10.38 (Feb 11, 2010)

  • New multi-user feature for GameEx. Setup up to 10 users who can have their own theme, game list and favourites. Each user has their own username, avatar and password (optional). Setup accounts for the whole family and restrict game lists for children.
  • All user administration such as adding, deleting and editing users is done using an admin password. You can shutdown the computer directly from the login screen. You can also use Instant Sheller to launch Login.exe at startup for a complete multi-user arcade gaming front end.
  • Once you login under a user you can either configure the user in GameEx with the Advanced Configuration application or exit and run the Setup Wizard. You must login under the user before you can configure them.

New in GameEx 10.37 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Fixes logo drop down selection not updating in Setup Wizard
  • Fixes error when using the MAME emu map feature with certain MAME versions
  • Fixes parameters not working when using Also Launch with an emulator
  • Development has been moved to visual studio 2008 from 2005. Not really relevant apart from the fact the executable is a little smaller and therefore might perform a bit better.

New in GameEx 10.36 (Jan 10, 2010)

  • Fixes minor bug in the Setup Wizard

New in GameEx 10.35 (Jan 4, 2010)

  • 'Download Emulators' section will now prompt to import profiles.
  • You are now always prompted for default paths, database download and emulator download when you import. You can now turn these off using the 'Always Show' checkbox.
  • Sorting emulators via Name, Category, System and Emulator.
  • You can now move multiple emulators up and down at once by shift/ctrl selecting emulators in 'Emulator Selection.'
  • Logos now have a drop down list.
  • Columns showing all the extra info added to profiles such as System, Category, Emulator, Version, Rating, DownloadUrl, RequiredFiles, Website, Info.
  • Automatically creates the file structure for you when you import.
  • POV Joystick support.
  • Lot's of work remaking the profiles and getting downloads updated (thanks alot to Brian and Matt for the help with this).
  • Updated logo's for all systems.

New in GameEx 10.34 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • New wrap around/loop list input setting feature. This was a highly requested feature.
  • The start menu program group has been reorganised and now looks much better on newer windows versions.
  • Note: If your upgrading the old start menu items wil not be deleted. You can however just delete the program group prior to installing

New in GameEx 10.32 (Dec 14, 2009)

  • Several small bug fixes
  • Background now fades in when changing when using default display settings
  • Emulator theme layouts now load after a list change rather than incorrectly before

New in GameEx 10.31 (Dec 10, 2009)

  • Removed windows media player detection, requirement and install from setup package.
  • Removed Windows Media Player requirement from Video and DVD Playback. Windows Media Player is now only optionally required for Jukebox WMP mode

New in GameEx 10.30 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • Several enhancments to audio visualizations. Windows Media Player is no longer a requirement, and Sonique, BassBox and windows media player plugins are supported. You can select which visualization to show directly within GameEx and additional ones can be added in the mediavisualizations folder. Fixes issue where audio would lose sync coming in and out of visualizing, and the whole process is much more seamless. When GameEx shows the currently playing track it will also show a visualization while in the menus. This is also now shown in all modules.
  • New screensaver mode to suspend the system.
  • Fixes issue where audio not working after a resume from suspend

New in GameEx 10.29 (Dec 5, 2009)

  • Windows Media Player is no longer a requirement in the setup package.
  • Improved performance of roms in folders

New in GameEx 10.28 (Nov 25, 2009)

  • Fixes intermitent startup intro display issue
  • Improved startup speed
  • Other minor work

New in GameEx 10.27 (Nov 21, 2009)

  • GameEx will now detect gamepad attachment and removal
  • Gamepad POV support. Currenlty can only be customised via custominput.ini. Will be configurable via the setup wizard in the next release.
  • New setting to enable gamepad support just for activity checking. This allows gamepad detection for the screensaver and inactivity timer but ignores usage in the front end. If your using gamepads but using something like xpadder instead of the gameex support then turn this on.
  • Ive spent several days working on the vidoe and dvd playtback resulting n the following fixes and enhancments:
  • Fixes DVD menu overlays not showing
  • On Vista and Windows 7 the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) is now used instead of VMR 9. This improves quality considerably on windows 7 as VMR 9 does not use any scaling filters on Win 7
  • When EVR is used 4:3 content on widescreen displays will be dynamically streteched as it reaches the edge of the display improving the viewing experience
  • Fixes issue where 4:3 DVDs could not be stretched on widescreen displays
  • Improved memory usage
  • Responsivness improved
  • Removed old compatibilty code used for when Vista RTM was buggy with Aero Glass turned off. GameEx wil now run much better on Vista and Windows 7 if Aero not turned on
  • By default Gameex will use its own player for WMV files and not windows media player now. If you want to play DRM content there is a new setting to use windows media player
  • Fixes first preview video not playing if first item in the list when GameEx starts up
  • New startup animation for default theme
  • Headkaze has been working hard on some nice enhancments to the Setup Wizard. They should hopefully be available soon

New in GameEx 10.26 (Nov 15, 2009)

  • Lyrics now working again thanks to lyricsplugin.com
  • Daphne launch before and after now accepts rom as variable in command line

New in GameEx 10.24 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Enhancements:
  • DVDs on Disk now features a resume option when returning to a movie
  • When playing videos and DVDs the window can now be resized without stopping playback
  • Snap images and preview videos are now loaded on a thread, providing smoother navigation
  • Faster brigtness adjustment (alpha blending) in 32 bit colour when playing preview videos as the background image
  • Slightly quicker startup and return from emulators
  • Changes:
  • New windows media center start page logo thanks to Alan Reddan
  • Pictures and videos now default to standard user documents paths for new installs
  • VMR9 now default for new installs
  • Detection if preview videos fail and turning off future previews
  • Fixes:
  • Fixes aspect ratio getting distorted in slideshows
  • Some image fille types not playing in slideshows
  • Fixes movie database info not showing for DVDs on Disk when video previews are off

New in GameEx 10.23 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • Just a maintenance release
  • Fixes custom setup types in the setup wizard
  • When using custom menus and logoff, now works with Ben Baker's login application

New in GameEx 10.21 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Fixes various emulator database and map file matching issues
  • Improved caching of emulator databases. May result in speed increase
  • Due to the above emulator databases will recache on first run after installing this release
  • Setup Wizard now allows configuration of the three custom emulator artwork paths
  • When selecting to edit keyboard or joystick controls in the advanced config tool the setup wizard will now launch on the appropriate page to allow easier configuration
  • Several other minor fixes

New in GameEx 10.20 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • Movie/Album artwork and description download working again
  • Fixes issue where album cover downloading was not accurate
  • Videos with 3GP and M4V extensions are now supported

New in GameEx 10.19 (Aug 18, 2009)

  • New launch before and launch after settings for Daphne
  • Fixes issue showing wrong system Biography
  • MAME is now linked to the all games list when selecting more games from the same category, developer or year

New in GameEx 10.17 (Jul 1, 2009)

  • Jukebox can now read MP4 tags
  • Key/Combo to toggle external sub titles. As per previous release audio and subtitle stream switching is now supported. Ill also be adding a pop up menu to the video/dvd player in a future release to simplify selection of audio streams, subtitles, zooming and dvd navigation.
  • New setting to allow turning off of the launching game dialog shown when running MAME and Daphne games

New in GameEx 10.16 (Jun 29, 2009)

  • Thanks to Ben Baker with this release there is now support for switching subtitle and audio streams when using FFDSHOW. It should work automatically where appropriate, and is operated with the paging keys/combos. Page Up and Down for switching subtitles and Alpha Paging for changing audio streams. Ie button 1 and left and right. Also in this release is iTunes support. The iTunes library and playlists can now be used in GameEx if your using iTunes by setting the Jukebox mode to 'iTunes Library' as opposed to windows media player or file tags. Protected files are not supported, and it does take a little while to load up.

New in GameEx 10.02 (Apr 10, 2009)

  • With this release there ia s a new GUI tool for the recent custom menus feature and a new setting for HTML applications to hide the GameEx interface if the app is for full screen video or a game.

New in GameEx 9.99 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • Fixes snap matching

New in GameEx 9.96 (Apr 4, 2009)

  • Faster MAME list update
  • Much faster initial load and caching of emulator databases

New in GameEx 9.95 (Apr 2, 2009)

  • GameEx 9.95 brings what I think is one of the nicest core features implemented in quite some time. Via en emulator map configuration file (available from the start menu group or in the config folder) specific mame games or mame game types can be configured to launch with other emulators in GameEx. Daphne is also supported. This I believe is similar in function to MultiMame. The feature is quite powerfull and should support any scenario where you wish to use an alternate version of MAME or a faster or woriking emulator. Also with this release the MAME list update has been optimized and is a fair bit faster. There is a new hibernate option on the exit menu, and a new custom input feature to allow shutdown or hibernate of the pc with a key combo. Finally the theme editor has been updated (thanks Ben) with a new option to hide the game info/selected item text. No April fools joke this year. Just a cool GameEx update.

New in GameEx 9.94 (Mar 29, 2009)

  • Input:
  • ALL keyboard controls are now configurable, that means you can specifiy specific keys for volume and page up/down among others. This is of course welcome for control panels, but should also allow a wider range of remote controls to be used
  • Directions are now customizable for game pads. Useful for control panels and if you want to navigate the interface with a d pad
  • As with keyboard controls, now multiple buttons can be set to perform the same navigation functions with gamepads
  • The global gamepad exit combo is now read and set in custominput.ini instead of previously being fixed
  • If using an advanced emulator config, and not mapping the gamepad exit combo within that, GameEx will now check for the global exit combo
  • Merge feature:
  • There is a new merge feature for emulators that will list distinclty only one item for all clones with the same file name. When selecting the parent, the clones will be displayed on the info page. This can work in conjuction with the existing zip/7-zip support if wished. In addition Flag icons for merged and goodmerged games now work with NoIntro and Tosec format on the game info page
  • Other changes:
  • The MAME only mode now also allows access to favorites, last played, most played, and random game
  • The MAWS live list is now working again

New in GameEx 9.93 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • The all games list now uses the start background
  • Any music will now resume when retuning from an emulator list that has selection music

New in GameEx 9.92 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Optimized version
  • Fixes secondary monitor support
  • Last aspect now remembered for videos

New in GameEx 9.91 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Fixes CD and DVD insertion detection
  • Fixes traditional zip support
  • The all games list now includes MAME games

New in GameEx 9.90 (Feb 27, 2009)

  • Resolves stability issue with movie/dvd video previews
  • Fixes last played game snap showing transparent background

New in GameEx 9.89 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • Latest Ultrastik and LCD Plugins included
  • Fixes last played game snap showing transparent background
  • Other minor fixes

New in GameEx 9.85 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • GameEx now scans sub folders within a specified rom folder (AKA Roms in folders). This is a default always on setting, so it if your folders are not tidy it could break existing setups. Because of this GameEx will also rebuild all emulator lists once with this release, and as some of you know this can take a while if your using databases. In addition in order to clean things up slightly, offline list support has been removed (it didn't work anyway), and map files using the pipe seperator are no longer supported. Again the latter may break existing setups. The roms in folders is probably the oldest feature request for GameEx, so I hope that makes a few folks happy.

New in GameEx 9.84 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • Fixes issue with list update with recent versions of MAME

New in GameEx 9.82 (Feb 3, 2009)

  • Updated support for Model 2 Emulator 0.9

New in GameEx 9.81 (Jan 27, 2009)

  • Includes latest version of MAME high score support
  • Fixes create snaps option missing if using emulator groups
  • Fixes databases not selectable in setup wizard
  • Fixes advanced emulator configs retaining wrong information
  • Fixes encoded unicode characters in database descriptions
  • Fixes issue where a game first selected from most played, favorites or last played where the emulator has a database and is in a group shows the wrong game information

New in GameEx 9.76 (Dec 8, 2008)

  • Thanks to Headkzae now features an advanced emulator configuration tool which can be accessed from either of the configuration utilities. It makes configuring advanced emulator ini files a lot easier and user friendly. Thanks Headkaze
  • The advanced configuration utility has been improved slightly to allow more emulator configs and an improved file and folder browse
  • Fixes emulators not running in the screensaver when MAME enabled
  • Fixes issue with most played list
  • Fixes the broken music playlist feature, which is used for just playing a simple playlist throughout GameEx when the jukebox is disabled

New in GameEx 9.71 (Dec 8, 2008)

  • With a lot of help from Headkaze (Ben) the video libraries have been updated in GameEx. This means the following
  • Now works with latest version of FFDSHOW
  • Startup video can be in any supported format
  • Can preview any supported video type including DVDs on disk
  • Create snaps for videos is now much faster and more user freindly
  • Can now play FLV files (assuming FFDSHOW installed)
  • Movies and DVDs now use latest MS SDKs
  • Also fixes an issue playing DVDs/Videos full screen, and issue when previewing videos in the video module the previews would not always show
  • I can't thank Ben enough for his help with this
  • Make sure you uninstall existing codecs before installing the latest version of FFDSHOW

New in GameEx 9.49 (Aug 21, 2008)

  • This release completes the version 4 theme implementation with support for foreground images that overlay the background and snaps.

New in GameEx 9.43 (Aug 4, 2008)

  • Thanks to the hard work of Flash and Headkaze for providing the tools, the first of the updated databases using the new format are in this release. These are for the Sega Saturn and NEC PC-FX
  • I realised today that the MAME manufacturer list and filter had really become a useless feature due to the huge amount of MAME games now supported and the data accuracy issues in the MAME XML output. Therefore GameEx now performs formating on the Manufacturer, resulting in less manufacturers in the list and more games grouped under each one as well as fixing the data accuracy issues in recent MAME builds. This results in a smaller list making the feature once again worth having hopefully. An update list is required
  • For new installs by default GameEx will not set the resolution to 800x600 but will use the current windows desktop resolution. This is to provide a better initial experience for new users, and should only be a problem on really low end machines set at high resolutions
  • There is a slight change to the 2d animations. Hopefully for the better. Feedback welcome
  • When choosing the Lite or MAME only option on install, ebooks and search will be disabled. The theme is set at Media Center instead of MCE Glossy
  • GameEx should be more usable in touch screen setups as the issue where clicking the page down error did not return focus to the list from the menu with the default V3 themes is fixed
  • Fixes issue where the menu would not be visible after updating the MAME list
  • Fixes ICONS only being created on a restart when the first MAME list update is done

New in GameEx 9.29 (May 16, 2008)

  • Only playing favorites in screensaver now also works for emulators
  • Fixes not playing videos and Karaoke in some configurations
  • Fixes not playing selected playlist when Jukebox set to play at startup
  • Fixes aspect ratio of system logos in favorites