GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, Zinc, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based emulators, along with being a complete Home Theatre PC solution, especially when gaming is a priority or important. It also makes a good CarPC frontend. The original goal was for it to be used on Windows XP Media Center and also Arcade Cabinets . It will run on any version of Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. You don't need Windows Media Center to run GameEx.
It has support for Ultimarcs J-PAC and ArcadeVGA, LCD/VFD Displays, the MCE remote control, Gamepads, full Mouse control, Widescreen displays, Vertical (rotated) displays, volume control, Music playlists and a fully functional Jukebox including visualisations and support for ogg, mp3, wma, m4a and FLAC. Music can be played and controlled while playing games. Also features a Video Player including Aspect control, resuming of videos at a later date, play all and play all randomly features, Internet Radio tuner (asx, pl, m3u, wma), Picture and Slide show viewer, Ebook and Comic Book reader, CD Player and CD Ripper with Automatic lookup of CD title and track information from the Internet, News Reader (RSS 1 & 2), and should work with HotRod and X-Arcade, SlikStik/IPAC controllers. It has support for playing MAME and other emulator game videos (avi, mpg, mng) for the selected game while navigating the lists.
GameEx also features a multi process based Attract Mode, that keeps launching different games.
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.
