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Powerful integrated interface for all your games and media.

Current Version:
GameEx 12.60 [Info]

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GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, GameBase, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based game emulators, along with being a complete Home Theatre PC solution or plug in for windows media center. It's designed to be used seamlessly with arcade controls and various arcade products and also has fully featured touchscreen and tablet support suitable to be used as a CarPC and touchscreen frontend. GameEx is available as a free or enhanced registered version.

523,790 downloads since 2nd May 2006.

8,304,630 visitors since 27th July 2007.

Features

Standard Features:

Registered Version:

Supports nearly any emulator
Advanced support for MAME
No other front end has as many options for configuration of MAME and emulators.
Works with Vista 32 and 64 bit
Optimized for Dual and Quad core Processors
Media Center Plug In
Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7.
Well supported with regular updates.
With seven years of development its mature and it just works.
Arcade Controls (X-Arcade, Slik-Stik, JPAC,IPAC), MCE Remote, other remote controls and gamepads.
Plug-In support including advanced LCD/LED, Ultrastick, and hardware monitor rotation all included in standard install.
Specific ArcadeVGA support
Native Widescreen and HD support with no scaling required.
Completely customizable controls
Full Toucshcreen and Tablet PC support
Global gamepad and keyboard exit combo to exit any emulator
Exit any game with the escape key or remote control
In game key. View game info and controls while in a game
Highly polished, elegant and effective interface
Full featured database driven front end for GameBase and its collections (video)
Full integration with GameEx Arcade instantly and automatically adding over 3,500 flash games with new games added daily.
Jukebox supports all formats with visulisations and offers integration with iTunes and windows media player.
Play the Jukebox while playing games
Advanced all formats Video Player with support for different audio and subtitle streams
DVD Player with support for choice of codec and FFDSHOW
10 ft DVD Ripping (video)
Picture and slide show viewer
Internet Radio
UPNP / DNLA media server client
News Reader
YouTube module. Easily browse search and play YouTube content using simple controls.
Advanced multi process based attract mode/screensaver
Multiple languages, custom languages
Theme Editor offers skinning
Both advanced configuraztion and easy setzup wizard
Emulator and MAME databases, with descriptions and various other data, allows linking and categorising across all systems.
Play random background sounds.
MAME High Score Support
ISO Mounting
HTML applications within the interface. Play streaming video from NetFlix and Hulu.
Movie Database. Automatically or manually add box art and descrtiptions for your movies.
Animated 3D model and X file support.
Plus 100's more features you wont find in other front ends as standard.

No nag screen. Fast loading
Game manual PDF and TXT viewer
GameExtender networked display and remote control. Display game information and custom artwork on another display. Remote control GameEx with any web browser or your iPhone or iPad.
Various MAME lists including on line lists
Complete menu customization. Organize the layout, structure and appearance of the gameex pages, and create your own menu system.
Advanced emulator configuration with key and gamepad remapping for programs that dont nativly support it.
Karaoke
MAME to emulator mapping. Launch specifc MAME games or MAME game types with alternate versions of MAME or emulators
Search feature. Easily find all games and media
Play DVDs from hard disk
Play DVD and Blu Ray ISOs
Automatically exit launched games and programs after a period of inactivity
CD Player with album lookup
Goodmerge 7-Zip support
Merge game lists for games with multiple regions or disks
Play emulators in the screensaver
Zip support for emulators that dont natively support it.
Rotated monitor support
Mouse control emulation
eBook and Comic Book reader
Play seperate music based on emulator list
Over 1,000 additional radio stations
CD-Ripper with album lookup
Automatic updates
Export games to windows media center
Automatically create all game snaps as images or video
Game Statistics, available online through GameExtender and from the interface.
Media Library. The Media library brings all your pictures, videos and audio together in one place. It can also be used as an alternative to the jukebox by allowing you to view your music by folder and filename

Latest News

16th May, 2012 - GameEx 12.60

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

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15th May, 2012 - GameEx 12.59

Fixes Karaoke broken in release yesterday.

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14th May, 2012 - GameEx 12.58

Fixes check for media insertion and the setting for this has been added to the setup wizard. Will now also check for Blu Rays.
Unprotected Blu Rays can now be played from Blu Ray disk media.
Fixes UPNP not working with some servers.
Fixes GameEx locking cd/dvd drives.
UPNP videos are now streamed where possible and not downloaded.
Ability to set default audio language for videos in the Setup Wizard.
Remembers last audio language.
Ability to switch audio stream when playing a DVD.
DVDs now start at menu. Skipping trailers and adverts

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12th May, 2012 - GameEx 12.57

GameEx 12.57 Released

Various fixes and enhancements to UPNP/DLNA client support.
Improved download and matching of album and artist artwork.
Fixes weather ICON.
Improved video/audio sync of video files on most systems.
Can now send a left mouse click with send keys by specifying {leftmouseclick}
Fixes some instances where GameEx would crash when switching between lists with different views.
m2ts extension is now supported for videos.
New setting to sync display refresh rate to that of the playing video and DVD.
Videos now play at the correct aspect ratio on all versions of windows when the aspect ratio is different to that of the size of the video.
Version 4 themes can now be used with Touchscreen support. The standard default menu bar is used.
GameEx now disables Windows AutoPlay when running.

For registered users:

Preliminary support for playing Blu Ray ISOs.
DVD and Blu Ray ISOs can now be played from videos rather than only in DVDs from disk previously.
ISO is a supported video extension.
Fixes launching exported games from Windows Media Center.

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26th March, 2012 - GameEx 12.56

Improved list sorting. "Item" now appears before "Item 1".
New theme editor setting to fade and not zoom logos on a start page list.
Fixes lists not selectable in certain views when 3d transitions are enabled.
Fixes the default - default theme incorrectly not being a version 3 theme and not the same as default - media center.

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