GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, Zinc, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based emulators. Specifically for use on Windows XP Media Center Edition and Arcade Cabinets. It has support for Ultimarcs J-PAC and ArcadeVGA, the Media Center remote control, Gamepads, full Mouse control, Widescreen displays, volume control, Music playlists (ogg, mp3, wma), has a fully functional Jukebox, and should work with HotRod and X-Arcade Joysticks, and now also SlikStik Joysticks. It has support for playing MAME game videos for the selected game while navigating the lists.

It was primarily written to provide a MAME front end for Windows XP Media Center edition, integrating with the application, the remote control, and having a similar look and feel. In addition it was developed for Arcade cabinets, and has good support for Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA card, automatically launching games at the ideal resolution.
GameEx supports all recent official versions of DOS MAME, Windows MAME, MAME32, MAMEPlus, MAME32Plus, MAME32FX, AdvanceMAME DOS, and AdvanceMAME Windows. In addition the latest versions of Daphne and Zinc are supported.

Zinc can be used seamlessly for launching games based on Playstation hardware instead of MAME. The Playstation based games appear as normal in the list and can be navigated by Year, Category, and Manufacturer, but when launched, Zinc can be used instead of MAME. GameEx now also supports all other Command Line based emulators. It is easy to setup within GameEx.ini, and works very well with other emulators including RockNes, G-Nes, ZSnes, Project 64, and Visual Pinball & PinMame.

The latest version (from 3.00 and up) even supports Themes and Multiple Language support and you're able to create your own Theme!

Visit the developers website for more information.

Download: GameEx 

Price: Freeware.

Created by: Tom Speirs

Plugin type: application.

Compatibility: Windows 95 and higher.

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