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GameEx Changelog

What's new in GameEx 15.50

Feb 8, 2019
  • 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 15.10 (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.

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 (Jul 3, 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 14.76 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Fixes GameEx requiring administrator rights on some setups.

New in GameEx 14.75 (Mar 20, 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 14.70 (Dec 27, 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)

  • GameEx and GameEx Arcade Edition 14.68
  • 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 19, 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 19, 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 14.64 (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 14.60 (Nov 4, 2016)

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

New in GameEx 14.58 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • Thanks to HeadKaze and GreatFlash we have 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 14.55 (Sep 2, 2016)

  • This release of GameEx adds a new wheel view and fixes a few bugs.

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 16, 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)

  • 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 6, 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

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 15, 2016)

  • Just a minor update to GameEx to support the latest version of catver.ini (MAME categories).

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 14.42 (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 11, 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 a vailable 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)

  • A significant update to GameEx and GameEx Online.
  • 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 14.11 (Jul 10, 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 (Jun 1, 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 16, 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

New in GameEx 14.02 (Jan 14, 2015)

  • This release introduces a fully relational movie database module. With full navigation and data for actors, directors, ratings, genres, years and collections.
  • To use the new feature ensure your movie paths only point to your movies and select ‘Get MetaData” within GameEx.
  • This release is with special thanks and uses tmdb.org.

New in GameEx 14.01 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • Updated XBMC plugin to support Kodi.

New in GameEx 14 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • GameEx Online, part of GameEx Evolution.
  • For those eligible to a free upgrade to GameEx Evolution.
  • Access at http://online.gameex.com from any device anywhere with no configuration required.
  • Browse all your games by genre, company, decade and more.
  • Launch and exit your games in GameEx from and device.
  • View your favourites, the same game on other systems or have GameEx Online recommend new games for you that are popular with other users.
  • Shutdown and control volume and exit and start GameEx.
  • . Full online Setup Wizard – completely configure GameEx and apply and restart.
  • Game cards and social media posting.
  • List management and database and rating editing coming soon.
  • Remotely stream all your videos, music and ebooks to any device at any location with no router configuration required.
  • Request remote assistance and send invitations to others to help and gain access.
  • This is a complete server solution. No router or firewall configuration required.
  • Access from Hong Kong, New York, or Timbuktu.
  • The future and will be in active development. Expect more features soon.
  • New GameEx Databases thanks to Flash:
  • Total rebuild of ScummVM database, now complete as of V1.7, to support the new ScummVMDC tool.
  • New ScummVM config creator included with install.
  • Rebuild of NES database, though needs a lot of manual editing.
  • Rebuild of VCS database.
  • Massive work on SNES database.
  • All other databases have had large updates and changes.
  • Additional databases added for many other previously un-listed systems

New in GameEx 13.32 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • This release is specifically for our VIP users (Contribtuors and Elites) to get early access to the GameEx Evolution Online features such as remote media streaming and configuration available on the website.
  • The purpose is to help us test these features and reward our most valuable members.
  • We also have 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 enhancements 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 13.25 (Mar 8, 2014)

  • This release adds support for the new Emumovies GameEx database vidoes for other emulated systems.
  • NES is available via the download service and FTP and Coleco is currently being worked on.

New in GameEx 13.24 (Mar 5, 2014)

  • This release adds support for the new Emumovies GameEx database vidoes 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 16, 2014)

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

New in GameEx 13.20 (Dec 7, 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 13.18 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • Big Plugin update thanks to Adultery.

New in GameEx 13.17 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • 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)

  • Improved compatibility with Linux and Mac under WINE
  • New Mac OS X version available that is quite an improvement. Note: This is still experimnetal.
  • Running under Linux and OS X can now be done without registration required.
  • 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)

  • The installer features improved support for WINE on Mac and Linux.
  • 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 25, 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 13.01 (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 9, 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 12.96 (Dec 20, 2012)

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

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 21, 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 12.87 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • This release of GameEx enhances the automatic download feature to also download boxes, carts, marquees and cabs for users using free accounts with EmuMovies.

New in GameEx 12.86 (Nov 14, 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 25, 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 12, 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 7, 2012)

  • A new front end first for registered GameEx users
  • Plug and play Steam support with automatic artwork, videos and database.

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 favorites being listed on first load

New in GameEx 12.78 (Jul 28, 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 24, 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 17, 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. The Mac package runs out of the box. There are no prior requirements. Just unzip and launch. It has Wine and Wine-Mono built in.It is hoped eventually a native version will be released running under MONO only.
  • Audio tag reading has been 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 13, 2012)

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

New in GameEx 12.67 (Jun 11, 2012)

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

New in GameEx 12.62 (Jun 4, 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.

New in GameEx 12.61 (May 21, 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

New in GameEx 12.59 (May 16, 2012)

  • Fixes Karaoke broken in release yesterday.

New in GameEx 12.58 (May 15, 2012)

  • 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

New in GameEx 12.57 (May 14, 2012)

  • 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.

New in GameEx 12.56 (Mar 26, 2012)

  • 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.

New in GameEx 12.55 (Feb 13, 2012)

  • Minor fixes based on received reports.

New in GameEx 12.53 (Jan 17, 2012)

  • Fixes based on feedback from the forum

New in GameEx 12.50 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • Integrated and automatic Daemon Tools Lite support. This improves the compatibility with included CD based emulator configs and can act as a replacement for the previous disc mounting support.

New in GameEx 12.45 (Jan 4, 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
  • Themes now support indivdual background images for start menu items. Located in the media\logos\background folder.
  • 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. Please consider contributing to TMDb.
  • 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. I am currently awaiting approval from theTVdb.com to do more with TV shows. Hopefully I will get it,.
  • Again, in my tests the matching is much more accurate than before.
  • GameEx will now display videos at the correct aspect ratio when they have a different display size.

New in GameEx 12.38 (Dec 12, 2011)

  • Updated GameEx.com home page video.

New in GameEx 12.38 (Dec 2, 2011)

  • Fixes MAME paths not accepting UNC

New in GameEx 12.38 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • Fixes MAME paths not accepting UNC

New in GameEx 12.30 (Nov 26, 2011)

  • This release has significant user interface and display enchancements as shown in the video below. These are implemented as new "views" and are accessed by selecting "Change View" on the menu.
  • Video/Movie/Karaoke playing has been enhanced and the player now runs under the GameEx display engine giving a much better user experience.
  • Video previews now show for Karaoke.
  • GameEx can now show the full MAMEinfo.dat and History.dat text.
  • Folder listings for Pictures and Videos is now a little more intelligent.

New in GameEx 12.24 (Nov 18, 2011)

  • Setup Wizard 2.5.1 by Ben Baker. The Setup Wizard now remembers the last mode and selections. The first and second pages have also been combine into one to save a click. Fixes issue because default theme was not set.

New in GameEx 12.17 (Oct 25, 2011)

  • Fixes for latest MAME release
  • Fixes to touchscreen support
  • Fixes inability to disable configuration access from the front end
  • Added missing audio and enable/disable settings to the setup wizard

New in GameEx 12.16 (Oct 15, 2011)

  • Fixes touchsreen support.

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 16, 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.

New in GameEx 12.11 (Sep 12, 2011)

  • Now includes and utilizes a Daphne/Laserdisc emulator database.
  • GameEx will now look for a custom auto update background image in the selected themes media folder first.
  • The manual/ebook viewer now features a fit to page view which can be toggled by pressing select.
  • Fixes foreground image being shown when viewing controls.

New in GameEx 12.09 (Sep 5, 2011)

  • Updated Italian translation by AlphaUMi and updated Spanish translation by Evilforces.

New in GameEx 12.06 (Sep 1, 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 11.91 (Aug 1, 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 11.88 (Jul 14, 2011)

  • Improved Unicode support.

New in GameEx 11.86 (Jul 8, 2011)

  • Performance fixes and enhancements.

New in GameEx 11.84 (Jun 29, 2011)

  • Fixes GameBase support.