95% of them are a decent attract mode capture.

The upscaled videos on the FTP are however the best quality. In the next release of GameEx there will be an option to chose between the three types to automatically download.

Audio can be a slight issue on the title videos because they are all fixed to 60hz.

The title videos are up to date as of MAME 0.287 and include all working or imperfect non clones unless the name of the clone game is different.

I decided to revisit this project last week with the latest MAME sets, MAME version and ffmpeg.

I also fixed up and updated the code to run at 64 bit and .net framework 4.8 (it was on 2).

When I initially did this 10 years ago, I used a custom build of MAME with code changes to run at 60 hz. Now with the latest MAME no code changes other than nag removal but using syncrefresh.

I also improved the encoding and the files are now smaller.

The videos are now processing on a couple of machines and should be complete in two-three weeks. There are over a 1400 complete already.They are located here on the public free FTP server:

-GameEx-/- Emulator Artwork & Videos -/MAME/video_titles_60fps_2026

There are samples on my YouTube Channel.here.

Enjoy.

Mame launching and list updates are working on both Linux and Mac, supporting both system wide and local MAME folder installs.

Setup and configuration is now working.

Finally, performance on Android has been greatly improved. It renders at a lower resolution and then upscales.

They have been significantly raising the price every year and this year they raised it by another $1000.

So I spent the last 24 hours migrating over to another solution which fortunately is now as good or better at an 8th of the price. This release uses the new build tools and I say adios to Preemptive. Thanks for wearing a condom.

The new product does some nice optimisations to the code. I notice performance improvements.

Removed some Microsoft dependancies.

Nvidia removed VMR 9 support and this release adds a new video renderer fallback using media Foundation and shared textures with DirectX 11 which is GPU accelerated.

Upgraded to .net 10 runtime and the .net desktop runtime version 10 is included iin the installer rather than 8. it is still compiled as version 6 but set to run under 10. Compatibility with older operating systems back to XP remains intact.

Fixed up Karaoke support and .cdg and .kar files are supported again, although take a while to load.

If you experience any new issues with video playback or old basic GPU's please report on the forums. The new renderer required significant changes including moving to DirectX 9ex from plain 9. Thankis Nvidia!

Although also legacy DirectX9Ex with FlipEx seemed like a good move on its own and I have it working well, then had problems recreating the device which is a big issue for a front end. I have this code done if I find a solution. Maybe waiting for DWM to be ready or somehow resetting it could be a solution.

FFMpeg may be a way to go for video playback and should perform accept it did involve a memory copy well, and I may try that but probably no better than what I have

Of note both AMD and Intel previously removed or broke VMR 9 support but then put it back. Which is why there was already a fallback in place

PinballX and GameEx do have the option to switch to a more legacy video solution and normally this is automatically detected. However, Nvidia neglected to tell the operating system they removed VMR 9 support so the automatic fallback was not working. Maybe they are using AI coding too!

Also of note when questioning the Brave search AI if there were issues with the solutions ChatGPT it gave the correct response.

I can recommend the Brave AI.

With these two new versions of GameEx and PinballX I check for Nvidia driver versions, so it is now again automatic as it was with intel and AMD.

Font scaling now also works with gamellauncher mode.

Updated .net 8 runtrime.

Some good news. It looks like intel fixed their processer GPU drivers on 12th gen and above at some point and VMR 9 video playback is working again. This is accelerated. I always recommend those 12th gen mini PC's and this was a problem.

Fixed on screen display of video playback.

Disables powersave of display when full screen.

• Improved exit detection.
• Fixesd download sxcreenshots
• Unfortunatly videos are no longer easily accesible. I spent several days working on this and did find a solution and even tried hosting the files. It was not viable to include this with GameEx and the files worked out at over 2 TB.

Fixed memory leak caused by bass.dll

Full screen exclusive mode has been permanently disabled again. In my testing I could only launch a MAME game once. I did not hear anything but this was the fix for me.

Update .net 8 to latest in installer.

I have resumed work on the upcomging big improvements to emulator setup. This is both client and server side.

In case you missed it there was a little update and bug fix to GameEx Evolution recently.

I also tested on Debian Linux and have fixed most of the issues with that. Ubuntu was already working well.

Thanks to the Bezel Project there is also a massive update to the bezels, now including all working games in MAME 0.270.

Karaoke enabled again but only supports video files.

Fixes Gamebase support.

This release implements theme downloads and selection, game manual viewer (cbz format), IPTV support, and the please wait status/animation.

Check it out here.

In other news theme downloads no longer require login within the front end, and I just moved to a new server with more and faster storage.

The Android version is the priority and incoming fairly soon.

You can check it out here.

Main thing to note when upgrading for the first time is the install will use the install folder for GameEx not Arcade Edition.

It seems like a simple nice and obvious improvement but all this required a lot of work and testing.

It does mean one installer build and upload for me too which helps.

There are also a few bug fixes and optimizations.

Fixes several significant performance issues.

Android version now runs at 60 fps even on lower end devices.

Try it out here. ]]> https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-multiplatform-1-40.aspx https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-multiplatform-1-40.aspx Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:58:15 GMT Several bug and cosmetic fixes.

The GameEx Arcade flash games feature has been removed.

Full screen exclusive mode has been permanently disabled. I think it is a Windows 11 issue. I am not able to fix it.

More updated databases.

The GameEx databases were no longer maintained and had not been updated since 2018 so I took it upon myself to scrape new versions using more modernly available sites and data.

All the databases are now included with the installer and no longer need to be downloaded.

The installer will overwrite existing databases but I can't think this will be a problem for anyone.

This release also has a few performance improvements although in reality it is display rendering that affects performance on any system. On dedicated graphics without vsync and no cpu sleep we are looking at a couple of thousand fps.

GameEx multiplatform has been updated. The interface and navigation is complete with all elements workking including dynamic themes, control panel viewer and weather. It is launching and setuo missing. Approaching Beta status soon.

New company logo support and a full collection of images is included. If a publisher match is found, it will be displayed.

MAME Bezel project support. These can be downloaded when installing GameEx.

Ability to use bezels (including above) for horizontal games on non 4:3 displays as well as the existing vertical support. The default vertical and 4:3 MAME bezel has been AI upscaled.

Faster ini (configuration) file reading.

Emulator database publishers and developers have been normalized to match the new company logos.

Fixed, updated and x64 archive support.

Updated MAME support files.

Adds touch screen, mouse, remote and gamepad support.

New easy instructions and way to install on Android

Windows version currently available too for testing and feedback.

I have tested the Android build on an Nviidia Shield and Google Pixel 7 pro. Performance is good on a shield and flies on my phone. I did need to add more storage on the shield for automatice artwork download. I have also tested on an m2 mac mini. Performance is great on that too as you would expect. Naviigation and artwork including videos work across all platofrms at this point. No launching or setup just yet.

Note: Sound and audio work is complete and working just disabled in the configuration, Basic media player video playback support (as in movies etc) is also complete.

See here ]]> https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-multiplatform-alpha-1-18.aspx https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-multiplatform-alpha-1-18.aspx Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:58:07 GMT Working GamrEx Alpha version for Mac with instructions. ]]> https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-mac-working-alpha.aspx https://www.spesoft.com/news/gameex-mac-working-alpha.aspx Mon, 27 May 2024 13:58:06 GMT

Get it here.

Get it here.

You can try them and follow the progress here.