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Hi, Just last week I too was new to gameEx and I must admit the one document lacking for GameEx is a "this is how to set up a typical install" doc... a doc that lists all the critical things you need to do and generally de-bemuse the initial steps for the new user. I'm afraid I found no such document, however I can recommend reading through all the lovely details docs on the gameex site... I did, I know its a shed-load of information, I must of read some of those docs several times to get it to sink in... I also read the docs I felt were not so relevant to me (they all help) and the videos were good too which surprises me to say because I *hate* instructional videos. So in a nutshell I can only say dive in and read, read, read. It worked for me :-) You initial steps especially related to MAME is: 1) Go through the gameex install. 2) Install shark codecs or to be honest any of the other popular codec packs for windows (needed for preview vids etc). 3) Get a good mame rom manager and understand how it works, I use "ROM Centre" as its the only one I found which didn't nee me to dedicate a life time of study to. 3a) Organise your roms, best I found is keep your main MAME rom folder which probably contains 20,000 roms separate from the gameex mame rom folder... This is where you use "ROM Centre" to manage this. Lumping all your roms into gameex is just TOO overwhelming, just move across the ones you want... and of course own :-) 4) Run "download artwork and videos" program (in mameex programs folder). 4a) To complete step 4 sign up to emumovie, its an online database of game box art, preview vids and much more... PS: well worth paying for a subscription. As for setting up the other emulators, its a case of using the gameex install wizard to download and initially install them for you... yes it does all that for you!! then checking they work on their own, configuring controls etc... then they should work in gameex. ooh forgot, well worth making sure your systems drivers are all up to date. Plus if you have some xbox 360 controllers then install the microsoft driver for them and use those, they are brilliant for use with mame and all the emulators gameex supports (plenty of buttons and sticks). FYI, the cheap £5 (gbp) generic wired ones on ebay work flawlessly!! HTH

Part of the original GameEx Emulator Project I wanted to add ratings to emulators to help people decide which ones are considered the best for each system. Every emulator profile has a "Rating" entry, but currently it is left blank. So I think it's about time we got together and worked this out so it can help others decide which emulator to install for each system. Here are the values I thought were best for this entry: Poor - This means the emulator is of poor quality Average - This means the emu is of average quality Good - This means the emulator is good but not quite the best Best - This is the best emulator for this particular system Here is a list of all the emultors GameEx currently supports. So as people post what they think is the best entry for each system I will update this first post. If you disagree with someone's entry then debate it out so we can come to a consensus. [Arcade] Arcade (CPS-3) [Arcade] Arcade (FB Alpha) [Arcade] Arcade (MAME) - Best [Arcade] Arcade (Mjolnir) [Arcade] Arcade (Nebula) [Arcade] Arcade (Raine) [Arcade] Arcade (WinKawaks) [Arcade] Arcade (ZiNc) - Best [Console] Amiga CD32 (WinUAE) - Best [Console] Atari 2600 (MESS) - Good [Console] Atari 2600 (Stella) - Best [Console] Atari 2600 (Z26) [Console] Atari 5200 (Atari++) [Console] Atari 5200 (Jum's A5200) [Console] Atari 5200 (MESS) - Good [Console] Atari 7800 (MESS) - Good [Console] Atari 7800 (ProSystem) [Console] Atari Jaguar (Virtual Jaguar) [Console] Bally Astrocade (MESS) [Console] Coleco Vision (ColEm) [Console] Coleco Vision (Meka) [Console] Coleco Vision (MESS) - Good [Console] Coleco Vision (Virtual Colecovision) [Console] Commodore Amiga CD32 (WinUAE) - Best [Console] Emerson Arcadia 2001 (WinArcadia) [Console] Fairchild Channel F (MESS) [Console] Fujitsu FM-Towns Marty (UNZ) [Console] GCE Vectrex (MESS) [Console] Magnavox Odyssey (ODYEmu) [Console] Magnavox Odyssey 2 (02EM) [Console] Mattel Intellivision (Bliss) [Console] Mattel Intellivision (Nostalgia) [Console] Microsoft Xbox (Cxbx) [Console] NEC PC-FX (MagicFX) [Console] NEC PC-FX (Mednafen) [Console] NEC SuperGrafx (Mednafen) [Console] NEC TurboGrafx 16 (MagicEngine) - Best [Console] NEC TurboGrafx 16 (Mednafen) [Console] NEC TurboGrafx 16 (Ootake) [Console] NEC TurboGrafx CD (MagicEngine) - Best [Console] NEC TurboGrafx CD (Mednafen) [Console] NEC TurboGrafx CD (Ootake) [Console] Nintendo GameCube (Dolphin) - Best [Console] Nintendo N64 (1964) [Console] Nintendo N64 (Project64) - Best [Console] Nintendo NES (FCE Ultra) [Console] Nintendo NES (Jnes) [Console] Nintendo NES (Mednafen) [Console] Nintendo NES (MESS) [Console] Nintendo NES (Nessie) [Console] Nintendo NES (Nestopia) - Best [Console] Nintendo NES (RockNES) [Console] Nintendo NES (VirtuaNES) [Console] Nintendo SNES (BSNES) [Console] Nintendo SNES (MESS) [Console] Nintendo SNES (SNEeSe) [Console] Nintendo SNES (Snes9x) - Best [Console] Nintendo SNES (SNESGT) [Console] Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) - Best [Console] Nintendo Wii (Dolphin) - Best [Console] Sega 32x (Fusion) [Console] Sega 32x (GENS+) [Console] Sega CD (Fusion) - Best [Console] Sega CD (GENS+) [Console] Sega Dreamcast (nullDC) - Best [Console] Sega Genesis (Fusion) - Best [Console] Sega Genesis (GENS+) [Console] Sega Genesis (Gens32 Surreal) [Console] Sega Master System (Dega) [Console] Sega Master System (Fusion) - Best [Console] Sega Master System (GENS+) [Console] Sega Master System (Meka) [Console] Sega Saturn (SSF) - Best [Console] Sega Saturn (Yabause) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo (Nebula) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo (WinKawaks) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo CD (Nebula) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo CD (neocd) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo CD (NeoGeo CDZ) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo CD (NEOGEOCD) [Console] SNK Neo-Geo CD (NeoRaine) [Console] Sony Playstation (ePSXe) - Good [Console] Sony Playstation (pSX) - Best [Console] Sony PlayStation 2 (PCSX2) [Fruit] BFM - Best [Fruit] MFME - Best [HandHeld] Atari Lynx (Handy) - Good [HandHeld] Atari Lynx (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Bandai WonderSwan (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Bandai WonderSwan Color (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Bandai WonderSwan Color (Oswan) [HandHeld] Entex Adventure Vision (MESS) [HandHeld] Nintendo DS (DeSmuME) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy (BGB) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy (VisualBoyAdvance) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy Advance (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy Advance (VisualBoyAdvance) - Best [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy Color (BGB) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy Color (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Nintendo Game Boy Color (VisualBoyAdvance) - Best [HandHeld] Nintendo Super Game Boy (BGB) [HandHeld] Nintendo Virtual Boy (Reality Boy) [HandHeld] Nintendo Virtual Boy (Red Dragon) - Best [HandHeld] Sega Game Gear (Dega) [HandHeld] Sega Game Gear (Fusion) - Best [HandHeld] Sega Game Gear (GENS+) [HandHeld] Sega Game Gear (Meka) [HandHeld] Sega Game Gear (MESS) [HandHeld] SNK Neo-Geo Pocket (Mednafen) [HandHeld] SNK Neo-Geo Pocket (NeoPop) [HandHeld] SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color (Mednafen) [HandHeld] Sony PSP (JPCSP) [HandHeld] Sony PSP (PCSP) [PC] Apple IIc (MESS) [PC] Commodore 128 (WinVice) [PC] Commodore 64 (CCS64) - Best [PC] Commodore 64 (WinVice) - Good [PC] Commodore Amiga (DemoBase) [PC] Commodore Amiga (GameBase) [PC] Commodore Amiga (SPS) [PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad) [PC] Commodore Amiga (WinUAE) - Best [PC] Commodore CBM-II (WinVice) [PC] Commodore PET (WinVice) - Best [PC] Commodore PLUS4 (WinVice) - Best [PC] Commodore VIC20 (WinVice) - Best [PC] MGT Sam Coupe (SimCoupe) [PC] Microsoft DOS (DOSBox) - Best [PC] Microsoft MSX (blueMSX) - Best [PC] Microsoft MSX (MESS) - Good [PC] Microsoft Windows [PC] SAM Coupe (SimCoupe) - Best [PC] Sinclair Spectrum (RealSpec) [PC] Sinclair ZX81 (Eighty0ne) [PC] ScummVM - Best [Pinball] Future Pinball - Best [Pinball] Visual Pinball - Best [Pinball] Visual PinMAME - Best