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So we sit down for a session of "Games on the big TV." I started up GameEx and see that there is an update. Excited at the possibility that this was the version that would include search, I enthusiastically pressed enter to get the update. I cheered when I saw the Search on the front menu. I turned to my daughter and asked what should we search for? Being Easter, she said "Bunny." So, we found games with "Bunny" somewhere in the title and started playing. The possibilities are endless! I have to say that this feature makes the registered version even better, almost a must-have. Awesome job and Thanks!

Just tried this on our GameEx HTPC setup and the whole family was hooked. Recommend a wireless mouse or a wireless keyboard with a built-in mouse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Physics There is a free prototype version which is the one I installed. Enjoy

This looks great! I was hoping for searching across emulators which it looks like it will, but to also search multimedia is a terrific idea and a wonderful surpirse. Thanks so much! Can't wait!

I am using a pair of the Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 and they are working great. I use the BTC 9019URFIII wireless keyboard and like that as well. I just purchased a new TV to replace the one I was using with GameEx. In shopping around, I wanted to make sure that I got features that were important to gaming as well as for movie and broadcast programming. In deciding to make your TV purchase I would recommend looking for the following features that are important to gaming: A dedicated VGA / DVI (rare) PC input or enough HDMI inputs to support all your AV equipment including one for the PC. An HDMI or DVI input for the PC is preferred since it is digital and will deliver the clearest picture. You can get a DVI to HDMI cable fairly cheap. A display mode that has no overscan. This is typically called "Dot by Dot" or "1:1 pixel" mode but may be called different things by manufacturers. This will save you from having to purchase the Powerstrip software as well as save you many of tedious hours of tweaking the Powerstrip software. Make sure that this display mode is available on the input you plan to use for the computer. Some PC inputs limit you to specific resolutions, try to avoid this. Here is a list of TV's that support this "dot by dot" feature: Master list of LCD/PLASMA with 1:1 pixel mapping If going with an LCD (which is what I did) make sure that it has a fast response time less than 8 ms or less if possible. Finally I would make sure that it has 1920 X 1080 resolution. Many 1080P televisions especially plasmas advertised as 1080p/i actually have less than 1920 vertical lines of resolution. In considering which type of TV to go with your choices are: LCD or Plasma flat screens or Projection (DLP, LCOS, LCD). I went with LCD flat screen. I avoided projection because of only fair off angle viewing, overscan and not best for very bright rooms. I avoided plasma because the potential to burn-in static images (this will be used for gaming and computing after all) which projection and LCD flat screen do not suffer from. I ended up with a TV from the Sharp Aquos line because of fast response time (4 MS) and almost no glare whatsoever and of course dot by dot mode. I am very happy with it! Happy shopping, hope this helps!

I need some advice before purchasing an X-Arcade Tankstick Current config: No cabinet, using a home theater PC Not using Windows Media Center Wireless Keyboard with built in mouse plugged into a single USB port 2 Logitech wireless game pads plugged in to 2 USB ports MAME and other emulators are configured to use the two game pads I use GameEx for picture slideshows and jukebox and launching the following emulators Mame32 WinUAE Stella Jum52 Emu7800 Virtual Jaguar Virtual Colecovision Nostalgia Project64 Fceultra Gens Mekaw Psx zSNES MagicEngine For a more arcade like gaming experience I am thinking about purchasing an X-Arcade Tankstick. Although my kids and I love it, my wife doesnâ??t appreciate gaming as much. So the rather large Tankstick will not be sitting out on the coffee table, hooked up all the time. There will be times we use the less conspicuous wireless keyboard and wireless game pads without having the Tankstick connected. When ready for serious gaming we will connect the Tankstick! I want to be able to seamlessly switch between Tankstick or game pads without having to reconfigure anything every time we want to use the Tankstick or have multiple configs (this would mess up the GameEx favorites.) Before I purchase it, I want to make sure that I can use the Tankstick as I described. I believe that xpadder program will solve this for me. Here is what I plan to do: The wireless keyboard mouse unit and wireless gamepads will always be plugged in whether using the Tankstick or not. Change all of the emulators to assign player 1 and player 2 controllers to the keyboard. Assign all the same functions in each emulator to the same keyboard key press (Some emulators have more controller buttons to assign than others). For example player 1 up= keyboard numpad 8, button 1 = keyboard left ctrl, etc.. Configure Xpadder to change the Logitech gamepad buttons to the same keyboard assignments as the emulators. Example game pad 1 UP=keyboard numpad 8, button 1= keyboard left ctrl, etc.. Make sure xpadder starts before GameEx. The X-Arcade website says that if you use a USB wireless keyboard and mouse, you should connect the TankStick via USB. So I plan on connecting the TankStick using the USB connection easily accessible in the front of the computer when ready to use it. I have read other posts and it seems like most of the issues with the TankStick are around the mouse and trackball because the trackball is considered another mouse. I believe this can be addressed in the configuration in MAME32 and this is the only place I would use the trackball. If I can make the trackball always show up as Mouse2 I should be able to tell MAME32 to use that mouse. If the Tankstick is not connected we would not be able to play any Mame32 games that use the trackball. I would still use the mouse on the wireless keyboard with the OS and Internet Explorer etc. whether the TankStick is connected or not. Have I missed anything? Will it work as I expected?

The new version sounds cool. Can't wait. In the mean time I fixed this (got rid of the URL at least) by using a log viewer program to open history.dat and filter out lines containing "Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com" I copied the remaining lines to a new history.dat file and had to select "Update List" from the GameEx Mame menu section to re import the history.dat file.

Slideshow stopped working for me too. I don't know what GameEx update caused it to stop but I'd say it happened around 1 to 2 months ago. I have an Nvidia GeForce 6800 with 128 MB graphics memory. Running forceware drivers v 93.71 which I have been using since March 2007. I am using the VGA out. I have attached the GameEx log. Thanks! log.txt

I vote for search. The ability to search all emulators if possible would be very cool.

Name: Slideshow / play images or videos located in sub folders Description: For videos / pictures organized in folders an option to select a parent folder and play all videos / show all images located in all subfolders. Name: Search Description: Search by typing in part of game name by typing on keyboard directly or using onscreen keyboard. Feature should be available on the Mame game list screen or other emulation game list screens and available at the main GameEx menu to search across all games including MAME and other emulation game lists. For example you want to find any game that may be based on a comic book character. You type the name of the comic book character and 2 results display in MAME and maybe 1 under another emulated system and 3 under another etc.. Thanks!