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Hi Tom & co. Time for a new years wish: just hoping us, the constantly growing Linux gang, do not get forgotten and someday soon a full version of PinballX for Linux would be available. Happy new year 2025 for all 👊

Got a sim racing rig and the PC is running W11 with https://revi.cc Cool stuff. Nothing beats Linux though :)

Having said goodbye this week to Windows forever, I have been getting to know Linux and my distro of choice has been the wonderful Solus at https://solus-project.com/ The latest MAME is always available in Solus software center / Solus repository, just click install and thats it, Solus will install MAME automatically. All I needed to do was to add roms, they are not available in the repository. So far I have only added roms and the latest cheatfile, configured a controller and its very smooth sailing now, all the games I have tried so far are working just perfect. Loving it. The only thing I will be missing from Windows is the mighty GameEx but at the same time I am hoping to see it arrive someday for Linux . BIG thanks to Tom & all for the good years with GameEx

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GameEx arcade edition does not autoupdate, right?

How to use BestGames.ini lists in GameEx Arcade Edition? BestGames.ini lists can be found here.

Grab the latest, they are all 100% ok.

Awesome Tom, off to enjoy the update now

You can install both but they are standalone programs, you cant really mix em up like you describe. Use the one you like more.

Leaving this feature request to the right place now: Tom, could you add an option to the GameEx Arcade Edition to turn off PC in the Exit GameEx menu just like GameEx, please.

No they do not.

Thanks for the reply Tom, ok. I have slight problem cos the GameEX screensaver function seems to show adult games despite those being filtered in the settings out and thats a drag cos there is a 7 year old kid in the family.

Guys, anybody tried to use http://arcade.mameworld.info/ with GameEx Arcade Edition? I havent been able to make it work, Arcade64 runs great on its own though.

You can install Arcade Edition only if you wish, GameEx not needed.

Yeah I agree with iral.

Tom, could you please add an option to GameEx Arcade Edition to turn off PC to the Exit GameEx menu just like GameEx has? Or is it there already as a configurable option, I am not sure..?

I sort of fixed this although my solution is not very ideal: i left the old school PS2 keyboard plugged in in the cabinet + X-Arcade but i no longer use the PS2 keyboard, using a USB keyboard only now.

Yeah that does not work with the old style X-Arcade, I remember trying it ages ago. Nowadays they offer a USB versions of X-Arcades too.

I reported this earlier: - sometimes when fast scrolling games lists up or down the scrolling gets stuck and cant be stopped, i dont think its because of my keyboard. Restarting GameEx fixes it. That problem has really been bugging me since it keeps on happening every time i use the cabinet. Today i attached a USB keyboard and everything worked as it should, no problems, the menus/scrolling do not get stuck with the USB keyboard. (I am using a 2 stick X-Arcade in my cab with the old fashioned connection so i have to have and use an old keyboard attached to it). The old keyboard works with everything else without problems, just not behaving with GameEx Arcade Edition menu scrolling, always gets stuck. Not sure if its GameEx Arcade Edition thats somehow not compatible with X-Arcade or whats going on.

I really love this version of GameEx, using my cab is even more of a pleasure now. Some feedback for Tom: - sometimes when fast scrolling games lists up or down the scrolling gets stuck and cant be stopped, i dont think its because of my keyboard. Restarting GameEx fixes it. - I dont really know if/when the front end is downloading something from the net - this version does not seem to show how many games are in any of the folders (vertical games, golden era, favorites etc) - i can exit the frontend from the main menu but would like to shut down PC too from the same menu without using the kleyboard (i know i can do it with a key combination) - did i already tell how much i love the autoupdate function of GameEX. Hopefully this one gets that too

Will the GameEx Arcade Edition autoupdate same way as GameEx does?

Aaah success After installing x86 LAV filters all videos (from 0.175 extras) started to play ok. Now my 6 year old son will be extra happy Thank You Tom!

Thanks Tom, but after installing the very latest x64 LAV filters from Git, no videos show up, just the sound of the video. Tried to fiddle with the LAV settings but no. Old PC, Win10 Pro 64bit, GF 8600 GT with latest drivers. Reboot etc.

I figured how to enable the cheats by a very easy command that is -cheat Managed to get the other extras to show up as well by unzipping em (well the game videos refuse to play, only the audiotrack was playing so i will not be trying to use them for now). Happy camper now. GameEx Arcade Edition is now the only choice of front end on my cabinet. BIG thanks to Tom & all for this gem!

Excellent stuff Tom, just started testing and very impressed. Is there a way to enable the cheat file by Pugsy? I havent been able to see videos or artwork of the games yet in my screen.