Draco1962

Just about any of them will run very well. I guess the question is - What do you want to emulate? Below are a few I use or have tinkered with: Arcade - MAME (I run MAMEUI64 for 64-bit Windows) - WinKawaks - CPS / Neo-Geo emulator - Daphne - Laser Disc emulator (Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, etc.) Pinball - Future Pinball - Virtual Pinball/PinMAME Console - Project 64 - Nintendo 64 emu - Dolphin - Nintendo GameCube and Wii emu - M.E.S.S. - Emulates multiple systems including early Atari consoles You may want to check out Frequency's post here for a more comprehensive list of what GameEx supports.

Bumping the thread - For those whom have not registered on the BYOAC forums and desire to cast your vote for your favorite frontend, here is the link.

For those whom have not registered on the BYOAC forums and desire to cast your vote for your favorite frontend, here is the link.

HK - can you post the link to the new poll so we can respond yet again to show our support for GameEx? Thanks!

From what I have seen it is still an issue with VP9 - not sure if there is a documented solution. I did find a reference in one of the Pinball Nirvana threads to VP-Man Frontend which seems to handle some of the compatibility issues and helps with loading VP8 tables and VP9 tables within their respective versions in addition to running FP through one interface. Are any of our GameEx gurus familiar with this program and is it something that can be run from GameEx?

Driving to NM to boost an unused cab... hate to see waste!

Currently - Desktop PC Future - HTPC, Arcade Cab

Thanks, Tom! Even with the new price structure it is still a steal when one considers the frequency of updates and the very active support forums!

LOL I guess you are right. It is in the theme, in GameEx by changing the view, and whatever images you are selecting to display. What I was trying to say is that there are multple places where adjustments can be made to achieve the desired outcome and not just something you can use the theme editor only to change. That will take some time and tinkering with the various options available. If he is wanting to use box covers instead of snaps, then he will need to set the snaps path to whatever directory contains the box art. He may also need to scale the box art to fit better where the snaps are displayed within whatever theme he is using and/or adjust the image frame within the theme to crop the image to his liking, or use an existing theme as a model to create his own.

You can select the path to whatever folder you want GameEx to draw those images from. As for the ratio or size, that is not necessarily theme driven. You may have to modify the display frame within Theme Editor to accomodate the image sizes or scale the images to fit the frame.

Thanks, HK. I did not think of that and was looking at the native Windows and GameEx functionality.

Unfortunately, plaindrom, you cannot there from here. Items in the "tray" are for quick access instead of having to use the start menu or all Progams, or desktop icons. Taskbar is where minimized programs will reside until maximized again. If you re-read your original post, you said that you were looking for a way for GameEx to open at startup. You did not mention that you wanted to exit GameEx to Windows to cause GameEx to minimize instead of shutting down. If you click in the upper-right corner, GameEx will go from fullscreen to windowed mode. From there you can miniize to the taskbar. Otherwise, you can go to Advanced Configuration under Display Settings and on Page 2, change the settings from Full Screen to Windowed, save the change, then open GameEx and resize the window to a fullscreen size (caveat being that you will always have a windows frame around yoru GameEx screen. Adultery, you are correct. That is what I was saying. I am not sure if there is any other way to achieve what he is wanting to do.

You could place a shortcut to GameEx within your Start Menu, right-click on the shortcut, then left-click on Properties. If using Windows Vista/7 select Minimize from the Run: dropdown, then click Apply, then OK to close.

Happy Thanksgiving all! Will be waking up at the ass-crack of dawn to fire up the smoker and sacrifice Big Bird to feed those visiting Casa Del Draco tomorrow. In the spirit of giving, check out the Bezels thread in the General Chat as I have added a horizontal and vertical bezel created from some Mame graphics I found at the mirror of the old Oscar Controls site gallery. ENJOY! EDIT 11/25 - A little TG Humor I thought you might enjoy - The bird is now prepped and receiving it's smoke made from apple juice and red wine soaked oak chips from Jack Daniels aging barrels and just waiting to reach 170 deg F internal temp before being removed from the fire... only 70 more deg to go!

Vertical and Horizontal bezels - a little nice, a little naughty. ENJOY!

There ya go again, Tom! Google is going to think you are gay still....

Assuming your Video Card is an AGP card, there is a setting in your PC BIOS (You know, in that black screen on initial boot before the OS loads that you have to hit DEL or F2 to change the settings?). Most BIOS have a setting for the Video Aperture that wil reserve system (PC) memory (RAM) for use with the video card. Sometimes, if the aperture is set too high or ouside of the video card's recomendations, you can cause some of the symptoms you are experieincing. For a card your size, probably 64 to 128 MB is plenty. You may need to do a little research and play with these settings until you get the the deisred performance.

Anytime! There are a few of us here that are familiar with either GIMP or Photoshop and using Them Editor - feel free to ask any questions!

GTB - Do you have more specs regarding your Nvidia GeFource FX2500 128MB? I am thinking that since GameEx is now using Direct3D as opposed to DirectDraw that your graphics adapter is still suspect. If the games are fine outside of GameEx, yet do not when launced from within as well as the scrolling issues you are noting, then that would be my guess. Even though you have upgraded the RAM of the PC, your graphics adapter processes most of its instructions through a separate pipe and has to go "the long way" around to benefit from the RAM increase. The PC RAM will mainly help expedite the CPU cycles by holding more temporary instructions available for use by whatever program is being run. Have googled a few things about it and noted that the following was consistant across several sites: "GeForce FX is an architecture designed with DirectX 7, 8 and 9 software in mind. Its performance for DirectX 7 and 8 is excellent compared to its competition, but it is much less competitive for software that primarily uses DirectX 9 features." SInce the card was released in 2002, there isn't much you can probably do other than make sure you have the latest driver (Release 175.19 is the latest). If this is an AGP video card, you may also need to look at your BIOS settings. Sometimes, if the video aperture settings are not correct, you can encounter video stuttering during games (and since you are going through a frontend, the demands on the video adapter are greater than when not - can also put a drain on PC RAM availability which can contribute to the stuttering or hesitation you are seeing).

Happy Birthday! To be 32 again!

What I am considering as part of a cab design is having a smaller monitor installed right below the main monitor (thus sharing the same bezel as opposed to embedded in the CP where the clear overly will get scratched and, being pretty much flat, means too much looking down whereas right below the main screen is not so much) to display game play controls cards, etc. with, possbily, one of the LED strips for the cab marquee. I know that most vid cards support mutliple monitors but, for the price, USB makes more sense, esp when I will likely have a decent powered hub installed within to handle misc. controllers.

Not necessarily. Sometimes the subsequent sets, as Adultery noted, are on a different board (this may be due to a change in manufacturer for the board, however, other than instructions that may have been needed for a different chipset, no funcitionaly changes in the ROM code itself). Some may be as you said - an upgrade in functionality. Keep in mind that the original ROM set is defined as the original working set. Subsequent sets may not necessarily work in the version of MAME you are using if at all. A good definition of Original ROM Set, Revisions, BIOS ROMS, Clones, and Bootlegs can be found here - see the Game Data section of the article.

HK or Tempest - will Marquee Magician , Game Extender or any other programs that are compatible for use with this monitor or others like it that connect via USB?

Could this rating be incorporated as part of saving a game to Favorites? So when the user saves to Favorites, they are prompted with an option to give the game a rating? Also, to "bump" a previous request - this could be be an option if creating a games "Play List."

B2K24 or Chriss, Are the instructions for disabling the "nag" screens the same as Chriss posted? Also how can I enable the high scores in MAMEUI? Thanks again! .:.EDIT I finally found HK's 64 Compiler and instructions and it appears fairly complete and to the point - will have to give it a go.