Draco1962

Unless I have it mapped to my PC's IP incorrectly (which it isn't to the best of my knowledge). I have gone back though and mapped a port range (5800-5850) for local and remote. Just need to test again...

Does anyone from the states have Comcast? I tried disabling my Norton Firewall, made sure that Windows Firewall was disabled and router firewall is disabled. Some online tests show that I have 5805 open, others say Listening/Filtered. Regardless can't get past the connect phase... sigh.

Should it be 5805 or 5085? I have opened both now

OK added exception to UDP port 5805 to Norton 360 - this may have been culprit, just need to test now...

Request sent for Aliens

Tom and Stu - I tried connecting to both of you but no luck. Game would load after accepting netplay request but still just me playing. I have my router ports wide-open and even disabled firewall but no luck.

Tom - will net play also be enabled for MESS?

Actually, there are quite a few "homebrewers" for the older systems, wiriting for the 2600, 5200, etc. There are times I wish that I still had my old reliable Atari 800XL. It was limted but it was lots of fun.

Not sure if there is much interest in the Atari 8-bit systems, but it is somewhat wanting for updates according to the first page. Many of the titles released for the 5200 and 7800 also apply to them (The 5200 was actually the same chipset and code as was there for the 400/800 systems and rehashed yet again for the XL/XE systems. I once ran an Atari 8-bit BBS and, while I have forgotten much of what I learned, I am still pretty familiar with many of the more popular titles. I would be willing to give it a go taking over work on it if OK with you or Ben. Just let me know!

You will need to change the filename of the program file in GameEX's Advanced Configuration. Also, you may wish to refer to this thread as it contains some very useful information for setting up Daphne to run well withing GameEx.

I need to ask, are you trying to have GameEx view span across two monitors or use the second smaller monitor for scores? I know that it will sometimes take issue with Aero enabled (which is probabyl a good thing to disable anyways as it is a resource hog).

LOL! You are correct, if you squint really hard and subtract about 20K worth of polygons and sprites! The game play reminds me a bit of Beserk meets Adventure. While not a fanboy in the truest sense, I do appreciate the homage. I am probably going to purchase a copy of the cart if the fine folks at AtariAge make some more just so I can have another plastic something on a shelf to gather dust. My wife will be impressed (not)!

ALL YOUR GAMES DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US! I know we have quite a few that are complete and more that are not - This thread is quite daunting to go through and see where things are at regarding each. Is it possible to provide a table that shows the database names and completion levels of each and (if still actively assigned) whom is responsbile for updating each so that we can direct any questions to that user?

It's more frustrating when ya punk yourself! Glad to see that you were able to resolve the issue!

Thanks! It is a bit of a departure from the canned layout in that the emus are nested a little further from the Start. I know that I could acheive similar by just having the emu's in order of Arcade, Console, Handhelds, PC, etc. but this is more orderly and in line with my tastes.

I came across a good visual diagram that shows the various Screen Resolutions and their Aspect Ratios. This may be helpful for others when designing a theme, especially when it comes to downscaling to fit another resolution while trying to avoid distortions of the theme's graphics. If you create a theme, say 800 x 600, you can enlarge or shrink within the range (just follow the color code) with no distortion.

Following is a description of the game and it's creator Ed Fries: Halo 2600 is a fan-made Halo game (created by Ed Fries, who goes beyond "fan" since he once worked as the VP of Game Publishing for Microsoft's Xbox division and was instrumental in bringing Bungie Studios into the Microsoft studio family) created and distributed on real Atari 2600 cartridges. This limited-edition, handmade creation was made available at the 2010 Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. In the game, Halo players control Master Chief in a non-scrolling exploration game with rooms to explore and a variety of enemies to shoot. The Chief faces a variety of enemies across 64 playfields, and must find hidden keys to unlock the game's force-fields in order to reach the final boss encounter. But first, he needs a weapon... You can download the bin file from AtariAge or play online at CodeMystics.com . I have also included what I could find of the Cart, Snap, and Title pics.

I had a reccurence of this lastnight - turned out to be mechanical once again. My PC is on a cart with a pullout keyboard/mouse drawer. I am using a Logitech Dual Action controller. It was sitting just in back of my mouse and, when I noticed the scrolling again when starting GameEx. Turns out that the drwaer was not fully extended and the left thumb controller was being pressed against by the top surface of the desk. Regarding your issue, however, it sounds like you may possibly have an IR/RF conflict. From what I have read, the Harmony 890 transmits both. Have you ruled-out any sources of conflct on its frequencies?

I had a similar occurence - turned out that one of my arrow keys was stuck and it kept scrolling to the bottom of the list. I spent 15-20 minutes trying to figure it out... it's always the simple things that confuzzle...

Here is an example of the layout I have created and some refinements I've made with the Carbon & Steel theme. Please let me know what you think about either.

A little more information from you regarding what you are running might be helpful. What OS? What video card? Do you have any ACPI settings enabled that may be conflicting? Has this always happened or just started (i.e., after updating to a newer version)? There are a multitude of things that can cause this to occur that do not involve GameEx.

I ran into a similar issue a few weeks ago - to the point it was timing out, yet hasn't happened again since.. weirdness.

Is there a way to have this load in place of the normal GameEx logo at startup?

Mark - can you post for us your Advanced Mame Settings in GamEx? You may need to use the Advanced Configuration to do so. Thanks, Mike

They were playing fine in the theme a few days ago and are playable in winamp and WMP so not sure what changed. I replaced them with the ones from the default theme and they worked. I also replaced them from the zipped copy of the theme and they worked. So, unless there were any changes in the updates that affect format specifics for WAV or MP3 files, then there is something on my end that has changed. .:.EDIT: I finally isolated the sound effect file causing the issue, replaced it with a good copy and all is right with the world again.