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Figured it out! In the MAME.ini file, I had to change "use_backdrops" to 0 and "use_bezels" to 0. Took care of it. Full screen games. Thank you so much for the help Adultery!

Still working through it, but it seems to be a thing with the ROM itself... outside of GameEx. Some ROMs have marques on them and others don't. It's kind of annoying because this wasn't the case with the old batch I used to have.

Hmm... I think we are talking about something different. I am only using one screen. I open a game through GameEx and instead of the game going full screen on my monitor, it is small, with the game marque showing on the top of the screen. That's the image I posted. But like I said, it doesn't happen with all games. I feel like it's just a setting I'm missing.

Ok I think I fixed some of it. First of all, the disclaimer screen was already set to bypass in the GameEx setup. But I added "skip_gameinfo" to the MAME command line and that took care of it... bypasses it. As for that marque thing (second image above), I can't find anything in GameExtender that may turn this off. GameExtender is set to off as it is. I would like nothing to show up... just the game full screen. It only happens to some games. Metal Slug 6 is full screen game... no marque or anything. MK3 has stuff top and bottom. Thanks for the help!

Ok I'll get a log in a sec. In the meantime, I attached a picture of what shows up. It shows for nearly every game and won't proceed to the game until I hit enter. So during attract, it just sits there because no one is hitting enter. Also separate question. Many games when I play them show the marque on the top and another banner on the bottom... effectively shrinking viewing screen. See image. I realize I'm probably missing something simple...

I'm still stumbling through all of the options in GameEx, but haven't figured this one out yet. When the attract/screensaver begins, the rom starts by showing sound, video, cpu, etc info... but doesn't continue on to the game. Is there a way to get past this? I had to totally reinstall GameEx this month, and when I had it running before I never had this problem... even with the same games. Thanks

Well a screen shot didn't capture the issue. I reinstalled drivers and fiddled with the cables to no avail. I'm going to keep monkeying... thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I'm pretty new to this, but recently my GameEx menu page gets static like flashes across it. It goes away when I enter a game, so it isn't too big of a deal, but I'd like to get rid of it. I have tried 2 different monitors and 1 tv (that all work fine) with no luck. It's only in GameEx on the menu. Any suggestions? I'd rather not reinstall because of the re-setup required... Thanks!