Kustom Kid

I think that tooth fairy movie was his wake up call that he'll never be taken seriously as an actor.

Yeah, Draco it worked out very well. Thank you for the theme. I just updated to Win7 (yay tax refund!) and got everything back to how I had it in Vista. Now all I need to do is get my metadata squared away for my roms, movies, music, and tv shows and I'll be ready to enjoy this thing, even though tinkering is half the fun.

I'm just curious as to what everyones' favorite ad was. Also, what does everyone think of the Chrysler 200 (Detroit/Eminem) ad. I live 2.5 miles outside of the Detroit city limit. The buzz around here is absolutely positive II've read some negative and positive reviews in some national papers, and I'm not even going to get Into the dolts on YouTube. What do you, people whom I consider to be general public with intelligence, think about it?

Thanks, Circo. I'm in the process of tweaking my setup after having it run without problems for the last few months. So far all we've been playing are older games that don't tax the computer as much. I wanted to start getting into newer games that run on Model 2 and Naomi and you've confirmed for me that it is worth the time involved to setup.

I was just wondering if there are any advantages of using other emulators for specific games outside of MAME. I'm aware that the emulation is generally better, but is it noticeably better? I did a forum search and the last topic I found relating directly to this question was nearly 5 years old. Is there still a benefit from setting up Model 2 to run Daytona USA, for example, over running it through MAME? Thanks, KK

Well, it works good for what I need. The transition from VMC to GameEx and back is as good as it can get. I tried to change the resolution to 1920x1080 in the theme, but I ended up breaking it. I'll stick with it for now as it doesn't look bad at all. Video of transition: (posting from phone, I'll pretty the link up later)

Speaking of pick, did you see Sanchez pick his nose and wipe it on Brunell's coat? Classic. I'm just glad the Bears lost. I'm still bitter about that week 1 loss by Detroit.

fReq, are the compatibility issues with GameEx itself or with some emulators? I've been running it on a Vista machine the last few months. I've been launching mostly the lite version through Media Center and I've had no issues with GameEx. I have had some issues with a few emulators though.

I would have to agree with Draco. Win7 with all of the eye candy disabled is probably your best bet. As much as I love XP, support for drivers and whatnot is dwindling. Currently I have GameEx running on a Vista powered HTPC and it's running very well. As much as I'd like to get Win7 there's really no reason, well major reason, to at the moment that would justify the cost if the OS.

I was tooling around with the theme editor the other day, Draco. I'm going to get all of my emulators working optimaly and paring down my ROM list to games we play before I start fiddling around with the other stuff. That and I found the same theme I use for my HTPC, Brokeh, was already created by some guy who knows more about it than I do. I am going to alter it a bit to natively fit my TV though. Thank you for the warm welcome and contributions to the site.

So this is my first post, but I think it's appropriate as this thread demonstrates exactly why the community is a major part of why I chose GameEx as my front end. A few months ago my wife and I decided that we needed to cut back on our expenses as money was getting tight. The first thing to go was cable. I decided to dust off the HTPC project I gave up on a few years ago and make it work. Long story short I got the bugs worked out and we were enjoying our new "super" DVR and streaming device. While building the HTPC I relied on two fairly large HTPC forum communities for problem solving. I stumbled on GameEx reading a thread at one of them. I was also turned on to emulators many moons ago by Nesticle. Now in my early 30's, I only fired up an emulator to see how fast I could run through Super Metroid for my 453 time or to see if I could finally beat Super Macho Man on Punch Out. When I realized I could have fully functional, seamless emulation through my HTPC I dove in head first. I've had GameEx on my system for about 2 months now and it's the absolute coolest. From playing old NES Sesame Street games with my son, to having high score contests with my wife on Donkey Kong Country, to still not being able to beat Super Macho Man. I've gone from "check out my HTPC. I can record 4 shows at once, do this that and the other" to asking someone what their favorite video game was back in the day and firing it up within minutes. While I haven't been able to not find an answer for any questions I've had yet I'm sure the time will come and I'm glad to have such a strong, helpful, and most importantly, friendly community when I need them.