GameEx Setups & Emulators

[Adultery]

I like SpyDIRman's idea of posting what everyone's using. Besides the fact that it will be a good reference tool, people can come to the forum and see what everyone is using and ask the appropriate forum member for help. This will hopefully streamline the process and make our forum a little more user-friendly.

Adultery's GameEx Setup (PC)

CONTROLLERS: Four Sony Playstation 2 controllers connected via Super Joybox 5 Pro

DISPLAY: 27" Dell UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

Nvidia Geforce 8600 GTS

SYSTEM: Windows XP SP2, 2 gigs of RAM, Intel Pentium 4, 500 Gig Seagate Free Agent EXHDD, DSL.

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GameEx Setup

PLUGINS

Headkaze's CPViewer v0.97 BETA

Game Manual Viewer

Official Divx Codec for encoding emulator AVI Snaps

FFDShow

GoodMerge and 7-Zip CL 4.42

THEME

Firebrand's Valhalla theme.

MAME SETUP

Version: Vanilla MAME 0.122 (Stable Release)

CL Switches: -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -video d3d -filter -cheat -artcrop -backdrop -bezel

DATs catver.ini, cheat.dat, hiscore.dat, history.dat, mameinfo.dat, Nplayers.ini

Other: Circo's EmuMovies Video Snaps, Full Artwork, Icon and Snapshot collection (via private torrent), custom GameEx bezel

MAME ENHANCEMENTS

ZiNc 1.1 using Nologic's Standalone ZiNc Wrapper.

Model2 Emulator v0.5a

EMULATORS

Nintendo 64: Project 64 1.7.10 (Private Beta)

Super Nintendo: ZSNES 1.42n (Netplay Enhanced)

Nintendo NES: NEStopia 1.37

Gameboy Advance, Color and Mono: VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0b3 (With working GBA BIOS)

SEGA 32x, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear: KEGA Fusion 3.51 with additional graphics rendering filters.

Playstation: pSX 1.13 (With working PSX BIOS scph101)

PSP: PSPE 0.9b

TG16: Magic Engine 1.0.0.0 PR 10

Atari 7800, 5200, Vectrex, Colecovision: MESS 0.118

Atari 2600: Stella 2.4.1

Atari Lynx: Handy 0.90

Intellivision: Nostalga 4.2

Visual Pinball: VP Tech Beta 6 with VpinMAME and VPDisco

I think that about covers it...

[Creek]

Great idea.

CONTROLS: Custom made 4 player controlpanel, powered by an I-Pac4.

DISPLAY: 29" Sony WEGA TV

Nvidia Geforce 5900XT

SYSTEM: Windows XP SP2, 512mb of RAM, Intel Pentium 4 2GHz, 160gb HD.

Modified boot screen with Bootskin and a MAME theme.

THEME

Default - Dark Gloss.

MAME SETUP

Version: HoffMame v0.119 (Sexual Chocolate Edition)

DATs catver.ini, hiscore.dat, history.dat, mameinfo.dat, Nplayers.ini

Other: Circo's EmuMovies Video Snaps, Other screenshots, artwork, etc.

EMULATORS

Laserdisc (Daphne v0.99.7)

Nintendo 64 (Project 64 v1.6)

Super Nintendo (ZSNES v1.42)

Nintendo Entertainment System (JNes v0.6)

Gameboy Advance, Color, Mono (VisualBoyAdvance v1.8.0b3)

Sega Master System, Mega Drive (Kega Fusion v3.51)

NEC TurboGrafX-16 / PC Engine + PC Engine CD (Magic Engine v1.0)

Future Pinball v1.6b + Visual Pinball v7 (Used Headkaze's PleasureExtractor tool for sorting tables for both emulators)

Commodore Amiga (WinUAE v1.4.2) Created a custom made utillity with a buddy of mine, for creating config files from the GameBase Amiga set. PM me if you want it.

PLANNED EMULATORS

Commodore 64, Vic-20.

Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar, Lynx.

Vectrex, Colecovision

Intellivision

[LB11]

My HTPC

CONTROLLERS:

Logitech: Cordless Rumblepad (x1) ; Dual Shock (x1) ; Extreme 3d Pro (x1) ; Driving Force Pro PSX version (x1) ;

Gravis: Gamepad Pro (x1)

Custom: Custom built 9 button arcade stick using gravis gamepad pro

DISPLAY: Sony WEGA 36" SDTV

SYSTEM: Windows MCE SP2, 2 gigs of RAM, Athlon64 3400, 80gig and 250gig HDD. ATI x1000 on board

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GameEx Setup

PLUGINS

Game Manual Viewer

FFDShow

THEME

Standard MCE glossy

MAME ENHANCEMENTS

ZiNc 1.1

Model2 Emulator v0.5a

EMULATORS

Nintendo 64:Project 64

Super Nintendo:ZSNES

Nintendo NES: NEStopia

Gameboy Advance, Color and Mono: VisualBoyAdvance

SEGA 32x, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear: KEGA Fusion 3.51

Playstation: ePSXe

TG16: Magic Engine 1.0.0.0 PR 10

Dreamcast: chankast

[Michael]

Michaels Setup

CONTROLLERS: 4 x Xbox pads with usb adaptors

SYSTEM: 2800+ sepmtron 64 1gb ddr2, Nvidia 7900GS 256mb, tv card for video input for freeview box, MCE remote

, 40gb and 200gb for windows, roms and snaps, 1.5tb nas server attatched, wireless connection to internet - ADSL2

software: Win XP sp2

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::::GameEx Setup::::

PLUGINS

None yet

THEME

BlueGlass + with added media files

MAME SETUP

Version:MAME 0.114

Other: full viode snaps made by me

::::EMULATORS::::

Nintendo 64: Project 64 1.6

Super Nintendo: ZSNES

Nintendo NES: NEStopia

Gameboy Advance, Color and Mono: VisualBoyAdvance

SEGA 32x, Genesis, Master System, sega mega CD, Game Gear: KEGA Fusion

Playstation: epSX

TG16: Magic Engine

Atari 7800, Vectrex,

Colecovision: MESS

Atari 2600: Stella

Atari Lynx: Handy lynx

Intellivision

dreamcast: chancast

sega Saturn

neo geo pocket

M.U.G.E.N

::::To Do::::

nintendo DS, PSP, ps2, xbox, if/when there playable

other apps

wintv, for video input for freeview box

[Lord Zog]

ZoG's GameEx Setup (PC)

CONTROLLERS: Four Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 controllers

DISPLAY: 55" Samsung HD LCD TV (LN55A950)

Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX with a ThermalRight HR-03 Plus cooler

SYSTEM: Intel Core2Duo E6700, Asus P5W-DH Deluxe Motherboard, 4 GB's of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 6400C4 Ram, 8x1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 SATA-2 HDD's (12TB's total), Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic, and Microsoft XP w/SP3 RTM Build 5512.

SOUND SETUP: Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Certified speaker set with wireless rear's, control module and wireless remote

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GameEx Setup

PLUGINS

Game Manual Viewer

Official Divx Pro Codec 7.0.0.186 for encoding emulator AVI Snaps

FFDShow 2002-06-17

xPadder V5.4

THEME

AcidBurn's theme with a lot of custom icons added.

MAME SETUP

Version: MAMEUI32 0.133

CL Switches: -joy -video d3d

DATs catver.ini, cheat.dat, hiscore.dat, history.dat, mameinfo.dat, Nplayers.ini

EMULATORS

Atari 2600: Stella 2.8.4

Atari 5200, 7800, Bally Pro Arcade, Colecovision, Fairchild Channel F, GCE Vectrex, Odyssey 2, RCA Studio II: MESS 0.133

Atari Jaguar and Jaguar CD: Project Tempest 0.95

Atari Lynx: Handy 0.95

LaserDisk: Daphne 1.0

Mattel Intellivision: Nostalga 5.0

Nintendo's Gameboy Advance, Color and Mono: VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0b3

Nintendo GameCube: Dolphin SVN Build r3661

Nintendo Wii: Dolphin SVN Build r3661

Nintendo NES: NEStopia 1.40

Nintendo's Super Nintendo: ZSNES 1.51

Nintendo 64: Project 64 1.7.0.55 (Private Beta)

Nintendo DS: No$gba v2.6a

Panasonic 3DO: FreeDO WIP 1.9

Philips CD-i: CD-i Emulator 0.5.2

SEGA's Sega-CD/Mega-CD, 32x, Genesis, Master System, SG-1000, Game Gear: KEGA Fusion 3.61

Sega Dreamcast: NullDC 1.0.3

Sega Saturn: SSF 0.10 Beta Type2

Sony Playstation: pSX 1.13, and ePSXe 1.70

Sony Playstation 2: PcSX2 SVN Build 1474

TurboGrafx 16 and TurboGrafx 16-CD: Magic Engine 1.1.3

Total collection size (My own rips for all systems EXCEPT for MAME (Rom and Chd): 6.9TB's

Oh yeah, and I use Media Portal 1.1.1 Alpha for watching satellite TV.

[Tynker]

1) Arcade (Son's Room) : 27" RCA Standard TV, P4 3ghz, 2 Sidewinders Hacked into authentic HAPP arcade controls/buttons, Mario Themed cabinet art. Wireless network to Living Room for video. Proud of this one, built this from scratch, everything from the control panel to the pc components. No analog sticks, so those games have been removed from this system.

2) Living Room : 52" RCA HDTV, AMD X2 + 3TB NAS, 4 Wireless GameCube Controllers, 4 Wireless PS2 Controllers, 4 Analog TV tuners, 2 HD TV Tuners, 7.1 surround... this is use more for tv than games, unless dad is playing!

3) Van : Chrysler Town & Country : Integrated into factory monitor & sound, P4 1ghz (less power) 1 wireless Logitech wingman, 1 wireless xbox matcatz, 1 wireless gamecube, 1 wireless ps2, 1 sidewinder hacked into the steering wheel controls, wireless 802.11G to pull updates from Living room when in garage (or McDonalds hotspot!) Also, pushes GPS tracking information to home server via internet when passing public or open wifi hotspots (Don't steal this van, and don't lie to dad about where you are!). Bunch of other stuff, not directly related to GameEx.... New passion after completing the arcade box(es)

4) SUV : Hummer : Concept phase... Oh my, there is a lot of room inside this truck! Just how big a screen is too big for a car?

All these machines run GameEx and emulators from atari 2600 to playstation, the Arcade and Van use the multimedia features as well. Honestly, these projects have had more time spent with sawing / gluing / screwing / wiring / soldering than software config... Thanks to Tom and the respective emulator authors!

[Lord Zog]

Surprised this is no longer a sticky, as well, no one else posted their setups.. I guess only 6 users use GameEx? lol..

[Nologic]

Heh well most are probably like me and after seeing your setup feeling their epenis just aren't up to bragging.

I knew I didn't have the fastest...but did figure I was on the upper end for storage...hehe till I seen your's...where I clearly got dwarfed.

Hehe HHD's 4 @ 750gig SATA II & 3 @ 500gig PATA 150 all seagate for 4.5 tb...hehe just no keeping up with the jones here.

I'm nearing 4tb of storage used...but some of that is media and not emulation.

Maybe someday I'll sit down and do a write up on my setup but I got to many projects going...mainly in GX alone.

[bkenobi]

I just hope you have backups for that data. It would be a shame to have a drive die and loose 1TB of porn...err, I mean downloads!

[Tom Speirs]

I just hope you have backups for that data. It would be a shame to have a drive die and loose 1TB of porn...err, I mean downloads!

Dont worry, porns easily replaced if you got a broadband connection lol.

[Nologic]

LOL well if I lose a drive I lose it all...as its all in a softraid strip array...with no mirroring...heh so not very bright on my part.

I would imagine Zog is running raid5 or better...hopefully with a raid card of some sort.

[Lord Zog]

LOL well if I lose a drive I lose it all...as its all in a softraid strip array...with no mirroring...heh so not very bright on my part.

I would imagine Zog is running raid5 or better...hopefully with a raid card of some sort.

Heh.. Promise 16 port SATA-2.. And yes, every drive that is in use I have an exact copy as well in storage as nothing on the emu drives change anyways, and majority of the games I own anyways.. So no need to worry about loss.. Complete Sega-CD, 3DO, CD-i and such is from ebay and friends.. Mame is from the mame community, and most of the roms, I have dumped myself with various hardware over the years before the "Good-Tools" existed. And this is just for my HTPC that has GameEx and ProgDVB.. Only thing I don't have a backup of is my PVR stuff, which is fine.. Most of it is just episodes of programs the wife watches.. I could care less about "Oprah"..

And NoLogic.. Ya should post your specs anyways.. No need to feel guilty if I have a little more than ya.. Been Emuing for too long! Still a great read to see what others are using for setups..

[headkaze]

I got a DLink DNS-323 NAS box with 2 x 500 GB HDD's (great little device with built in Linux OS that you can even install a torrent client on). I set it up with Raid 0 (Striping) for speed but I only have a 100 MBit network so I was thinking (after it was too late) that I probably should have gone for JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) or standard (2 single drives). Since I'm using Raid 0 if I loose one drive I loose all data. I didn't go for Raid 1 (mirroring) because I wanted 1 Gig so the reason I went for Raid 0 is size and speed but when your limited by your network speed I probably made a mistake in that decision. Going JBOD or standard would have meant that if one drive failed I would still be able to recover the other drive. Since I'm limited by 100 MBit I doubt there would be a noticable speed difference than Raid 0. Of course really important data is always backed up but I'd spew if my NAS drive failed and I lost all that data.

[Lord Zog]

The nas boxes are nice, but you would be only benefiting if it supported gigabit ethernet.. Even USB 2.0 drives are still slow as fu*k... Got 4 Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500's here and they are SLOW. I only use them for my MP3 library now for streaming music through the house.. And very rarely I add stuff to em, so, I now have a dedicated music server running on an old P4 1.8 that does my music streaming through a serial interface to the house..

[headkaze]

The nas boxes are nice, but you would be only benefiting if it supported gigabit ethernet.. Even USB 2.0 drives are still slow as fu*k... Got 4 Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500's here and they are SLOW. I only use them for my MP3 library now for streaming music through the house.. And very rarely I add stuff to em, so, I now have a dedicated music server running on an old P4 1.8 that does my music streaming through a serial interface to the house..

Yeah I could have gone with building an old PC and using FreeNAS or Linux but I just thought it was a cool device and portable (no regrets). I didn't have a spare PC although I probably could have bought one for the same price as the NAS. It does have 1 gigabit capability so I've been debating whether or not I should upgrade my network to gigabit. But that would be a number of NIC's, routers, switches etc. etc. In the end it would end up being quite expensive to upgrade

[Lord Zog]

Yup.. Just slowly do the transition to gigabit.. In the long run, it works great at 1000mbit as opposed to 100.. But you only notice the difference with copying large files.. Half my network is still 100 mbit for the PC's in the living room and in my home office. My gaming machine, HTPC, and my fileservers use gigabit tho. Lappy still uses just 54mbit as it has no support for n-draft 802.11.

[Nologic]

CONTROLLERS: Two Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 Controllers

DISPLAY: N\A (file server currently)

Nvidia Geforce 6150 Onboard (next to be upgraded 8600GT or 8800GT)

Nvidia DualTV MCE (now legacy)

SYSTEM: AMD64 X2 4800, Asus A8N-VM CSM Motherboard, 2gigs PC3200 Ram, 4 @ 750gig Seagate SATA-2 HDD, 3 @ 500gig Seagate PATA HDD, Microsoft MCE 2k5.

SOUND SETUP: N\A

I'll update this later on.

[bkenobi]

Other than having no way to view or hear the games, this sounds like an awesome setup

[Nologic]

Heh yeah its the little things that matter.

Kind of sucks to never used that TV tuner before it being abandoned by the manufacture...getting sick of being left out in the cold when ever I take a chance on a company trying something new...and its suppose to be a great card....blah

[Lord Zog]

Always happens with stuff like that. Don't feel bad. My Nvidia nForce 3 mobo isn't suppoprted by Vista lol.. Wanted to try Vista since I was a beta tester for it with MS Connect, and I had to use it on my lappy to be able to submit my bugs to get a free copy of her. lol.. And its still sitting on the HDD not burnt as I don't like it. lol...

That and Pro-Tools doesn't work in Vista so no go for me..

[Lord Zog]

BUMP!! Been over a year! Can we get this pinned and a few other users setups added to this now? I am curious to what others are using now that its been over a year! Don't be shy!

[Brian Hoffman]

well all those emus are still very active today. Newer builds and better compatability.

Id have to say I have added a couple more emus to my setup.

AAE (vetrex emu very nice) has support for 3d graphics cards that makes really nice trailing effects mimicing old monitor technology.

and

NullDc Naomi.. I love to play some capcom vs snk 2 on my arcade.

Other than that its all I can add right now

[keithdok]

CONTROLS: Logitech wireless PS3 controller and Logitech wireless rumblepad 2.

DISPLAY: 36" Sony Bravia 720p RP-LCD HDTV.

SYSTEM: Windows XP SP2, 1GB of RAM, nVidia 7600, AMD64 3500+, 2x160GB HDD + 250GB HDD.

THEME

Default - Hybrid Blue - Widescreen.

MAME SETUP

Version: MAME v0.129 compiled for HISCORE support.

Other: Circo's EmuMovies Video Snaps, Other screenshots, artwork, etc.

EMULATORS

Nintendo 64 (Project 64)

Super Nintendo (ZSNES)

Nintendo Entertainment System (Nestopia)

Gameboy Advance (VisualBoyAdvance )

Sega Master System, Genesis, 32X (Kega Fusion)

Sega CD (Gens+)

Sega Saturn (SSF)

Sega Dreamcast (NullDC)

NEC TurboGrafX-16 + TurboGrafX CD (Magic Engine)

NEC PC-FX (Magic Engine FX)

Sony Playstation (pSX)

Atari 2600 (MESS)

Mostly though, 99% of my time with it is watching downloaded videos. The latest version of FFDShow tryouts and Gameex play nicely together, and handle every format I throw at it.