Tom Speirs

GameEx Arcade Edition is a derivative version of GameEx that is optimized for arcade controls, arcade machines, and HTPC systems where only gaming is wanted. It was originally designed for arcade game setups only but also supports any emulation system.
 
GameEx Arcade Edition is a derivative version of GameEx that is optimized for arcade controls, arcade machines, and HTPC systems where only gaming is wanted. It was originally designed for arcade game setups only but also supports any emulation system.
It is lighter, has cosmetic improvements and supports the new EmuMovies video themes.
It supports MAME, arcade systems, all other systems and has the following feature differences over the normal GameEx version.
Supports video themes. Less code. Lighter. Less options. Optimized cosmetics for TV and arcade displays. Good support for low resolutions (640 x 480) out of the box. Does not look like windows. Does look a little like HyperSpin.  
The video themes and all the content is available at EmuMovies and an automatic downloader is included with the front end.
Don't forget that GameEx subscribers get a 25% discount on an EmuMovies subscription.
Alternatively, subscribing users can use the MAME system pack:
 
 
 

GameEx - HTPC Gaming Front end.
 
The GameEx frontend.
Latest version.
Full install.
 
To get started quickly and easily with MAME try the system pack:
Or try the Nintendo NES system pack to get started easily:
 

 

MNGer is media player for MNG videos/animations.
It associates MNG files with the player upon setup, and is a very quick, nice easy way to play MNG videos, and also plays supporting audio files (MP3, M4A, OGG, WAV, AIF) if available
Its simple to setup, configure and simple to use, and works just like any basic Media Player.
After setup either launch the application, or just double click on a MNG file to play.

Usage:
Launch application and select MNG
Drag and drop MNG file
Open a MNG in Windows Explorer
Open from the command line
'-fullscreen' plays the MNG full screen and exits when MNG is complete
'-fixaspect' attempts to detect video orientation and fix the aspect ratio to 4:3 or 3:4
'-hidemouse' hides the mouse pointer
e.g. mnger.exe c:\mame\snap\1942.mng -fullscreen -fixaspect
 
 
For anyone interested MNG is an open source / open license image animation format developed by the same people that developed the PNG image format. It was meant to replace the CompuServe GIF image format that at the time had some people worried about its licensing and is limited to 8 bit color. Time has gone by, MNG never became mainstream along with APNG and GIF is still well alive.
 

Instant Sheller: It allows you to one click shell GameEx or any other front end. Its for Windows XP Service pack  2 and above, Vista, Windows 7 and the latest versions of Windows 10. It also requires the .net framework 2 service pack 1 or above. It features a one click ‘Undo’.
Updated May 2018 for support for the latest versions of Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise. For Windows 10 Enterprise it can completely hide everything.
For those that need to be told and don't understand what this is, this software is use at your own risk.

The PinballX frontend.

Latest version.

Full install.


Note: You will need to create an account to download this file if you are not already a member.

This is the Visual Pinball installer downloaded as part of the PinballX setup.
It is based on the official installer at http://www.vpforums.org by Toxie.
It is mainly included here for consistency but at time of writing offers the following enhancements:
- Avoids potential Bing toolbar install
- Includes .net framework 4 and 4.5 for if required by Windows. (Required by B2S).
- Checks for .net framework 2/3.5 and downloads and installs. (Required by XDMD).
- Creates start menu items for the other versions of Visual Pinball and also Visual PinMAME.
- By default does not install to program files which fixes PinMAME write access.
- Signed by the usual Spesoft code certificate.

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate several thousand different classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era.
http://mamedev.org/

These are some very good arcade remakes by Minionsoft created some time ago.
This install includes 6 games.
The purpose of the project is to get the games to work on Windows 10..
The following arcade remakes are included.
- Star Wars
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Missile Command
- Moon Patrol
- Phoenix
- Scramble
http://www.minionsoft.com/
The project also uses dxwnd.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/
I could not find license files for any on the programs so this is released as freeware/fanware.
 
 
 

Note: I have reverted back to original UltraDMD version. The installer still has some benefits though.
 
So I got a little motivated and I updated UltraDMD to work with the latest version of XDMD and latest windows and libraries.
Im going to include the source with XDMD once i clean it up commit.
Hopefully should just work and that's it. I've only tested on Windows 10 but the whole point was to get it up to date.
With this release it has the potential for 64 bit binaries and real DMDs.
It should natively support PinDMD2 and 3 and also supports dmddevice.dll to work with any other DMD.
I hope I am not stepping on toes but I just kind of went on a mission with it.
Enjoy!

Spesoft free video thumb creator

The GameEx Evolution frontend.
The next generation of front ends.
 
Note: The product is currently in Beta and there may still be a few bugs.
 

If videos do not play in GameEx or you experience crashing/display issues you need to install this.
 

1 click setup and install of MAME with emulator, all media and artwork for GameEx, GameEx Arcade Edition and GameEx evolution.
1. Extract somewhere suitable
2. Run
3. Select your game files
4. Go!.
 
Compatible with GameEx and GameEx Evolution. A new easy way to setup MAME.
 
Note: File size is 19GB. Due to this size it is not available to basic members.
 
Also on FTP. I do recommend getting this file from the FTP rather than here due to the size of the file and possible timeouts etc.
 
For GameEx Arcade Edition change the regular GameEx path.
 

These are 60fps videos that contain a short 2d animation of the wheel logo for each table; suitable to be used as topper videos.
The quality varies depending on the quality of the source wheel logo but there are alternates included.
 
 
24 (Stern 2009).mp4 Medieval_Madness_(Williams_1997).mp4

Pinball Arcade topper videos complete as of June 2018.
These are 20 second 60fps videos that contain a short 2d animation of the wheel logo.
 
 
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Williams 1993).mp4 Twilight_Zone_(Bally_1993).mp4

Complete collection of Pinball Arcade wheel logos as of June 2018.

Example AddIn with full source code.
AddIns allow programmatic creation of custom modules (lists and menus) in GameEx. New in 2017. For extending GameEx to launch, list and play anything.
You can also download the file here if you do not wish to register with the forums or do not have a paid subscription.
You can configure and enable (and also download) Addins with the Repository Manager utility included with GameEx.
 
 
 
 

Launch GameEx from Kodi with this simple add-on.
Select Add-Ons - Install from Zip file within Kodi.

XMatch is the official Spesoft and GameEx artwork matching utility for matching your artwork and video files to your game filenames.
Common sense matching. Not overzealous. Reports on non matches. Ability to use a single media file to replace anything not matched. Same logic as EmuMovies Sync Simple to use. Only the needed the features Requires the .net framework 2/3.5. If file will not launch install the required .net framework.
 

This is a simple PHP include script that acts as a wrapper for the depreciated and removed old MySQL functions.
It maps the most used functions to the MySQLi procedural equivalent functions.
Useful for quickly updating old sites and scripts by simply including the file on a PHP 7/7.1 host.

My updated version of ISTOOL https://sourceforge.net/projects/istool/
I modified the source very slightly and added the following fixes and enhancmnets.
- Supports LZMA2 compression
- Supports Inno Setup unicode version
- Fixes downloader timeout on large files with some virus scanning software
- Added pages option to enable/disable welcome page.
 

Visual Pinball offers real time Pinball Development System. It allows you to design and play your very own pinball simulation
http://www.randydavis.com/vp/intro.htm

CPS1 & 2 and Neo-Geo emulator
http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/

Raine is an arcade emulator which emulates some games which use M68000 or M68020 CPU's. The main focus is on emulating Taito and Jaleco games.
http://rainemu.swishparty.co.uk/

FinalBurn Alpha is an arcade emulator for MC68000/Z80 based arcade games. It mostly plays Capcom games on the CPS-1 and CPS-2 boards as well as most of the Neo-Geo MVS arcade games and other miscellaneous hardware
http://www.barryharris.me.uk/