• The MAME list updating now does a more thorough search for recommended and games in series.
• In addition, when updating the MAME list - MAME32 favorites and custom lists are loaded at the start and any games in these lists are now forced to be present, overriding any other filters.
• There is a new "remove duplicates/clean list" feature which defaults to on if using a game filter and clones. This produces a clean list of games for MAME, and is more like what I intended from the beginning for GameEx MAME support. Supporting clones but a filtered list.
• Video box art downloading was broken and is now fixed.
• Another new feature is now GameEx will try to download a description for DVDs and Videos.
• When in thumbnail view, video and DVD preview thumbs will be created even if the preview videos setting is off. In addition if it cannot create a preview thumb it will not try again.
• The preview videos feature has been extended to allow not previewing for DVDs and large video files (ie HD).
• When selecting ebooks, pictures or videos, GameEx will now navigate directly to within the folder if you only have one path setup.
• Note: If you are upgrading, the new features are configurable.

• Fixes error when using a custom genre.
• Fixes issue not finding drives if many are installed.
• Lyric download working again.

• For registered users:
• The ebook and game manual viewer now supports txt files.
• Although already supported in GameEx cbz and cbr comic files can now also be used for game maunals for MAME and emulators
• Fixes issue where MAME game manual would not show if for the games parent
• The package in the setup and the offline installer for ebooks and game manuals has been updated and will need to be installed again for txt file support

• Spesoft Image Converter 2.5 released
• Allows batch conversion of PDF files
• Converts from text files to any format including PDF
• Product Home Page

• Fixes logo drop down selection not updating in Setup Wizard
• Fixes error when using the MAME emu map feature with certain MAME versions
• Fixes parameters not working when using Also Launch with an emulator
• Development has been moved to visual studio 2008 from 2005. Not really relevant apart from the fact the executable is a little smaller and therefore might perform a bit better

• Fixes minor bug in the Setup Wizard

Always trying to improve and make setup more accessible in the world of emulation front ends, we are pleased to release GameEx version 10.35.

Featuring an updated Setup Wizard application by Ben Baker, with help and support from Brian Hoffman and Matt (Tempest), this release brings further enchancments and seamlessness in making the download, installation and configuration of retro gaming systems easier than ever before.

Here are the technical release notes for Setup Wizard 2.1.2

• 'Download Emulators' section will now prompt to import profiles.
• You are now always prompted for default paths, database download and emulator download when you import. You can now turn these off using the 'Always Show' checkbox.
• Sorting emulators via Name, Category, System and Emulator.
• You can now move multiple emulators up and down at once by shift/ctrl selecting emulators in 'Emulator Selection.'
• Logos now have a drop down list.
• Columns showing all the extra info added to profiles such as System, Category, Emulator, Version, Rating, DownloadUrl, RequiredFiles, Website, Info.
• Automatically creates the file structure for you when you import.
• POV Joystick support.
• Lot's of work remaking the profiles and getting downloads updated (thanks alot to Brian and Matt for the help with this).
• Updated logo's for all systems.

Happy New Year.

• New wrap around/loop list input setting feature. This was a highly requested feature.
• The start menu program group has been reorganised and now looks much better on newer windows versions.
• Note: If your upgrading the old start menu items wil not be deleted. You can however just delete the program group prior to installing

• Several small bug fixes
• Background now fades in when changing when using default display settings
• Emulator theme layouts now load after a list change rather than incorrectly before

• Adds conversion from RA (Real Audio), AU, and ATRAC audio files.
• Supports audio files with no or the wrong extension.
• Product Home Page

• Removed windows media player detection, requirement and install from setup package.
• Removed Windows Media Player requirement from Video and DVD Playback. Windows Media Player is now only optionally required for Jukebox WMP mode

• Several enhancments to audio visualizations. Windows Media Player is no longer a requirement, and Sonique, BassBox and windows media player plugins are supported. You can select which visualization to show directly within GameEx and additional ones can be added in the media\visualizations folder. Fixes issue where audio would lose sync coming in and out of visualizing, and the whole process is much more seamless. When GameEx shows the currently playing track it will also show a visualization while in the menus. This is also now shown in all modules.
• New screensaver mode to suspend the system.
• Fixes issue where audio not working after a resume from suspend

• Windows Media Player is no longer a requirement in the setup package.
• Improved performance of roms in folders

• Fixes intermitent startup intro display issue
• Improved startup speed
• Other minor work

• GameEx will now detect gamepad attachment and removal
• Gamepad POV support. Currently can only be customised via custominput.ini. Will be configurable via the setup wizard in the next release.
• New setting to enable gamepad support just for activity checking. This allows gamepad detection for the screensaver and inactivity timer but ignores usage in the front end. If your using gamepads but using something like xpadder instead of the gameex support then turn this on.
• Ive spent several days working on the video and dvd playtback resulting n the following fixes and enhancments:
• Fixes DVD menu overlays not showing
• On Vista and Windows 7 the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) is now used instead of VMR 9. This improves quality considerably on windows 7 as VMR 9 does not use any scaling filters on Win 7
• When EVR is used 4:3 content on widescreen displays will be dynamically streteched as it reaches the edge of the display improving the viewing experience
• Fixes mouse moving during playback
• Fixes issue where 4:3 DVDs could not be stretched on widescreen displays
• Improved memory usage
• Responsivness improved
• Removed old compatibilty code used for when Vista RTM was buggy with Aero Glass turned off. GameEx wil now run much better on Vista and Windows 7 if Aero not turned on
• By default Gameex will use its own player for WMV files and not windows media player now. If you want to play DRM content there is a new setting to use windows media player
• Fixes first preview video not playing if first item in the list when GameEx starts up
• New startup animation for default theme
• Fixes window animations not being restored on exit
• Headkaze has been working hard on some nice enhancments to the Setup Wizard. They should hopefully be available soon

• Lyrics now working again thanks to lyricsplugin.com
• Daphne launch before and after now accepts rom as variable in command line

• Now allows batch conversion of audio in video files instead of previously only one file at a time.
• New options to stream files to a web browser. In built mini streaming server.
• Product home page

• Can now select an alternative MIDI sound font to use for conversion.
• New settings to specify play length for emulated game music files.
• Product home page

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Convert images into text files; with recognition performed after image processing to allow effects and resizing to improve accuracy.
• Convert to and from PDF files
• DPI Increased when converting from vector formats
• Handles files with no extension
• Improved handling of multiple page images

• Enhancments:
• DVDs on Disk now features a resume option when returning to a movie
• When playing videos and DVDs the window can now be resized without stopping playback
• Snap images and preview videos are now loaded on a thread, providing smoother navigation
• Faster brigtness adjustment (alpha blending) in 32 bit colour when playing preview videos as the background image
• Slightly quicker startup and return from emulators
• Changes:
• New windows media center start page logo thanks to Alan Reddan
• Pictures and videos now default to standard user documents paths for new installs
• VMR9 now default for new installs
• Detection if preview videos fail and turning off future previews
• Fixes:
• Fixes aspect ratio getting distorted in slideshows
• Some image fille types not playing in slideshows
• Fixes movie database info not showing for DVDs on Disk when video previews are off

• Just a maintenance release
• Fixes custom setup types in the setup wizard
• When using custom menus and logoff, now works with Ben Baker's login application