GameEx 10.26 is a CD Utility product from gameex.net, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, Zinc, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based game emulators, along with being a good Home Theatre PC solution. It also makes a good CarPC frontend. The original goal was for it to be used on Windows XP Media Center and Arcade Cabinets although it will run on any version of Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista.

Play DirectX-based program on GameEx. GameEx has support for arcade specific hardware including Ultimarcs J-PAC and ArcadeVGA. It has support for LCD and VFD displays, the MCE remote control, Gamepads, full Mouse control, widescreen displays, volume control, music playlists (OGG, MP3, WMA and M4A), has a fully functional jukebox including visualizations, video and DVD player, Internet radio tuner (ASX, PL, M3U and WMA), picture and slide show viewer, news reader (RSS 1 and 2), and should work with HotRod and X-Arcade, SlikStik and IPAC controllers.
GameEx has support for playing MAME and other emulator game videos (AVI, MPG and MNG) for the selected game while navigating the lists. GameEx also features a multiprocess-based attract mode, that keeps launching different games. It supports multiple languages and supports themes with the capability to make animated backgrounds using AVI OR MPEG files.

Standard Features:
Supports nearly any emulator
Advanced support for MAME
No other front end has as many options for configuration of MAME and emulators.
Works with Vista 32 and 64 bit.
Media Center Plug In
Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista
Arcade Controls (X-Arcade, Slik-Stik, JPAC,IPAC)
Works with Gamepads
MCE remote
Specific ArcadeVGA support
Widescreen and HD support
Completely customizable controls
Highly polished interface
Jukebox supports all format,s with visulisations
Play the Jukebox while playing games
Advanced all formats Video Player
DVD Player with support for choice of codec and FFDSHOW
Picture and slide show viewer
Internet Radio
News Reader
Advanced multi process based attract mode/screensaver
Multiple languages, custom languages
Theme Editor offers skinning
Both advanced configuraztion and easy setzup wizard
Emulator and MAME databases
Plug-In support including LCD/LED
Play random background sounds.

Registered Version:
No nag screen. Fast loading
Game manual PDF viewer
GameExtender networked display
Various MAME lists including on line lists
Advanced configuration with key and gamepad remapping
Karaoke
Search feature. Easily find all games and media
Play DVD's from hard disk
Goodmerge 7-Zip support
Play emulators in the screensaver
Zip support for emulators that dont natively support it.
Rotated monitor support
Mouse control emulation
eBook and Comic Book reader
Play seperate music based on emulator list
Over 1,000 additional radio stations
CD-Ripper with album lookup
Automatic updates
Export games to windows media center
Automatically create all game snaps as images or video
Game Statistics, available online through GameExtender and from the interface.
Media Library. The Media library brings all your pictures, videos and audio together in one place. It can also be used as an alternative to the jukebox by allowing you to view your music by folder and filename

It has support for Ultimarcs J-PAC and ArcadeVGA, LCD\VFD Displays, the MCE remote control, Gamepads, full Mouse control, Widescreen displays, Vertical (rotated) displays (screenshot), volume control, Music playlists and a fully functional Jukebox including visualisations and support for ogg, mp3, wma, m4a and flac (screenshot). Music can be played and controlled while playing games. Also features a Video Player including aspect control, resuming of videos at a later date, play all and play all randomly features (screenshot), Internet Radio tuner (asx, pl, m3u, wma), Picture and Slide show viewer, Ebook and Comic Book reader (screenshot), CD Player and CD Ripper with Automatic lookup of CD title and track information from the Internet, News Reader (screenshot) (RSS 1 & 2), and should work with HotRod and X-Arcade, SlikStik/IPAC controllers. It has support for playing MAME and other emulator game videos (avi, mpg, mng) for the selected game while navigating the lists. GameEx also features a multi process based attract mode, that keeps launching different games. It supports multiple languages, and themes with built in theme editor (screenshot) including the capability to have animated backgrounds using avi or mpeg files. The software is highly configurable via the use of an included configuration tool with help and explanations for most settings, although GameEx can also be up and running within a few minutes.

GameEx features a DVD Player (complete menu and chapter navigation) with support for FFDSHOW, a DVD's module allowing playing DVD's stored on your hard disk and an all formats Video Player both with automatic box art download. These features have an on screen display, have support for various aspect ratios, and can be controlled with a Gamepad, Arcade controls, remote control and keyboard (you can navigate a DVD's menu and chapters with all devices) The Video module can also play DVR-MS using FFDSHOW (on Windows XP). Videos and DVD's can also show at ArcadeVGA resolutions on an Arcade Monitor at the correct aspect ratios. NOTE: DVD Software, Codecs/FFDSHOW required. Snap shots can also be taken for all of your videos/movies, and this is now stable with version 4 and above. The license of this windows utility software is Free Trial Software, the price is $0.00, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of GameEx, you can buy this windows utility software.