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News

10 May 2003: Take the Game Launcher survey. Available until May 19.

16 Jun 2002: Pictures of Game Launcher at the Game On exhibit.

14 May 2002: Version 0.9.8 released.

• Ported to Win32 and Unix.
• Created rudimentary screen saver.
• Added keys to restart and skip current MP3.
• Added pre-/post-commands that are run before/after a game is run.
• Added mouse (trackball and trackwheel) support.

01 Dec 2001: New logo (thanks to Steve Nishimoto), new site layout (thanks to me).

22 Nov 2001: Version 0.9.7 released.

• Turbo scrolling for faster scrolling of large menus.
• Debug mode and more logs for better debugging.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Many upgrades to 3rd party libraries. Please report any problems in terms of compatibility and perfomance as compared to 0.9.6.
• See CHANGES for other changes.

13 Aug 2001: Added a support section and an FAQ.

09 Jul 2001: I got laid off a few weeks ago. Please take a look at my resume.

25 May 2001: Updates to the home page.

• Yeah, yeah, I know updates have been coming very slowly. For one solution to this, check out the donations section.
• Download links now point to SourceForge. Let me know if you have problems downloading.

10 Jan 2001: Version 0.9.6 released.

• Fixed crash if no joystick is detected.

25 Dec 2000: Version 0.9.5 released.

• Added PC joystick support.
• Added utility to generate Game Launcher config files for MAME.
• See CHANGES for other changes.

15 Dec 2000: Game Launcher now has a project page at SourceForge.

• SourceForge provides mailing lists, discussion forums, and a bug reporting tool.
• Keep an eye out for a Christmas release. Support for PC joysticks is coming!

7 Sep 2000: Added a Utilities section.

• Added a link to EmuMannen's Game Launcher configuration tools.

28 Aug 2000: Version 0.9.4 released.

• Added JPEG support for screen shots.
• Improved initial loading time by as much as 15 times.
• See CHANGES for other changes.

29 Jul 2000: Version 0.9.3 released.

• Support for TrueType fonts added. Check out the screen shots!
• Screen resolution is fully customizable.

14 Jun 2000: Version 0.9.2 released.

• Support for rotated (vertical) monitors.
• Added more configuration options.

22 Feb 2000: Version 0.9.1 released.

15 Jan 2000: Version 0.0.2 released.

• First public release.

15 Dec 1999: Version 0.0.1 released.