GameManager is a program that is designed for Windows PC to automate the process of downloading game fan art, box art, screenshots, game info, official patches and organise the data in a functional and sleak interface, allowing you to browse, sort, filter, patch, mount and run your games.
It takes its influences from media center applications such as XBMC or Windows Media Center and looks much the same as such applications except rather than showing video it shows games and has hidden functionality specialy designed for games. The interface CoverView also takes its influences from the music management software itunes.
About the Project
It was orginally designed (V1) just to show my games and launch them with patch running functions, however the main problem was that all the artwork and patches had to be sourced manaually and the scanning system had to have each game manaually added to it. This caused it to be unsuitable for public release as I had no intension of maintaining a database of game entries. I carried on with the project and got the program functional but after a major code loss due to hard drive/computer failure I dropped the project.
It was only a few years later I decieded to pick the project back up along with a full code rewrite(V2). By this time the foundations had been layed to make the project possible, online game databases had risen bringing along fan art, box art and all sorts of game info available from a single easy to access source(thegamesdb.net) and I had a knowledge of a slightly more advanced language allowing me to interface with the internet and the databases API. So I started the project in my holidays and after serveral months and 6 alpha(bug testing) releases I finally had a fully functioning GameManager (V2) and backed up this time to avoid more headaches!
After this release there was many people happy with the program and I decided to continue working on the project, adding in more important features and fixing ones that didn't quite work properly and at the end I had GameManager V3 named as such due to the greatly increased number of features. It is much more user friendly and looks much sleaker than the previous revision and overall works much better.
Features
Downloads fan, front box, back box and banner art, screenshoots and Game Info and showcases the data in the user interface
Showcases games in InfoView, CoverFlow or BannerFlow
Run games from the interface
Take screenshots in games and view them from the interface
Download and install official game patches
AutoMount image files when you run games, unmount them when done(Requires DAEMON Tools or Alcohol 120% to be installed)
Run post-game and pre-game batch files
View game Info such as release date, publisher or genre
Quickly find your games by filtering by keyword/s you type
Organise Games by categories such as release date, publisher or platform
*You must own the orginal console and games for you to be able to play them on a emulator.
Recommended System Requirements
Designed for Windows 7 and Windows XP but runs on any computer compatable with below specification:
CPU:
RAM:
Operating System:
Hard Disk Space:
Graphics Card:
Internet:
2Ghz single core(XP or below), 2GHz dual core(Vista/Win 7)
512MB(XP or below), 1GB(Vista/Win 7)
Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7
7MB minimum, 50mb+ for a moderate game collection
DX7 Compatable, 3D support (Anything from the last 10 years should work)
Broadband recommended
Online Help Files/ GameManager Manual
The help files for GameManager can be found here
Note these files are very detailed and using the detailed descriptions and clear pictures should guide you step by step through setting up your games and libary. It is highly recommended that new users of the software read these files before trying to use GameManager.
Image Showcase
Below is a showcase of a few select images taken from GameManager, to view info about each screenshot please click the little 'i' in the top left corner.
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Awards
Awards page for GameManager, mostly shows 100% clean/no spyware/no viruses awards. Click here to visit page
