Question about the arcade roms folder. Is it possible to have 2 subfolders within the arcade folder and have a specific emulator set to launch games from each folder?

[wtstreetglow1]

Hello all,

Could someone possibly give me some guidance on the subject? Is it possible to do that or is the best I can do is a game per game situation?

Essentially I have a folder called MAME078 and a folder called ADVMAME and I was curious if there was a way to preset the emulator to use based on which subfolder a game is launched from.

This has occurred because I am trying to use a gameslist.xml that was created on another system (better scraping- Windows RetroBAT--> which is also emulations station based.

Or can anyone recommend a gameslist editor that could help me split this gameslist up somehow?

This should be the one and only time I have to do this if there is a recommended tool.

Below is an example of my issue:

<game id="44225">
<path>./078mamelibretro/zzyzzyxx.zip</path>
<name>Zzyzzyxx</name>
<desc>Perseverance will be overwhelming emotion game players as they move ZZYZZYXX up and down horizontal rows of alternating moving bricks to gather presents which will satisfy his love. Lola -- whose affection is not easily captured. ZZYZZYXX's vulnerability increases (as he collects gifts, as well as points) not only because of Lola's untouchable attitude, but because of obstacles such as rattifers trying to put an end to ZZYZZYXX's quest for Lola's love and affection. Intelligent as the rattifers may be, there are 2 defenses ZZYZZYXX can use to outsmart the destructive creatures. ZZYZZYXX can brick himself within a brick when he sees an approaching rattifer or ZZYZZYXX can move into the space where there is a gold helmet. The gold helmet intensifies ZZYZZYXX's goal to reach Lola by allowing ZZYZZYXX to use the helmet to enclose a rattifer or break through one brick which is obstructing ZZYZZYXX's course towards Lola. As irreproachable as Lola appears. Lola is overjoyed by ZZYZZYXX's success to retrieve enough presents and she whistles resoundingly to let ZZYZZYXX know. After ZZYZZYXX's triumphant deed for love. ZZYZZYXX becomes invincible, enabling him to elude the rattifers by imprisoning them within their spaces. Other dangers testing ZZYZZYXX's skillful maneuvering are falling bombs, rising missiles and cracked bricks, each capable of disintegrating ZZYZZYXX. As an added attraction, when a game player completes each level, there are animated cartoons depicting ZZYZZYXX's passionate desire to impress his love for Lola. Also delightful music throughout the game leaves the players humming and their foot tapping.</desc>
<image>./images/zzyzzyxx-image.png</image>
<video>./videos/zzyzzyxx-video.mp4</video>
<marquee>./images/zzyzzyxx-marquee.png</marquee>
<thumbnail>./images/zzyzzyxx-thumb.png</thumbnail>
<rating>0.7</rating>
<releasedate>19820101T000000</releasedate>
<developer>Advanced Microcomputer Systems</developer>
<publisher>Cinematronics</publisher>
<genre>Action / Labyrinth</genre>
<arcadesystemname>cinematronics</arcadesystemname>
<players>1-2</players>
<md5>b45d9d86625489689ee71d4bc1f64439</md5>
<lang>en</lang>
<region>us</region>
<scrap name="ScreenScraper" date="20231216T181128"/>
</game>
<game id="60836">
<path>./mame-advmame/olds.zip</path>
<name>Oriental Legend Special / Xi You Shi E Zhuan Super</name>
<desc>Oriental Legend Super is a side scrolling fighting game produced by Taiwanese company I.G.S. As an enhanced version of Oriental Legend, It adds new skills and removes some useless skills. In version 100, It was called Oriental Legend Special outside Asia. After version 100, It is named Oriental Legend Super/Xiyou Shi E Chuan Super.</desc>
<image>./images/olds-image.png</image>
<video>./videos/olds-video.mp4</video>
<marquee>./images/olds-marquee.png</marquee>
<thumbnail>./images/olds-thumb.png</thumbnail>
<releasedate>19980101T000000</releasedate>
<developer>IGS</developer>
<publisher>IGS</publisher>
<genre>Fight / 2.5D</genre>
<family>Oriental Legend</family>
<arcadesystemname>igs</arcadesystemname>
<players>1-4</players>
<md5>9fc933f88ae2540b2439eecc370cd263</md5>
<lang>en</lang>
<region>us</region>
<scrap name="ScreenScraper" date="20231216T181145"/>
</game>
</gameList>

[wtstreetglow1]

Just wanted to leave this last message here for anyone that finds themselves in a similar position.

I ended up using the below github to get this situation sorted out. I used the "remove orphans" feature after using notepad ++ to change all of the paths of the directory that I wanted to get rid of to "remove.zip"

The gameslist editor linked below then saw these xml entries as "orphans" and allowed for easy removal of the entries without messing with anything else in the gameslist.xml file.

https://github.com/NeeeeB/GameList_Editor/releases

Thank you @ getupor for leading my mind down this path.