Start EmulationStation on last game selected before closing?

[zerobyzero]

I've seen the question below from 2021 with no answers:

Re: EmulationStation Last Played game selected from boot

So, I'd like to know whether now in 2022 is there any way to achieve exactly that, when starting ES, having selected the last game that was selected before closing ES the previous gaming session.

I'd like to have that feature in order to automatically switch between two themes (vertical/horizontal monitor) with the press of a button: The button would trigger a bash script that would kill ES, remap the configuration to use the new layout, and relaunch ES. I think the only missing piece of the puzzle is the ability to start ES with the previously selected game.

Regards and many thanks in advance.

[mitu]

@zerobyzero said in Start EmulationStation on last game selected before closing?:

So, I'd like to know whether now in 2022 is there any way to achieve exactly that, when starting ES, having selected the last game that was selected before closing ES the previous gaming session.

There's no such feature yet. However, using the 'Last Played' collection and setting EmulationStation to automatically open it on start would position you on the last played game right after start.