Create a Extra list for Sega Genesis

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Hello,
In the main menu (consoles navigation menu), can I create a extra list for the Sega Genesis roms (for classification purposes)?
Because I have two collections of Sega Genesis games and don’t want to combine them in the main Sega Genesis menu.
In other words, I want to put “Roms Group 1” in the list of Main Sega Genesis, and I want to put “Roms Group 2” In another list, let’s say it’s called “Special Sega Genesis Games List.”.
Is that possible? And how can I set the new list name and icon and description for this list.

Thank you very much and sorry for My English is bad

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Yes that is possible, you have to add the new system in es_systems.cfg and change the path to the new roms folder and also create a new folder in themes, like this:


<system>
    <name>genesis</name>
    <fullname>Special Sega Genesis Collection</fullname>
    <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer>
    <release>1989</release>
    <hardware>console</hardware>
    <path>/storage/roms/specialgenesis</path>
    <extension>.68k .68K .sgd .SGD .bin .BIN .gen .GEN .md .MD .sg .SG .smd .SMD .zip .ZIP .7z .7Z</extension>
    <command>emuelecRunEmu.sh %ROM% -P%SYSTEM% --core=%CORE% --emulator=%EMULATOR% --controllers="%CONTROLLERSCONFIG%"</command>
    <platform>genesis</platform>
    <theme>specialgenesis</theme>
    <emulators>
        <emulator name="libretro">
            <cores>
                <core default="true">genesis_plus_gx</core>
                <core>genesis_plus_gx_wide</core>
                <core>picodrive</core>
            </cores>
        </emulator>
    </emulators>
</system>

And then add that system as a folder in themes (in that example it would be called “specialgenesis”) and add your new system.svg file into it.

Alternatively, you could just create a folder in the sega-roms folder and put the other roms there, call it “Special roms” (or something like this) and then choose “show folders” in the gamelist.

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It worked Like a charm, thank you So much @worstcase :saluting_face:.
How can I make a description of this system like the Main Genesis system description with the crystal theme Like this “The Genesis (Mega Drive outsite of the U.S.) was Sega’s third console and the successor to the Master System. The main microprocessor…etc.”

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You have to add an text tag into the .xml file:

<text name="shortdescription" extra="true">
<text>1994 · 32-bit Console</text>
</text>
<text name="description" extra="true">
<text>${sega32x}</text>
</text>

Either try to input your description directly or check the language file with the infos in the folder \emuelec\Configfiles\emulationstation\themes\Crystal\lang

There you will find (for example) en.xml, which is the english file with all the system descriptions.
You can add your own there, but it needs to have the same name as the one between the <text>${sega32x}</text> tag (here it’s {sega32x})

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