I was kind of thinking along the same lines with the hotkey and that is understandable. The problem is though if the emulator is being started for the first time it should open up the game right away. The Mupen emulator does not do this for instance. Upon opening a game for the first time it takes you right to the actual emulator. You then have to hit play on the emulator and this was a recommended emulator for this. Also, it takes forever for my box art and backgrounds to load from the DB and before anyone asks I am a direct high speed wifi connection.