MetalVinnie

Not displaying in alphabetical? The xml file might have saved my custom 'Sort Title' path. In Launchbox: right click on SHMUPS, click 'Edit...' and it should open the 'Edit Playlist' box. Under the 'Details', there is a 'Sort Title' box. This 'Sort Title' will determine where your Playlist will be placed alphabetically and bypass the actual title. I probably used a numerical value and that is why it is at the top of your list. You could just delete the 'Sort Title' entry (if I left one in there) and it will resume using the original title. Let me know if this helps. Thanks. -MV

Some notable games in the last few MAME updates: Eeekk!! Gallop Racer 2 Hangzo (prototype) (Hack n Slash type game) Hammer Away (prototype) (Sega shmup) Kyuukoukabakugekitai - Dive Bomber Squad (prototype) Konami shmup Last Hope (A conversion of a Neo-Geo console shmup that wasn't made for the arcade) Lock On (Philko) (2D horizontal shmup, not to be confused with the 1st person shmup with the same title.) Moto Frenzy (Dirt bike racing game by Namco) Omega (Arkanoid style game...) Power Flipper Pinball Shooting v1.33 (Cool looking video pinball game) Sega Sonic Cosmo Fighter (YES! Sonic the Hedgehog in a SHMUP!!) Sky Robo (A shmup with transforming abilities, becomes a multi-directional shooter when changing to robot) Slap Shooter (It's a hockey game, made by Sega) Splendor Blast II (2.5D Racing/Shmup?) Steering Champ (bowling with cars!!?!? This is probably when Konami started getting weird) Some of these games have Launchbox ID's. But almost none have any media. Sifting through 60,000+ rom files is tough. Hope this list helps. -MV

Most of the time, my hidden games are just games with missing media. But I would like a 'show hidden games only' list in Launchbox so I know which games need to be worked on. For now, I have a workaround using my own playlists after the 7.8 update. Basically, I go into 'list view' mode, select the hidden games, and make a playlist with that. I just think it would facilitate this process if there was a 'hidden games only' list like they have on Steam. You guys are doing a great job with this Front-end, and it has brought joy since I first installed it a couple of months ago. Thank You! -MV

SHMUPS View File 1296 SHMUPS! Split playlists for arcade and consoles. Download the .xml files and place them in your LaunchBox\Data\Playlists directory. Here's how many games are in each playlist: SHMUPS (Arcade): 501* SHMUPS (Dreamcast) 24 SHMUPS (Game Gear) : 9 SHMUPS (GB/GBC) : 42 SHMUPS (GBA): 21 SHMUPS (Genesis) : 70 (including Sega CD and 32x games) SHMUPS (MSX): 144** SHMUPS (Naomi): 18 SHMUPS (NES): 132 (including Famicom and Famicom Disk games) SHMUPS (PS1): 69 SHMUPS (PS2): 34 SHMUPS (PSP): 24 SHMUPS (Saturn) 54 SHMUPS (SMS): 20 SHMUPS (SNES): 39 SHMUPS (Turbo Grafx): 99 (including Turbo CD/PC Engine/PC Engine CD/SuperGrafx games) SHMUPS (All-in-one) 1296 *2 games in the Arcade list, 'Pilot Kids' and 'Zero Gunner', will require a Sega Model 2 emulator for them to work. These two games are made by Psikyo...quality SHMUPS. **The MSX list still needs a bit of work, there are a few 3D/rail shooters that need to be edited out. A future update will probably have less games in the list. What these playlists have: 2D and 2.5D horizontal and vertical SHMUPS Some classic fixed screen SHMUPS (Space Invaders, Galaga, Asteroids, etc.) mostly No Clones (These lists were handpicked. Lots of 'Same game, different name' games were filtered out) No Run 'N Gun style games (Contra, Metal Slug, Turrican, etc.), but some hybrid games did make it on here. No 3D Shooters (Afterburner, Galaxy Force II, Space Harrier, etc.) Submitter MetalVinnie Submitted 03/27/2017 Category Playlists

proghodet, I brainstormed a few ideas: Shoot'em ups (SHMUPS) Beat'em Ups Pinball RPGS All the shitty games that AVGN played... OR... Go on youtube and find some TOP 100 lists and make a playlist based on those... Just throwing 'em out there. Have fun. -mv