move games from arcade platform to Neo Geo: cannot move unless the platform exists?

[3dlollo]

I want to divide the games by platform instead of have everything in the generic "Arcade" platform. I tried to check if there is a way to add sub-platforms but it does not seem to be the case.

So at this point I tried to mass edit the Neo Geo games but when I select platform I can only pick a platform that already exists... Cannot assign games to a different platform basically, unless it already exists.

Considering I want to do the same also for CPS2 and CPS3, I am wondering how do I do that, as the platform does not even appear as available when I edit the roms.

[faeran]

On 7/29/2025 at 12:20 AM, 3dlollo said:

I want to divide the games by platform instead of have everything in the generic "Arcade" platform. I tried to check if there is a way to add sub-platforms but it does not seem to be the case.

So at this point I tried to mass edit the Neo Geo games but when I select platform I can only pick a platform that already exists... Cannot assign games to a different platform basically, unless it already exists.

Considering I want to do the same also for CPS2 and CPS3, I am wondering how do I do that, as the platform does not even appear as available when I edit the roms.

The way to add "sub-platforms" is by creating Playlists. There's some automated playlists that you can create either during the import wizard or afterwards by right clicking your Arcade platform and tell it to create the missing playlists. Some of those playlists basically break down the Arcade platform into the sections you are referring to here, like Neo Geo MVS and all the CPS ones.

What you don't want to do is edit the platform.

After the playlists are made, you have full control over where you want to display those playlists. You could even replace the Arcade platform with them in your platform categories list if you want.