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Am I over complicating things? FE set up.

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syph007:
Definitely keep it simple.  But of course its going to depend on how you play, or want to pick games.

I have a master list (all games minus clones/mature/nonworking/lightgun), then I have a lightgun list, neo geo ( If i feel like being neo geo specific) and  a favorites.  99% of the time I pick something from favorites.

nickynooch:
Maybe I'm biased because I am a maximus arcade user, but I find picking the system only is the best way to go.

I know my buddies may not want to choose by style of game, platformer, etc., but they sure know to pick "nintendo" from the menu!

92greenyj:
Part of my reasoning for the full tree with genre set up is that I think it would be easier for certain people to find the type of games they like. For example, my Mother. she likes Pac-Man, tetris, etc. more of the puzzle and logic type games. So i would think it would be easier for someone like her to pick a genre list that only has the types of games she likes to play as opposed to scrolling thru a list of 450+ NES games to find the 30 or so games she would enjoy.

bkenobi:
Can you filter games?  I use GameEx and there is a simple method to apply a genre filter (or year, manufacturer, etc).  I assume this is available in other FE's too, right?  If so, just put everything together and use the filters to get your specific lists.

Don:
I use AtomicFE and on the main screen i have:

Arcade
Console Games
    Nes
    Snes etc.
Games by Genre
    Platform
    Fighting etc.
Favorites

This way if people want to play a certain type of game they can look in genre or if they want to browse through a system they know they can. Also i wanted arcade games to be the main focus, hence why they are not mixed with other systems and are top of the list.

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