Recalbox 10.1 adds two new features to EmulationStation's game lists, both available from a list's START menu (the CONTEXTUAL OPTIONS):
Both build on the media downloaded by the internal scraper: logos, manuals, maps and Tips & Tricks.
START to open the CONTEXTUAL OPTIONS.Gamelist layout section, then enter Game list layout.Logo list — Text list is the classic default layout.The change applies immediately and only affects the current system: each system remembers its own layout. You can keep the text list on barely scraped systems and switch to the LOGO view where your logos are complete.
📷 Screenshot coming soon:
gamelist-view-logo.png
In the LOGO view:
logo field of gamelist.xml, downloaded by the scraper), over a dimmed background made from the game's image;DECORATIONS (region flags, player count, genre) are still displayed just like in the text list.The setting is saved in recalbox.conf as emulationstation.<system>.subtype=logo.
Depending on the theme, other layouts (
Carousel,Grid) may appear in theGame list layoutlist; with the default theme, the two available layouts areText listandLogo list.
To read a game's documentation:
START, then choose SHOW MANUAL/MAP (button SHOW).The entry is grayed out if the game has no manual, no map and no Tips & Tricks — run a scrape first with the DOWNLOAD GAME MANUALS, DOWNLOAD GAME MAPS and DOWNLOAD TIPS & TRICKS options enabled.
📷 Screenshot coming soon:
gamelist-manual-browser.png
The browser opens on the PDF manual (title Manual of <game>, page counter in the top-right corner). The B button cycles through the document types (SWITCH TO MAPS, SWITCH TO TIPS, SWITCH TO MANUAL), skipping the types this game doesn't have; A (CLOSE) closes the browser.
Controls, depending on the displayed document:
| Document | Controls |
|---|---|
| Manual (PDF) | d-pad / stick: MOVE around the page — L1/R1: previous/next page (PAGE +/-) — X: ZOOM + — Y: ZOOM - |
| Map (image) | d-pad / stick: MOVE — X: ZOOM + — Y: ZOOM - |
| Tips & Tricks (text) | up/down: SCROLL TEXT — L1/R1: previous/next tip (PAGE -/+) |
For Tips & Tricks, each tip shows its title and its language flag; tips in your interface language come first, then English ones, then other languages.
The files are those downloaded by the scraper into the system's media/ folder, and referenced in its gamelist.xml:
| Document | Subfolder | gamelist tag | Scraper option |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF manual | manuals/ |
manual |
DOWNLOAD GAME MANUALS |
| Map | maps/ |
maps |
DOWNLOAD GAME MAPS |
| Tips & Tricks | tipsandtricks/ |
tips |
DOWNLOAD TIPS & TRICKS |
SHOW MANUAL/MAP is grayed out for all my games? Your games have no documents yet: run a scrape again with DOWNLOAD GAME MANUALS, DOWNLOAD GAME MAPS and DOWNLOAD TIPS & TRICKS enabled in the scraper options.
My LOGO view mostly shows text? Only games with a filled-in logo field display their logo. Scrape the system (Only missing image filter, or All Games to regenerate everything) to fetch the logos.
Does the LOGO view apply everywhere? No, it is a per-system setting: change it in the START menu of each list where you want it.