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Optional Alternate Image Categories for Box Art and Other Existing Media Types

šŸ“‹ Summary

Add optional alternate image subcategories for existing media types, such as alternate box art slots for standard and variant releases.

ā— Problem

Some games have multiple legitimate versions of the same artwork, such as standard retail covers, Greatest Hits releases, Platinum editions, Player’s Choice versions, and other alternate packaging.

Right now, there is no clean built-in way to keep those versions separate within the same image category. Users who want to preserve alternate box art have to overwrite one version, ignore the others, or use awkward workarounds.

šŸ’” Proposal

Add optional alternate image slots for existing categories, such as:

  • Box - Front - Alt 1

  • Box - Back - Alt 1

  • Box - Spine - Alt 1

  • Box - 3D - Alt 1

These could be disabled by default and only shown when enabled in Options, so they do not add clutter for users who do not need them.

šŸ“¦ Benefits

  • Makes it easier to preserve multiple official artwork variants

  • Helps collectors organize alternate retail versions cleanly

  • Avoids overwriting or mislabeling existing art

  • Keeps the feature optional for users who want a simpler setup

šŸ’” Notes

This is a narrower request than full custom image types.
Configurable Custom Image Types

The focus here is on built-in alternate versions of existing categories, mainly for variant box art and similar media.

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Mar 23

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • XvXPhoenix

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    Mar 23

    Add additional image categories for alternate box art

    Would like to have the ability to add additional sub categories for the various image categories to cover alternate images. For example, for a PS1 game, the box art may have a ā€œStandard retail versionā€ but if the game was released as a ā€œGreatest Hitsā€ title, then that art also exists. Maybe there could be an option to ā€œactivateā€ these additional categories so those of us who want to use them can go into the options menu and turn them on and it wouldn’t clutter everyone else’s Launchbox up. Then, those of us who want to have the additional image categories could go into options and check the box to enable ā€œBox - 3D - Alt 1ā€,ā€Box - Front - Alt 1ā€,ā€Box - Back - Alt 1ā€, and ā€œBox - Spine - Alt 1ā€ and then those will show up for me and then I can assign the ā€œGreatest Hitsā€ box art as those.