📋Summary

Expand the right-click context menu to include a “Play Version With” option for additional applications, allowing users to select an emulator and configuration at launch—similar to how the main game currently supports “Launch With.”

❗Problem

While LaunchBox already allows assigning a specific emulator to each additional application, users cannot dynamically choose a different emulator or configuration at launch for additional apps.

This limits flexibility for scenarios where users might want to launch the same additional application (e.g., a game clone or alternate version) using different controller mappings, display setups, or emulator configurations—without needing to manually reassign settings each time.

💡Proposal

• Add a “Play Version With” right-click menu for games with additional applications

• When selecting an additional application, allow choosing from a list of available emulators and configurations (just like the “Launch With” menu for the main application)

• Retain the default emulator for quick launches but provide advanced users the flexibility to override it when needed

Example workflow:

1. Right-click a game → “Play Version With” → choose the additional app (e.g., Street Fighter II Clone)

2. Select an emulator profile (e.g., “Arcade Stick Setup” or “Gamepad Setup”)

✅Benefits

• Offers dynamic emulator and config selection for additional apps

• Enhances support for varied hardware setups like arcade sticks, gamepads, and TV/monitor outputs

• Reduces the need to manually remap buttons or create duplicate additional apps

• Keeps the workflow consistent with the existing “Launch With” flexibility for main applications

• Improves usability for arcade fans, power users, and collectors with complex setups 🎛️🕹️✨