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RetroAchievements Badge Support for Combined Games and Additional Apps

LaunchBox for Windows

📋 Summary

Currently, LaunchBox and Big Box only display the RetroAchievements badge for the primary game in a combined entry. If a supported version of the game is added as an additional app, there’s no indication that achievements are available. This request proposes showing the badge if any associated app supports achievements.

🎯 Feature Overview

  • Show the RetroAchievements badge for a combined game if any additional app has achievements support.

  • Optionally, provide a way to indicate which app(s) in the combined entry support achievements (e.g. via tooltip or expanded details).

  • Ensure consistent achievement visibility across LaunchBox and Big Box for easier library auditing.

📦 Benefits

  • Makes it easier for users to identify achievement-capable games, even when the supported version isn’t the default.

  • Reduces time spent manually checking or reassigning primary entries.

  • Improves accuracy and visibility of RetroAchievements support across large collections.

💡 Notes

This could also open the door to more intelligent achievement filtering or playlist creation by surfacing all versions that support achievements—not just the default.

Posted by OmiLaunchbox ·
Status: Open To Community3 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Jul 17, 2025

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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

    • OmiLaunchbox

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      Jul 17, 2025

      You nailed it, thank you for fleshing it out 🤙

  • OmiLaunchbox

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    Jul 17, 2025

    Retroachievement badge for combined games

    Have launchbox and big box display the achievements supported badge even when the supported version of the game is not selected as the default in combined games. Its insanely time consuming for large collections to manually find which games have achievements and make the supported version the default.