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# :material-collage: Collections
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In addition to the systems displayed; EmulationStation (ES) has functionality to create custom collections that you can use to group and organize your game library in different ways. For example; if you wanted to create a view that automatically grouped all of your Role Playing Games or one that only lists the games you are currently playing you can use ES collections to do that.
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All of the options described below can be managed by pressing ++"START"++ anywhere in ES to open the Main Menu and then opening ++"Game Collection Settings"++
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## Managing Your Backlog
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JELOS includes a `Now Playing` collection that can be used to curate and play through your backlog. You can turn this on by going to `Game Collection Settings` > `Create New Custom Collection from Theme` while using our default system-theme.
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-from-theme-1.png"></td>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-from-theme-2.png"></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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Once its turned on; you can add to it by pressing ++"X(NORTH)"++ on any game while in ES. In the menu that opens you'll see `Now Playing` listed under the collections header. Simply highlight it and press the confirm button.
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You can also set JELOS to boot directly into the Now Playing collection by setting the `Start on System` value in the `Game Collection Settings` menu. Change that value to `Now Playing` and also turn on `Start on Gamelist`.
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With the above settings you can create a very simple view of the games you are trying to finish that displays when JELOS launches.
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## Collection Types
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There are 3 collection types in ES so let's walk through each to help you decide which makes sense to use for your use cases.
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### Automated Collections
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EmulationStation has a set of built-in automated collections to easily view your last played games, favorites and all the games in your library. You can turn these on or off in the ++"Automated Game Collections"++ menu.
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### Editable Collections
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An editable collection is one that you can specifically curate by hand. Simply give it a name and then as you are browing your gamelists you can press ++"X(NORTH)"++ on any game and add it to the collection you created. As an example, you could use this functionality to create a collection for all of your Final Fantasy games and then manually add each FF game to the list.
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### Dynamic Collections
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A dynamic collection enables you to create a set of filters that will automatically group your games. For example if you wanted to create a collection that automatically grouped all of your Role Playing Games into a single view; you could create a dynamic collection called RPGs, select a genre filter of Role Playing Games and then save the filter. Then any time you add a new game with the Role Playing genre it will automatically show up in this collection.
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<table>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-dynamic-1.png"></td>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-dynamic-2.png"></td>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-dynamic-3.png"></td>
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<td><img src="../../_inc/images/collections-dynamic-4.png"></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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## Additional Notes
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You can also use the ++"Game Collection Settings"++ menu to manage which systems are displayed. Press ++"START"++ anywhere in ES to open the Main Menu and then go to ++"Game Collection Settings"++ > ++"Systems Displayed"++. In this menu; uncheck the systems you would like to hide and then exit the menu. ES will then refresh and those systems will be hidden. |