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metheore edited this page Sep 17, 2015 · 3 revisions

Hyperspin did not allow to point database like "main menu" from another of the same type. Zspin rectifies this and you can now organize your systems on several levels. The only imperative remains that the initial menu is named Main Menu.xml.

Example:


Main Menu.xml

<menu>
  <game name="Arcade"/>
  <game name="Consoles"/>
  <game name="Consoles Portables"/>
  <game name="Ordinateurs"/>
</menu>

By selecting Arcade, we open the Arcade.xml database


Arcade.xml

<menu>
  <game name="Capcom"/>
  <game name="Cave"/>
  <game name="SNK Neo Geo"/>
</menu>

By selecting Capcom, we open the Capcom.xml database


Capcom.xml[

<menu>
  <game name="Capcom Play System"/>
  <game name="Capcom Play System 2"/>
  <game name="Capcom Play System 3"/>
</menu>

Then finally, by selecting Capcom Play System, we open the Capcom Play System.xml database


Capcom Play System.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu>
	<header>
		<listname>Capcom Play System</listname>
		<lastlistupdate>17/09/2015</lastlistupdate>
		<listversion>Capcom Play System v.17/09/2015</listversion>
		<exporterversion>HyperFreeDb Version v1.0 Copyrights (c) 2015 Bopz44</exporterversion>
	</header>
<game name="1941" index="True" image="">
		<description>1941 : Counter Attack</description>
		<cloneof>...</cloneof>
		<crc>ED615B22</crc>
		<systems>Capcom Play System</systems>
		<manufacturer>Capcom</manufacturer>
		<developer>Capcom</developer>
		<year>1990</year>
		<genre>Shoot them up</genre>
		<rating>CERO - C</rating>
		<score>14</score>
		<players>2 joueurs</players>
		<language>JAP</language>
		<synopsis>Troisième épisode de la célèbre série des 19XX. Tout au long des six niveaux de ce jeu, on va se battre contre des avions, chars, des bateaux. On traverse des contrées assez variées comme la campagne, la mer et même une ville.</synopsis>
		<enabled>yes</enabled>
</game>
<game name="dino" index="True" image="">
		<description>Cadillacs and Dinosaurs</description>
		<cloneof>...</cloneof>
		<crc>75CAC250</crc>
		<systems>Capcom Play System</systems>
		<manufacturer>Capcom</manufacturer>
		<developer>Capcom</developer>
		<year>1993</year>
		<genre>Beat them all</genre>
		<rating>ESRB - E</rating>
		<score>16</score>
		<players>2 joueurs</players>
		<language>USA</language>
		<synopsis>Cadillacs & Dinosaurs  met en scène un monde étrange où le futur et le passé ne font qu'un : le jeu se situe en 2513, et les hommes vivent en harmonie avec les dinosaures.</synopsis>
		<enabled>yes</enabled>
</game>....
</menu>

The only requirement is to create a Media folder on behalf of your .xml containing the media needed to display the menu as follows: