Asking advice on how to support a custom list in GameEx

[ehuonder]

I came up with an idea on how I want to display/select my games, and since there are a lot of experienced GameEx users here, I figured I'd ask if there's a better way than what I'm thinking...

I want to list my games (MAME as well as console and handheld games) in a chronological order in one list (not all games, only the ones I want). Sort of like a timeline of important games or games that I liked. For example, the list would look something like this:

1973.07-Arcade-Space Race [Atari]
1975.11-Arcade-Gun Fight [Midway]
1976.05-Arcade-Breakout [Atari]
1977.09-A2600-Combat [Atari]
1978.10-Arcade-Space Invaders [Taito]
...
1979.12-A2600-Adventure [Atari]
...
1991.06-Genesis-Sonic the Hedgehog [Sega]
...

I am planning to basically copy the GameEx runitgame.bat file for each setup game into a separate Roms directory and change the name as shown in the example list to control the order, and then create an [Emulator_XX] that points to this directory of *.bat files for roms to execute. I've already done a simple test with a few games, and the execution method works. I feel that I will also have to copy over Art resources into this Emulator structure and rename accordingly... It seems like a lot of work, but I'm more than willing to put in the time if there is not already a better way to do this...

Any thoughts? comments? advice?

Thanks!