diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9e3548e13..5faaf34d0b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ifneq ($(findstring Linux,$(OS)),)
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_RGUI), 1)
- OBJ += frontend/menu/menu_common.o frontend/menu/rgui.o
+ OBJ += frontend/menu/menu_common.o frontend/menu/rgui.o frontend/menu/history.o
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_THREADS), 1)
diff --git a/Makefile.win b/Makefile.win
index 35a3e76472..b6d5f1c9a8 100644
--- a/Makefile.win
+++ b/Makefile.win
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ JLIBS =
ifeq ($(HAVE_RGUI), 1)
DEFINES += -DHAVE_RGUI
- OBJ += frontend/menu/menu_common.o frontend/menu/rgui.o
+ OBJ += frontend/menu/menu_common.o frontend/menu/rgui.o frontend/menu/history.o
endif
ifeq ($(HAVE_SDL), 1)
diff --git a/frontend/menu/history.c b/frontend/menu/history.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28e41344dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/menu/history.c
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/* RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2013 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *
+ * RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ * ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ * If not, see .
+ */
+
+#include "history.h"
+#include "../../compat/posix_string.h"
+#include "../../boolean.h"
+#include "../../general.h"
+#include "../../file.h"
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+struct rom_history_entry
+{
+ char *path;
+ char *core_path;
+ char *core_name;
+};
+
+struct rom_history
+{
+ struct rom_history_entry *entries;
+ size_t size;
+ size_t cap;
+
+ char *conf_path;
+};
+
+void rom_history_get_index(rom_history_t *hist,
+ size_t index,
+ const char **path, const char **core_path,
+ const char **core_name)
+{
+ *path = hist->entries[index].path;
+ *core_path = hist->entries[index].core_path;
+ *core_name = hist->entries[index].core_name;
+}
+
+static void rom_history_free_entry(struct rom_history_entry *entry)
+{
+ free(entry->path);
+ free(entry->core_path);
+ free(entry->core_name);
+ memset(entry, 0, sizeof(*entry));
+}
+
+void rom_history_push(rom_history_t *hist,
+ const char *path, const char *core_path,
+ const char *core_name)
+{
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < hist->size; i++)
+ {
+ if (!strcmp(hist->entries[i].path, path) &&
+ !strcmp(hist->entries[i].core_path, core_path) &&
+ !strcmp(hist->entries[i].core_name, core_name))
+ {
+ if (i == 0)
+ return;
+
+ // Seen it before, bump to top.
+ struct rom_history_entry tmp = hist->entries[i];
+ memmove(hist->entries + 1, hist->entries,
+ (i - 1) * sizeof(struct rom_history_entry));
+ hist->entries[0] = tmp;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (hist->size == hist->cap)
+ rom_history_free_entry(&hist->entries[hist->cap - 1]);
+
+ memmove(hist->entries + 1, hist->entries,
+ (hist->cap - 1) * sizeof(struct rom_history_entry));
+
+ hist->entries[0].path = strdup(path);
+ hist->entries[0].core_path = strdup(core_path);
+ hist->entries[0].core_name = strdup(core_name);
+}
+
+static void rom_history_write_file(rom_history_t *hist)
+{
+ char *buf = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX * 3);
+ if (!buf)
+ return;
+
+ FILE *file = fopen(hist->conf_path, "w");
+ if (!file)
+ {
+ free(buf);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < hist->size; i++)
+ {
+ snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX * 3, "%s;%s;%s\n",
+ hist->entries[i].path,
+ hist->entries[i].core_path,
+ hist->entries[i].core_name);
+ }
+
+ fclose(file);
+ free(buf);
+}
+
+void rom_history_free(rom_history_t *hist)
+{
+ if (!hist)
+ return;
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < hist->cap; i++)
+ rom_history_free_entry(&hist->entries[i]);
+ free(hist->entries);
+
+ if (hist->conf_path)
+ rom_history_write_file(hist);
+ free(hist->conf_path);
+
+ free(hist);
+}
+
+size_t rom_history_size(rom_history_t *hist)
+{
+ return hist->size;
+}
+
+static bool rom_history_read_file(rom_history_t *hist, const char *path)
+{
+ FILE *file = fopen(path, "r");
+ if (!file)
+ return false;
+
+ char *buf = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX * 3);
+ if (!buf)
+ {
+ fclose(file);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ for (hist->size = 0;
+ hist->size < hist->cap && fgets(buf, PATH_MAX * 3, file);
+ hist->size++)
+ {
+ struct string_list *list = string_split(buf, ";");
+ if (!list)
+ break;
+
+ if (list->size != 3)
+ {
+ string_list_free(list);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ struct rom_history_entry *entry = &hist->entries[hist->size];
+ entry->path = strdup(list->elems[0].data);
+ entry->core_path = strdup(list->elems[1].data);
+ entry->core_name = strdup(list->elems[2].data);
+ string_list_free(list);
+ }
+
+ fclose(file);
+ free(buf);
+ return true;
+}
+
+rom_history_t *rom_history_init(const char *path, size_t size)
+{
+ rom_history_t *hist = (rom_history_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(*hist));
+ if (!hist)
+ return NULL;
+
+ hist->entries = (struct rom_history_entry*)calloc(size, sizeof(*hist->entries));
+ if (!hist->entries)
+ goto error;
+
+ hist->cap = size;
+
+ if (!rom_history_read_file(hist, path))
+ goto error;
+
+ hist->conf_path = strdup(path);
+ return hist;
+
+error:
+ rom_history_free(hist);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
diff --git a/frontend/menu/history.h b/frontend/menu/history.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94e719b67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/menu/history.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2013 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *
+ * RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ * ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ * If not, see .
+ */
+
+#ifndef ROM_HISTORY_H__
+#define ROM_HISTORY_H__
+
+#include
+
+typedef struct rom_history rom_history_t;
+
+rom_history_t *rom_history_init(const char *path, size_t size);
+void rom_history_free(rom_history_t *hist);
+
+size_t rom_history_size(rom_history_t *hist);
+
+void rom_history_get_index(rom_history_t *hist,
+ size_t index,
+ const char **path, const char **core_path,
+ const char **core_name);
+
+void rom_history_push(rom_history_t *hist,
+ const char *path, const char *core_path,
+ const char *core_name);
+
+#endif
+