diff --git a/menu.cpp b/menu.cpp
index e3ea10d..76172fc 100644
--- a/menu.cpp
+++ b/menu.cpp
@@ -1849,6 +1849,16 @@ void HandleUI(void)
             };
         }
 
+		if (recent && menusub == 0)
+		{
+			fs_Options = SCANO_CORES;
+			fs_MenuSelect = MENU_CORE_FILE_SELECTED1;
+			fs_MenuCancel = MENU_8BIT_SYSTEM1;
+
+			if (recent_init(-1)) menustate = MENU_RECENT1;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (select)
 		{
 			switch (menusub)
@@ -3435,7 +3445,7 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 			menustate = fs_MenuCancel;
 		}
 
-		if (recent && recent_init((fs_Options & SCANO_UMOUNT) ? ioctl_index + 500 : ioctl_index))
+		if (recent && recent_init((fs_Options & SCANO_CORES) ? -1 : (fs_Options & SCANO_UMOUNT) ? ioctl_index + 500 : ioctl_index))
 		{
 			menustate = MENU_RECENT1;
 		}
@@ -3527,6 +3537,13 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 							strcat(SelectedPath, "/");
 						}
 						strcpy(SelectedLabel, flist_SelectedItem()->altname);
+						if (fs_Options & SCANO_CORES)
+						{
+							int len = strlen(SelectedLabel);
+							if (SelectedLabel[len - 4] == '.') SelectedLabel[len - 4] = 0;
+							char *p = strstr(SelectedLabel, "_20");
+							if (p) *p = 0;
+						}
 						strcat(SelectedPath, name);
 						menustate = fs_MenuSelect;
 					}
@@ -3608,7 +3625,7 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 		/******************************************************************/
 	case MENU_RECENT1:
 		helptext = helptexts[HELPTEXT_NONE];
-		OsdSetTitle("Recent Files");
+		OsdSetTitle((fs_Options & SCANO_CORES) ? "Recent Cores" : "Recent Files");
 		recent_print();
 		menustate = MENU_RECENT2;
 		parentstate = menustate;
@@ -3620,6 +3637,7 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 		if (menu || recent)
 		{
 			menustate = fs_MenuCancel;
+			if (is_menu_core()) menustate = MENU_FILE_SELECT1;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -3655,8 +3673,9 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 			OsdWrite(OsdGetSize() / 2, "    Clearing the recents", 0, 0);
 			OsdUpdate();
 			sleep(1);
-			recent_clear((fs_Options & SCANO_UMOUNT) ? ioctl_index + 500 : ioctl_index);
+			recent_clear((fs_Options & SCANO_CORES) ? -1 : (fs_Options & SCANO_UMOUNT) ? ioctl_index + 500 : ioctl_index);
 			menustate = fs_MenuCancel;
+			if (is_menu_core()) menustate = MENU_FILE_SELECT1;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -4744,6 +4763,7 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 		break;
 
 	case MENU_CORE_FILE_SELECTED1:
+		recent_update(SelectedDir, SelectedPath, SelectedLabel, -1);
 		menustate = MENU_NONE1;
 		strcpy(SelectedRBF, SelectedPath);
 		if (!getStorage(0)) // multiboot is only on SD card.
diff --git a/recent.cpp b/recent.cpp
index bc393dd..f75f3a8 100644
--- a/recent.cpp
+++ b/recent.cpp
@@ -37,14 +37,16 @@ static int recent_available()
 static char* recent_create_config_name(int idx)
 {
 	static char str[256];
-	sprintf(str, "%s_recent_%d.cfg", user_io_get_core_name(), idx);
+	sprintf(str, "cores_recent.cfg");
+	if (idx >= 0) sprintf(str, "%s_recent_%d.cfg", user_io_get_core_name(), idx);
 	return str;
 }
 
 static const char* recent_path(char* dir, char* name)
 {
 	static char path[1024];
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", dir, name);
+	if(strlen(dir)) snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", dir, name);
+	else snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s", name);
 	return path;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ static void recent_load(int idx)
 	for (int i = 0; i < recent_available(); i++)
 	{
 		ena[i] = FileExists(recent_path(recents[i].dir, recents[i].name));
-		if (is_neogeo_core() && !ena[i]) ena[i] = PathIsDir(recent_path(recents[i].dir, recents[i].name));
+		if (idx >= 0 && is_neogeo_core() && !ena[i]) ena[i] = PathIsDir(recent_path(recents[i].dir, recents[i].name));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ void recent_scan(int mode)
 	{
 		if (!recent_available()) return;
 
-		if (mode == SCANF_END)
+		if (mode == SCANF_END || (mode == SCANF_PREV && iSelectedEntry <= 0))
 		{
 			iSelectedEntry = recent_available() - 1;
 			iFirstEntry = iSelectedEntry - OsdGetSize() + 1;
@@ -99,6 +101,12 @@ void recent_scan(int mode)
 				iSelectedEntry++;
 				if (iSelectedEntry > iFirstEntry + OsdGetSize() - 1) iFirstEntry = iSelectedEntry - OsdGetSize() + 1;
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				// jump to first visible item
+				iFirstEntry = 0;
+				iSelectedEntry = 0;
+			}
 		}
 		else if (mode == SCANF_PREV)
 		{
@@ -225,9 +233,7 @@ int recent_select(char *dir, char *path, char *label)
 	if (strlen(recents[iSelectedEntry].name))
 	{
 		strcpy(dir, recents[iSelectedEntry].dir);
-		strcpy(path, dir);
-		strcat(path, "/");
-		strcat(path, recents[iSelectedEntry].name);
+		strcpy(path, recent_path(recents[iSelectedEntry].dir, recents[iSelectedEntry].name));
 		strcpy(label, recents[iSelectedEntry].label);
 	}