diff --git a/lumen/src/extras.ts b/lumen/src/extras.ts
index b7a3507..e7e1adf 100644
--- a/lumen/src/extras.ts
+++ b/lumen/src/extras.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ export function useExtras() {
     music: svc.music,
     comic: svc.comics,
     magazine: svc.magazines,
-    game: svc.software,
+    // consoles can come from ROMarrNG alone; each category is checked below
+    game: svc.software || svc.romarr,
     sports: svc.sports,
     adult: true,
   };
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ export function useExtras() {
         ? !!on.adult && !!pub?.adultEnabled
         : !!on[k]);
   const [working, setWorking] = useState<Set<Extra> | null>(null);
+  // the game categories whose catalogue answers (PC games need QuestarrNG, consoles may not)
+  const [gamesWorking, setGamesWorking] = useState<GameCategory[] | null>(null);
   const key =
     EXTRAS.map((e) => (enabled(e.key) ? e.key : '')).join(',') +
     games.join(',');
@@ -139,7 +142,10 @@ export function useExtras() {
               games.map((c) =>
                 probe(`/request/software/catalog/popular?category=${c}&limit=1`)
               )
-            ).then((r) => r.some(Boolean))
+            ).then((r) => {
+              if (live) setGamesWorking(games.filter((_, i) => r[i]));
+              return r.some(Boolean);
+            })
           : PROBE[k]
             ? probe(PROBE[k]!)
             : Promise.resolve(true)
@@ -153,7 +159,10 @@ export function useExtras() {
   return {
     ready: !!pub,
     enabled,
-    games,
+    // until the checks answer, list none (so Games doesn't load a dead category first)
+    games: !enabled('game')
+      ? games
+      : games.filter((c) => gamesWorking?.includes(c)),
     list: EXTRAS.filter((e) => enabled(e.key) && working?.has(e.key)),
   };
 }
diff --git a/lumen/src/mediaServer.ts b/lumen/src/mediaServer.ts
index 4a9aad0..583c3ef 100644
--- a/lumen/src/mediaServer.ts
+++ b/lumen/src/mediaServer.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ export interface Services {
   comics: boolean;
   magazines: boolean;
   sports: boolean;
-  software: boolean;
+  software: boolean; // QuestarrNG: PC games, and consoles unless ROMarrNG serves them
+  romarr: boolean; // ROMarrNG (RomM): retro and modern consoles
 }
 export function resolveServices(pub: Record<string, unknown> | null): Services {
   const has = (k: string) => pub?.[k] !== false;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ export function resolveServices(pub: Record<string, unknown> | null): Services {
     magazines: has('magazinesEnabled'),
     sports: has('sportsEnabled'),
     software: has('softwareEnabled'),
+    romarr: pub?.romarrEnabled === true,
   };
 }
 let currentServices: Services = resolveServices(null);
diff --git a/lumen/src/pages/Login.tsx b/lumen/src/pages/Login.tsx
index 5f57dc4..dc2a0d5 100644
--- a/lumen/src/pages/Login.tsx
+++ b/lumen/src/pages/Login.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ import { BrandMark } from '../components/brand';
 import { mediaServer, services, site } from '../mediaServer';
 
 type Mode = 'start' | 'server' | 'local' | 'quick';
+type Method = 'server' | 'local' | 'quick';
+
+// The way this device last signed in successfully. The next sign-in opens straight to it,
+// so a family member picks Jellyfin (or email) once and then just types their password.
+const LAST_KEY = 'lumen-last-sign-in';
+export function lastSignIn(): Method | null {
+  try {
+    const v = localStorage.getItem(LAST_KEY);
+    return v === 'server' || v === 'local' || v === 'quick' ? v : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+function rememberSignIn(m: Method) {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(LAST_KEY, m);
+  } catch {
+    // private window or blocked storage: the choice just isn't remembered
+  }
+}
 
 // SeerrNG answers sign-in failures with codes like INVALID_CREDENTIALS; say it in words
 export function friendly(e: unknown, serverName: string): string {
@@ -46,12 +66,19 @@ export default function Login() {
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
   const [err, setErr] = useState('');
   // nothing to choose between: open the only form straight away
+  // The admin's form setting wins; otherwise open the way this device last signed in.
+  // (Quick Connect only remembers the start page: a code shouldn't be asked for unprompted.)
+  const last = lastSignIn();
   const [mode, setMode] = useState<Mode>(
     family
       ? 'server'
       : !server.serverLogin && server.localLogin
         ? 'local'
-        : 'start'
+        : last === 'server' && passwordForm && server.serverLogin
+          ? 'server'
+          : last === 'local' && server.localLogin
+            ? 'local'
+            : 'start'
   );
   const home: Mode = family ? 'server' : 'start';
   const [code, setCode] = useState('');
@@ -66,13 +93,14 @@ export default function Login() {
     []
   );
 
-  const run = async (fn: () => Promise<unknown>) => {
+  const run = async (fn: () => Promise<unknown>, method?: Method) => {
     if (active.current) return;
     active.current = true;
     setBusy(true);
     setErr('');
     try {
       await fn();
+      if (method) rememberSignIn(method);
       await refresh();
     } catch (e) {
       if (!(e instanceof QuickConnectCancelled))
@@ -92,7 +120,8 @@ export default function Login() {
           email: f.get('email'),
           password: f.get('password'),
         }),
-      })
+      }),
+      'local'
     );
   };
   const jellyfin = (e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
@@ -102,7 +131,8 @@ export default function Login() {
       signInWithJellyfin(
         String(f.get('username') || ''),
         String(f.get('password') || '')
-      )
+      ),
+      'server'
     );
   };
   const quick = () => {
@@ -127,7 +157,7 @@ export default function Login() {
         if (runId === quickRun.current) setMode(home);
         throw e;
       }
-    });
+    }, 'quick');
   };
   const cancelQuick = () => {
     quickRun.current++;
diff --git a/lumen/src/pages/LumenSettings.tsx b/lumen/src/pages/LumenSettings.tsx
index 74e9c6a..45702c2 100644
--- a/lumen/src/pages/LumenSettings.tsx
+++ b/lumen/src/pages/LumenSettings.tsx
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ export default function LumenSettings() {
               <b>Sign-in page</b>
               <small>
                 Jellyfin and Emby: show the username and password boxes straight
-                away, without naming the media server
+                away, without naming the media server. With buttons, each device
+                opens the way it last signed in.
               </small>
             </span>
             <select
diff --git a/lumen/tests/browser/admin-options.spec.ts b/lumen/tests/browser/admin-options.spec.ts
index bc34a1d..727bb94 100644
--- a/lumen/tests/browser/admin-options.spec.ts
+++ b/lumen/tests/browser/admin-options.spec.ts
@@ -994,6 +994,78 @@ test('a stale game page cannot overwrite loading or errors after a new search',
   ).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
+test('Games shows with only ROMarrNG, and only the consoles it serves', async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await fixtures(page);
+  await page.route('**/api/v1/settings/public', (route) =>
+    route.fulfill({
+      json: {
+        applicationTitle: 'SeerrNG',
+        enabledMediaCategories: { game: true, retro: true, modern: true },
+        softwareEnabled: false,
+        romarrEnabled: true,
+        mediaServerType: 2,
+        localLogin: true,
+      },
+    })
+  );
+  const asked: string[] = [];
+  await page.route('**/api/v1/request/software/catalog/**', (route) => {
+    const url = new URL(route.request().url());
+    asked.push(url.search);
+    // PC games need QuestarrNG, which isn't connected
+    if (url.searchParams.get('category') === 'game')
+      return route.fulfill({
+        status: 503,
+        json: { error: 'QuestarrNG is not configured.' },
+      });
+    return route.fulfill({
+      json: {
+        results:
+          url.searchParams.get('limit') === '1'
+            ? []
+            : [
+                {
+                  id: '77',
+                  catalogProvider: 'igdb',
+                  catalogId: '77',
+                  title: `Console pick ${url.searchParams.get('category')}`,
+                  summary: '',
+                  coverUrl: '',
+                  releaseDate: '2026-01-01',
+                  platforms: [],
+                  genres: [],
+                },
+              ],
+        nextCursor: null,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Games', exact: true }).first()
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await page.goto('/games');
+  const platform = page.getByRole('group', { name: 'Platform' });
+  await expect(
+    platform.getByRole('button', { name: 'Retro consoles' })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    platform.getByRole('button', { name: 'Modern consoles' })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(platform.getByRole('button', { name: 'PC games' })).toHaveCount(
+    0
+  );
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Console pick retro', exact: true })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  // the dead PC games list is only ever probed, never loaded
+  expect(
+    asked.filter((q) => q.includes('category=game') && !q.includes('limit=1'))
+  ).toEqual([]);
+});
+
 test('Discover reuses saved rows when reopened, and asks again after a request', async ({
   page,
 }) => {
diff --git a/lumen/tests/browser/jellyfin.spec.ts b/lumen/tests/browser/jellyfin.spec.ts
index 95eecc7..f69bbec 100644
--- a/lumen/tests/browser/jellyfin.spec.ts
+++ b/lumen/tests/browser/jellyfin.spec.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async function fixtures(
     if (path === '/auth/me') {
       status = signedIn ? 200 : 401;
       body = signedIn ? { id: 1, displayName: 'jf user', permissions: 2 } : {};
-    } else if (path === '/auth/jellyfin') {
+    } else if (path === '/auth/jellyfin' || path === '/auth/local') {
       signedIn = true;
     } else if (path === '/auth/jellyfin/quickconnect/initiate') {
       body = { code: '123456', secret: 'a'.repeat(64) };
@@ -142,6 +142,66 @@ test('Jellyfin password sign-in and Jellyfin wording', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(errors).toEqual([]);
 });
 
+test('the next sign-in opens the way this device last signed in', async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await fixtures(page, { serverType: 2 });
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Continue with Jellyfin' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Jellyfin username').fill('alice');
+  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill('secret');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in with Jellyfin' }).click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Discover', exact: true })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+
+  // signed out again (fresh fixtures): straight to the Jellyfin boxes, other ways still there
+  await fixtures(page, { serverType: 2 });
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(page.getByLabel('Jellyfin username')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Continue with Jellyfin' })
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name: 'Use an email and password instead' })
+    .click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Email').fill('alice@example.com');
+  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill('secret');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in', exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Discover', exact: true })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+
+  // now email it is, with a way back to Jellyfin
+  await fixtures(page, { serverType: 2 });
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(page.getByLabel('Email')).toBeVisible();
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name: 'Use your Jellyfin account instead' })
+    .click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Continue with Jellyfin' })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('a failed sign-in is not remembered', async ({ page }) => {
+  const { calls } = await fixtures(page, { serverType: 2 });
+  await page.route('**/api/v1/auth/jellyfin', (route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ status: 401, json: { message: 'INVALID_CREDENTIALS' } })
+  );
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Continue with Jellyfin' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Jellyfin username').fill('alice');
+  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill('wrong');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in with Jellyfin' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toContainText('isn’t right');
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Continue with Jellyfin' })
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  expect(calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+});
+
 test('Jellyfin Quick Connect sign-in', async ({ page }) => {
   const { calls } = await fixtures(page, {
     serverType: 2,