I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot
Have a look at my friend’s site:
It is a space where community members upload their experiences and ideal settings for the devices and games. I might be biased because he is a friend, but I can also say that objectively it is a wonderful space to double-check how you’re approaching things.
Filter your search by your device, and then on the far-right, click on each result’s ‘eye’ to see what the person’s recommendations are in there (I do hope this helps!)
If you ever run into an issue (you won’t now though, that’s for sure), feel free to message me on here. I’m always happy to help!
Yep, totally fine and safe :)
Here’s my tip (being friends with the Decky team, and having reported on them/interviewed them for a long time now!)
When you install Decky, stay on the stable branch.
When there is a update for the Steam Deck, wait a few hours until Decky have their update, install that first.
Every single complaint about Decky is totally fixed with these two dead-simple actions.
Then grab SteamGridDB and change all your game art (that’s my fav plugin!)
I think it is the better of the two. I dislike how EmuDeck organizes itself (it doesn’t). Last time I had it installed, it had 32GB in so many different incomprehensible folders in my Steam Deck. I had three emulators running, with a handful of games. It was also a complete nightmare to uninstall when the time came. But in the end, it just comes down to preference.
RetroDECK can all run from a SD card. ROMs, BIOS, HD texture packs, mods, everything runs perfectly and in a nice little self-contained space. I love it!
You can always test it out, if you have a spare SD card they’ll run side-by-side. And you can read my interviews, chats and articles with the RetroDECK team too, if you’d like to see what they’re all about :)
Have an uovote for mentioning my fav Steam Deck software! I love RetroDECK and can’t stop recommending it!
Good decision!
They’re amazing and so well regarded in the retro handheld scene.
I have a Retroid Pocket 6 being delivered in the next few days to review, so I’m looking forward to that!
You can get drop-in (kinda) IPS displays for the 1000 these days, if you want to give it new life!
Oh come on. Is it really that annoying for you that I said ‘everyone’? Do you really think I meant everyone alive has bought one?
Jesus this is just so petty.
I’ll test that game for you!
Will come back here and edit this comment with my findings :)
I get asked this question a fair bit! Each time ive shared a review recently I added a banana pic. I tend to get asked what my review of said banana is.
But I have an autoimmune disease where potassium is terrible for me! So…I never know how good these bananas are :(
Potassium + PerfectDark = doom and destruction. Banana for illustrative and measuring purposes only.
It did look good though?
My friend is a dev for PortMaster (spoiler, interview coming soon with klops and the team!), and he has one of these.
So…‘maybe’? Unsure for now, maybe is all I can say.
Nope. Well, technically it could with a handful of very very light 3DS titles. But its just not powerful enough for the 3DS.
He was right, about a whole lot. But he also ran it and reviewed it as it was sent to him, which was broken and requiring an update.
Thankfully both Anbernic and Gamma have fixes now. Gamma’s is actually far more extensive. But for a retail experience, its fine.
I maintain that as a modern DS, its wonderful. Emulating everything else…not so much. I wouldn’t buy this to play PSX or SNES, but I would for DS.
Thanks for reading my review :)
That’s the one!
Russ had his video out pretty quick, and while some issues aren’t fixed, some were with the update Anbernic pushed out.
Its getting some hate, and some is deserved, but I can’t help but just love this device!
They’re just (basically) two 4" phone screens, one above the other. So its only going to be modern capacitive stylus like is pictured.
That’s the ‘trade-off’ with these. You get modern and bright, upscale screens but you lose that original stylus input.
That said, I’m obsessed with the DSi consoles, and I’ve actually enjoyed using this stylus on it. Or, whatever misgivings I initially had disappeared after an hour or so, when I got used to it.
Thank you for reading through! I was really proud of this one, and so grateful to the team that they took the time to take it so seriously.
And I’m so glad you’re back on the world of GOG. By far it is my preferred platform, I own so few games on Steam - but my GOG library is endless :)
My friend gave a presentation last year which touched on this at the Ubuntu Summit its called Maxima, and is on the way!
Here’s the filter for just your device, if it helps:
https://www.emuready.com/listings?deviceIds=["fc4ef9e4-8df9-48b7-97b4-c9cace9a417f"]