That girl who plays Steam Deck a lot
I’m sorry, that’s not really my scene! I haven’t ever played any PC racing games locally (which makes me seem rather sad, doesn’t it?)
I can recommend Mario Kart 8, emulated, for this though! Which might or might not be something you’d consider. Friends and I often play this through my Steam Deck or PC!
Keep an eye out for it! It does go on sale quite regularly! It was also given away for free via Epic Games’ weekly giveaways, so if you claim those then you might have forgotten you own it!
In fact using GOGDB you can see just how regularly it goes on sale, and kinda time when it will next be cheap! I can’t recommend it enough, it’s my fav racing game of all, it’s SO pretty on the Deck
You’re so welcome :)
I hope its not too disappointing for you! Either way, I’m glad it now has a good home
The whole thing is VERY easy through Heroic Games Launcher. I’d recommend starting there!
Which ones have you found incompatible?
I haven’t found one which won’t work for me. At the very least, if you run say Steam on your Linux desktop, you can download the offline backup on your games files and then:
But…again I haven’t had any issues. If you can think of a game title you haven’t been able to run by using Heroic Games Launcher, then let me know, and if I have it I will troubleshoot it for you! More than happy to help :)
Hah!
You got it in one there. Thanks so much :)
I just hope the little, fun and interesting things I love to share keep on being interesting to others! And its nice to be here, I was very sad to leave Reddit towards the end of last year, and the Steam Deck community I built up there. Nice to see an alternative like this exists here (with nicer folk, so far!)
I appreciate it!
Done, as its own post in the community. Happy to!
Sure, once I figure out if there is anything fancy needed in cross-posting and do so in a sec!
I was on Lemmy years ago, but its been so very long that ive forgotten almost everything I once knew!
…well at least it’s prettier this time!
This is so sweet of you to say!
Really, this is fun for me. Its going to take all my resolve to not do this again in 24 hours (because, over saturation!), it just makes me happy to find what interests me.
I’m lucky to have found a place like this community, where it just so happens others find that same stuff (so far!) just as interesting!
Thanks for this, made me smile!
Make sure you check for a ‘Xenia compatilibility list’
This is a spreadsheet showing whether any particular games are working, and how well they work. Some don’t play at all, and some play perfectly!
I have 5 PS3 games installed on my Steam Deck, through RetroDECK right now that play perfectly, and a couple that required tweaks!
I do remember that Xenia (the 360 emulator!) plays Skate 3 perfectly, though!
Oh my Gosh the Steam Deck has been by far my fav gaming purchase. I was the same, rarely playing anything, looking for something new, but the convenience of this thing changed everything for me.
I adore how it plays to two strengths: for those who want a simple console-like experience, it works right away! And for those who want to tinker (me) - the sky is the limit!!
Look for my friend’s work if you decide to buy one, he makes something called Decky Loader. From there the customization is endless!
I promise I will be!
My only issue is somehow keeping it formatted nicely (I miss peppering these with pretty pictures and GIFs), and being able to stop!!!
And you should try both! They’re very easy to install, and I absolutely swear by RetroDECK
Thank you!
Oh my gosh, you so should!
At the very least, look into my friends’ work called Decky Loader!
It will let you install a plethora of (verified safe!) plugins. My fav is SteamGridDB (let’s you choose custom art for all your games) and CSS Loader (let’s you customize the home page, so it can look however you like! Mine is very ‘Switch like’)
I love finding other GOG fans! They’re my absolute number one, and that tended to be my focus. I’ll keep it in mind that especially here, there’s more of us!
It’s definitely more polished and complete now! The dev also works hard, especially if a user has any little issues, they have a Discord and Git page all where help and previous issues are detailed and worked out step-by-step on a fix. There’s also a huge list on games which work via Legendary, and any tweaks users have reported to make games work are listed there on the Discord, too.
I’d be curious how you find it, after so much time has passed between the beta and now! Do update how you go! (I’ve shared that people have written comments here about Junk-Store, with Eben the dev (hi Eben), so I know he’ll be lurking here)
*ma’am!
You’re so welcome! It’s a bit of awful thing, writing up something like this and wondering if it’s going to go down okay (for me anyway!), but that might be a lot of the typical Reddit user responses tainting my previous experiences doing this kinda thing!
I’m glad the responses are positive here, you can count on this being a regular thing <3
This is so kind of you!
I’m just lucky that what I find fun (making this kind of post!) is at least interesting to others :)
I just know the devs of Heroic will be pleased to see more people trying their work (and I know this, because I’m going to share it with one right now!)
Hope you enjoy it, it is a great resource for the Steam Deck :)