HAH!

Okay, maybe my phrasing was a bit silly!

You’re right, I should edit this and mention that fact! At least its a once-off payment of $5 or so, and personally I’m beyond happy to support devs for their countless hours of work. Esp when it works so well!

But, this is why we’re lucky to also have Heroic as an option!

*girl!

And thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’m lucky that this kinda thing which I find so fun, is something others find interesting!

This was more…practically working out the kinks to see if formatting could be improved on (spoiler: very much so!), so the next might be in a week? A weekly thing? Unsure so far, but again…thank you so much!!!

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 :)

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:

• Install ProtonTricks
• Download GE-Proton (whatever the latest is!)
• Go to your offline backup folder with the game files, and add the executable file to Steam (right-click, add to Steam)
• From within Steam, go to properties and then compatibility, and choose your GE-Proton
• Run the installer (I recommend making it install to: /home /deck /Games
• Remove the setup from Steam
• Once the game is installed wherever you wanted it to go to (I recommend making a folder in your ‘home’ folder called ‘Games’), find the game’s executable file ‘ArtOfRally.exe’ for example, and do the same: right-click on it, add to Steam, then again in properties choose GE
• Play the game. 9/10 times you’ll find the dependencies covered by GE-Proton, in the rare case it isn’t, you can use something like Lutris to do this!

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!