Steam Deck Gaming News
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As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
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As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Ugh. Formatting is a nightmare.
Sorry, all.
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Thanks for the good post
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As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
-
Ugh. Formatting is a nightmare.
Sorry, all.
You did amazing. Keep up the good work!
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Hail, fellow ex-redditor!
I had no idea until now that Junk-Store existed, probably because I'm part of the PC master race. It sounds like it's entirely for the Deck.
That is really cool that you know the Heroic devs. Tell them that it really needs a last-added sorter so we can see what was most recently added to our collective libraries.
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Great post! I appreciate your work.
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Hail, fellow ex-redditor!
I had no idea until now that Junk-Store existed, probably because I'm part of the PC master race. It sounds like it's entirely for the Deck.
That is really cool that you know the Heroic devs. Tell them that it really needs a last-added sorter so we can see what was most recently added to our collective libraries.
Hello!!!
Junk-Store is a wonderful piece of software! Eben (the dev) has a background in the same field of work I am in, pen-testing. He's also a talented programmer! JS runs on the Deck, but also on Bazzite, after Kyle (Bazzite dev!) noticed his work and how well it suited things there.
Its no secret the upcoming version won't be Decky Loader dependent however, so make of that what you will!
I'll literally tell Paweł that you're a Heroic fan!
And I'll pass on a link to this comment so he can see that I am praising his work wherever I go! -
Great post! I appreciate your work.
I believe you need to scan the QR code to install it on Apple phones!
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You did amazing. Keep up the good work!
Ahhh thank you!!!!!!
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This is awesome! I hope you continue it in the future. It's super informative and nice way to get a feel for the going ons.
I'd like to!
At some stage this was a weekly thing for me, at least on Reddit under another username.
I focused primarily on GOG and Epic, because few users covered their news. In fact one game site offered me a job (or the beginnings of an offer) after they gained some popularity.
Regardless, I'd love to post these in a somewhat regular manner. Hard to know what I find interesting is for others, before I try it. Looks like it might be though!
Thank you so much
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
This was a good read, thank you for doing this!
As far as the shutdown of the Epic game Dauntless, was any reason given for the shutdown?
~This~ ~comment~ ~is~ ~licensed~ ~under~ ~CC~ ~BY-NC-SA~ ~4.0~
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
I enjoyed this, thanks for posting!
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This was a good read, thank you for doing this!
As far as the shutdown of the Epic game Dauntless, was any reason given for the shutdown?
~This~ ~comment~ ~is~ ~licensed~ ~under~ ~CC~ ~BY-NC-SA~ ~4.0~
Thank you so much!
It was bought by a crypto company that pushed aggressive monetization, and fired most of the original staff.
Constant nerfs to the original gameplay, invalidating months of users' grind by removing ('improving') core mechanics.
This is why the popularity dropped, but as to their official announcement, it was very short on details. Just another failed game, sadly.
-
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Oh man, thank you so much for doing this !!! I'll devour every post you make.
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Oh man, thank you so much for doing this !!! I'll devour every post you make.
*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
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Ugh. Formatting is a nightmare.
Sorry, all.
Once you get the hang of Markdown, you'll enjoy it far more than Reddit's shitty syntax. You've got way more options here since they implemented a well-tested and widely used system.
Don't forget to use the formatting help link next to preview button!
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As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
-
Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
-
Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
Seems like I should give Junk-Store another shot
I had installed it back when I was on beta branch and it was… funky. It had me sign in to Epic and then the frame / overlay wouldn’t go away, I had to force restart my Deck just to make it usable again.I tried a few times here and there and ran into the same issue, so it’s just been sitting installed as a spooky button.
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Seems like I should give Junk-Store another shot
I had installed it back when I was on beta branch and it was… funky. It had me sign in to Epic and then the frame / overlay wouldn’t go away, I had to force restart my Deck just to make it usable again.I tried a few times here and there and ran into the same issue, so it’s just been sitting installed as a spooky button.
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)
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As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!
This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.
...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?
EMULATION NEWS
- RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.
I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!
- MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.
You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!
- RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.
You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out
- Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!
I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.
A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!
GOG AND EPIC
What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games
I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.
Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.
It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.
Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.
(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)
GOG Preservation
GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!
- F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"
And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:
- The LEGO Movie - Videogame
- The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
- LEGO City Undercover
- The LEGO Ninjago Video Game
...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog
GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it
EPIC GAMES
Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:
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Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it
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Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.
I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.
But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!
Hope you enjoy!
MattKC
The Lego Island Guy mentioned
