So...this one is a bit left-of-field.

A friend of mine (Gardiner Bryant of YouTube - who reports on Linux and the Steam Deck) has started a Revolt server.

What is Revolt?

It's kinda like a FOSS alternative to Discord. You'll see the layout is almost a direct copy, and it's far less polished...but then again you haven't got the downsides of Discord's constant upselling either:

https://revolt.chat/

Why is this relevant?

...I can hear you ask? Well, so far its just a few developers and creators in there, but I thought of all spaces...maybe those very devs and creators whose work you use and watch...well it might be nice to join in there?

My personal friends who are in here so far are:

• imLinguin [who

For those who keep up with which games coming up will ship with DRM, it's come to light that the new Elden Ring title will use GuardIT

Link to SteamDB info here with this link

Link to the Steam page here

First Things' First:

Maybe you're used to all of this now, but my attempt is to share an older style of gaming news post. Something maybe a lil bit like the old gaming blogs / news sites that the internet used to have. Casual, opinion-based, image-heavy and maybe-filled-with-things-you-already-spotted.

My last post (News #2) is here via this link, if you wanted to read over it before I share some more things I have spotted :)

This might lean towards a more Steam Deck-oriented post, but of course I'll inevitably deviate and ramble on and most likely cover everything but the Steam Deck. So let's begin!

Emulation:

NxEmu

Another Nintendo Switch emulator - NxEmu, which saw some focus and activity some time ago before seemingly disappearing into abandonment - has come back with a post sharing the dev will be refocusing on the project.

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Nothing I've done seems to work for this one, either it needs to run the configuration tool or it tells me the files are corrupt and needs a reinstall afterwards. Trying the reg trick didn't seem to do much and running new config tools just won't open at all.

What is it?

Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed created through the process of static recompilation. This means you get to play Sonic Unleashed on your PC with the following benefits:

• Unlocked frame-rates
• Ultra-wide support
• Built-in achievements
• Controller icons (Xbox, PS)
• Rebuilt natively for PC

You can watch the trailer here, if you want to see it in action (alongside a side-by-side comparison of Unleashed next to the original

Step One

Download the Xbox 360 ROM of the game. You can find it in a number of places. I can't share the link to where here (because of the obvious reasons), but it's everywhere - you need this before you can do anything else!

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Crosspost from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38810596

Hi everybody! I just created Linux Crack Support (feel free to join). This guide is also freshly baked straight from the oven, still warm. It's a guide for how to add non-steam games (sourced from anywhere really) onto your Linux system. This means it also works for your Steam Deck, which is an awesome thing! So I am hereby cross posting this guide to help you all.

In the world of gaming on Linux, using tools like Steam with Proton and Lutris with Wine can significantly enhance your experience by allowing you to play Windows-exclusive games. However, sometimes games require specific dependencies to run smoothly. This guide will walk you through the process of adding games to both Steam and Lutris, as well as how to install the necessary dependencies using information from SteamDB.

Part 1: Adding Games to Steam with Proton

1. **Install Ste

To start with:

After my previous post 24 hours ago (the link to which is here), I asked you all if the way I share mostly Steam Deck news here is okay, and if you'd enjoy more of these.

I hope you'll endure one more such post in this short time. Consider this maybe...idk, news you may already know, but that which I'm sharing while I practice formatting these posts in a better way..?

Here we go! # # #

GOG THINGS

GOG-CHAN # Perhaps my favorite GOG decision was back in 2018, when GOG got their JRPG-obsessed graphic designer (KosmicznaPluskwa) to create a mascot for their Japanese Games Sale of the time. GOG-Chan was created, and the internet being as internet-y as it is, she's never been allowed to be forgotten. She's also adorable!

(if you want a link to explore KosmicznaPluskwa's pintrest page - this will give you a good look at the graphic designer's inspirations and looks!)

In the interest of grabbing data points to plan for some tools for you all, I'm curious what the ratio of users are around here.

How many of y'all are strictly Game mode users, and how many of y'all use it like a laptop?

A lot of what I do on the Deck requires Desktop mode, mainly to get at a terminal and to configure Steam for pirated games. However, that doesn't mean I couldn't devise a tool that launches from Game mode to do the same things.

I suspect the latter is going to end up being something that I need to build to be the most useful to a wider audience, but for being pirates I'm sure most of you have entered Desktop mode numerous times for one reason or another.

Just found this place, I dig it! I do gamedev on my Steam Deck, and I'm also a systems engineer. I have a repository of all sorts of Arch based things for pirates that are somewhat specific to Steam Deck ('cause Valve does some weird shit in the name of convenience, but I get it, people don't buy this machine to be a laptop like I did).

Any who, now that I've found this place I may put together more of my scripts into an easier to digest format and throw it up on Codeberg or something.

For now, I'll point you all towards a tool that I found on GitHub. I have a fork that I wrapped with a bash script to make life easier when it comes to grabbing FitGirl repacks. I've made a Pull Request to get it merged into the original repository, but my fork will probably be kept up to date more frequently (I don't know the original maintainer).

My Fork: https://github.com/madamegaymes/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader

Original tool: https://github.com/JOY6IX9INE/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader

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 isn't entirely all Steam Deck news though, and there's only a touch of pirate-y news in here. But regardless, I hope you might find it interesting, and if you do enjoy it, I'm happy to make this a regular thing.

I've been made a mod here, so I guess this is my first official post!

...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!](https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blog/2025/02

Hello all!

I just joined back onto Lemmy after only sticking to Mastodon for so long. And of course in my search for Steam Deck communities, I saw this one was in place!

Its interesting seeing how many subscribers there are here (though, sadly how few are active members!)

I suppose this is my round about way of offering my help, I think somewhere I still have a copy of my old guides. At the very least, I wouldn't mind starting up my news posts again.

Mod, reach out if you like. I am very interested in being involved and making this a place to be, in its own right. I'm sure my history on the reddit sub can speak for me - I'm pretty good at that!

Wait, who are you?

I was the mod who brought r/SteamDeckPirates from being around 3K members to 35K during 2024, before I left the sub and Reddit. Flwwhtrbt.

Why did you leave?

It was time, there was one-too-many awful users who dedicates a lot of time to has

Before We Begin
Hello deck-ers, this guide walks you through installing Waydroid, a tool to run Android apps on your Steam Deck. Links are included below for troubleshooting and updates. Enjoy ;)

Step 1: Set Up a Password

Your Steam Deck’s terminal (Konsole) will ask for a password during installation. If you haven’t set one yet:

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and open the Konsole app (found in the taskbar or applications menu).
2. Type passwd and press Enter.
3. Create a password. For simplicity, a 4-digit code like 9876 works, but use something stronger if security matters to you, (as it should).
   • Note: The password won’t show as you type, this is not a bug.
   • Re-enter the password when prompted to confirm.

Why? This password grants temporary "sudo" access to install software.

Step 2: Install Waydroid

Prerequisite: Ensure your Steam Deck is connected to the internet.

1. Open Konsole (still in Desktop Mo

Hi guys,

I had looked everywhere to find a guide to get Acestream on the Steamdeck or even Linux and really didn't find anything good. So with the wonders of wine I have a relatively easy way to run Acestream on the Steamdeck.

1. Download the Acestream stable Windows installer from their site.
2. Download Lutris if you do not already have it.
3. In lutris hit the plus sign and select 'Install a Windows game from executable' and install from the Acestream installer you downloaded.
4. Here it will actually install acestream but once you hit finish after the installation, Lutris will just stall out. This is fine just hit 'Abort' and uncheck 'Remove game files' to keep all the files it just installed. Then hit Yes to cancel installation
5. Now in Lutris hit the plus sign again but this time select 'Add locally installed game' and use the following settings ![](https://lazysoci.al/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsh.itjust.works%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F4be5104c-4ad5-45f5-84f4-8254311f9bbc

Best recent guide on Citron, a Switch Emulator. Seems to perform nicely!

• Video here: https://youtu.be/T6zxEtmmhYA
• Citron link here: https://git.citron-emu.org/Citron/Citron/releases

This is a filler post, in the meantime I'm writting multiple step-by-step guides myself for the upcoming wiki.

Keep sailing!

Hello deck-ers?!

I'm shaytan. After some time away from the internet, and now leaving behind reddit, I'm trying to revive this community as I very recently got a steamdeck, but I've been passionate about linux, linux gaming, and hardware for a while.

My plans for this place are to keep it aligned with piracy and steamdeck, but also take a lot more time into helping general support questions, and sharing resources and content related to the steamdeck and handheld gaming.

I'll try to prepare some posts for this place, and if possible have a good wiki soon!

Any help is welcome!

Roadmap

• 1st -> Mild overhaul of rules and look by the 2nd of February
• 2nd -> General opening post for a proper re-start, 5th of February
• 3rd -> Some pre-prepared posts/small guides dedicated to new users starting the 6th at a consistency of 1 a week at minimum.
• 4rd-> A proper wiki for all things related to the steamdeck by the end of February at worst
• 5th -> Some more hardware s

So I downloaded Cyberpunk 2077 from DODI and I ran the serup.exe through steam and installed via Proton but now I can't figure out how to run the game. What am I doing wrong?

I was looking to try and get the Steam Deck's keyboard themes, the official ones but without getting them via the official methods. The main reason is that when getting them through the official methods they don't work offline but CSSloader themes do work offline and have no DRM.

I got papers please from Steamrips and when I add it to Steam as a none steam game, which I assume you still have to do there's no icon or anything.

If I modify it there still isn't an icon.

I tried on Windows and it does the same and the "target" remains blank too.

What could cause this?

Which Lutris wine version is the best for them?

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