Has anyone done this? How well does it work? Do you recommend it?
RetroDeck is the best way in my opinion.
It differes from other solutions as it creates a containered application to run all your emulators.
This means everything is kept tidy isolated from the rest of your system under RetroDeck, if you have any errors it’s simple to wipe and start again without losing your ROMs, its simple to try new systems in the future.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 month ago
It’s just a PC with integrated gamepad. Almost all emulators work on Linux as well. It’s even powerful enough to run Switch games. I’ve emulated everything from C64 over general Mame, PS1 and up to Switch.
The only “suboptimal” thing is that it doesn’t have the best button layout for N64 and Sega consoles. Still Starfox 64 was a lot of fun.
ScummVM and DOSBox also run great. And I love that I can easily configure the controls to play adventure games with one hand on either side.
Honestly, there is hardly anything it can’t do.
Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah the Steam Deck sounds more tempting every day tbh…
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 month ago
It has been a literal lifesaver. Long COVID has tied me to my bed and with the Deck I can at least keep playing games.