Quoting: Eike

Doom (1993): steam deck Unsupported, but Valve just needs to get on re-examining that rating because it performs like it's steam deck Verified.

This shares the predominant case in the "Unsupported" category: "Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck" - which usually means "it works". According to CheckMyDeck [External Link], that's the reason for 2273 of 3174 "Unsupported" games. There's games in this state for a long time, I'd say a year. @Liam, could you find out more about this? @Smellbringer, this is smelly, ain't it? ;)

I've seen it speculated that this might be because of issues if you choose to launch the MS-DOS version, but this seems odd because Doom II is Steam Deck Verified and that has the same features. Very confusing!

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This is of interest to me, as I switched all of my fleet over to Mint this week, after trying it out as a result of an issue on one machine and then immediately falling in love with it. :smile:

I can understand their concerns about the package base, though I'm using standard Mint Xfce for now. Is there any major difference for the end-user when it comes to the Debian Edition? I assume not? :tongue:

"EDGE" also sounds potentially very useful!

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Quoting: Nateman1000This kinda makes me nostalgic for being younger and accidentally learning how to use Linux by playing around with a raspberry pi because it was just so cheap.

I'm going to show my age here by saying that I'm amazed that we're now at the point where the Raspberry Pi is nostalgic, haha. :tongue:

Back when I was a youngster, the price-gap between home-computers and video game consoles wasn't anywhere near as big [External Link] (this was the era of the home microcomputer, long before the x86 architecture caught on), with only the price-gap for the games being totally enormous (usually about £2 to £5 for games on tape for the home-micros, and usually about £40 to £60 for games on cartridge for the consoles).

Gaming very often drives adoption of technology, and many parents here believed that the computers were the better option overall (which led to a generation who could use computers effectively, with many of those whose brains were wired for it also learning how to program), so the 1980s and early 1990s gaming scene in the UK was all about the 8-bit home-micros (this went on for quite a long time [External Link]). The Steam Deck very strongly reminds me of this, even more so now that the refurbs are available.

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Quoting: LinasWhere would one even start though? Just play them in chronological order, or it doesn't matter? Any advice?

One of Resident Evil's strengths is that you can jump in almost anywhere. I started with watching a relative play through Resident Evil 2 back in the 1990s, and that was their first game in the series too. Then we sort of jumped from game-to-game without too much concern for the "correct" order, since it's easy enough to put things together. :tongue:

The modern remakes are effectively retellings, too, so they're not exactly the same as the 1990s titles - there are plenty of places to get started.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.

$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.

We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.

Quoting: Nateman1000agreed. They’re a major gateway drug for the Linux high.

More than that - at these prices, they solve a problem where many youngsters only get access to locked-down entertainment electronics like games consoles and tablets at home, instead of general-purpose computers, because capable-enough PCs have typically cost more. It could be a pretty big shift, as long as the marketing is there to get it in front of enough eyeballs.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderBetter than Mighty No 9????

Yes, but let's be fair, that's not a high bar - getting your eyeball cut out with a rusty soda-can is better than Mighty No. 9, after all. :tongue:

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I'm obligated to pop in and recommend cutesy robot games whenever they come up on GOL, so I just have to point out that Mega Man 11 is an excellent revival for that series and well worth grabbing at a discount - it works great under Proton. :smile:

The collections are good for what they are, too - not just the Mega Man ones, but the arcade ones too. Actually, everything in this sale is really good. :tongue:

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI had a quick look at the sale....... If your into boobies......... This is the sale for you........

Also I think "Steam Boobies Fest" has a nicer ring to it as well......

There's a lot more to visual-novels than that, though, and hopefully that's also reflected in the sale (I haven't taken a look yet). :tongue: The genre has quite an interesting history (some of which is covered in this retrospective of Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken [External Link]), rooted more in murder-mystery stories and occasionally in downright surreal stuff.

On the surreal note, it's a real shame that there hasn't been a remake of Hudson Soft's Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom [External Link], as that'd probably play pretty nicely with a modern coat of paint in the vein of Capcom's Ace Attorney remasters. Who knows, maybe there's still a chance for something like this? Konami clearly still has the character on their radar since they absorbed Hudson, as she's appeared in all of the modern Bomberman games to date [External Link], for some strange reason.

Quoting: hardpenguin- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (incredible bang for buck value)

Seconding this - these games are fantastic, and the Proton support for this one is so good that it just feels like native software. :grin:

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney basically introduced a generation to the genre, and it's always my first recommendation for anyone who's curious about it.

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Quoting: wvstolzingMESA Jar Jar Binks! MESA your humble servant!

apologies

Yousa in big doo-doo this time! :tongue:

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Nice to see another massive launch, quite possibly one of the biggest launches of the year, working same-day on Linux and Steam Deck thanks to the power of the Proton compatibility layer. I don't think I can overstate just how important it is for Linux desktop and Steam Deck to have such releases working so promptly, and looking at the player numbers just before hitting publish on release day Baldur's Gate 3 saw around 450,000 people playing it on Steam — that's crazy.

This isn't my sort of game, but it always makes me happy to see big titles like this aiming for Linux/Steam Deck compatibility on day one - I hope that it bodes well for the future. :smile:

Quoting: scaineYep, the lack of Denuvo had no appreciable effect on the sales of this title. Glad I was sitting down when that bombshell landed, eh?

Makes me wonder how Denuvo pitch their shitty technology to any big-name studio who wants to do Early Access.

I had my first run-in with Denuvo recently - it got added to a game that I was interested in, so then I didn't buy it. It saved me some money, at least. :tongue:

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