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Getting a Steam Deck to emulate retro games? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Has anyone done this? How well does it work? Do you recommend it?

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[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

It works great, at least for everything I've tried. Newest consoles I've emulated are GameCube, Dreamcast, PSP. I would recommend EmuDeck as a launcher for your games, I set it up on my and my spouse's Decks and it's been working really well.

In my opinion the Deck is one of the nicest options for handheld emulation right now. If you play PC games as well it's an easy recommend.

However, if you're only doing older console games you can get one of those emulation handhelds for a fraction of the cost. I don't want to say you should go that route, I just want to make sure you're aware of all the options!