Steam Deck homeowners proceed to seek out new and artistic methods to make essentially the most out of the machine. Nonetheless, a Reddit person has taken the moveable PC to new heights, making a setup able to enjoying gentle gun video games.
The aptly named LightGunFanatic posted footage of themselves enjoying a sequence of sunshine gun video games with the Steam Deck, on the machine’s subreddit. The cavalcade of classics contains the likes of Alien 3: The Gun, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Home of the Lifeless, Virtua Cop 2, and Time Disaster 3.
Kudos to LightGunFanatic for placing this setup collectively, as gentle gun video games are notoriously tough to get engaged on trendy {hardware}. Up to now, video games like Time Disaster 3 would want a CRT TV or monitor to work, as LCDs are incompatible with the expertise. Nonetheless, the Redditor was cleverly capable of put collectively a contemporary gentle gun setup via the ability of Batocera.linux put in on the Steam Deck, and a flowery Sinden branded light-gun.
Whereas operating gentle gun video games via the Steam Deck seems intricate, LightGunFanatic states that it’s “very simple” to place collectively. The actual hassle is the price of the setup, together with a Steam Deck dock, microSD card, and the sunshine gun itself. The one on present here’s a Sinden, which prices £89.99 (approx. $115), or £139.99 (approx. $180) in order for you the model with recoil. Whereas that’s a excessive value to pay for a plastic gun, it feels value it for simply how good it sounds throughout the video.
LightGunFanatic’s footage not is just not solely giving me new concepts for what to do with my very own Steam Deck, however it’s making me unbelievable nostalgic for the times of enjoying Time Disaster 3 on the PlayStation 2. Whereas the Steam Deck is ideal for taking part in via your Steam again catalog, it really looks like the chances are limitless for the Valve handheld.
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