Steam bridge homeowners proceed to search out new and inventive methods to get probably the most out of the system. Nonetheless, one Reddit person has taken the moveable PC to new heights, making a setup that may play video games with mild weapons.
The aptly named LightGunFanatic posted footage of themselves taking part in a variety of small arms video games with Steam Deck, on the system’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 mild gun video games are notoriously tough to get working on fashionable {hardware}. Up to now, video games like Time Disaster 3 would have wanted a CRT TV or monitor to run, as LCDs are incompatible with the know-how. Nonetheless, the Redditor was cleverly in a position to cobble collectively a contemporary mild gun setup by way of the ability of Batocera.linux put in on the Steam Deck and a glossy Sinden-branded mild gun.
Whereas working small arms video games by way of the Steam Deck seems to be messy, LightGunFanatic says it is “very simple” to place collectively. The actual subject is the price of the setup, together with a Steam Deck dock, microSD card, and the sunshine gun itself. The one on show here’s a Sinden, costing £89.99 (about $115), or £139.99 (about $180) in order for you the recoil model. Whereas that is a steep worth to pay for a plastic gun, it is value it for the way good it sounds throughout the video.
LightGunFanatic’s footage is just not solely giving me new concepts on what to do with my Steam Deck, it is making me extremely nostalgic for the times of taking part in Time Disaster 3 on the PlayStation 2. Whereas the Steam Deck is ideal for enjoying by way of your Steam catalog, it actually looks like the probabilities are countless for the Valve handheld.
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