Linux and vintage tech
The great news of this month has been that Descent 3 has been freed to the open source. Finally, 25 years after its release, the original developers have decided to grant it a position where it can live forever, freed from the shackles of the closed source tomb. This is an exciting time for a … Continue reading Descent 3 | Freed to Open Source
I have a couple of, now older, 4th Generation Intel, Haswell, Dell Latitude E6x40 machines that have discreet AMD GPUs. These laptops are going on 10 years old and truly at end of life in a modern sense but I just can't let these machines go. They are some of the nicest laptops I have … Continue reading Steam Games Using the Discrete AMD GPU on Haswell Laptop
Valve has been doing a GREAT job of making gaming better. Their push to be the primer, customer focused, gaming platform is obvious by every release of the Steam Client and update to the SteamDeck. This is about how they have taken another step to make family gaming time even better. BackgroundSteam SettingsEnable Family ShareFinal … Continue reading Steam’s New Family Share | A Digital Dream Come True
I am not a huge gamer nor am I much into the world of competitive, first person shooters but these are an important part of gaming culture. There are some that are more interesting than others with varying degrees of popularity but for the most part, I largely don't care, except that these games really … Continue reading Linux Gaming with Anti-Cheat | Work in Progress
I bought the SteamDeck for a number of reasons. One such reason was to turn it into a portable retro gaming station. I know there are a lot of other options out there to do this task but this one was the most economical and already had Linux installed on it. That meant, very little … Continue reading SteamDeck | RetroArch and mGBA for Trading Pokémon
The SteamDeck is a great retro gaming platform. I have loaded it up with many of my retro games and one of my favorites to play on it is Super Mario World but in a widescreen format. I have seen this done elsewhere but wanted to do this for myself. After a few tries, I … Continue reading Super Mario World Widescreen on the SteamDeck
One of the games that I think is a great accomplishment is the direct port of "Sonic the Hedgehog" from the SEGA Master System to the Commodore 64. This was manually converted from Z80 to 6502 assembly by Mr. SID. The game plays great on real hardware with a RAM Expansion Unit or REU. I … Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog on TheC64 with SNES Style Gamepad
It is true, you can indeed play Fortnite on the SteamDeck and it is not so difficult to make happen. It does require a moderately stable Internet connection and of course, like anything online, your results may vary. There are many other guides out there, I know, I have read many of them and decided … Continue reading Fortnite on the SteamDeck | With Xbox Cloud Gaming
I make it a point to buy new software for old computers at least annually. One particular game that I rather enjoy is called "PETSCII Robots" by The 8-Bit Guy, David Murray. Here is the first video published about the game. In short, this is a blast to play on the Commodore 64 or VIC-20. … Continue reading PETSCII Robots on TheC64 Maxi or Mini with a SNES Controller
I recently ran into an issue where some Steam games wouldn't launch and reported the error that the game would not run without DirectX 11. I was befuddled and could not find a solution. I chatted with people, search through forums and didn't find a solution. I was left with the belief that the hardware … Continue reading DirextX 11 Steam Games on openSUSE Solved