SteamBoy Turns a Steam Deck Into a Game Boy-Style Handheld
There's a difference between a handheld that runs Steam and a handheld that looks like it fell out of 1989. Reddit modder PhyFawkes built a bridge…
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SteamBoy, Pokémon Recomp, Faster PS3: Handheld Emulation's Big Week
The retro handheld scene rarely lands three stories worth blocking out an afternoon for in one week. This was one of those weeks: a community builder…
Proton Update Revives C&C Workshop Levels on Steam Deck
Every Proton Experimental changelog is a preview of the library Steam Deck owners will take for granted next month — fixes stress-tested in the…
Banjo-Kazooie's Lighthouse Port Is a Steam Deck Dream at 60 FPS
Emulation has been the default way to play Banjo-Kazooie on a handheld for as long as handhelds could run it. It works — but it's always been a…
dwproton Just Made Honkai Star Rail Work on Steam Deck
Hardware specs won't save you from a launcher. Over the past three years, the fight to run HoYoverse's gacha lineup on Steam Deck has been less about…
Pokémon Gen 1 Recomp: The Handheld Remake Nintendo Never Made
For 30 years, portable Pokémon Red meant emulation: a secondhand Game Boy brain inside a phone app, save states doing the heavy lifting, and a screen…
EverDrive-64 Pro at $169: Why Flash Carts Still Matter to Handhelds
Here's the uncomfortable math: the EverDrive-64 Pro costs $169 — more than plenty of handhelds that will happily play most of the N64 library out of…
Gen1Recomp Turns Pokémon Red/Blue Into a Handheld Essential
Recompilation used to be the N64's party trick. Pokémon just turned it into the Game Boy's second life, and every handheld player should…
GammaOS Nano v1.4 Gives the RG Rotate a Triple-Theme Makeover
The Anbernic RG Rotate always had a gimmick that divided opinion: a screen you could physically twist into portrait mode for vertical arcade shooters…
Stardew Valley Gets a 3D and VR Mod — But It's Rough on Steam Deck
Stardew Valley never stops giving, and now it's giving in three dimensions. Modder GingasVR has released a VR mod that transforms the beloved farming…
Star Fox Battle Mode on Switch 2: Tips for Handheld Domination
Star Fox is back on Switch 2, and while most players dive straight into the campaign or challenge modes, the revamped Battle Mode deserves serious…
Super Mario Sunshine Online Mod Turns It Into a 10-Player Portable
Super Mario Sunshine has always been the moody, paint-splattered middle child of 3D Mario—beloved by a vocal cult but rarely treated to the same…