Valve Fixes a Steam Deck Problem

Summary

This week's update on Steam Deck highlights its significant impact on Linux's growth, doubling its user base on Steam. The script discusses Fedora's surge in popularity, possibly due to its resemblance to Steam OS. It also addresses the dilemma of native Linux game development versus using Proton, following issues with the Jackbox Mega Picker. The video covers the Steam Deck's suitability as a party console, introduces a new BenQ gaming projector, and hints at official support for the Deck HD mod. It ends with the somber news of Game Informer and romhacking.net shutting down, but also introduces new games and mods for the community to explore.

Takeaways

• 🌐 The Steam Deck is driving significant growth for Linux, doubling its usage on Steam since its release.
• 📈 Valve's hardware survey data indicates that Linux's market share on Steam has stabilized at around 2%.
• 📊 Arch Linux, used in the Steam Deck, and Fedora have seen substantial growth in popularity among Linux distributions.
• 🔧 Fedora's growth may be attributed to Basite, a Linux image modeled after Steam OS, gaining popularity among gamers.
• 🎮 The debate over whether developers should create native Linux games or rely on Proton for compatibility continues.
• 🚫 Jackbox Mega Picker initially caused issues for Steam Deck users, leading to the recommendation of using Proton for a more consistent experience.
• 🎁 Steam Deck users can now enjoy party games like Drawful 2, which is free until the end of August.
• 📹 A gaming projector from BenQ, the BenQ X300G, was highlighted for its low latency and 4K capabilities, enhancing the Steam Deck's portability.
• 🔄 Valve is updating Steam to include a feature that shows which friends are playing on a Steam Deck.
• 🛠️ There is an indication that Valve is working on official support for the Deck HD mod, which enhances the Steam Deck's display.
• 💔 The gaming community mourns the loss of Game Informer and romhacking.net, with the latter's database now archived on archive.org.

Q & A

How has the Steam Deck impacted the growth of Linux on Steam?

The Steam Deck has significantly contributed to the growth of Linux on Steam. Prior to its release, approximately 1% of Steam players used Linux, and now, two years after its release, about 2% of Steam players use Linux, effectively doubling the use of Linux on the platform.

What is the significance of the recent hardware survey result published by Valve?

The recent hardware survey result published by Valve for the month of July shows that Linux maintains its market share at approximately 2%, indicating a stabilization in the growth trend observed after the release of the Steam Deck.

What is the trend observed in the popularity of different Linux distributions over time?

The trend shows a significant growth in the use of Arch Linux, which is the distribution used in the Steam Deck, growing from 8.2% to 21.1%. Additionally, Fedora has seen explosive growth, possibly due to the influence of Basite, a Linux image based on Fedora and modeled after Steam OS on the Steam Deck.

What is Basite, and how has it influenced the growth of Fedora Linux?

Basite is a Linux image based on the Fedora distribution but modeled after how Steam OS works on the Steam Deck. Its growth has been meteoric, leading to a shift in the choice of Linux distribution among enthusiasts who prefer a gaming-centric and streamlined experience.

What issue did the Jackbox Mega Picker game launcher cause for Steam Deck users?

The Jackbox Mega Picker game launcher was reported to corrupt Steam Deck installations, forcing users to reinstall Steam OS or perform a factory reset. The issue was specifically with the native Linux version of the game.

How did Valve address the issue with the Jackbox Mega Picker game launcher on Steam Deck?

Valve issued a hot fix to select Proton by default for the Jackbox Mega Picker, allowing Steam Deck users to run the Windows version of the launcher via Proton instead of the native Linux version, thus resolving the corruption issue.

What is the general consensus on whether developers should build native Linux games or use Proton?

While Valve supports both approaches, there is a personal opinion in the script suggesting that leveraging Proton might be the better way for developers, as it results in less work for them and a more consistent experience for consumers.

What is the issue with Steam Cloud saves when transferring play between Windows and Steam Deck?

Steam Cloud saves may not work as expected when transferring play between Windows and Steam Deck because developers sometimes overlook the need to ensure that save files are compatible across both operating systems.

What was the impact of the closure of romhacking.net on the ROM hacking community?

The closure of romhacking.net is a significant loss for the ROM hacking community as it was a central hub for ROM hacks and mods for retro games. The site's closure has left a void, but the database has been archived on archive.org, preserving the availability of ROM hacks.

What is the significance of the update to Steam that shows which friends are playing on Steam Deck?

The update adds a small but noticeable feature to Steam, allowing users to easily identify which of their friends are playing on a Steam Deck through a specific icon, enhancing the social aspect of the platform.

What is the Deck HD mod, and what does it mean for its official support?

The Deck HD mod is a modification for the Steam Deck's LCD that makes the screen more vibrant and increases the resolution to 1200p. The appearance of Deck HD in the game scope source code suggests that Valve is working on official support for this modification, ensuring compatibility with future updates.

What is the 'save point' product teased by Geni for the Steam Deck, and what are its expected features?

The 'save point' product is a new Steam Deck accessory teased by Geni, likely to be an external drive with USBC pass-through. This would allow users to expand storage on their Steam Deck while maintaining the ability to charge the device, potentially offering a significant boost in storage capacity without modifications.

Outlines

00:00

📈 Linux Growth and Steam Deck Trends

The Steam Deck's success has significantly boosted Linux's popularity among PC gamers, doubling its user base on Steam within two years of the device's release. Valve's openness in sharing data from their hardware survey provides valuable insights into these trends. While Linux holds a modest 2% market share, there's a noticeable shift in the types of Linux distributions being used, with Arch Linux and Fedora showing substantial growth, possibly due to the influence of Steam OS and its gaming-centric experience. This rise prompts a discussion on whether developers should focus on native Linux games or rely on compatibility layers like Proton for a better consumer experience.

05:00

🚀 Jackbox Mega Picker and Steam Deck Compatibility Issues

Valve addressed a critical issue with the Jackbox Mega Picker, a new game launcher on Steam that was causing Steam Decks to malfunction by corrupting the Steam installation. The native Linux version of the launcher was identified as the culprit, leading Valve to implement a hotfix that defaults to using Proton, allowing the launcher to run the Windows version seamlessly on the Steam Deck. This incident reignited the debate on the necessity of native Linux builds for games, with the video suggesting that leveraging Proton might offer a more consistent experience with less development effort.

10:01

🎮 Steam Deck as a Party Console and Gaming Accessories

The Steam Deck's versatility as a portable gaming device makes it an ideal party console, supporting a wide range of local multiplayer games and various controllers. The video highlights a backyard gaming session using a BenQ gaming projector, the BenQ X300G, which offers 4K visuals and low latency, enhancing the Steam Deck's gaming experience. Additionally, the video discusses the Steam Deck's compatibility with the Deck HD mod, an LCD upgrade that enhances the device's display, and hints at an upcoming official accessory from Geni, possibly an external drive with USB-C pass-through for expanded storage.

15:03

🕊️ Farewell to Game Informer and ROMhacking.net

The video script pays tribute to two significant losses in the gaming community: Game Informer, a long-standing video game publication, and ROMhacking.net, a central hub for ROM hacks. The latter's closure is particularly impactful, as it provided a vast resource for game modifications across various retro systems. The site's founder, Nightcrawler, detailed the challenges of maintaining the site and allegations of dishonesty and harassment from within the community. Despite the controversy, the entire ROMhacking.net database has been archived on archive.org, ensuring the availability of beloved ROM hacks for enthusiasts.

🎲 Recent Gaming News and Recommendations for Steam Deck

The script concludes with a roundup of recent gaming news, including insights into Valve's upcoming game, Deadlock, and the release of the Fallout 4 total conversion mod, Fallout London. It also mentions the discovery that Time Crisis 5, powered by Unreal Engine 5, could be playable on the Steam Deck. The video recommends several recent games suitable for the Steam Deck and other handhelds, such as retro remasters like TBA Special Edition and Star Wars Bounty Hunter, as well as the precision platformer, Ingression. The host also offers to give away some Steam keys to viewers who leave thoughtful comments.

Keywords

💡Steam Deck

Steam Deck is a handheld gaming device developed by Valve Corporation. It's central to the video's theme as it discusses the device's impact on the growth of Linux within the PC gaming community. The script mentions that since its release, the Steam Deck has significantly increased the adoption of Linux among Steam users, doubling its market share.

💡Linux

Linux is an open-source operating system that is widely used for various computing tasks, including gaming. In the context of the video, Linux's growth is attributed to the Steam Deck, which uses a custom Linux distribution. The script highlights the increase in Linux's market share on Steam, thanks to the Steam Deck's popularity.

💡ProtonDB

ProtonDB is a database that tracks compatibility of games on Linux using Proton, a compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Linux. The script refers to ProtonDB in discussing the trend of Linux distribution popularity, particularly the growth of Arch Linux and Fedora, which are both mentioned in the context of Steam Deck usage.

💡Arch Linux

Arch Linux is a lightweight and highly customizable Linux distribution. The video script notes that Arch Linux, which is used in the Steam Deck, has seen tremendous growth in popularity, moving from 8.2% to 21.1% in usage statistics, reflecting its integral role in the Steam Deck's operating system.

💡Fedora

Fedora is another Linux distribution known for its cutting-edge software offerings. The script discusses Fedora's explosive growth in popularity, suggesting that it may be due to the influence of the Steam Deck and the gaming-centric Linux image, B.A.S.E., which is based on Fedora.

💡B.A.S.E.

B.A.S.E. is a Linux image based on the Fedora distribution, optimized for gaming, similar to Steam OS on the Steam Deck. The video mentions B.A.S.E. as a possible reason for Fedora's growth, as it provides a Steam Deck-like experience on other hardware, attracting gamers looking for a streamlined gaming OS.

💡Jackbox Mega Picker

Jackbox Mega Picker is a game launcher on Steam that allows users to access multiple party games from a single interface. The script discusses an issue where the native Linux version of the launcher was causing problems for Steam Deck users, leading to the recommendation of using the Windows version via Proton for a better experience.

💡Proton

Proton is a compatibility tool that enables Linux users to run Windows games on their systems. The video script discusses the benefits and considerations for developers when choosing between creating a native Linux build or supporting Linux through Proton, in light of the Jackbox Mega Picker incident.

💡ROM hacking

ROM hacking refers to the modification of video game software, often to improve or alter gameplay. The script mentions the closure of romhacking.net, a central hub for ROM hacks, and discusses the impact this has on the community and the availability of game mods.

💡Game Informer

Game Informer is a well-known video game magazine and online publication. The script mentions its closure, indicating a loss for the gaming community in terms of journalism and content related to video games.

💡Steam Cloud

Steam Cloud is a feature of the Steam platform that allows users to save their game progress to the cloud, enabling them to pick up where they left off on different devices. The script discusses potential issues with Steam Cloud saves when transferring progress between Windows and Steam Deck, highlighting the need for developers to ensure compatibility.

Highlights

Steam Deck is leading a charge resulting in tremendous growth for Linux, doubling its use on Steam since its release.

Valve introduces a cute feature for Steam Deck and support for surprising hardware.

Game Informer and romhacking.net are closing down, impacting the gaming community.

Arch Linux, used in the Steam Deck, has seen significant growth in popularity among Linux distros.

Fedora's explosive growth in popularity might be due to Basite, a Linux image based on Fedora but modeled after Steam OS.

Basite offers a gaming-centric experience similar to Steam Deck, attracting enthusiasts.

The question of whether developers should build Linux native games is revisited, with a focus on Proton support.

Jackbox Mega Picker, a new game launcher on Steam, initially caused issues with Steam Decks.

Valve fixed the Jackbox Mega Picker issue by defaulting to Proton, avoiding native Linux version problems.

Steam Cloud save compatibility issues between Windows and Steam Deck are highlighted.

Night Dive Studios abandoned native Linux builds for System Shock remake, relying on Proton instead.

Valve's update lets users know who in their friend list is playing on Steam Deck with a new icon.

Valve is working on official support for Deck HD, a mod that enhances the Steam Deck's display.

Geni teases a new Steam Deck product, 'Save Point', possibly an external drive with USBC pass-through.

The loss of romhacking.net is discussed, and the site's database is now available on archive.org.

Valve's upcoming game, Deadlock, has seen a change in code name and possibly an upcoming announcement.

Fallout London, a total conversion mod for Fallout 4, has been released and is playable on Steam Deck.

Time Crisis 5, powered by Unreal Engine 5, is a native Windows game playable on Steam Deck with unique controls.

Recommendations for recent games suitable for Steam Deck and other handhelds are provided.

Transcripts

this week on Steam deck steam deck seems

to be leading a charge that is resulting

in tremendous growth for Linux this is

sort of leading to trends that benefit

all PC gaming and not just Gamers on the

steam deck itself it does raise some

interesting questions though and I want

to address those as well additionally

valve is introducing a cute little

feature for steam deck as well as

support for some pretty surprising

hardware and sadly we do have to say

goodbye to Game Informer and the Beloved

romhacking.net over the years romhacking

has faced its share of tumultuous times

but it has been the number one hub for

ROM hacks for a very long time we'll

talk about what led to this and what

happens next throughout Today's show I'm

going to have trailers on screen for

recent games that you can play on Deck

leave a comment let me know which ones

interest you and maybe I can give away a

few steam Keys let's get into the show

and be sure to leave a like and a sub on

my way to 100K it's already incredibly

well known that the steam deck has

helped Linux grow tremendously when the

steam deck released a approximately 1%

of steam players were using Linux now 2

years after its release approximately 2%

of steam players use Linux that may

still seem incredibly small I admit but

nearly single-handedly the deck has

doubled use of Linux on Steam it's nice

that to this point valve has been very

open with sharing data from their

Hardware survey because it gives us

insight into things like this most

recently valve published a hardware

survey result for the month of July and

it shows no growth or decline for Linux

with Linux still enjoying approximately

2% of the market share same as last

month but this Willies something else

that seems to be happening underneath

the surface it's a change that we're not

really seeing in the hardware survey yet

but maybe we're going to see it in a few

months as things start to settle today's

story comes to his courtesy of boiling

steam.com who has been analyzing data

from proton DB and has found a very

curious Trend boiling steam.com put

together this excellent chart that shows

how the relative popularity of different

Linux dros have changed over time one

thing you can see is that the dro at the

top is Arch Linux this is the drro being

used in the steam deck and to that end

you can see that it has grown

tremendously from 8.2% at the beginning

of the chart to now

21.1% in the most recent data set what

is surprising however is the explosive

growth of the second drro on this chart

Fedora it started at 3.7% and in recent

times has grown to

12.4% so how is it that Fedora has grown

this much much and even surpass the

venerable BTU and Linux Mint well this

is just a theory but boiling steam

proposes that perhaps it's basite that

is causing this explosive growth for

Fedora basite is a Linux image that is

based on Fedora distro but it's

otherwise completely modeled by how

Steam OS on the steam deck works if

you've been paying attention to the rogg

allyx at all you may have seen a ton of

YouTubers showing off basite on the Alli

X that includes myself because honestly

it is that impressive you get all the

Alli ex power but you get an experience

that is more like the steam deck and

avoids Windows including all of its

pitfalls and for that matter all of its

benefits so it looks like bite's growth

has been meteoric and has very much

caused a shift in what distro Linux

enthusiasts are choosing to use these

enthusiasts who are otherwise known for

their pension to customize are looking

for an experience that is gaming Centric

and streamlined towards that goal

personally I'm really happy to see this

I know a lot of people have been saying

that they want valve to release the

general purpose themos that they have

been promising but it seems like there's

still a long way from that instead it

seems like bazai is going to be the way

to go inevitably Linux is going to

continue to grow in popularity as it

does it seems the question of whether

developers should build Linux native

games continues to be Revisited

personally I think developers are far

better off supporting Linux by way of

proton and that brings us to the second

big story of the week with a new steam

game or really launcher corrupting steam

decks jackbox Mega picker is a brand new

game launcher on Steam but wait it's not

your ordinary launcher it's actually

really cool there's a series of party

games that are bundled in packs called

jackbox party packs and there's 10 of

those bundles by now each of the 10

jackbox party packs comes with five

games that you can play with friends and

family these are the sort of games that

are meant for everyone like drawful

which is kind of like a digital version

of Pictionary or fibbage where you try

to catch other players in a lie people

join games using a phone so you don't

even need extra controllers that makes

it perfect for any setting one thing

think people have wanted for a long time

however is a way to launch any of their

jackbox games from one launcher enter

jackbox Mega picker this app makes it

easy to switch to and play any one of

the 50 jackbox party games that you own

there is just one problem though it was

literally bricking steam decks it's

still a little unclear to me how this is

possible and why this was happening but

steam deck HQ reports that it would

corrupt your steam installation forcing

you to reinstall Steam OS or do a

factory reset it gets weird than that

however because it was specifically the

native Linux version of this game that

was corrupting steam deex so when valve

announced that they fixed this problem

they said a hot fix has been issued to

select proton by default for the jackbox

Mega picker that of course means that

they were able to fix this problem for

the steam deck users by forcing steam

deck to run the windows version of the

launcher via proton as opposed to the

native Linux version this entire Saga

has caused people to revisit the

question of whether game developer

should even bother making a native Linux

build of their game officially valve has

stated that they're happy if you support

Linux either way either with the

dedicated build or by using a Windows

build that leverages proton in practice

however I personally have noticed that

the latter seems to mean less work for

the developer yet a more consistent

experience for the consumer so

personally I think leveraging proton

ends up being the better way despite the

state of modern engines making a native

Linux build is not as simple as checking

a box furthermore it has to be

thoroughly tested independent of the

windows build or you may find yourself

with problems just like this weird one

with the jackbox mega picker although

hopefully much less severe additionally

players have noticed that if a game

supports steam Cloud save that feature

may not work as expected when trying to

transfer play from Windows to steam deck

or vice versa that's because developers

aren't always aware of the extra care

that is needed to ensure that safe files

are compatible across the two operating

systems if they fail to take this into

consideration then you won't be able to

transfer your play at all meaning that

steam Cloud saves just don't work for

you consequently many game development

companies actually end up abandoning the

notion of a native Linux build night

dive Studios did this with System Shock

remake which came out last year and

plays incredibly well on Steam deck

proton makes it so that not only can you

avoid making a native Linux build but

you're probably better off for it

honestly I think it's pretty incredible

that proton exists at all but what do

you think should developers be making

native Linux games or just using proton

like let me know in the comments all of

that said I hope that this PSA hasn't

scared any of you away from the jackbox

games because they are truly an

incredibly worthwhile experience drawful

2 is currently free through the end of

August so consider adding that to your

library and playing with friends now

that valve has fixed the problem you

should feel a lot more comfortable that

your system is safe from the corruption

that many others were experiencing by

the way all of this talk of multiplayer

makes me want to ask have you noticed

how great the steam deck is as a party

console there's so many great local

multiplayer games compatibility with all

sorts of controllers and it's portable

just this past weekend I had a gaming

night with my good friend Dan and his

wife and we had an absolute blast we

really wanted to do a backyard gaming

night so I took this gaming projector

from BenQ with me many thanks to BenQ

for sending this my way this is the new

Ben QX 300g and it's a projector that is

specifically intended for gaming that

means that not only can it do 4K visuals

but it also has super low latency going

as low as under 5 milliseconds if you

choose the 1080p 240 HZ option now even

though Dan and I were really looking

forward to some backyard gaming nature

had other plans and the rain kept us

from enjoying an outdoor setup but we

were not deterred we did set it up

indoors and thankfully this is a short

throw projector so we didn't even need

much space we set it up on a mil crate

connected it to my rgx using a single

USBC cable and enjoyed some awesome

gaming I threw on Hot Wheels unleash

because the colors look gorgeous on this

display but one of our favorite games to

play is lethal league so we knew we had

to play that too first I faced off

against Dan's wife who doesn't really

play video games but she did kick my ass

then I got some rounds into went Dan who

also kicked my ass turns out I really

suck at this game but I'll say this I

can at least feel comfort in knowing

that I suck and not that I'd lost due to

lag lethal league is a game where

response time is extremely important and

Dan and I had some epic volley showing

off how responsive this game was on the

X300 G

oh honestly we were all surprised by

this thing I did not realize how far

along projectors have come I can use

this to play PS5 at home in 4k or take

it to a friends to play something like

lethal league and those are both going

to be great experiences it also comes

with Android TV so that you can enjoy

any of your media including Plex and

Netflix if you're interested in picking

one of these up I'll leave links in the

description and thanks again to BenQ for

sending me the X300 G all right I have a

bit of an amusing pallet cleanser in

between bigger stories last week valve

is showed an update to steam that will

let people know who in your friend list

is playing on Steam Deck with this

adorable little icon you may have

noticed something similar before for

people that are looking at Steam on

their phone or maybe even people that

are on Steam using their VR headset but

now you can also let people know that

you're playing on your favorite handheld

on the subject of updates it appears

that valve is working on official

support for the deck HD deck HD is the

mod you can install for your steam deck

LCD it makes the screen a lot more

vibrant and it's a 1200p display so in

the past there have been times where a

steam deck update would break

compatibility with this modification but

it looks like that's not going to be

happening anymore because we can see it

show up in the game scope source code

alongside the various official steam

deck displays from valve this story

comes to his courtesy of sadly it's

Bradley who is a well-known data Miner

typically specializing in VR it's always

funny to me how often these things leak

simply because valve is pretty much

doing a lot of their work in the open in

this case this all exists in the open

source repository for gamescope and you

can see that this code includes specific

timings and traits for each display type

and in the case of deck HD you can even

see that it has 1,200 for the number of

horizontal pixels seeing as the deck HD

is a 1200p display as opposed to the

steam deck's 800p display on the subject

of accessories we should be hearing

today about a new steam deck product

from geni which they're calling the save

point they teased subscribers about this

last week and according to the image

posted on Reddit it should be launching

on kick starter today they didn't

specifically say what it was but it does

seem likely that this is going to be an

external drive with USBC pass through

that pass through would allow you to

expand storage while still being able to

plug your steam deck into Power imagine

having a 1 TB micro SD card a 2 TB

internal drive and however much storage

this adds given the size I wouldn't even

be surprised if it was an enclosure for

a 2230 Drive which means that you can

easily have a 5 tab steam deck without

having any weird mods and without losing

the ability to charge your device do you

think this is something that would be

interesting to you definitely let me

know in the comments just this last

weekend we had to say goodbye to two

video game Staples Game Informer and

romhacking.net both are important to me

personally for different reasons Game

Informer was incredibly important to my

interest in the past and ROM hacking was

more of an interest that I was saving

for the future in that way although I am

mourning the loss of both I feel a bit

more devastated by the loss of ROM

hacking I know that there are going to

be alternatives that pop up but

romhacking.net was the One-Stop shop for

mods to all sorts of retro games on all

sorts of retro systems these could range

from translation patches to difficulty

adjustments to Sprite Replacements to

essentially total conversions of games

the scene always felt a little bit

intimidating to me because there were so

many different things that I wanted to

try and I never really knew where to

start but there was at least one thing

that I knew for sure wherever I did

start the thing I was looking for was

likely to be on ROM hacking net so let's

talk about what happened on August 1st a

proprietor of ROM hacking Nightcrawler

posted a message to the site saying that

it's time to wind things down he

reflected on the accomplishments of ROM

hacking saying we outlasted and eclipsed

ROM hacking sites that came before us we

brought ROM hacking from Niche and

fragmented to Global and centralized we

assembled the largest force of ROM

hackers on the planet no doubt this site

changed ROM hacking forever it will

leave behind the legacy of those

accomplishments to remember

but the reflection wasn't all positive

overseeing such a widely used resource

took its toll on Nightcrawler and

although he tried to find a successor

that could carry on the Legacy he was

unable to find the right person he did

say however that a small group of people

stepped up to help continue operating

the site but over time he discovered

they were being dishonest and deceitful

going as far as to indicate that he was

dehumanized and doxed by these folks for

those familiar with the internal

workings of various retro scenes this

story felt very reminiscent of what

happened to near near was a programmer

specializing in extremely accurate

emulation of retro Hardware notably his

emulator Beast nness made huge leaps

forward in the emulation scene for Super

Nintendo sadly they endured years of

tormenting from abusers including

harassment and doxing and eventually

suffered death by Suicide given these

parallels it is incredibly important to

take accusation like these from NY coll

are very serious it should also be

stated however that there have been

several statements refuting these

allegations first first the romhacking

Discord staff stated that although

things have been Rocky between site

staff and Discord staff for a while they

are nonetheless deeply confused and

disappointed by the accusation of doxing

and the implication that they've been

threatening they added that they

categorically reject these

allegations additionally Nightcrawler's

accounts were disputed by a longtime

member and revered localizer Gideon G

Gideon said that NY crawler exerted iron

fisted control over Community created

content and categorically ref refused

basically all offers of help over the

last decade he said that although staff

grew increasingly frustrated they were

always attempting to resolve disputes in

real time but Nightcrawler would

consistently refuse to discuss these

solutions to the question of whether the

staff doxed or threatened Nightcrawler

getting says hell no and frankly he's

livid at the suggestion honestly this is

just a sad story all around and for all

people involved the silver lining for

the folks that use romhacking.net is

that Nightcrawler and the site staff

have uploaded the entire site database

including 11 GB of files to archive.org

so your favorite ROM hacks can still be

available undoubtedly we will see

alternative sites pop up I hope that we

don't see the same level of

fragmentation that we saw prior to ROM

hacking but either way I do plan on

continuing my journey of trying a

variety of different ROM hacks for my

most loved games I'm not going to end

the video on a sad note so here are some

quick interesting stories and maybe some

game to try we continue to hear more

about valve's upcoming game deadlock you

may have seen for example that

Deadlock's closed beta has had more

concurrent players than concord's open

Beta but most recently founder of

steamdb Pavo jundi noticed that valve

made a big change by replacing the code

name of Project 8 staging to Simply

deadlock perhaps this is a huge step

forward and perhaps it's an indication

that they plan to announce the game soon

personally I doubt an announcement is

coming soon according to players and

according to the footage we've seen this

game does still seem to be in an early

state but who knows maybe we'll see soon

a long anticipated total conversion mod

for Fallout 4 Fallout London was

recently released and has already been

showcased on Steam deck by friend of the

channel deck wizard this mod is

ambitious and is as big as an official

DLC from Bethesda it obviously takes

place in London offering an entirely new

experience to fans of the series if

you're interested in how to get this

game playing on Steam deck I recommend

checking out deck Wizard's video as he

gives really comprehensive instruction

instuctions on how to install and play

this mod on Deck just this weekend I

learned that the arcade game Time Crisis

5 is not only powered by unre Engine 5

but it's also a native Windows game like

it has an exe file and everything

theoretically this would of course mean

that this game is playable on the steam

deck and you'd be able to use gyro and

track pads for aiming that's pretty sick

definitely let me know if this is

something that you have tried and how it

went I also want to quickly highlight a

couple recent games that are great for

steam deck and other handhelds first up

are a pair of retro remasters each at

$20 TBA special edition is a remaster of

the Coke Classic 2 and a2d platformer

from PS1 and as Quirky as it is this

game still holds up today interestingly

the lead engineer for this game is the

YouTuber Modern Vintage gamer thankfully

this remaster includes the ability to

save anywhere and Rewind at any point it

also Sports a remaster soundtrack and a

brand new interview with creator of the

game takuru fujiu the next retro

remaster is Star Wars Bounty Hunter you

may be scared off by a remaster of a

Star Wars PC game done by Aspire Studios

because of the very poor state of

Battlefront collection but it appears

they have learned their lesson because

this title is getting glowing reviews

from the community so definitely check

it out finally ingression is a game that

was recommended to me by a friend while

this super challenging Precision

platform it does seem inspired by

Celeste it creates its own identity with

an added portal mechanic this game is

pretty unforgiving but I found myself

relentlessly attacking these levels

until I cleared them and could let

without a sigh of relief I do have some

gripes with the sheer Reliance on trial

and error difficulty but as a lover of

precision Platformers I kept coming back

to this one and at $9.99 it seems like a

good recommendation for fans of the

genre in any case I have a few keys from

recent humble bundles so don't forget to

leave a thoughtful comment and maybe I

can give some away I hope you're all

having a wonderful week that gang out

goodbye

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