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EmuDeck 2.0 makes emulation on Steam Deck easier than ever

By Liam Dawe,
16
The Steam Deck is a fantastic system for indies, AA, AAA and everything in between but it's also great for emulation too. EmuDeck is software that can help automate the entire process of setting emulators up, and a huge new release is out now.
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Play real Game Boy cartridges on Steam Deck / Linux with GB Operator

By Liam Dawe,
21
GB Operator excites the collector in me, giving you a small device to plug into your PC or Steam Deck, allowing you to play real Game Boy cartridges.
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Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets 'Local Wireless Multiplayer'

By Liam Dawe,
5
Local Wireless Multiplayer is the latest huge feature to be added to the quite amazing Nintendo Switch emulator project yuzu.
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Wii U emulator Cemu 2.0 out, goes open source and gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
9
It has finally happened. Cemu, the Wii U emulator has a big new 2.0 release and it is now officially open source and available for Linux too.
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yuzu the Nintendo Switch Emulator gets an easy Linux installer

By Liam Dawe,
16
Good news for Linux and Steam Deck fans, the yuzu team have worked to bring the installer for the Nintendo Switch Emulator over to Linux properly.
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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets Save States support

By Liam Dawe,
10
A huge advancement for the PlayStation 3 emulator project RPCS3 as it now has support for Save States, which is pretty awesome.
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Wii U emulator Cemu getting closer to Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
9
Work continues on the Wii U emulator Cemu to bring it over to Linux, and with that gain Steam Deck support.
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Classic Sonic games being delisted to make way for Sonic Origins

By Liam Dawe,
32
A sad day for preservation and emulation, as SEGA has announced that they will be delisting the classic Sonic games.
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RetroDECK is another solution for emulation gaming on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
4
Was EmuDeck not to your liking? Perhaps RetroDECK might be what you're after for retro emulation on the Steam Deck.
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EmuDeck makes emulation on Steam Deck nice and simple

By Liam Dawe,
9
If you want to get emulation setup on Steam Deck, you need to take a look at EmuDeck which makes installing and configuration nice and easy.
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RetroArch gets big Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
0
RetroArch, the very popular application front-end for emulators and more has a new release out and it includes better support for the Steam Deck.
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Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v3.2 brings Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
22
86Box is a new one to me but perhaps some readers might be interested in it. It's an IBM PC system emulator that specializes in running old operating systems and software. Now with version 3.2 it's available for Linux.
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FEX-Emu is a promising project for gaming on 64bit Arm

By Liam Dawe,
1
Want to play more games on Arm devices? Projects like Box86 and Box64 do already exist but is there a better option? FEX-Emu sounds like it's going to be another great open source way to do what you want.
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RetroArch 1.10.0 out with Vulkan fixes, Wayland improvements, GameMode support

By Liam Dawe,
2
The RetroArch frontend application for emulators, game engines and media players has a new release up and there's plenty of great sounding improvements for Linux users.
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RetroArch need your feedback on their Open-Hardware planned for 2022

By Liam Dawe,
15
RetroArch announced back in February 2021 their plans for the Open-Hardware project. This was to bring an easy way for you to play your legally owned physical games directly in emulators and they have an update on their plans.
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Wii U emulator Cemu plans to go open source and support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
21
Most emulators nowadays have their source code nicely open, and the vast majority of them fully support Linux too but Cemu has been a bit of a holdout. Not for long though.
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Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets big graphical improvements, Flatpak fixes

By Liam Dawe,
6
Yuzu is another incredibly promising open source project, emulating the Nintendo Switch which is not exactly a small job (not that emulation ever is) and it's improving at a rapid pace.
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PS2 emulator PCSX2 adds in Vulkan API support

By Liam Dawe,
5
How about some better performance for emulating the PlayStation 2? That's what you're going to get with Vulkan support now hooked up nicely in PCSX2.
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RetroArch 1.9.14 out, with more emulator cores landing on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
6
The RetroArch team have released RetroArch 1.9.14, and recently they've been expanding what emulator cores are available on the Steam version with 26 now available.
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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 shows off big game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
12
RPCS3 continues advancing to truly nail-down the experience of playing classic PlayStation 3 games emulated on modern platforms and a fresh video shows lots of fun.
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