What is it?

Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed created through the process of static recompilation. This means you get to play Sonic Unleashed on your PC with the following benefits:

• Unlocked frame-rates
• Ultra-wide support
• Built-in achievements
• Controller icons (Xbox, PS)
• Rebuilt natively for PC

You can watch the trailer here, if you want to see it in action (alongside a side-by-side comparison of Unleashed next to the original

Step One

Download the Xbox 360 ROM of the game. You can find it in a number of places. I can't share the link to where here (because of the obvious reasons), but it's everywhere - you need this before you can do anything else!

You will also need the game's DLC and Updates. I found both on archive.org, with minimal searching. Here is a picture of the two folders which you need as well as the Sonic game:

From here, open the DLC folder. You'll have six files to extract (select all of them and then right-click and select extract auto detect sub folder). Once extracted, each of those will have a file you'll need. It's much quicker to do this now before we begin, so go into each folder and grab the file at the end. Like this:

Step Two

Head on over to this GitHub link, and download the UnleashedRecomp-Flatpak.zip file. We're choosing this because (obv) we're on a Steam Deck, and Linux is what we're running. So...Flatpak!

Click here for the GitHub link

Once this is downloaded, open your downloads folder, extract it (right-click, extract auto-detect sub folder) and run the extracted flatpak

It will then open up in the Discover Store - ready to go! Just click on 'install' in the top-right corner:

Once this is done, the top-right hand corner will change from 'install', to 'launch' - so select that this time. It will open up for us:

Step Three:

This next part is really self-explanatory. Follow the installer, it will ask you to select your game's ISO file, then it will ask you to select the update, then finally it will ask you to select the DLC files (there will be six of these, which we took from those folders earlier!):

This will take you through it, there's only one way to do this, just make sure you have your:

• Game's ISO
• Games Update
• Game's DLC (six individual files)

All handy, in a folder or two ready to select.

Step Four

That's it! The hard part is over now! It will open the game once it is all done, but exit to the desktop, because we want to add it to gaming mode too!

Once you've exited, open all applications, and scroll down to 'U' - you'll find Unleashed there. Right-click on it, and select 'add to Steam':

Once this is done, we'll change from desktop mode to Gaming Mode!

Once you're in Gaming Mode, you can find the game in your library / non-Steam

If you're fancy (like me!) you can change the title to Sonic Unleashed and use Decky Loader + the SteamgridDB plugin to choose some game art for the title: I changed the title due to, as of writing this, there is no art uploaded yet specific to the title name of Unleashed - so I opted to have some there with the original title

Finally:

We'll open the game and play! Don't forget for settings, you can pick and choose what you want for your Steam Deck!

From the main menu:

• Press Start
• Choose Options
• Press RB to choose VIDEO in Options
• Change FPS to 90 (for OLED) or 60 (LCD)

...and choose whatever you want, to run it how you want!

I'm not sure if I made any errors, maybe I did while typing this up, so if you spot something, tell me and I'll edit this!

Is it worth it? - yes! It's fantastic, and even better it gives us a glimpse at what is possible in the future with recomps of 360 games on PC and Steam Deck!

Have fun! <3

What is it?

Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed created through the process of static recompilation. This means you get to play Sonic Unleashed on your PC with the following benefits:

• Unlocked frame-rates
• Ultra-wide support
• Built-in achievements
• Controller icons (Xbox, PS)
• Rebuilt natively for PC

You can watch the trailer here, if you want to see it in action (alongside a side-by-side comparison of Unleashed next to the original

Step One

Download the Xbox 360 ROM of the game. You can find it in a number of places. I can't share the link to where here (because of the obvious reasons), but it's everywhere - you need this before you can do anything else!

You will also need the game's DLC and Updates. I found both on archive.org, with minimal searching. Here is a picture of the two folders which you need as well as the Sonic game:

From here, open the DLC folder. You'll have six files to extract (select all of them and then right-click and select extract auto detect sub folder). Once extracted, each of those will have a file you'll need. It's much quicker to do this now before we begin, so go into each folder and grab the file at the end. Like this:

Step Two

Head on over to this GitHub link, and download the UnleashedRecomp-Flatpak.zip file. We're choosing this because (obv) we're on a Steam Deck, and Linux is what we're running. So...Flatpak!

Click here for the GitHub link

Once this is downloaded, open your downloads folder, extract it (right-click, extract auto-detect sub folder) and run the extracted flatpak

It will then open up in the Discover Store - ready to go! Just click on 'install' in the top-right corner:

Once this is done, the top-right hand corner will change from 'install', to 'launch' - so select that this time. It will open up for us:

Step Three:

This next part is really self-explanatory. Follow the installer, it will ask you to select your game's ISO file, then it will ask you to select the update, then finally it will ask you to select the DLC files (there will be six of these, which we took from those folders earlier!):

This will take you through it, there's only one way to do this, just make sure you have your:

• Game's ISO
• Games Update
• Game's DLC (six individual files)

All handy, in a folder or two ready to select.

Step Four

That's it! The hard part is over now! It will open the game once it is all done, but exit to the desktop, because we want to add it to gaming mode too!

Once you've exited, open all applications, and scroll down to 'U' - you'll find Unleashed there. Right-click on it, and select 'add to Steam':

Once this is done, we'll change from desktop mode to Gaming Mode!

Once you're in Gaming Mode, you can find the game in your library / non-Steam

If you're fancy (like me!) you can change the title to Sonic Unleashed and use Decky Loader + the SteamgridDB plugin to choose some game art for the title: I changed the title due to, as of writing this, there is no art uploaded yet specific to the title name of Unleashed - so I opted to have some there with the original title

Finally:

We'll open the game and play! Don't forget for settings, you can pick and choose what you want for your Steam Deck!

From the main menu:

• Press Start
• Choose Options
• Press RB to choose VIDEO in Options
• Change FPS to 90 (for OLED) or 60 (LCD)

...and choose whatever you want, to run it how you want!

I'm not sure if I made any errors, maybe I did while typing this up, so if you spot something, tell me and I'll edit this!

Is it worth it? - yes! It's fantastic, and even better it gives us a glimpse at what is possible in the future with recomps of 360 games on PC and Steam Deck!

Have fun! <3

What is it?

Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed created through the process of static recompilation. This means you get to play Sonic Unleashed on your PC with the following benefits:

• Unlocked frame-rates
• Ultra-wide support
• Built-in achievements
• Controller icons (Xbox, PS)
• Rebuilt natively for PC

You can watch the trailer here, if you want to see it in action (alongside a side-by-side comparison of Unleashed next to the original

Step One

Download the Xbox 360 ROM of the game. You can find it in a number of places. I can't share the link to where here (because of the obvious reasons), but it's everywhere - you need this before you can do anything else!

You will also need the game's DLC and Updates. I found both on archive.org, with minimal searching. Here is a picture of the two folders which you need as well as the Sonic game:

From here, open the DLC folder. You'll have six files to extract (select all of them and then right-click and select extract auto detect sub folder). Once extracted, each of those will have a file you'll need. It's much quicker to do this now before we begin, so go into each folder and grab the file at the end. Like this:

Step Two

Head on over to this GitHub link, and download the UnleashedRecomp-Flatpak.zip file. We're choosing this because (obv) we're on a Steam Deck, and Linux is what we're running. So...Flatpak!

Click here for the GitHub link

Once this is downloaded, open your downloads folder, extract it (right-click, extract auto-detect sub folder) and run the extracted flatpak

It will then open up in the Discover Store - ready to go! Just click on 'install' in the top-right corner:

Once this is done, the top-right hand corner will change from 'install', to 'launch' - so select that this time. It will open up for us:

Step Three:

This next part is really self-explanatory. Follow the installer, it will ask you to select your game's ISO file, then it will ask you to select the update, then finally it will ask you to select the DLC files (there will be six of these, which we took from those folders earlier!):

This will take you through it, there's only one way to do this, just make sure you have your:

• Game's ISO
• Games Update
• Game's DLC (six individual files)

All handy, in a folder or two ready to select.

Step Four

That's it! The hard part is over now! It will open the game once it is all done, but exit to the desktop, because we want to add it to gaming mode too!

Once you've exited, open all applications, and scroll down to 'U' - you'll find Unleashed there. Right-click on it, and select 'add to Steam':

Once this is done, we'll change from desktop mode to Gaming Mode!

Once you're in Gaming Mode, you can find the game in your library / non-Steam

If you're fancy (like me!) you can change the title to Sonic Unleashed and use Decky Loader + the SteamgridDB plugin to choose some game art for the title: I changed the title due to, as of writing this, there is no art uploaded yet specific to the title name of Unleashed - so I opted to have some there with the original title

Finally:

We'll open the game and play! Don't forget for settings, you can pick and choose what you want for your Steam Deck!

From the main menu:

• Press Start
• Choose Options
• Press RB to choose VIDEO in Options
• Change FPS to 90 (for OLED) or 60 (LCD)

...and choose whatever you want, to run it how you want!

I'm not sure if I made any errors, maybe I did while typing this up, so if you spot something, tell me and I'll edit this!

Is it worth it? - yes! It's fantastic, and even better it gives us a glimpse at what is possible in the future with recomps of 360 games on PC and Steam Deck!

Have fun! <3

So in Iran people take old PlayStation consoles, refurbish them and sell them as new stock. My favorite part of this is that they do so with this incredible custom box.

I kinda love this, and if I was there? I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

To be honest, retro gaming on the PS1 is a bit 50/50 for me. Early 3D gaming before my time can be rough. But I have such a soft spot for how beautiful the console is from a design and hardware standpoint. That boxy gray box is such beauty.

I'd probably play it more than the PS5 I ended up selling!

As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you'll indulge me!

This has a focus on Steam Deck, as the damn thing is my obsession. But what is appropriate for the 'Deck might be elsewhere also, and obviously is for Linux.

...again, these are my opinions, and my own poor formatting because I'm still getting used to Lemmy. So, let's get started?

EMULATION NEWS

• RetroDECK (a emulation suite known for its use on the Steam Deck system) has had a recent update and sub-sequent blog post which you can read in its entirety here! showing the recent video tutorial by Retro Game Corps on YouTube gave it a huge boost in user-base.

I'm personally thrilled with this, as I adore RetroDECK. I was a user of the far-more-popular EmuDeck for some time, but Retro won me over long ago, and I keep on pushing others to try!

If you'd like to see the video showing comparisons between it and EmuDeck, and a full installation guide, here is Russ' video on YouTube

• MAME 0.275 has been released: This release adds support for several arcade games on PlayStation-based hardware, a few PowerBook Duo sub-notebook computers, some hand-held LCD games, and a couple of Casio music keyboards.

You can read the blog post on MAME Dev here!

• RSPC3's founder "DH" has come back, and announced that they will be developing a port for Android phones. This looks to be a proper port, and not just encapsulating termux. Funny to see since the last week has seen a lot of dodgy builds from a lot of dodgy 'developers' for Android.

You can find the link to the GitHub page right here, if you wanna check things out

• Xbox One Emulation Well, it's not emulation, it's a compatibility layer much like Wine, but emulation as a term is far more recognizable than what it really is!

I'm only sharing this because it is fascinating to see what is possible, and what will be possible soon. This is just a video on YouTube by a creator by the name of MattKC Bytes. It's a great look at what is new, what options are available and what is happening in the scene.

A link to which is right here. Again, really recommend watching this one, it's a great video!

GOG AND EPIC

What I use to play GOG (and Epic, and Amazon) games I have the tiniest Steam library, like a handful of games. The bulk of my library (thousands) is on GOG, along with the cliche of claimed Epic Games' titles most PC gamers collect each and every week.

I use a combination of Heroic Games Launcher and Junk-Store. I use Heroic on my gaming desktop, but I also use it on my Steam Deck alongside Junk-Store.

Heroic has the benefit of a partnership between the devs and GOG itself, whereby GOG game purchases made from within Heroic will give a small % of the total to the devs, and also using their affiliate link will give them a small %. This is unique, and rather amazing.

It might be no surprise, considering GOG (in)famously announced their planned native Linux support, then abandoned doing so...leaving Heroic to fill that space.

Junk-Store has the benefit of running through Decky Loader, and opening up in it's own little world. It's like a Steam Deck within a Steam Deck. The thing I adore most about it is how it replicates the native Steam games library on the Deck - it feels almost native.

(the developers of both Heroic and Junk-Store are personal friends of mine, so in case it matters, thought I'd mention it!)

GOG Preservation

GOG made two announcements in the last 24 hours or so, bringing more games to their lovely games Preservation Program (if you're unaware of this program, this is a link to GOG's site detailing exactly what it is here!

• F.E.A.R. Platinum (2005) coming to the program next month "...featuring the base game and both expansions – will be available as part of the GOG Preservation Program by next month. Originally scheduled for a later timeframe, we’ve decided to accelerate this release to properly recognize Monolith’s contributions to gaming"

And more good news was seeing 11 LEGO games titles added, including 4 new titles to GOG:

• The LEGO Movie - Videogame
• The LEGO Movie 2 - videogame
• LEGO City Undercover
• The LEGO Ninjago Video Game

...these are just the titles brand-new to GOG, you can see the full list AND the whole amazingly written blog post here with this link to their site/blog

GOG also ran a billboard in Times Square, showing Dino Crisis. It's impossible to see who actually paid for this placement, could be either GOG or Capcom (most likely, in my opinion). I posted the billboard here on Lemmy if you'd like to see it

EPIC GAMES

Epic is always a little (lot) harder to write about. Despite their size, their reputation is always quite awful with PC gamers, and their news cycle seems to be quite barren - for the most part. Still, two things of note have happened, in quick-succession I'll say:

• Dauntless, one of Epic's first exclusives is shutting down on May 29th. An (ironic) post about which was shared here on Steam, if you want to see it

• Epic Games have their mobile app released. They're giving free games away on there, one (actually two this time) each month. The app is extremely bare-bones right now, but this month if you're interested you can grab Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic as well as the sequel for free.

I guess this is a short post, by my typical standards. There may be errors (they're my own), there may be some odd opinions (definitely my own), and there will be formatting errors (formatting here seems not-so-easy.

But please let me know how this goes! If you'd like to see more, then please let me know, I used to adore making these. The sad thing is at least on Reddit I'd go crazy with images for each point I found, GIF's, etc. Here that's not possible, but I've peppered it with links for those curious to follow things further!

Hope you enjoy!

<3

As someone who wasn't alive for System Shock (the original), and who didn't expect to love the Remaster of it as much as she did...this sequel has me very excited.

A key for the game will also be free for those who pre-ordered the first remaster.

And for System Shock 2, while mods like Rebirth do exist for SS2's original game, there IS some issues with some 'choices' they made!

The Steam page is also here, for anyone wanting Steam over GOG

Anyone else excited for this one?

Hello all!

I just joined back onto Lemmy after only sticking to Mastodon for so long. And of course in my search for Steam Deck communities, I saw this one was in place!

Its interesting seeing how many subscribers there are here (though, sadly how few are active members!)

I suppose this is my round about way of offering my help, I think somewhere I still have a copy of my old guides. At the very least, I wouldn't mind starting up my news posts again.

Mod, reach out if you like. I am very interested in being involved and making this a place to be, in its own right. I'm sure my history on the reddit sub can speak for me - I'm pretty good at that!

---

Wait, who are you?

I was the mod who brought r/SteamDeckPirates from being around 3K members to 35K during 2024, before I left the sub and Reddit. Flwwhtrbt.

Why did you leave?

It was time, there was one-too-many awful users who dedicates a lot of time to hassling me, and I felt I had done all I needed to do there. More besides, but that's the gist.

How do we know its you?

Reach out to agaric on the reddit sub. He and I are still friends. Or to me, on my Mastodon. The link to which is in the pinned latest news post on the sub I made last week or so.

Why are you here?

IDK. I can share my guides, if I can find them. I do so enjoy compiling news posts, I'd rather enjoy doing that again. Just offering help I suppose!

And one final note:

I did apply twice to dbzer0 for an account, and was denied twice. Which felt...odd, but whatever. So my account is on Lemmy.world

I'm weirdly unable to comment or submit a post to this community on my PC (this is a me problem, its been years since I was on Lemmy - the 3rd Party Protest era - so my inability to navigate is just me being an idiot), but I am via my app. So...who knows what's going on there. I also added what I hope will be considered 'verification' of who I am - on my bio on Mastodon there in the image

Also lovely to see you all!

I've been sinking further and further into the RetroDECK time-sink of setting up my emulators just so, and having the most fun doing so. The PS2 is a largely unknown system to me, I neither had one nor spent much time before now playing through some titles.

So...this is what I have so far! Most have either HD texture packs (Rule of Rose for example, and also Silent Hill 2 has a incredibly big 29GB of HD textures, I added after taking this screenshot), or mods applied (Gran Turismo is Spec II)

I haven't got MGS3 there, as I'm waiting for the remake to arrive, but...

Can anyone suggest any titles which are 'must adds' for me? I'd appreciate it!

Nice to see a platform like GOG becoming so proactive these last 12 or so months (or, more so than they were previously)

With so many new initiatives (or in the case of the Dreamlist!) - re-imagined ones!

Dino Crisis and the sequel weren't my kind of games, even being made specifically for modern hardware. I'm too young to have the nostalgia or patience for the so called 'tank controls' of the old days. But I still bought them to support the initiative. I'm just one of those poor fools waiting and hoping for a modern sleek remake, like the Resident Evil games were blessed with!

STILL, so nice to see this billboard in a prominent space! Nice work, GOG.