Playing Metroid Prime on a Steam Deck shouldn’t feel this good

Not expecting too much out of Nintendo would likely be chiseled onto it. I was hoping that it would launch a Switch version of the trilogy on November 18th. The timeless modernization of the series that turned it into a first-person shooter was the reason why Nintendo did not do anything on that day. I didn't let that affect me. I own a steam deck which seems to be as good at emulating non-PC games as it is at playing PC games.

It was easy to get the three-game collection made for the Wii running on the steam deck, and it requires very little experience with emulators. It is amazing that I can play a Wii motion-controlled game like a modern, dual-stick console shooter without getting lost in settings, a testament to the modders who worked very hard to simplify it. It fit in with the rest of my PC games thanks to the cover art.

To play these games on steam deck, you need to download the free app called EmuDeck, which will take you to the handheld's desktop mode. Within minutes, you'll be able to emulate which consoles you'd like to. You will need to source the game files yourself if you want to get individual game roms or bios. I don't advocate emulating games that you didn't buy.

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The Metroid Prime game files should be placed during setup in order to enable PrimeHack. PrimeHack is a fork of the Dolphin GameCube Emulator for PC authored by a developer named Shiiion and a few others at the bottom of the post. Some of the code in these games is changed to make them play like modern games.

I am glad there are fans who enjoy the series more than I do, to the point that they put in the work to get the games running as well as they can. I decided to purchase a steam deck for playing PC games on the go, but I didn't think it would be as good as it was. I wanted to take a few pictures.

It isn't a completely perfect experience. I have had it lock up a few times, which is frustrating, since it has been a while since my last save. I can't get mad at its flaws because my experience has mostly been smooth. It feels weird to play Metroid Prime in HD quality on a Steam Deck that's docked to my TV, controlled with a dualsense, but the emulation itself is so good that it feels like I'm exploring the phendrana drifts for the first time.