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Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan (hackaday.com)
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[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 43 points 1 day ago

If you crack open the battery-driven memory carts, the battery itself is usually pretty easy to replace. Losing your game saves sucks though. I lost my Link save which was a kick to the nostalgia. That’s when you boot up the ROM save on your computer or Steam Deck like I do lol.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Which emulator do you use on the Deck? I don't like retroarchs ui, and the other emulators I've tried need a cursor, which is fine but I'd ideally use something else.

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think Bazzite suggests using Emudeck, should also work in SteamOS

I think Batocera uses EmulationStation, which is what Emudeck installs?

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I have to look into that. I haven't tried it yet.
Thanks

[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Neither of those are actual emulators, just unified front ends for ROM management/emulation. Emudeck is essentially an installer and (in)sane config preset tool, emulation station is the frontend you use to boot the ROMs you want to play, in place of opening an individual emulator.

For emulation station you still need to install the emulators to a location it can see them.

Emudeck does that for you, with the exception of citra and the Nintendo Switch emulators.

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