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@Julius Heroic Games Launcher (installed in desktop mode) is a great way to play GoG, Epic and Amazon games on Steam Deck. 

There might be a way to get it to work via the main interface, I know I've done it with uPlay.

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I'm an old fucker, and it's my birthday today! So my sister got me something awesome...

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A modded GBC with an OLED screen! :D

Man, this thing is cool! The custom shell is very nice too.  Only thing is that the buttons aren't that great (that's always been a pet peeve of mine with all these custom GBCs, they never get the buttons right), so I've gone ahead and bought a "broken" GBC from eBay for about £30 and will be swapping out the buttons for Nintendo OEM originals when it arrives (I ain't cannibilising my existing working GBC, but I'll gladly harvest from one that's already busted).

Otherwise, this thing is tits! I've always loved the original GBC form factor, and the blacks are so black that the game image just melts into the surrounding bezel.  Also, the GBC logo can have its colours changed to whatever you want from a choice of 31 different colours! So cool! :D

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Now I want an original style GBA with an OLED screen (although it would need a brightness setting for the video to allow for compensating for oversaturation in some games). 

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6 minutes ago, Cube said:

Now I want an original style GBA with an OLED screen (although it would need a brightness setting for the video to allow for compensating for oversaturation in some games). 

I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet, but I suppose they'd have to find a screen with the right form factor (the GBC OLED screens are all being pulled from Blackberry Q10 phones, which just so happen to fit inside a GBC shell after some modification).

I want to see some DS screen mods personally.  All the focus is always placed on the GB/GBC and GBA lines, but DS always seems to be left out in the cold.  Those screens are pretty ropey these days, so they could certainly do with some modern sprucing up.

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Happy birthday @Dcubed!

That OLED screen is lovely, great gift from your sister! :D

1 hour ago, Dcubed said:

I want to see some DS screen mods personally.  All the focus is always placed on the GB/GBC and GBA lines, but DS always seems to be left out in the cold.  Those screens are pretty ropey these days, so they could certainly do with some modern sprucing up.

Yes! I've been wanting to see something like this too recently, actually.

I've still got my childhood DSi which is basically retired for nostalgia purposes, and my New 3DS XL is the glossy black Solgaleo & Lunala limited edition one they put out for Sun & Moon – don't get me wrong, it's lovely, but it being glossy and black (aka: THE fingerprint magnet) *and* a LE makes me want to retire it.

Those are my current options for playing DS games, and while I think I'll probably be getting a different New 3DS XL at some point (probably Metallic Blue like my DSi :p) for my 3DS gaming needs, I'd really love to see some better screens to enjoy and revisit a number of DS games. Some of the pixel art on DS games are absolutely gorgeous and deserve to be admired in the most absurdly overtuned way possible :laughing:

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Small update.  The broken GBC arrived, so I stole its buttons and swapped them into the OLED GBC...

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Ahh... much better

It really does make a big difference.  The custom buttons that these custom GBC shells come with are always utter cack, but thankfully OEM Nintendo buttons fit in and work just fine.  If ever you're buying or building a custom GBC? Make sure you swap in some original OEM buttons, your thumbs and gaming heart will thank you for it.

It's really odd, because I've had plenty of good experience with GBA custom shells and buttons, but custom GBC buttons for whatever reason are just universally crap.

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