Steam Deck: A (Poor But Working) Solution for Playing BBC Micro Games on Deck

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Published on June 11, 2024 2:48:39 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf2EL1kmKXU

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By request ... This isn't the most elegant way to do this - but BBC Micro seems to be a big pain in the butt to get emulated on the Deck and I wanted a quick solution for those waiting!

So, we'll use something that is already out there and make it work on the Deck.

Update: One of the advantages of this method is that every game can have its own custom controller mapping. You also don't need to find roms/bios files nor do any emulation configuration.

MAME will play BBC Micro Games, but launching via ESDE won't allow per-game mappings. I'll do a follow up with a "MAME SOLUTION" as well.

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https://monroeworld.com/steamdeck/bbcmicro.txt

Commands Mentioned:
run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/chrome --file-forwarding com.google.Chrome @@u @@ --window-size=1024,640 --force-device-scale-factor=1.25 --device-scale-factor=1.25 --kiosk "https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc="( game url )"

flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/udev:ro com.google.Chrome

#emulation #steamdeck #bbcmicro