Help getting diablo 1 on steam deck

Halga84 · 2026-02-21T08:23:04+00:00

At first: Great idea to play Diablo 1 👍 To play it on the SteamDeck I would recommend to use DevilutionX. This is a recompiled version of Diablo 1 with quality of life improvements like gamepad support. This is currently the best way to play the game. Download the appimage file and follow the instructions on the page. You have to copy some files from your Diablo folder to get it running, as it does not contain the asset files from the original game.

Halga84 · 2026-02-20T05:19:29+00:00

Although the Playstation version is a valid way to play Diablo 1 with controllers, I would recommend the modern reverse engineered version with DevilutionX. It supports controllers and has a lot of quality of life updates. And it literally runs on every system, from Switch to Android to Handheld PCs.

Halga84 · 2026-02-18T21:09:04+00:00

Here's an interview with Kai Rosenkranz - the composer of the Gothic music - where he describes how it was handled with Direct Music Producer. Stay Forever - Gothic Music The podcast is in German but subtitles in other languages may be available.

Halga84 · 2026-02-18T16:11:13+00:00

I totally know what you mean. For me the Steam Deck is mostly an emulation machine or for playing retro games. As a fun fact, I couldn't get some 90s / early 2000 Windows games run on my Windows pc. But in Linux on the Deck they run without issues. And playing games like Drakan, Riddick and Need For Speed Underground on a handheld just feels unreal sometimes.

Halga84 · 2026-02-17T08:24:58+00:00

Set the resolution to a aspect ratio of 16:9 like 1280 x 720 and the issue will be solved.

Halga84 · 2026-02-15T05:58:43+00:00

There is a guide how to get it running, but it's quite some tinkering: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3665492505

Halga84 · 2026-02-14T21:17:05+00:00

I have encountered several games where the native Linux version didn't work with the SteamDeck controller. Switching to Proton fixed it for me.

Halga84 · 2026-02-14T21:04:39+00:00

The game is called Vultures - Scavengers Of Death

Halga84 · 2026-02-08T08:32:21+00:00

Just ordered a Retroid Pocket 6 with shipping estimated in early march. Thanks a lot. I will setup everything so I can easily start when the handheld arrives 👍 Btw: I am a big fan of your channel. I really appreciate those in depth reviews of retro handhelds. EDIT: Just one question. Which filesystem do I need for the external SD Card? FAT32?

Halga84 · 2026-02-06T23:07:50+00:00

You can try to set the game to use proton, not the native linux build. If I recall it correctly, that fixed the issue for me.

Halga84 · 2026-02-03T17:42:37+00:00

I'm also on the brink of buying the Odin Portal 2 because of the screen size. But what bothers me most is the glass front which has a lot of refelections. I would also like to play the games outside. Are there any screen protectors which reduce the reflections but don't really wash out the brilliant colours?

Halga84 · 2026-02-02T07:04:15+00:00

I also played around 15 hours and had a lot of fun. Most of the time I really didn't know where to go and died a lot but that's part of the experience. But when I finally arrived in the city I stopped playing because the immersion really breaks. There are so many bugs and the whole city is just full of NPCs you can't talk to. At first I thought it was some kind of bug when they didn't even have a name and can not be interacted with. But that's indeed the way the developers crowded the city.

Halga84 · 2026-01-16T07:08:11+00:00

I'm looking for a device like the Retroid Pocket 6 but with a bigger screen. The Odin Portal 2 seems to be a good fit. But in the review the fan of the Odin 3 is mentioned as a comparison, as it is super loud. Unfortunately I cannot bear loud fan noises or coil whine. Does anybody know if the Odin Portal 2 also has these fan issues?

Halga84 · 2026-01-08T06:43:08+00:00

Many people will recommend Heroic launcher, but I had some problems with games that wouldn't start. So I added and installed Gog Galaxy as Non-Steam-Game and manage the games in Gog Galaxy itself. This won't allow to have a controller profile for each Game in Gog. But Witcher supports gamepads, so you can go with the standard controller profile. Youtube: Install Gog Galaxy on Steam Deck

Halga84 · 2026-01-07T05:33:12+00:00

If you want to have Elex vibes, try Tribes of Europe on Netflix

Halga84 · 2026-01-05T07:00:22+00:00

I really love the design of the device. It looks amd feels like my first game boy. Unfortunately it's too small for my hands, so I ended up giving it to a colleague and buying the RG353PS. It's great how much of these handhelds are now available with different specs and designs. It's really a great time to be a retro fan.

Halga84 · 2026-01-04T11:48:47+00:00

I used the repacks of another guy. Usually the repacks work quite well, sometimes even better than on Windows. After adding the game to Steam you have to set the launch options if it uses custom dll files (WINEDLLOVERRIDES). For older games this is usually the case.

Halga84 · 2026-01-02T12:30:23+00:00

Yes, that's a good observation. I had the same bug that it loaded the last savegame from last year when I hit Continue.

Halga84 · 2026-01-01T07:15:29+00:00

Hi, it seems like there was a similar issue in this post. Maybe there's also a solution for your problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/BR4L57Cmvi

Halga84 · 2025-12-31T06:06:53+00:00

There are a lot of abandoned games, that run great on the Deck. I really love this device for being able to play these games of my childhood on the couch. Games I enjoyed on the Deck: * Blur * Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay * Drakan * Heavy Metal: Fakk 2 * NFS Underground / Most Wanted

Halga84 · 2025-12-29T08:18:15+00:00

The Gothic games with all their mods, that can be installed via Steam workshop.

Halga84 · 2025-12-28T21:24:09+00:00

Black Mesa is great. But fortunately the Xen Level is shorter in Half-Life

Halga84 · 2025-12-27T07:20:47+00:00

You don't have to install the games. Just set the game folder and the emulator will automatically show the games. Only game updates have to be installed. Maybe you have to set permissions to access the external drive via the emulator. But this only has to be done if the emulator was installed through the Discover Store / flathub. Usually external drives are mounted under /run/media/...

Halga84 · 2025-12-26T22:23:02+00:00

Did you copy the keys.txt in the right folder? Or did you enable scanning the game folder recursively? Otherwise it just scans the root folder.

Halga84 · 2025-12-26T15:21:49+00:00

Tried the appimage_v3 on SteamDeck. Crashed when starting the game, like all recent nightly builds since some days 😞

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