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Retro Steam Deck mod launches games using floppy disks (www.club386.com)
submitted 4 days ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Strictly speaking this is probably more like retro-adjacent rather than truly retro gaming (though you could make floppies only for the retro games you play on your Steam Deck I guess), but a modder set up a system that uses Decky Links to launch Steam Deck games via floppy disks, QR codes, and NFC cards, simulating the nostalgia of physical media. I love the ka-chunk sound of a floppy being seated.

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Strictly speaking this is probably more like retro-adjacent rather than truly retro gaming

Thing is, this is literally what "retro" means. Like retrospective. It means looking back at old styles and modeling modern things after yesterday's trends. When people say "retro gaming", what they really mean is vintage gaming because they're playing vintage games from the 80s and 90s, etc.

There's vintage clothing, vintage automobiles, vintage art, and then there are modern versions that emulate the style, and those things are "retro".

It's a hopeless battle, and I'm only bringing it up because I thought it was extra funny that we have an example of something that's truly retro, and you are saying, "Well, it's not really retro, but maybe retro adjacent?" When it's literally retro! 🀣

I just have to laugh, it's funny. Here's a helpful table:

Industry Vintage Retro
Clothing 1970s jeans Any modern bell bottom jeans
Automobiles A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air A PT Cruiser
Guitars A 1973 Fender Stratocaster A Fender Vintera II
Electronics A 1950s radio A bluetooth speaker designed to look like one
Video Games (wrong) ❌ NES Super Mario Bros.
Video Games (right) NES Super Mario Bros. Shovel Knight or Sea of Stars
[–] artifex@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To each his own I guess. When I think retro I’m thinking of Duke Nukem ported to the C64 or something like that.

But your table makes me want to say β€œignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for apple pie”

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Maybe I'm an AI or maybe I'm just autistic and good at markdown.

When I think retro I’m thinking of Duke Nukem ported to the C64 or something like that.

Well, that's unique. Most people call any game older than PS3 "retro", especially the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

"To each his own" is why people say "irregardless". It doesn't make it right that tons of people say it. Normally, sure, language evolves, but "irregardless" is just plain wrong. "Retro" and "vintage" are super common terms everywhere else in life. Why can't gamers get it right?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

Did you just compare a Bel Air to a PT fucking Cruiser?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These are just Game Key Cards. Kinda misses the point of physical media.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago

You're telling me a 3.5" floppy can't hold Cyberpunk 2077?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

While I love that someone has done it. I'll never want to go back to juggling physical media.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

On disk 17 out of 37 of a Microsoft Office install in 1994:

GRONK-GRONK-GRONK-GRONK-GRONK

Disk error reading Drive A:

Abort, Retry, Fail?

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I tried to image a bunch of old floppies from the 90s recently. And about 1/3 had reda errors. Needless to say I wasn't able to fully preserve many of my games on floppy.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

So basically what Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony does with the code in a box cartridges and discs. I think it defeats the purpose, if the game is not on the disk. This would make more sense with microSD cards, where the games are actually on the card. As soon as you insert the card into the Deck, it will appear in Steam as a game.