zelda3 VS Steam-Play-None

Zelda3 - Zelda 3 clone. C, SDL2

here’s the GitHub link to it. there is also a native PC port of Ocarina of time called ship of harkinian. I highly recommend playing these games in their native pc ports for a more modern way with some QoL changes.

The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past Decompilation: https://github.com/snesrev/zelda3

Have you tried to follow the instructions from the Zelda3 official GitHub page?.

I recently imported US version so I can have a legal rom for the PC port. Highly recommend, runs awesome, with widescreen support etc.

i have looked into reverse engiring games from things like the legend of zelda project of RE games. i came across the port of ALTTP which is here: https://github.com/snesrev/zelda3. im intrested in both learning how games work and more importantly porting them into a more readable langauges. I havent started learning anything as i want to understand the fundamentals and the back bones into creating a port. While i started on looking into programming langauges i found actually picking one diffecult. They all seem to have diffrent use cases but i want one that is easy to start off with, i was thinking of either c# or c++, even after picking a code language to settle on, with a port of older games, how does a game engine come into play? iv seen people talking about unity or unreal, but im a little confused on that. can i create a game entirly without a game engine? is porting a game without an engine a good idea? it says the ALTTP was made in c but does it use a game engine or not?

An amazing version right now would be the unofficial PC port based on a decompilation of the actual SNES game. It has a bunch of additional features like widescreen and MSU support.

Let's not forget this, either: https://github.com/snesrev/zelda3

As far as I know you have two options: - Select Steam Linux Runtime as compatibility tool (There may be issues depending on the app). - Install Steam-Play-None and select it as compatibility tool. For the latter you can do it manually, via ProtonUp-Qt or directly with wget in the terminal: wget https://github.com/Scrumplex/Steam-Play-None/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz tar -xzf main.tar.gz -C ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/

Yup. This does put a Steam layer over the top, but it shouldn’t be an issue for most games. Only game I’ve seen where it was was CrossCode which stutters unless you play it through a custom runtime without it https://github.com/Scrumplex/Steam-Play-None

Install Steam-Play-None and select it instead.

But seriously, I did check through a few scenarios ingame and everything was quite readable for me holding the Deck at a typical distance. CrossCode is one of my favorite games and I would absolutely recommend it, but be aware in super heavy combat scenes the Deck will stutter without applying this fix to tell it to run via the linux native version instead of the proton version that Valve assigned it by default for some reason.

Use Steam-Play-None.

Install this with proton up-qt and use it as your compatibility layer for Crosscode. You’ll not get achievements but performance will be perfect https://github.com/Scrumplex/Steam-Play-None

Quick heads up, the stuttering in CrossCode can be fixed by telling Steam to not use any compatability layer and just run the native Linux version of the game - unfortunately by default the UI doesn't support this but it can be fixed pretty easily with this mod.

/u/Scrumplex was kind enough to post a fix for this problem. Find it in this repository. Runs buttery-smooth on my Deck now.

Based on those games, I think you might enjoy CrossCode. There's a free demo so you can check it out before purchasing. Note that later in the game you can encounter some performance issues running the game via the default Proton version, but you can apply this fix to run the native Linux version of the game and it runs flawlessly on Deck.