One of the holy grails of emulation is to create a viable Steam Deck SD device, for playing old Nintendo DS games. Retro Handhelds recently took a look at the topic, and provided details of its own Deck DS modding project. There are challenges with the project, and we'll look at some of the other Steam Deck DS alternatives as well.
Note that while the mod is called bot Steam Deck DS and Deck 3DS, "DS" is considerably more accurate since no 3D is at work here. The Deck is also (controversially) powerful enough to emulate the newer Nintendo Switch, not just its DS lineage. It can even run Elden Ring faster than a PS4, which potentially let's it be the one handheld device to emulate them all.
