Recommend me some GOOD retro games for the Steamdeck

no Zelda, no Pokemon, no turn-based games
I need some arcade/side scroller/platformer games that are not too pixelated looking, something like Jazz Jackrabbit or Earthworm Jim, or shooters like Doom/Duke Nukem

Get EmuDeck

Half Life 1

Half Life 2, and the 2 episodes while ur at it

goated

yes I have that already, though EmuDeck doesn't come with games included, that's why I'm here asking

I have both I'm still having some though time getting into the first one

that's what y'all got? smh

Gunstat heroes

Symphony of the Night if you can emulate it

sonic adventure 1 and 2

the rom sites got a endless catalog just start downloading

@op check out the indie scene

celeste, pizza tower, the various metroidvania games

Wario Land 4
Pokemon Emerald
Advance Wars
Rayman Advanced
Metroid Fusion
Chrono Trigger

Metal Slug series

castlevania collection, megaman collection, contra collection, capcom arcade collection

It's not actually a retro game, but it's in the same style as a Duke Nukem - Warhammer Boltgun. Good low TDP game

Retro - I love the PS2 game Soldier of Fortune, that's a shooter.

thanks y'all keep em coming

NCAA 11 has gotten hella hours out of me

If I had a steamdeck I would be doing all the half lifes, old turok games, pokemon stadium, gamecube era resident evil + remakes, maybe red factions, 2k street, doom3

the original driver and other weird driving games form that era were a lot of fun. the physics would always be so broken. spent so much time just driving around in it

theres some half life-like game I played where you were an astronaut in space and sent to planets with dinosaurs and s*** in it. the tutorial was super long and on the ship. wish I could remember the name, id kill to play it again (ok I wrote all that just to find it right away, gunman chronicals)

I was ogling the rog allys at the bestbuy yesterday too...

tbf I think a steam deck is just too big for these games. feel like rayman could be insanely difficult lol