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I just tried RPCS3 for the first time since the big update. LBP is now playable on Deck (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Now we aren't talking magical improvements. But before the game ran at about 75% (20-25fps), now its more 95-100% (28-30fps). Turn off the frame charts and you wouldn't even notice.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 25 points 6 months ago

When I first heard about the Steam Deck before launch, I was expecting it to run lightweight games such as indie titles and 90s consoles to emulate. That we can emulate Switch and PS3 on it feels magical to me.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 26 points 6 months ago (13 children)

What games are you talking about? IDK your TLAs.

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Little Big Planet! (presumably)

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

And the other is rock paper creative suite 3?

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

oh right 😅

the Playstation 3 emulator project RPCS3. I'm not sure what the initialism stands for but it's an impressive feat in and of itself.

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I’m not sure what the initialism stands for

It's explained here if anyone is curious for some reason:

https://blog.rpcs3.net/2018/01/

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

thanks!

real personal computer station 3!

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev [S] 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

LittleBigPlanet, though I can't think of other games with the acronyms with LBP is in for PS3.

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 25 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

Some of us don't even know what RPCS3 is, so LBP could have been anything. I get it now. No need to explain. But maybe use fewer initialisms next time.

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev [S] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don’t think RCPS3 has a proper name. But yeah, LBP has been this games name for me for so long that I don’t think I’ve called it anything else.

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[–] Akip@piefed.world 6 points 6 months ago

Made me delve a bit, the logical conclusion i came to:

it seems to be evolved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_(digital_video_recorder)

to https://m.emuparadise.me/Sony_Playstation_Emulators/Windows/PCSX/18

to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSX-Reloaded

and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSX2

There is no mention on their page about it though. https://rpcs3.net/about

So an initial word play on PC and PS merged into PCS later added reloaded?

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 months ago*

Makes sense. Like MAME, like the other reply mentioned. No one says Multi Arcade Machine Emulator.

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[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

RPCS3 is the name of the emulator. It's an acronym but I don't suppose anyone knows or uses it off the top of their head. Like MAME, also an acronym AFAIK (as far as I know), no idea what It means, the acronym is the name of the emulator. So not really initialism.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago

Just because you can't think of it doesn't mean we get what you mean lol. I even own that on ps3 and had no idea what you were referring to either.

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[–] Arcka@midwest.social -1 points 6 months ago

Long Boring Platformers

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

RPCS3 team has been making big leaps in getting games working on portable PCs. You're still gonna run into trouble in some games with hardcore SPU usage, but a good chunk of the library is accessible now

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

Ohh nice 😀 it is so long ago when I last played that 🤯

Gotta get that running on my desktop ASAP to introduce it to my son 🤩

Thank you for the inspiration!

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have thought Little Big Planet was a challenge for the steam deck

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev [S] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The game was a physics sim designed and a game engine as a platformer. It's wasn't easy to run even on PS3.

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[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Well my point was mostly that I have no idea what LBP is in this context. I'm old so Little Big Planet is the thing that came to mind

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[–] shrodes@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I tried out Skate (1) this week and found it to be very playable as well

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Damn thanks for the update, been meaning to check it out too lately. Hoping to combine ot with sunshine/moonlight setup to TV.