Is there a neat way to turn digital games into physical games? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 year ago by GrumpyCat@leminal.space to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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You know how games use to come on a dvd or a big brick called a cartridge... Can i do something like that but in modern day. I have a bunch of blank dvd and cds collecting dust and linux os's but could i put game son them on installers and give them some cool art? Is there a better way to do this? This would also be for personal use cases.

Im just not sure how well save files would be handled, or if this is worth doing.

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[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Not exactly bare minimum but something like Recalbox?

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

No, I was thinking about a bootable USB stick with a linux distro like those you use to try the distro before installation but with wine/proton and one game preinstalled. Everything non essential for the game stripped away. You could even make the game to start right away to make it feel like plugging a cartridge in a console.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, I see. That sounds great, and fun (preparing the distro part). And it will probably be future-proof as well since it will be intact for the game.

I like this idea.

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