I find the steam deck (albeit with a tiny amount of Linux tinkering skills) to be amazing at playing really old games. For example I got Need for Speed Underground 2 working on it which is max nostalgia for me personally. I used to play a lot of FPSs too, quake3 era and later, and basically all of those work great too, though not something that is particularly good on a controller. The author might find that getting the nostalgic titles working for them is rewarding as well.
I find the steam deck (albeit with a tiny amount of Linux tinkering skills) to be amazing at playing really old games. For example I got Need for Speed Underground 2 working on it which is max nostalgia for me personally. I used to play a lot of FPSs too, quake3 era and later, and basically all of those work great too, though not something that is particularly good on a controller. The author might find that getting the nostalgic titles working for them is rewarding as well.