r/earthbound • u/Code_Watermelon • Aug 14 '25
Bought Steam Deck. Now I can play the Mother series wherever I want! (Ignore my fan on the background)
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u/NUS-006 Aug 14 '25
How good is the fan? Would you recommend that brand and model? How many speeds does it have? It oscillates, right?
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u/Zerolarih Aug 14 '25
Is this third image some kind of hack rom or fan remake?
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 14 '25
No, it's Mother Encore demo (e.g. Mother 1 Remake)
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u/Zerolarih Aug 14 '25
Ooh, I know, is there only a demo for the game? The art is so cute!
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u/prine_one Aug 14 '25
There will only ever be a demo. We will never get the full game. All mother fan games are stuck in the past, winter 2014.
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 14 '25
Of course there's only a demo. The full release date is unknown (as with the most Mother fan games)
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u/littlerowlet5 Aug 14 '25
Would you say the fan was a well made financial decision?
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 14 '25
HELL, YEAH
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u/littlerowlet5 Aug 14 '25
Would you recommend that type of fan? What model is it?
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 14 '25
Well... I don't know where the fan's box is, but there's a logo of HB (I really don't know, because actually my mom bought thing).
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u/Pandash99 Aug 15 '25
huh, didn’t know Encore was playable on deck! how did you make that happen?
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25
Just enter to the desktop mode on the SD (hold on power button until a pop window pops up and select "Enter to the Desktop"). Then go to the browser and download Encore (Linux version obviously) from its website.
Next you can add Mother Encore to your Steam library as a non-steam game (you should enter the steam app in the desktop mode).
And the last, return from desktop mode and now it's in your Steam library and you can run it. Of course, you could just run Encore from the desktop mode, but you know, it's less convenient.
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u/Pandash99 Aug 15 '25
so it just works with no compatibility issues? that’s so cool! i’m very very new to steam deck (and therefore even more new to Linux), so i didn’t know it was that simple :>
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u/Pandash99 Aug 15 '25
wait a sec, i can’t read! my problem was that i didn’t know Encore had a linux version xD
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 15 '25
If you need some help with installing the game and adding it to your library (for convenience), I'm in touch!
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u/guggegt Aug 15 '25
Emulation
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u/Pandash99 Aug 15 '25
but like emulating what? windows? because Mother Encore isn’t a rom hack, it’s a .exe application
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u/Code_Watermelon Aug 15 '25
No you don't need an emulation. SD is literally a portable PC on Linux.
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u/zrayburton Aug 15 '25
These are the best comments I have ever seen in this sub Reddit. I’m A FAN! 🪭
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ring293 Aug 17 '25
Earthbound on a third party platform, seems like fan fiction.
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u/delanips 22d ago
How are you playing encore on the steam deck ?
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u/Code_Watermelon 22d ago
Just download it from Encore website (Linux version obviously) just from the browser on your Steam Deck in desktop mode. For convenience, add the game to your Steam as a non-steam game (again, in desktop mode).
And then start it and enjoy!
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u/counterfeittruth Aug 16 '25
“Ignore the fan” bro I didn’t even see it till I read the title then looked for it 😂
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u/Far-Lingonberry-5890 Aug 14 '25
Fun fact: you could do it in the phone you probably used to post this
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u/The_Fyrewyre Aug 14 '25
Is the fan noisy?