When the top of the world comes (and it’ll), I wish to think about that within the midst of all of the rubble and chaos, individuals will nonetheless be taking part in Skyrim. There doesn’t appear to be any manner that folks received’t tinker with the sport and on this occasion, we get to see lifeless expertise being revived to be able to play TES5.

As noticed by PCGamesN, Reddit person nekomichi not too long ago confirmed that it’s potential to run the sport in a Steam Deck (to date so regular) utilizing outdated iPods as controllers. The clip hooked up to the submit reveals it working as you’d think about.

Motion itself requires scrolling the press wheel of the one on the proper, whereas the left iPod is getting used for turning. Whereas strolling ahead and combating appear to work fairly effectively, turning left and proper is a little bit of a janky affair.

Not supposed for speedruns

This concept is definitely primarily based on one thing nekomichi did in November 2022. A video on YouTube reveals them establishing some iPods to regulate Skyrim by way of PC. Principally, it entails the set up of RockBox, an open supply piece of firmware which permits the iPods for use as gadgets over a USB.

As soon as put in, it turns into a case of assigning every button and wheel to an motion in-game. The tactic used within the video is sort of definitely the identical that’s used within the Steam Deck model (what’s a Steam Deck if not a transportable PC, in spite of everything).

They’ve additionally examined this on Sleeping Canines, additionally operating on the Deck. Nonetheless, they are saying it really works significantly better with Skyrim. There’s no cause why you possibly can’t do this your self for those who occur to have some outdated iPods flying round. However don’t anticipate to be speedrunning by way of the sport.