Valve once dreamt of building Linux-based game consoles called Steam Machines. They flopped<\/a> \u2014 but the dream eventually became reality as the handheld Steam Deck<\/a> instead. Now, a particularly noteworthy Steam Deck enthusiast is reviving the idea of a console-sized Steam Box, one with his own retro gaming twist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rodrigo Sedano is the founder of EmuDeck<\/a>, a program beloved by the Steam Deck community. It automatically installs, configures, and enhances emulators for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and other retro consoles so they work beautifully on Valve\u2019s handheld.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now, he wants to make it even easier. He\u2019s preparing to sell you a console-shaped custom gaming PC preloaded with that entire Steam + EmuDeck experience, plus a wireless controller, all ready to go. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n He\u2019s calling them EmuDeck Machines, and he\u2019s currently crowdfunding the idea on Indiegogo<\/a> for prices starting at around $400 \u2014 with an incredibly ambitious promise to ship them in December of this year, just four months from now. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n They\u2019ll house (weak) Intel N97 or (stronger) AMD 8600G chips in a Sega Dreamcast-inspired shell, with four USB ports around front for additional wired controllers or peripherals. By overclocking the AMD 8600G\u2019s integrated Radeon 760M graphics, he claims he can get what looks like Steam Deck-beating performance out of his pricier $700 model:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There are lots of reasons to wait before putting money down on a crowdfunding campaign, though. While I love EmuDeck, and he seems to have<\/a> other software design, web design, and management experience, he admits to The Verge<\/em> that he\u2019s never shipped a hardware product like this before. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n He says his US and EU partners are telling him that getting FCC and CE certifications should only take one month. His current prototype is just a Mini-ITX board in a wooden box, while he waits for his potential case manufacturing partners in Spain to deliver the Dreamcast-shaped console case he\u2019s dreamt up. He\u2019s planning to assemble the PCs himself, as a family business of sorts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n