This adds a bunch of goodies, and eliminates the performance regressions introduced in the previous version.
Did you recently buy the new hotness, the Retroid Pocket Nova? Well, GameNative has good news for you, especially if you have a robust game library on Steam. There is now a curated 4:3 filter for the Steam Library, created specifically for the Pocket Nova. Everyone loves being able to drill down into a list of games that will work ideally with your device. Now you can see which games will be a natural match for the Retroid’s 4:3 screen.
I’m one of those lunatics with over 800 games in my Steam Library. When I enabled this greatly worded “Does it 4:3?” filter, only 41 results came back. Therefore, this is a good barometer of how many might show up for you. For the math nerds, a smidge less than 5% of my games came back once this filter was enabled.
Excluding the Curated 4:3 Steam filter, these are some of the highlights from the 1.20 release:
| Automatic CPU/GPU Power Control | Added for Retroid, AYN and Samsung devices to help reduce heat, thermal throttling and power consumption. |
| Faster External Storage | Significant improvements to loading and download performance when games are stored externally. |
| Community Config Browser | Users can browse community configurations directly within GameNative, which should make getting games running correctly easier. |
| Improved Controller Support | Fixes for controller mapping plus a new configurable radial control menu. |
| Updated Compatibility Components | New versions of Turnip, FEX, Box64 and WoWBox64 were added. |
Here are some of the 4:3 Steam games that showed up in my library. I am in the process of testing some of these and will update if I find any issues of games not working.
| Ball x Pit |
| Beat Hazard |
| Blue Revolver |
| Broforce |
| Crimson Clover World EXplosion – (Worked fine once changed language to English, and then selected the correct resolution) |
| Deep Rock Galactic |
| Geometry Wars Retro Evolved – (error message: Failed to locate Steam) |
| Golf with Friends |
| Grim Dawn |
| Loddlenaut |
| Megabonk |
| Nuclear Throne |
| Owlboy |
| Schedule I |
| Scritchy Scratchy – (Touch worked only, didn’t recognize buttons) |
| Skyrim |
| Undertale |
| Valheim |
| Vampire Survivors |