Steam Deck’s custom boot videos are getting very creative indeed

rockpapershotgun.com:

Owners of Valve’s handheld PC Steam Deck have been fiddling about with creating and sharing their own ten-second animations for the machine’s new custom boot video feature, implemented in a client update last week. Some pay homage to Valve and Steam, while others nod towards games in general, or even classic telly and film. I’ve had a rummage around to help give you some ideas, and found the batch below.

I’ve always been a fan of handhelds. One of my favourite custom boots so far is this “handheld history” montage by KnightMD:

Here's the epic #SteamDeck custom boot video I made from scratch, using Valve-made music from Portal 2. I called it "Handheld History". There's a version with the Vita too but I prefer this one with the DS. pic.twitter.com/R8biuJFDgD

Who doesn’t love a bit of ISS 64 and, by extension, its Peruvian bootleg Mundial Ronaldinho Soccer 64? Maple Gloom tweeted their custom boot vid created in honour of the 2020 meme:

so, steam deck lets you do custom boot intros now, and um pic.twitter.com/KkkrmeGvFJ

Dev Enrique Colinet’s Steam Deck been personalised in fetching Gordon Freeman orange, which I guess also makes it look a little like one flavour of Nintendo’s box-shaped sixth-gen console:

Just wanted to show you my fully customized OrangeBox themed #SteamDeck, including the most perfect custom boot animation