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Vertigo

Proton (Windows) Action puzzle / rolling-ball 2009 other ⚙ GE-Proton
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About

Vertigo is a futuristic ball-rolling action-puzzle game in the vein of Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball. Players guide a sphere called Xorber across 54 suspended courses spread over nine themed worlds, navigating traps, gaps, and precision obstacles. Developed by Icon Games and published by Playlogic, it launched in 2009 for Wii, PSP, and PC. The PC version was a low-budget DirectX 9 release that never appeared on Steam, leaving it long out of print.

Identity

DeveloperIcon Games
PublisherPlaylogic Entertainment
Released2009
GenreAction puzzle / rolling-ball
ModesSingle-player (Arcade, Practice, Time Trial, Career) and local multiplayer for up to 4 players (Time Trial, Xorb Football, Xorb Bowling, Death Match)
Engineother
TypeProton (Windows)
AliasesVertigo Spinout, Spinout

Launch

Binary
Vertigo.exe
Needs files
none beyond the binary

Proton

Version
GE-Proton
Winetricks
d3dx9, vcrun2008
ProtonDB
ProtonDB Pending not enough reports yet

⚙ Setup notes

Game: Icon Games' 2009 sci-fi rolling-ball game (a Wii/PSP-era 'Spinout' port, Marble Madness / Super Monkey Ball style), published by Playlogic. Small DirectX 9 budget title; never sold on Steam.

Proton: Use GE-Proton (proton_experimental also works).

Fix: If it fails to start, add the d3dx9 + vcrun2008 winetricks above.

Display: Widescreen is a hex-edit on the NoCD exe: at offset 1D9528 replace bytes AB AA AA 3F with 39 8E E3 3F for 16:9 (see the WSGF entry for other ratios).

Controller: It's pure directional ball-steering, so a Steam Input layout mapping the left stick to the movement keys plays well even though the PC port has no native gamepad config.

Install: Disc/ISO release — normal-install the game in the prefix (or copy an installed folder in) and add the resulting .exe as a non-Steam shortcut; no ProtonDB Deck reports exist yet, so this is needs-test.

The one thing to know

Not on Steam: No appid and no ProtonDB entry (the 'Vertigo' on ProtonDB is the unrelated Alfred Hitchcock title) — protondb_tier is 'pending' / status 'needs-test' on the Deck.

Fix: Old DX9 title — if it won't launch try the d3dx9 + vcrun2008 winetricks.

Display: Default 4:3 needs the offset-1D9528 hex-edit for 16:9 (WSGF).

Controller: No native gamepad support — bind a Steam Input keyboard layout (left stick to steering).

Verify your copy: Binary name Vertigo.exe is a best-guess (single-exe DX9 title; no public file listing found to confirm it) — check your install folder and point the shortcut at the real .exe.

Community guides

Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.

Get the artwork

deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.

Run it on your Deck

Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version) and registers the shortcut with artwork.