The Raspberry Pi Foundation just released the Raspberry Pi 3 A+: a form-factor version of the B+ with less RAM (512 MB of SDRAM instead of 1GB), only one USB port and no Ethernet port. The A+ base unit is now selling for 25$, 10$ cheaper than its bigger brother, the B+. Also, The Raspberry […]
James from RetroHQ just posted an uncharacteristic, but welcome overview of himself, his work and plans for the future. I’m always a fan of product updates, but I also hope he’ll continue posting videos like this…and maybe someday I can get him on for an interview! Check out the main site for more info: http://www.retrohq.co.uk/ […]
Insurrection Industries has just teased a custom GameCube component video cable that utilizes their high-quality Digital Port connector. As it’s based off the latest version of GCVideoLite, it’s assumed that the cables will perform identically to the official Nintendo GC component cables and connect the same as well: Their cables get component video from […]
EON has just announced their latest product, a dual-outputting GCVideo plug & play solution that can simultaneously output analog signals and HDMI – The FIRST of it’s kind to be made commercially available. It will be available next month for $150, the same price as their previous HDMI-only adapter. This solution was designed by […]
The 1974 Altair 8800 was the first commercially successful home-computer ever released, and MiSTer just got an open-source core for it care of Fred VanEijk and Cyril Venditti. The 8800 can be programmed to play music (like Daisy, and Fool on the Hill) and a simple bit-chasing game. While cores like this have little mass […]
srg320 released what appears to be a well made, open-source, relatively complete Super Nintendo/Super Famicom core for a Cyclone FPGA with special chip support already integrated. The release came out of nowhere, as has become the norm for FPGA developments. Users are currently investigating if it can be quickly brought over to MiSTer. A random […]
Artemio has just updated the Wii and GameCube versions of the 240p Test Suite to match features of other console versions. The full updates are as follows: Added vertical scroll tests Finally added palette swap animation to water in the horizontal scrolling test Expanded Color test to cover the last and first 32 colors in […]
Ijor released the source code for FX68K a cycle-accurate Motorola 68000 soft-core (soft cores are components, rather than whole platforms) that was first hinted at in the release of his Atari ST core FXCAST. The 68000 was a common processor used in a wide range of consoles, home PCs, and arcade games. Having a perfect […]
GreyRogue has submitted code to add Sega Game Gear support to MiSTer’s Master System FPGA core. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/SMS_MiSTer/pull/8
Following Nintendo’s ultra-successful example, major gaming companies have been getting on the Mini/Classic systems bandwagon lately with variant results both in quality and commercial success. While everybody (not me) is waiting for the release of the semi-disappointing “PlayStation Classic” and the (official, not At Games junk) Sega Genesis/Mega Drive mini, a small company by the […]
