Jotego has just released a “public beta” core for the Capcom Play System 2 on the MiSTer FPGA project. Anyone can try this core, simply by downloading it from github, manually installing it on their MiSTer’s MicroSD card and loading the roms in the corresponding folders. You can also get it by enabling Jotego’s beta […]
The MiSTer FPGA project has been one of the most exciting things in retro gaming. While I’ll soon have a video (or series) covering everything it can do, I wanted to take the time to highlight one specific feature in this post: Direct Video. This allows you to connect the DE-10’s HDMI port to a […]
Jotego has been releasing beta versions of his MiSTer & MiST Capcom CPS-1 Arcade FPGA cores to his patrons, allowing fans to dive into the largely unported CPS-1 library. Each week he has brought a few new games to the core, and he intends to support the entire CPS-1 library. The core is currently private, […]
Mike, the creator of the HAS has just opened pre-orders on pre-assembled versions of his CPS2IOI board. This device is meant to be used with Markus’ CPSHDMI project, allowing for a fully-functional CPS2 without a supergun!: https://homearcadesystem.wordpress.com/cps2ioi/ The pre-order page has options to add a kick harness, controller adapter and more, starting at around $45 USD […]
System 18 The beta Sega System 18 core by Jotego, can now run Alien Storm. This was thanks to the implementation of the Gensis VDP chip which is also present on the arcade hardware. Jotego was also able to boot up Michal Jackson’s Moonwalker, but there are a lot of graphical and sound glitches. So […]
MiSTer Clone Taki Udon posted mockups of the IO ports for the upcoming consolized MiSTer consoles. Included are ports for composite, component, VGA, HDMI and more. There are 4 versions: Budget versions that will accept either Genesis or SNES cartrdges. These are meant to support only one system. A mainstream version that will have […]
MiSTerCast Shane Lynch has released updates for MrCast, fixing several issues. One update addresses the incorrect use of commas as decimal points, improving functionality for European users. Another update significantly reduces CPU usage, with reports of up to 50% reduction. Post 1 : https://x.com/iequalshane/status/1761880086255374340?t=90Q-B_y8Q-yikIEcecQ5JQ&s=09 Post 2 : https://twitter.com/iequalshane/status/1761962998418083889?t=5LbRW-qPHgkl18ZkAug8Ew&s=19 Groovy MiSTer Banding Ruleset has forked the Groovy […]
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Markus, the creator of the Open Source Scan Converter, cpsdigi_av and upcoming OSSC Pro joined me on a livestream to demo his latest product: The DExx-vd_isl. This device essentially turns the DE-10 Nano – the same exact dev board used with the MiSTer FPGA project – into an “OSSC Pro Lite”; Much of the code […]
PC8801 Computer Core A computer core for the Japanese PC8801 computer by NEC has recently been released. This was one of Japan’s most popular computers that had a lot of game developer support from companies such as Sega, Enix, Square, Konami and many more. MiSTerFPGA update: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=41052#p41052 Github: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PC88_MiSTer Using Original Game Boxes to Load […]
