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 […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version here: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-11-14_week_123.mp3
I just got Evan’s book and it’s every game hardware nerd’s dream come true! Check out my short Twitter video below for a quick preview and buy your own with this link: I just received @VanamoMedia's book and found an amazing surprise!!! Honestly, it's a console hardware nerd's dream come true…and it's on sale […]
I’ve been holding off on an in-depth review of the LCDMOD Zapper patches, but I thought it was time for a quick status update: IPS Patches are now uploaded for Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Hogan’s Alley and Freedom Force: http://neslcdmod.com/roms/ I’ve had much better luck with the Tomee gun than either the original Zapper or other […]
