MiSTer 240p 120Hz on a VGA CRT Monitor

Many people in the retro gaming scene are interested in having a “professional monitor” experience, but don’t have the budget for a PVM or BVM.  One alternative to this, is using pretty much any good condition VGA monitor, doubling 240p to 480p (since CRT VGA monitors aren’t compatible with 240p), then adding artificial scanlines.  This results […]

Testing MiSTer S-Video and Composite

Louis from ZezRetro and I wanted to test out some of the hardware available that lets you output S-Video and Composite from a MiSTer.  There’s multiple ways this can be accomplished and we wanted to test the pro’s and cons of each, live and in real time.  There’s a lot that goes into these conversions and […]

MiSTer’s PSX Core 16:9 Mode Explained

Now that FPGAzumSpass’s PlayStation 1 FPGA core is out to the public, I wanted to highlight one of the coolest features available for flat-panel gamers:  True widescreen 16:9 support.  There’s been a bit of confusion about this, as certain menu screens (including the PSX BIOS screen) and logos stretch when this mode is enabled, leading […]

More Details On The Portable MiSTer MultiSystem “Handy” Emerge

Richard from Heber – the MiSTer MultiSystem project’s hardware manufacturing partner – has revealed more details on his handheld prototypes (previously covered on RetroRGB) in an interview with RMC. The MiSTer MultiSystem is a project launched in August 2021 by Heber and RMC which combines many of MiSTer’s most popular hardware add-ons into an all-in-one […]

MiSTer FPGA News & Updates – Vigilante, PSX updates, Alpha Mission and More

  Alpha Mission Beta Core RndMNKIII released a beta core for the arcade game Alpha Mission. There are still other things left to be implemented and there are some graphical glitches. The developer asks any bugs to be reported to the project’s GitHub. Github: https://github.com/RndMnkIII/AlphaMission_Beta_MiSTer_bin Twitter post: https://twitter.com/RndMnkIII/status/1521814075163959297 Misterfpga.org post: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4658&sid=f85d99ee679f6d8ceeee83e7051a4eca  PSX Core Update Here […]