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DF Retro Hardware: MiSTer FPGA - A Brilliant Mini Emulation System Explored!
Walter Matthau
Member
Bought in when the GBA and Sega CD cores released back to back and it really is the best way to play retro games. The games looks so damn good at high resolutions and there’s no lag which has always been my major issue with other forms of emulation.
Shouldn’t be too much longer for the public release of the CPS2 core. There’s even a PS1 core slowly coming together.
Shouldn’t be too much longer for the public release of the CPS2 core. There’s even a PS1 core slowly coming together.
Best investment ever, got one for over a year now and it replaces 60% of the retro hardware in my mancave and added tons of systems i was missing.
Not that i got rid of my megadrive, snes, pcengine, neogeo, nes, gba amiga hardware, but they are museum pieces now.
Got my mister hooked up on a pvm and also on a modern screen with an ossc and the image quality is stunning.
The responsiveness and zero lag made me grab my Pi's and donated them to charity.
just kidding, that would be cruel. i hammer smashed them.
Not that i got rid of my megadrive, snes, pcengine, neogeo, nes, gba amiga hardware, but they are museum pieces now.
Got my mister hooked up on a pvm and also on a modern screen with an ossc and the image quality is stunning.
The responsiveness and zero lag made me grab my Pi's and donated them to charity.
just kidding, that would be cruel. i hammer smashed them.
Walter Matthau
Member
Rage of the Dragons is pretty underrated
Fake
Member
Duuuudee. Love this game.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
DunDunDunpachi
your fave arcade game works fyi
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I'm still trying to figure out how to work a Raspberry Pi 3..
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
google arcadepunksI'm still trying to figure out how to work a Raspberry Pi 3..
McCheese
Member
The NeoGeo core really opened my eyes to a couple of underrated gems, Waku Waku 7 being one of them, but Matrimelee I think is just a smidge better; or maybe I went in with lower expectations.
Check this out ^
Unfortunately, it does have the most difficult, insane, unfair and ARGSFSDJSDS!!! inducing end-game boss. It's almost like 2D fighters of that era were trying to one-up each other in the wtf-is-this-bullshit boss stakes. I went down the whole Matrimelee series rabbit hole after this and now I'm waiting on a bunch of Saturn cames to arrive from Japan. It also has some fully vocal music tracks on the stages which is so quirky and yet works so well, wish more games copied this.
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NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Been thinking about getting one for a while. Only problem is, I don't really have the time to enjoy it as much as I'd like to. Also, a good emulation system currently offers more platform options.
Fake
Member
Oh yeah, Matrimelee is another one I like, besides the weird plot.
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Tarin02543
Member
You can expect my phone call at the end of this year:
FPGA PSX Project is creating Hardware, Playstation, FPGA, Open source | Patreon
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Can you buy it already assembled? I have no clue how to put it together. Are there tutorials on the website?
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
join the classic gaming discord it's the biggest HUB for MiSTer fans and a super helpful community gl!
ShirAhava
Plays with kids toys, in the adult gaming world
CPS2/3, Model 2/Saturn, Model 3, Dreamcast/Naomi, Namco System 11/12 would be awesome
The older systems I've owned for years and would rather just play on Retroarch w/ Run Ahead
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Thanks I'll check it out!
Tarin02543
Member
Ofcourse, but slowly building your set up is fun too! If can you install a new geforce you can do mister too!
You can already play some cores with just the bare bones DE10 Nano board.
TKOFromTokyo
Member
I only play games that I already own. At this point, there’s no reason for me to buy a MiSTer, despite how great of a product it is.
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MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
I built my pc by recently. I just have no clue how this mister works. It seems something like a raspberry pi unit. How much does it cost already assembled? I tried to search it on the website provided by Jon from DF but there were too many things I don't know what I'm looking at lol
Walter Matthau
Member
The top of the line (overboard, but very nice looking) pre-built from the most renowned supplier is $420: https://misteraddons.com/products/mister-pre-configured-bundles-with-case
This includes:
- Aluminum passively cooled case
- DE10-nano
- 128MB SDRAM
- IO Board
- USB Hub, bracket, and splitter + switch
- ADC-In
- RTC
- US 5V 2A Power supply
- 8GB micro SD card with all open source files
The minimum you would need to play everything available is:
- DE10-nano - https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=167&No=1046
- 128MB SDRAM - https://misteraddons.com/products/s...48101&pr_ref_pid=5072900915333&pr_seq=uniform
- USB Hub - https://misteraddons.com/products/usb-hub-v2-1 (you can use any USB Hub you like including cheapo $7 ones from Amazon, but this will fit nicely under the DE10-nano so it looks like a nice consistent unit)
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Thanks a lot. Dam $420 bucks!
Great Hair
Banned
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
I noticed how much he was reading from the screen. It's actually the first video I've noticed him doing that. Also, it wasn't up to df 's quality standards as it looked more amateur.
D.Final
Banned
Really interesting video here