VGEsoterica
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I do love original hardware, but watching these developments on the MiSTer FPGA side of things has been a ton of fun too. Especially the Sega Saturn core. Considering the Saturn architecture is a mess of silicon that was a mess to develop for back in the 90's, the thought that a developer could recreate the hardware in logic elements on an FPGA chip is nothing short of magic.
Two processors running in tandem, VDP 1 and VDP 2 to deal with...all on an FPGA chip smaller in footprint than one of the Saturns SH-2 chips (granted manufacturing has improved too haha)
It's especially impressive considering the dev lives in Ukraine and has...just a few OTHER things probably going on...and continues to commit new code to GitHub for the Saturn core.
Since Saturn emualtion isnt even 100% yet, the fact this even works in a beta form is just straight up cool and I hope it gets more people playing Saturn (especially the Japanese exclusives)
Anyone on GAF trying this new core out yet?
Two processors running in tandem, VDP 1 and VDP 2 to deal with...all on an FPGA chip smaller in footprint than one of the Saturns SH-2 chips (granted manufacturing has improved too haha)
It's especially impressive considering the dev lives in Ukraine and has...just a few OTHER things probably going on...and continues to commit new code to GitHub for the Saturn core.
Since Saturn emualtion isnt even 100% yet, the fact this even works in a beta form is just straight up cool and I hope it gets more people playing Saturn (especially the Japanese exclusives)
Anyone on GAF trying this new core out yet?