Bruno AKA brNK has added Game Boy Color support to MiSTer’s Game Boy FPGA core. This is an early first release so support is hit or miss, but GBC support is under heavy development by Bruno and will be excellent when complete. Games that are supported reportedly play great. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Gameboy_MiSTer/
In the world of MiSTer there were new cores released this week, core updates, and more. SmokeMonster MiSTer Pack List v2.0 ReleasedDatabase: https://github.com/SmokeMonsterPacks/EverDrive-Packs-Lists-DatabaseRelease Notes: https://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?101715-EverDrive-Packs-Release-Thread&p=1934764#post1934764 New Arcade Core: Jousthttps://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Joust_MiSTer/ New Arcade Core: Stargate (AKA Defender II)https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Stargate_MiSTer New Arcade Core: Robotron 2084https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Robotron_MiSTer/ New Arcade Core: Bubbleshttps://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Bubbles_MiSTer/ New Arcade Core: Splathttps://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Splat_MiSTer/ New core coming soon: Odyssey2https://github.com/Kitrinx/Odyssey2_MiSTer SNES […]
This week saw another big round of MiSTer core updates primarily focused on fixing bugs and moving to the new open-source scaler by Grabulosaure. The new scaler uses 10% of the resources of the old scaler, is easy and faster to compile using the free Quartus software (instead of the $5,000/year suite required for the […]
A Game Boy Advance core is in development for MiSTer. It is based on an open-source Zedboard FPGA implementation by a group of students from Carnegie Mellon University and is being ported to MiSTer by ElectronAsh. The core currently supports loading the BIOS and one game, a homebrew Mario Pong game created by the same […]
ElectronAsh just posted his initial open-source PC Engine & TurboGrafx-CD code for adding CD support to MiSTer’s TG16 core. This is important not only for PC Engine CD, but also Sega CD, Jaguar CD, Playstation, and other disc-based systems, because portions of the code to stream CD data will be similar across platforms. The work […]
The Super Game Module is a hardware add-on for the ColecoVision that extends its capabilities significantly, doubling its RAM to 32kb and doubling its sound channels to eight. The SGM is a $100 add-on but sells out quickly every time it goes for sale, which pushes market prices to around $300. Super Game Module Games […]
In 2012, Torlus wrote an open-source FPGA Atari Jaguar called JagNetLists. It was built for the Stratix-II FPGA in the Nios-II dev kit, and contained a working 68000 implementation. ElectronAsh has started the process of porting JagNetLists to MiSTer and just released his initial code on Github with the hope that someone can step in […]
UPDATE From Bob, Summer 2020: After quite a few months of testing, switches compatible with the original Terasic PSU have been found. Everything else in this article is accurate though and you shouldn’t use low-quality switches with any PSU (including the alternatives listed below)… Several users have reported voltage drops when using 5.5mm barrel […]
As I reported last week, a new and never-before-seen Super Nintendo FPGA emerged recently and took the world by surprise. Srg320 presented a relatively complete SNES implementation, complete with special chip integration. Now that core is on MiSTer. SNES FPGA porting to MiSTer proceeded at a tremendous pace, with ElectronAsh undertaking the effort to get […]
A big rounds of MiSTer core updates went out over the weekend. The most important is the addition of Ijor’s cycle-accurate Motorola 68000 soft-core to the Genesis core, as expected. As well as the addition of Sega Game Gear support added to the Sega Master System core, and official Famicom Disk System support added into […]
