MiSTer FPGA Forum

For what it's worth, I've bought the MiSTer Pi as my second setup, and everything has been smooth sailing so far. It feels exactly like a stock de-10 nano. I initially thought mine was dead because I connected power to the wrong USB-C connector... That's the only issue I've had, really! I'm stoked that the barrier for entry has been lowered for the...

- Carrier Air Wing (the sequel to U.N Squadron)

I second 1944

A hidden gem that people still seem to miss. In my opinion, the best game Data East has ever made:

Atomic Runner.


One of the best shoot em ups on the platform, only released in Japan:

Battle Mania 2



I second Rocket Knight Aventures, Gunstar Heroes and Contra Hard Corps. These are some of my favorites!

Amazing work Mike, thanks a ton!

Sidenote while on the topic of YC cores, I had an issue previously with getting mras for YC arcade cores. I haven't looked into this issue of mine in a while, but if someone has tips on where/how to download, I'm a taker.

Thanks again, this work is incredibly appreciated!

Tatsujin Ohh SNAP

cbo2188 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 7:45 pm For composite: Is it best to use VGA to S-video, then S-video to composite adapter?
Or is it ok to use VGA to component, then use an RCA Y cable to combine green and red for composite?

Thanks.

I believe using a simple RCA Y to combine green and red for composite will give the best result.
Edit: Apparently, my assumption was wrong, oops!

A good tip for the arcade cores, create a folder called _YCArcade and _YCArcade/cores, please the MRA files in the main folder and the yc arcade cores into the cores folder. Thats currently what I do and it works great, no more worrying about arcade cores getting wiped out. :) Sorry if this should be obvious, but where should I get the .mra files ...

Shout-outs to Mike, I have never been able to play Atomic Runner with such accuracy before. Your cores make my 1702 monitor sing!

Personally, I am totally fine with that limitation. I can use RetroArch to goof around with friends online, and MiSTer to actually try to get better at games that demand low latency. I have never owned an XBAND myself, so I don't really know what I'm missing out on (possibly a bunch of headaches).

Yeahhhhh!

Zoo Keeper (arcade), for the incredible sound effects!

I confirm that this hack runs perfectly on the PSX core for TGM1: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5607/

Looking forward to more TGM ports in the future, but until then I'll be happily grinding TGM1

I have no idea, but+1 for bringing this up. Let's hope it's possible.

dshadoff wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 3:12 pm Since the HPS (UNIX) portion is still heavily involved with gameplay, it is likely that running a script (or transferring files, etc.) would interfere with gameplay. Why exactly is it so important to run a script after a core is launched ?

It is simply a matter of convenience and curiosity of knowing if it was at all possible to do.

Thanks for your response! Maybe I worded my issue badly, let me try this again: I am not asking about Bluetooth in particular (connectivity works great for me at the moment), I am asking about running scripts in general. When a core is launched, I see no way to launch scripts. For example, I could not run update_all.sh from the OSD while the Genesi...

Sometimes I am in the middle of a game and need to launch a script (e.g. Bluetooth pairing). The only way I know to gain access to the Scripts submenu is the reboot the MiSTer and lose progress in the game. This isn't ideal... Is there a key combo I missed? Is this a limitation of the FPGA? I find this weird, since in theory I can still SSH into th...

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 8:28 pm Such a cool idea to sync the time like that. Now we will be able to use the MiSTer as an alarm clock

The true MiSTer feature I've been longing for!

Same thought as lu above me, I prefer the GunCon (I don't have SNAC adaptors, though). Simply being able to navigate menus with the gun and switching cores without ever having to change controllers or cable setups is simply too convenient to pass up. Besides, the GunCon feels as accurate to me as my original zapper on my NES. The fact I can add a c...

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooo

Created a feature request to make MiSTer SAM behave nicely with MiSTer BGM ( forum ). :) Hopefully someone else also wants this feature. edit: @mrchrisster's response: "Unfortunately afaik we don't have control over the core's audio from the Linux side. This would be great I hear you. If somebody knows how to control audio from Linux, I'd lov...

Created a feature request to make MiSTer SAM behave nicely with MiSTer BGM ( forum ). :) Hopefully someone else also wants this feature. edit: @mrchrisster's response: "Unfortunately afaik we don't have control over the core's audio from the Linux side. This would be great I hear you. If somebody knows how to control audio from Linux, I'd love...

Nice! I can't wait to try this out. I've spent a great deal of time collecting songs to play on my RetroPie menu. For anyone interested, here's a dump of the songs I accumulated (600+), there's a lot of VGM but also random songs that I thought would fit for an engaging video gaming menu screen (apologies in advance for the messy filenames, though):...

Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=4434, but indeed this is awesome!!

This is awesome news! I'd love to finally get rid of the dot crawl I get from Antonio's adapter :) Thanks for all that awesome work! Edit: As MIke wrote later in this thread, > You don't need any adapters if you have a 1702, I designed the cores to work perfectly with my 1702, it was probably the main reason I worked on the Y/C framework. > You jus...

so I was still kind of curious about setting up the MiSTer on some of the smaller, purely composite-only sets I have. You can hunt a Commodore 1702 monitor (easier said than done, but they are easy to find online) and grab a split chroma/luma adapter. That's what I use. http://herculesworkshop.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-product.cgi?d=hercules-workshop&...

A lot of good takes in this thread! There are many things I like about the MiSTer, but I think that what I like best is - It allows me to play games the way they were intended by their creators without having to pay money to a scalper - It levels the playing field for anyone trying to get high scores on arcade games. I'm having more fun than ever s...

Luckily, the S-Video output on Antonio's adapter doesn't have nearly as bad shimmering / crawl dot, so if your monitor supports that input option, I recommend you check it out. The results might be sufficient for your needs.

It is great with Einhander, as it allows you to see more of the landscape in the background.

Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks everyone! That will definitely give me a great place to start. Some of your comments were awesome. Sorry for making it so difficult by limiting it to 5, but I only have so much time to play and I wanted to get the best of the best from each of you so I would be sure to get the bestest of the best, lol. As I hoped, many of your favorites are...