MiSTer FPGA Forum

baby-scream.gif It's working with the new MiSTer binary!!! To test it in Arkanoid for example, set your pad control to Kbd/Joy/Mouse in the OSD, then edit your MiSTer.ini as follows: ; use specific (VID/PID) mouse X movement as a spinner and paddle. Use VID=0xFFFF/PID=0xFFFF to use all mice as spinners. spinner_vid=0x0ae4 spinner_pid=0x0701 ; spin...

Hopefully, the time has come, courtesy of sonic-br!

No unstable build available on discord as of yet though to test

lamarax - it sounds a simple request. I can tell you, implementing some of these features is FAR from simple. Especially since there is usually no explanatory documentation. There are some specialist core devs on here that are doing great work by taking cores and updating them with the latest features. That is another way. Yes, I very well underst...

Arcade Congo Bongo for DE10_lite and MiSTer available on my GitHub depot (github/darfpga). Feel free to add to MiSTer-devel. Dar. Thank you for the release! I wish however that all fresh cores would implement the current sys framework as it stands. I realize that work began way before most of the recent developments (such as 256 phase filters) cam...

Lex wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:53 pm Hi! Thanks its working now - great community.

Its upside down but this is not a problem

regards,

Lex

Yeah, xterc may want to look at implementing flip-screen, as well as the latest framework.

xterc wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:42 am I have just released a new MiSTer FPGA Arcade Core for the 1983 game 'Exerion'.

Thank you so much for this release! I've been eagerly anticipating it since I first saw you tweeting about it.

Please allow me to attach a slightly edited .mra, so that the core can make use of the merged romset (sorry, can't post a PR on Github):

Absolutely! Also, I can definitely state that Mister is the the coolest thing I have ever owened! For me every core that gets developed/released brings back the same joy and enthusiasm I was used to feel while holding a brand new game for my beloved C64. Fond memories. Full stop. :mrgreen: Ditto, and I hereby take the opportunity to express my app...

MikeS11 will want to make the R in "Releases" lower case for the script to pick it up.

Slightly off topic: Any way to simply change the overall font for scripts shown in the console? Default font is huge on my 1084s crt. And the whole console screen gets shifted to the left. (I'm using this screenmode for the main menu, which is the only thing that really works for me.) [Menu] video_mode=640,6,56,66,224,14,8,18,12000 vga_scaler=1 Th...

When you go to the Settings Screen by pressing up during the countdown, it will ask you to activate it. If it's not asking you it means you already activated it. The upgrade to Update All 2.0 only happens within MiSTer, not with the updater-pc btw. Good evening José, Thank you for bringing us this huge milestone! Every module seems to have been &q...

Jeruro wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:19 pm I can't boot any game with the Antonio Villena's SDRAM.

I hate to have been "prophetic" at an unsuspected time, but here we are; sticking to the official specs of the project, at least as far as the main hardware components are concerned, will keep you on the safe side regarding future developments based on the given MiSTer platform.

...maybe try:
I've had what you describe happening in the past with an RGB PAL only 15 kHz CRT, using a VGA to SCART cable.

Alkadian wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:41 am Thanks! I have just re-compiled the .qpf and it worked!

Could you please share the .rbf you have compiled with an utterly clueless person such as myself?

Check if your SDRAM cards are exactly the same, or possibly bought separately, and if they've been tested under stress I'm using an official XSDRAM issue 2.9 board on GPIO0, and my originally bought 128 MB 2.5 version on GPIO1. Newer one tests @ 150 Mhz stable, and the older one @ ~143 Mhz. No hiccup whatsoever. As long as chips are the same, ther...

breiztiger wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:22 pm you have to delete this Line in your ini file

Indeed this line is redundant. I think it had to do with controlling sound volume using an external pot (such as ones found in ole 'multimedia' keyboards).

It's safe to delete it from your .ini; I believe it resides at the very top

Guys, Just out of curiosity. Did you manage to run Radiant Silvegun? In my case the game freezes up after few seconds. I do love this core. It's simply mazing!!! Good evening all, Just tested and Radiant Silvergun runs fine on my end (at least up to stage 2, where I'm getting destroyed using the awful, mushy Saturn dpad). I should note I have a du...

Get it here!

NB: For the Japanese version to work with the core, you'd also need this:

Hmm, can't say much as I'm using an ole Kempston joystick with the core via SNAC. That said, it too can be iffy at times with certain 2600 roms.
Did you try with a bog standard usb pad, or the keyboard?

Maybe the input code has to be reviewed? (@Kitrinx)

Hi and welcome!

Which core are you using? The old 2600 core is deprecated; try with the Atari 7800 core, which has embedded 2600 compatibility.

Did y'all try @ theypsilon 's framework test build with Arkanoid? It works flawlessly! Hey @lamarax, I just got my controller in today, and I'm trying to make it work using the set of files you provided. However, I'm having trouble getting the Arkanoid (W) core (MiSTer v220619, A.ARKANOID v220521) to register any inputs. I've copied both the main ...

You can control the time the OSD is up when idling with: osd_timeout=30 ; 5-3600 timeout (in seconds) for OSD to disappear in Menu core. 0 - never timeout. ...inside Mister.ini. As for a proper screensaver, you might either have the default 'CRT static' as your background (by cycling with F1), or maybe take a look at the Super Attract Mode script a...

Alkadian wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:47 pm Can somebody please advise on a good filter for this awesome game?

Thanks!

Of course this is dependent on your display make and settings, but please give it a go

NB: the gamma filter doesn't do much, so you can safely turn it off

Also people, do play around with the region dip switch settings*. Once you do, you'll know what I mean ;) I cycled Garegga from 'Japan' back to 'Japan', saved, and suddenly the sound came alive! Also regarding Sorcer Striker; set the dip switch to the US board -it becomes another experience altogether. Kingdom Grandprix has sprite issues with the J...

I really can't get my head around what's happening this week on the arcade front

akeley wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:26 am Very happy 2 of this great series are now on MiSTer, it will finally make me flip one of my CRTs side-wise.

As a matter of fact, we now have the entire "Mahou Daisakusen" trilogy on the MiSTer; you're forgetting Dimahoo (or Great Mahou Daisakusen in Japan), which was already available with the CPS2 core

Today the framework got promoted to stable with many updates, but alas the couple of lines of code needed to make the spinner functional (with Arkanoid at least), are still missing :( Here are those lines by @ theypsilon , in case anyone wants to compile the newest MiSTer binary with the fix incorporated inside input.cpp : 5111 if (data[0] & 8)...

New garegga.rbf is out with changed SDRAM settings. Check it out if you're still having "bad rom" issues.

Sorry for pissing on your party guys, but can you inform me where one can source an OG LS-30!?

There's this recent HORI concept incorporating a rotary stick, but a surviving LS-30 one can get hold of is akin to buying the Mona Lisa

Any one getting a bad rom when trying to run garegga, tried the rom downloaded by update_all and the mame combined rom still the same i have all the same files on another mister and it works and all the other games the core supports work its a bit odd. I know it sounds silly, but did you try to power off (not cold reboot) and then power on your Mi...

AmanoJacu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:36 pm Wow, nice, 3 more games!

...not *just* 3 more games; this is BATTLE GAREGGA* for crying out loud!
I never thought I'd see the day on my MiSTer!

Onward to Dogyuun, Batsugun (...and maybe Truxton II), then I'll die a happy man!

*arguably the greatest shmup of all time (at least it's widely regarded as such, YMMV)