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Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 8:10 am
by Caldor
softtest9 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 5:10 pm
We should be happy about what has been accomplished so far.
Seems like the remaining work is mainly about polish. Easier said than done, but Laxer and Ultra did get a lot done. Whoever decides to pick this up will be in a much better position than he would have been otherwise.
Yeah, he did an amazing job I think. I do not feel my money were wasted. I had even tried to tell him to take breaks and such. Its all well and good to get Patreon support and feel obligated to put work in, but seems to he overworked himself.
I hope he recovers, and I am just happy that he and Ultra shared their source code stuff. Its amazing how close it is to a working Playstation I think.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 8:39 pm
by Jegriva
I have been donating to the Patreon for a couple of years now, I am obviously sad, but I appreciate the honesty in just giving it up and not disappearing altogether.
I would obviously donate to any other Patreon who would work on the PS1 FPGA project.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 11:24 pm
by PikWik
same ^
and tbh, laxer is leaving a lot of money on the table.
his generosity with handing over his work like that is equally commendable, and the next team to finish this up will have a great head start !
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:02 pm
by Blitzwing
PikWik wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 11:24 pm
same ^
and tbh, laxer is leaving a lot of money on the table.
his generosity with handing over his work like that is equally commendable, and the next team to finish this up will have a great head start !
Unless I'm mistaken it was always going to be handed over to the community as it was eventually going opensource at some point or another. The work by laxer, ultra, electronash and others is amazing.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:33 pm
by PikWik
oh, yes of course!
sorry if what i said was misunderstood.
what i meant on my previous post is that laxer stepping away is leaving a lot of work (and patreon dollars) for someone else to pickup. which is commendable for someone to just hand over the recipe and "leave the keys in the car".
its generous of them to make their work-in-progress open source and available for the public, which may have been made public eventually, but to my knowledge was not handed out during development of a core
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:14 pm
by werpu
Caldor wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 8:10 am
softtest9 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 5:10 pm
We should be happy about what has been accomplished so far.
Seems like the remaining work is mainly about polish. Easier said than done, but Laxer and Ultra did get a lot done. Whoever decides to pick this up will be in a much better position than he would have been otherwise.
Yeah, he did an amazing job I think. I do not feel my money were wasted. I had even tried to tell him to take breaks and such. Its all well and good to get Patreon support and feel obligated to put work in, but seems to he overworked himself.
I hope he recovers, and I am just happy that he and Ultra shared their source code stuff. Its amazing how close it is to a working Playstation I think.
Yes doing passion projects can run you into health issues as well. Been there almost, done that, I was glad enough to hit the break at the last minute. But I also did not have the responsibility to run a Patreon on top! So quitting/putting things into hiatus was easier once I could acknowledge, that I have a problem! I hope he recovers. And as well from my side, a ton of thanks for the work.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:24 pm
by Galaga_
Truly sad to find out that the work that was being done on the PlayStation core came to a complete halt. Has anybody picked up on this project or it's completely abandoned?
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:57 pm
by H6rdc0re
Galaga_ wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:24 pm
Truly sad to find out that the work that was being done on the PlayStation core came to a complete halt. Has anybody picked up on this project or it's completely abandoned?
Hopefully SRG320 can do it after the Saturn becoming the 32-bit FPGA God.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:32 am
by PikWik
https://www.reddit.com/r/fpgagaming/com ... /psx_core/
TL;DR - laxer is still working on it, but at a very slow pace
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:33 am
by PikWik
and yes, it would be amazing if someone like SRG320 would step up to finish the PSX core (or at least help move it along)
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:11 pm
by Galaga_
Whoa whoa whoa, so Laxer3A is back working on the ps1 core? That's awesome news!! Even if he is taking his time with it i'm happy he is back.
Also like you both @PikWik and @H6rdc0re said it would be amazing if SRG320 or someone else gives a hand
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:30 pm
by Neocaron
I saw his Patreon last update, if he feels better and enjoying it better at a slower path, that's the way to do it. Glad to see him keep going at it with less presure and more pleasure.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:25 pm
by Neocaron
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:41 pm
by LamerDeluxe
Awesome! That will be another quality core. I wonder if he is planning to create it from scratch or is building it from existing work.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:59 pm
by Neocaron
LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:41 pm
Awesome! That will be another quality core. I wonder if he is planning to create it from scratch or is building it from existing work.
For now,if I understand correctly, he stated that this is running in his custom sofware emulation on a PC. It is written in a way to be translated to FPGA with relative ease. Few months back he did say that he would look into it when the project was kind of cancelled by Lexar. Glad that he decided to actually go for it.
I'm sure there is no harm in looking into the open source content available already. But I also think that fun part for him is to have his own twist on it. ^^
Based on his background I think we can expect some nice enhancement like perspective correct or HR mode if he manage to fits all these instructions in the FPGA. But even if he couldn't this is still the best new this year with the Saturn core annoucement. Thank you Robert!
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:38 pm
by thorr
Very exciting news! I never had a PS1, and only played on one a few times, so I am not that familiar with them. I was curious about the graphics capabilities and I found this article comparing the PS1, Sega Saturn and N64 that I thought was interesting:
http://www.racketboy.com/journal/ps1-st ... ega-saturn
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:19 pm
by pgimeno
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Re: PlayStation
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:20 pm
by aberu
Neocaron wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:59 pm
LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:41 pm
Awesome! That will be another quality core. I wonder if he is planning to create it from scratch or is building it from existing work.
For now,if I understand correctly, he stated that this is running in his custom sofware emulation on a PC. It is written in a way to be translated to FPGA with relative ease. Few months back he did say that he would look into it when the project was kind of cancelled by Lexar. Glad that he decided to actually go for it.
I'm sure there is no harm in looking into the open source content available already. But I also think that fun part for him is to have his own twist on it. ^^
Based on his background I think we can expect some nice enhancement like perspective correct or HR mode if he manage to fits all these instructions in the FPGA. But even if he couldn't this is still the best new this year with the Saturn core annoucement. Thank you Robert!
The laxer3a project wasn't necessarily cancelled, it was paused after there were internal problems with the other dev, ultraembedded (personality conflict I suspect, it happens). There has been some progress on the project lately and laxer3a said he plans to continue soon.
Also, I'm assuming (and basing this upon Robert has made) that he makes his emulators from scratch because he works better that way and he can know what everything does. He may use other emulators as a reference, but given how he works best, he starts from scratch.
Re: PlayStation
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:09 pm
by redsteakraw
Just remember there are tones of Playstation based Arcade boards so any work done can be used to work on porting these Arcade systems. Games like Tekken, Dance Dance Revolution, Dead or Alive and more!. Here is a list of said boards
http://www.system16.com/base.php#1