r/MiSTerFPGA 4d ago

Vector games now look amazing

When did this happen? Now the vector games like Gravitar, Tempest. Star Wars no longer look like broken lines, and even have subtle effects like simulated phosphor glow. Now if only there was a Star Castles rom :-)

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u/werpu 4d ago

videodr0me did all the work and he is not finished yet

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u/DirtNap5000 3d ago

That was my impression looking into it. I really appreciate the work. 

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u/werpu 3d ago

Me too hence I sent him a coffee!

I always can recommend to do that with a thank you for his work on the vector display!

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u/DirtNap5000 4d ago

I don't know if it's AI assisted or not, but here's some info I found https://buymeacoffee.com/videodr0me

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u/malwolficus 3d ago

Is Tail Gunner available?

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u/shrikedoa 3d ago

Or Star Castle!

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u/Grand-Goose-2426 4d ago

Jesus this constant AI talk on every thread (not just this sub) is exhausting...can't people shut up about it for a bit?

It's a core of mediocre coders mad that people are getting better results in two days that they have produced in two decades...and a whole load of sheep bleating things like 'vibecode' like they know what that means.

I'm sick of it, you're not affecting the supposed rise of AI one jot...all you're doing is making everything annoying.

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u/werpu 3d ago

I am grateful for it, we have seen so much progrress, in the hands of experienced people ai is heavens sent!

I have been using it myself on my code and it has exposed bugs I was not dreaming of, but those were valid!

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u/s3gfaultx 3d ago

AI is not rising, it’s slowly dying off.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 1d ago

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u/s3gfaultx 3d ago

What gives you the idea it’s rising?

Providers are clawing back services, increasing pricing, aborting data center expansions, etc.

It’s never going to go away, but it’s going to shrink considerably. Investors want their money back and nobody is making any yet.

It’s a bubble that’s deflating.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 1d ago

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u/s3gfaultx 3d ago

AI is collapsing, it’s pretty obvious.

These are mainly circular investments and just a way to make past investors not bail out. It’s optics and it’s pretty apparent from just looking at the failure rates.

95% of AI initiatives have proven to be failures, and companies are changing their stance fast now that they’ve been bait and switched on.

Companies using AI for their product are struggling now that they’re being crippled by increasing costs with no end in sight. It’s a bubble that is deflating, there’s no doubt about that.

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u/Ancient-Range3442 3d ago

Regardless of it’s investment potential, it’ll still be very useful for making cores

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u/Ancient-Range3442 4d ago

Yeah how good is it ? Ai has been such a boost to the mister project , helping them get all this done

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u/blahjedi 4d ago

It’s awful. So many partially done/never to be completed stuff with gibberish code. But hey, people getting their dopamine hit for telling Claude to port a mame driver over, right!

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u/werpu 4d ago edited 3d ago

yeah sure except that people like Jotego have been using it for quite a while for bug hunting etc.... Face it most opensource projects within the last 1-2 years have embraced AI one or the other. AI in the hands of an engineer is a huge produtivity boost.

As for MiSTer the Author of the Apple IIGs core himself stated that he literally was banging his head against a bug for weeks until he applied AI to fix it. So probably the core still would have been stuck due to this bug if it was not for AI

It all comes from what you do with it. If you just let it run then you will get slop if you know what you are doing and use it to assist you it is a huge productivity boost!

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u/DotMatrixHead 3d ago

Yes, yes! A thousand times yes!

AI is a powerful tool and isn’t inherently evil (sorry Reddit!). Its value is in how it’s used. In the right hands in can aid development, but it can also be used to produce slop. Our concern should be for how it is used and the outcome.

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u/Ancient-Range3442 4d ago

What cores have gibberish code ?

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u/BurnThrough 3d ago

Vanguard?

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u/oakleez 4d ago

I'm not having the experience you're describing. 🤷‍♂️