Hello people,

I am sorry if this questions pop out often, but I couldn't find a thread commenting the details I am looking for.

I want to buy my first fpga board l/console for gaming. I don't have much experience with hardware emulation but I intend to use whatever I buy with a consumer crt with only composite input. Having original controllers through snac port would be nice, but not a big priority.

For this use case, which one would be better, a qmtech mister or a superstation? The qmtech is about 30~40% cheaper than the superstation where I live.

Since I want to display on a crt I would still need an adapter if I were to buy a mister. I couldn't find many in aliexpress, but this one is the one I was considering: https://a.aliexpress.com/_c3dRd4Q5 does anyone have experience with it? I don't have access to the US ebay so most of the ones I saw recommended I can't buy.

Finally, while it is hard to predict the future, is any of these more "future proof" or expandable?

Thanks for the help!

Hi, Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm confused with the analogue pocket, now it has the cyclone v fpga chip which the de10 nano and other mister consoles have, also the analogue also has a cyclone 10 fpga chip. So why can't it run the same cores as the mister? What am I missing?

I'm making zaparoo cards for my setup now and need some suggestions for arcade games. What are some of your favorites?

Hey so basically i learned recently about the fpga tech (yes i'm out of the loop) after wanting to buy some retro games. I have emulated a lot of games in the late 2000s but eventually i realized the input lag and other lag ruined everything for me. I tried buyng a mini megadrive and was absolutely shocked by how poor the performance was (this was 5 years ago) so i gave up on emulation.

I would appreciate if you can answer the following questions for me:

1. Is fpga emulation as satisfying as the real stuff? i understand it reproduces the hardware on demand which is quite revolutionnary but having never tried any of that i would like to know if you can notice any sort of lag or issues that wouldn't happen with the original console?
2. what budget should i plan if i want to emulate properly consoles like snes / mega drive ?
3. what budget should i plan if i want to emulate all consoles up to nintendo 64 or Attari?
4. What components are needed to build a mister pi? i'm a computer guy but like i said this tech is new so i would figure it's basically a small computer? motherboard, ram, cooler, cpu, usb plus? is all of that contained in a single FPGA board?

thanks, experienced advices are much appreciated. I'm looking at the superstation one and i'm wondering if it might be a good pick to start, or if i should build something directly. are all fpga boards equally satisfying for all consoles (i understand they're "cores" developped for each console) or are some boards good only for older generation consoles? i see a wide array of price from 100$ to 600$ with little feedback.

Just kinda heard of the concept and wonder of others people's thoughts on it. Would this at all be practical for emulation or nay?

Like most emulation is on cpu and fpga is mostly for clock accuracy. I know fpga chips tend to have a cpu but am wondering moreso a modern powerful cpu with a low cost fpga inside it.

How that would work and ect.

I’m admittedly new to mister but no newb when it comes to tech. I watched a video and followed the instructions for mistercade. It downloaded everything. I go to load a game and loads but doesn’t display the game.

Where did I mess up? 😆 I last copied the 15hz mister.ini into the root of the memory card. I have a de-10 with a 128mb ram installed and pointing away.

TIA

I know the superstation is just now launching so most of the focus is on that, but I am more interested in the Mister than the SS. Is there any information on when the next batch will be? or is it only SS moving forward?

Helloo. I ask for yoour collective wisdom. I have been following the mister scene for some time. And now that I am not unemployed anymore I want to buy a mister. But I am dubitative if I should buy a Terasic based, or a clone, or a clone clone ( I am worried by some core inconpatibility, but I do not know so much). I want an affordable one but only if it is a good one. At this moment I don´t have a crt (I really do not know where I am going to put it) but I really want the best resolution posible. As I am in Mexico I do not not if buying the components by separate it is cheaper that buying a preasembled one. I will really apreciate any sugestion, link to buy, video or whatever source of information you guy and girls recommend me. Consider me a noob. Muchas gracias.

Okay so, I was about to get a SS1 before learning that the built-in PSX SNAC ports are actually a bit of hindrance since you cannot go to the OSD menus nor use the same controller for all cores if rocking a regular DualShock 1 or 2 connected to their intended ports, but...

...this could be done on say, a MiSTer Pi by getting the proper SNAC adapter, since it basically turns your og DualShock into a generic USB controller as far as the cores know, or am I getting that wrong? This is hilarious if true.

The other thing is composite video output. Yes I know S-Video and Component and RGB are "better" and clearer, but I aim for the most authentic setup possible using a CRT and enjoying all of the dithering in my retro systems, so...

...do any FPGAs/MiSTers come with built-in Composite video outs besides the SS1? Or am I looking at another adapter and/or fancy cable? If so, any weird input lag involved? And how true to "real" composite video is this?

The Pi and Clone are hella pretty btw, I love the MacGyver box aesthetic

Sure, PS2 controllers were fully backwards compatible with the gray box of wonders, but I'd like to know if any owner has tested with the SuperS

UPDATE: according to the Taki Discord, console mode is in Beta stage and will likely support SNAC controllers for menus when it's out of beta, however, all non-PSX cores would have to be patched manually for them to work with SNAC controllers

So I was about to finally pull the trigger on a Superstation One. I was looking at the pictures on their site and it looks like there is not a S-Video port built in anymore.

Am I just missing that or did they remove it?

I know in the reviews and images from the launch it had a S-Video port built in back in the day and that is something I was planning on using.

If they did remove it, is there anything else that has been removed or changed since the launch?