MiSTer FPGA Forum

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I’ve been using emulators since early 2000s,but since 2019 when I bought the Mister ,In 90% of cases, I no longer use emulators because Mister, connected to a CRT and using matching controllers for each core, offers a superior experience, nearly identical to original hardware. That's the whole point of Mister FPGA. However, the N64 core doesn’t com...

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in the end,N64 wasn't 100% complete / possible on Mister hardware. so they were not wrong calling it "impossible" ;) No counting regional variants but counting the games that can be played on the the Turbo core, only 8 games or 2.06% of N64 games can't be played on the MiSTer. Out of those 8, 3 of them could be placed on the "Who gi...

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It's even more, he also made the Lynx and the Wonderswan core, so he has 5 cores under his belt and I would say at least 50% of the 486 core should also be contributed to him :) I said 3 powerful cores, not 3 cores. Back in the days (2018-2019}, GBA, PSX and N64 were considered impossible on the MiSTer. in the end,N64 wasn't 100% complete / possib...

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backstr wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:26 pm
I see a couple different 8bitdo adapters, brown or black, some with a "2" on them. Is there a particular one to chose?

they're not that much different as far as I know.
I have both.

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I highly recommend using 8Bitdo wireless adapters instead of any generic bluetooth adapters.
not just for this controller but for any bluetooth controller.
they have a easy pair button and never lose connection.
so much easier and MUCH more user friendly.
I even use them with my PC now days.
they do more than generic bluetooth adapters..

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Why aren’t these new updates added to update_all?
There have been a few updates during past few weeks..yet we're stuck with the old beta core with many issues..
not everyone has the time to manually add cores and unstable versions of Mister, etc.

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Definitely not normal/common.
I have 4 8Bitdo dongles connected simultaneously to my Mister and they never lose connection.

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sev48lora wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:00 pm
The core only works with dual ram modules or with one? I say this because they sell me a mister with sdram 2.9 and knowing it or not

Doesn't need dual RAM.
but the higher the SDRAM version the better compatibility.but it will run on lower versions of RAM.

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C-R-T wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:16 pm
Damn, son. Core's getting updated daily these days! Get the latest one right here:

https://github.com/MiSTer-unstable-nigh ... ble-builds

Is there a reason why last few updates weren't added to update all?

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FPGAdude wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:39 pm
I assume it would had been too risky for Sergey to carry FPGA equipment with him when he fled the Russian occupied zone. Who knows what the Russians would had done to him if they found his equipment.

You didn't know? Mister was made by a Russian who happens to be the admin of this website

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Outside of NeoGeo, none of the other cores are replicas of original hardware at a transistor level. They replicate functionality. Cycle accuracy, just like any other form of emulation, is dependent on the relative accuracy of the implementation. To me this is really disappointing and downgrades this kind of FPGA Cores to software emulation level. ...

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So is there a conclusion re RAM specs required for this core?
it seems there's still conflicting opinions.
my RAM is V2.5 from 2019 and I get 142 mhz on memory test.

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No one said the core was complete. Its a great core currently and can only improve. Its being developed inside a Warzone so give the dev a chance. Sure,I know the situation of the developer etc when people see the core available via download script they assume it's complete and expect it to work properly like other finished cores.but this core is ...

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That would be where you are wrong. Almost every game works. There are very few that dont and most of the reported issues are people with the bad 4 chip ram or much older 2 chip ram There are Youtube channels testing games and they mentioned the core is far from complete.for example many of the Japanese Saturn games don't work.when you say "al...

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That would be where you are wrong. Almost every game works. There are very few that dont and most of the reported issues are people with the bad 4 chip ram or much older 2 chip ram There are Youtube channels testing games and they mentioned the core is far from complete.for example many of the Japanese Saturn games don't work.when you say "al...

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That would be where you are wrong. Almost every game works. There are very few that dont and most of the reported issues are people with the bad 4 chip ram or much older 2 chip ram There are Youtube channels testing games and they mentioned the core is far from complete.for example many of the Japanese Saturn games don't work.when you say "al...

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Yes version 3.0 is the latest. I'm going to keep waiting for a few more months though. I did my research and found out the core is far from complete and still work in progress with many games having video/audio glitches and many don't work at all.(specially Japanese titles). That would be where you are wrong. Almost every game works. There are ver...

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HDD are much cheaper, SD cards wear out, speed is not an issue. you can get a 2TB SSD for a very reasonable price these days..SSDs wear out yes but that's nothing to worry about compared to physical hard disk drive unreliability and sensitiveness.physical hard drives fail very easily.I have many SSD drives some being used for years and have yet to...

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Yes version 3.0 is the latest.
I'm going to keep waiting for a few more months though.
I did my research and found out the core is far from complete and still work in progress with many games having video/audio glitches and many don't work at all.(specially Japanese titles).

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I have an older 128MB + I use analog IO board with my CRT and I have the official case. I need to buy newer version RAM for the Saturn Core and I figured maybe it's best if I just go for dual RAM in case MK core comes out.(I'm big fan of MK and Saturn). so does dual RAM setup mean no analog IO board and no CRT? the HDMI to CRT convertor are very fi...

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So which version is the latest to buy now?
sounds like I need to buy new ram..

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Most issues are from users with incompatible sdram, as of now you really need a 128mb v2.9+ 2-chip to avoid issues, maybe that should be included in the core readme. Also very common is not having a bios or correct bios, which update all does not currently download for you. With this sorted, most games are playable, of my nearly 100 games library,...

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Was any other core released to public in beta form?
There seem to be so many issues and problems with this core..

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I wish they were making a Sega Saturn FPGA instead since I don't think we'll see a functional Mister Saturn Core anytime soon.(maybe never) But I can see why they went with N64.it's a much more popular system. it's not for me,because most of N64's better games are remastered and available on better systems. They could even go for a Saturn+Dreamcas...

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I wish they were making a Sega Saturn FPGA instead since I don't think we'll see a functional Mister Saturn Core anytime soon.(maybe never) But I can see why they went with N64.it's a much more popular system. it's not for me,because most of N64's better games are remastered and available on better systems. They could even go for a Saturn+Dreamcast...

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I don't even know if I have dual RAM or single
I built my Mister in 2019.can't remember!
was dual RAM an option from start?

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The SH4 IIRC is 32 bit RISC. The PowerVR IC is broken down internally. I can’t remember exact tile rendering details as it’s been a long time since I’ve worked with PowerVR hardware. I’m not sure what width it’s internal registers are, or the width to the VRAM, but I don’t think all of this stacks up to being a “128 bit” system. (Kind of like the ...

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Retrobit controller is officially licensed by Sega.
identical quality and feel of the original + home button for Mister.
the best pad for Sega Genesis,32X and Sega CD cores.

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I have 8Bitdo M30,RetroBit Saturn and RetroBit Genesis pads,the Retro-Bit pads are a little better imo.
they look and feel identical to Sega Pads and the D-Pad feels slightly better.
8BitDo M30 is great too but I rate Retro-Bit slightly higher.

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FPGA64 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:08 am
You dont get extra USB ports with an IO Board. You get the Snac/ User IO port which looks like a USB port but ISNT a Usb port and should never have usb devices plugged into it

That's right.I mixed it up with USB Hub for some reason..

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