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Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:24 pm**

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/WonderSwan_MiSTer

Roberts Release Public Tweet is below.

Robert is working on a new MiSTer core, the WonderSwan handheld. It is still in early development so expect more updates as it progresses further.

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Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass) has a Patreon page if you can please support his work:

https://www.patreon.com/FPGAzumSpass

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:48 pm**

That's fantastic news! Wow. I didn't expect to see this today. I look forward to see how this progresses. I enjoy a little bit of Gunpey.

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:30 pm**

Gunpey on the WonderSwan is one of my absolute favorite games (the original B/W version, not the sequel EX). Extremely simple puzzle action on the surface but quite deep if one wants to get a grade better than D and a Boooh! Then there is the charming presentation and story which is told without words through animation. No translation needed. I would love to be able to play it on the MiSTer.

This is truly great news!

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:19 pm**

There's even a Makai-Mura (Ghouls'N Ghost) entry for this console, is it any good? Never had the chance to try it!

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:33 pm**

Sweet!! Hope it does WSC as well.

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:41 pm**

Fantastic, I'm really excited for this.

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:03 pm**

nice!

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:33 pm**

Amazing! I'm really excited to try this when it's ready.

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:06 am**

Great news. This was the remaining handheld core that I was most looking forward to. Well, aside from Game & Watch, but that's kind of its own thing.

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:45 pm**

mic_ wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:06 am Great news. This was the remaining handheld core that I was most looking forward to. Well, aside from Game & Watch, but that's kind of its own thing.

You didn't want a NEO-GEO pocket core?

Posted: **Sun May 02, 2021 9:41 pm**

Latest WonderSwan update from Robert.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 12:41 pm**

Wow! Things are really moving along! Very exciting indeed!

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 4:38 pm**

I am very curious about how they resolved the refresh rate issue.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 5:46 pm**

I will offer original framerate(75.x Hz) and buffered 60Hz output.

Be aware that you might need to reduce the output resolution to 1080p or below with 75Hz.

For CRT I cannot say how well this will work, but the resolution of 224x144 is not great for CRT in any case.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 8:17 pm**

FPGAzumSpass wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 5:46 pm
For CRT I cannot say how well this will work, but the resolution of 224x144 is not great for CRT in any case.

288 lines mode in PAL...? Maybe?

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 9:35 pm**

Definitely not great for 15khz NTSC displays. A line tripled mode for PC CRTs would be alright.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 9:50 pm**

dmckean wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:35 pm Definitely not great for 15khz NTSC displays. A line tripled mode for PC CRTs would be alright.

Yes, with a VGA crt, this could work with the VGA scaler:

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video_mode=672,24,64,88,432,1,3,16,28750

No need for the core to do anything special in that case.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 10:23 pm**

mapf wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:50 pm
dmckean wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:35 pm Definitely not great for 15khz NTSC displays. A line tripled mode for PC CRTs would be alright.
Yes, with a VGA crt, this could work with the VGA scaler:
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video_mode=672,24,64,88,432,1,3,16,28750
No need for the core to do anything special in that case.

Ideally you would want to avoid the scaler and the lag it adds.

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2021 1:19 am**

Jegriva wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:38 pm I am very curious about how they resolved the refresh rate issue.

What's the refresh rate of the GB, GBC and GBA?

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2021 4:16 am**

Those have about 60Hz refresh rate, but can reset the position mid screen, so they also have a multibuffer(GB) or singlebuffer+pause core(GBA) mode.

Posted: **Wed May 05, 2021 2:07 pm**

Cant wait for this...big screen Wonderswan...awesome!

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2021 3:17 pm**

Very exciting. What should we call the folder to put our roms in?

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2021 3:25 pm**

Moondandy wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:17 pm Very exciting. What should we call the folder to put our roms in?

It looks like you cannot wait.
You can always call it WonderSwan, put your roms in it and when the time comes the worst which can happen is that you have to rename it.

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2021 3:58 pm**

I've got Wonderswan, FM Towns, Saturn and PSX folders already set up on my hdd hehe

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2021 5:50 pm**

Milspex wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:58 pm ....FM Towns....

You're optimistic.

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2021 9:09 pm**

the_importer wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:50 pm
Milspex wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:58 pm ....FM Towns....
You're optimistic.

Perhaps not. Puu is on the case.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2021 9:00 am**

the_importer wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:50 pm
Milspex wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:58 pm ....FM Towns....
You're optimistic.

It will happen at some point

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Posted: **Thu May 13, 2021 6:48 pm**

Another update from Robert, looks like he is working on WonderSwan Color

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2021 4:06 pm**

In case you are struggling to find games to play in English, there are a few translation patches on romhacking.net: https://www.romhacking.net/?page=transl ... ssearch=Go

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2021 2:06 pm**

WonderSwan Core is taking shape, working on the MiSTer.

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