Update [Thu 27th Apr, 2023 22:55 BST]: The core is now live:
Update [Wed 19th Apr, 2023 10:30 BST]: We now have video footage of the core in action:
Original Story [Sat 15th Apr, 2023 10:30 BST]: FPGA developer Adam Gastineau has announced that he is working on an FPGA core for Bandai's famous Tamagotchi virtual pet – and it's coming to both the Analogue Pocket and MiSTer soon.
Tamagotchi took the world by a storm back in 1997, selling millions of units globally and spawning a massive range of spin-off merchandise, including video games.
Bandai has revived the brand in recent years, even going as far as to create a Tamagotchi smartwatch.
Gastineau's forthcoming core will be "full of features", including savestates, an automatic restore on core launch, a 'turbo' mode (up to 1,800x speed) and more.
[source twitter.com]
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I got it running, and they really beautifully recreated the interface, congrats Adam and friends.... will remain a curiosity though, since although they invented time x 1800, it won't be the same as you simply can switch it off and do something else..
Is there any word on how accurate the underlying code and logic is?
Did they reverse engineer the ROM on an actual Tamagotchi unit?
Or is it simply a simulacrum of how they think the original worked?
CVG once had a supplementary booklet on Tamagotchi clones. There were dozens and dozens of copies in the late 90s.
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