FPGAguru

This will be the budget single system focused FPGA console Taki was talking about initially

It will include a rom dumper to play original carts but won't play direct from them

Odd choice really a PC engine focused one would be more interesting especially for the majority of countries that never got the PC engine

Xbox has always just been a extension of Windows PC and Direct X though. It's also always been based on X86 PC tech ( except the 360 which was PowerPC CPU)

MS never wanted to embrace console gaming but their hand was forced by Sonys plans for the PS2 which MS saw as a threat to desktop Windows

All MS is doing is unifying their platforms and removing the garden wall VM security around Xbox Windows

PC gaming is the biggest growth market and PC has been showing the biggest gains in Gamepass subs

There is no real need for forced platform exclusivity anymore and you can see that with Sony releasing PS games on Windows and MS releasing Xbox games on PS5

MS has already stated they will carry on producing Xbox hardware and might even open to OEMs

When a company as big as MS is the process of big change like this you expect some chaff to be removed

What's the point ? The 32X was pants

If you want to play on it just pick up a cheap MiSTer Pi or QMtech

Then you get access to nearly every old system you could want

There was a game made of the film in 80s, published by Electric Dreams for the 8bit computers at the time

No it's not these are just mock up screens from Lemon64. It's not in development

Easier to just use the MiSTer FPGA Saturn core these days

It's a bit late after nearly 20 years

It's also obvious Nintendo didn't care otherwise they would have got their cease and desist lawyers in fall swing. They would have looked at the code too

Yes NEC ballsed up everything about the PC engine released outside of Japan

The redesign, the game line up, failure to get US third party software support due to their attitude.

PAL regions never even got a official release

Pfff

It's shame really

@profkross

FPGAs have been used on retro gaming over 20 years so no idea where you get non starter from

Some FPGA cores are more accurate and perform better than software equivalents too

Sorg was always against changing the front end due to the lack of resources and how it might affect other services. It all runs on a single ARM core

The other issue is Taki will have to keep it updated inline with Main

ElectronAsh has been looking at Dreamcast recently again and it won't be happening on the Cyclone V used for MiSTer

Perhaps they should team up with Coin-Ops and work on Super MARs vapour ware together ?

A lot of old IPs are owned by parasites so it doesn't matter

It's also up to the holder to enforce their copyrights

The only one that might cause a fuss is Nintendo but they have been up their own arse for years

Just another cheap ARM soc using a software emu

Might as well just get a MiSTer build at least you get a cycle accurate PC engine core, decent HDMI scaler with higher output resolution, easy high quality analogue video output and PC engine CDrom support

Rodland, Midnight resistance and Pacmania on the Amiga are better than the arcade versions

Rodland and Midnight resistance has no slowdown and Rodland gameplay is better balanced

Pacmania is full screen with more colours rather than vertical on the arcade

@RetroBreak

It is MiSTer just using a custom all in one PCB

@Waveboy It's not just a PS1 but a complete MiSTer setup
The PS1 core has 16:9 support and 480i to 480p, MiSTer also has a HDMI scaler supporting up to 1440p with various Scanline filters and shadow masks

You get access to nearly every retro system you could want

@WhensDinner It's just MiSTer using a custom PCB and case
There is not enough resources for a fancy UI, it's been discussed for years

There is many script add ons to make the current UI better and even NFC loading so you don't need to use the UI at all

@Gillig

There is nothing unique to Terasic in the DE-10 apart from the PCB layout which isn't copied even though Terasic publish the schematics for it

The DE10 is just a Cyclone V FPGA by Altera, some DDR3, a few controller chips and the rest is just noise, it's a cheap dev board

The DE10 was used for the project as it was cheap and plentiful. It was designed for Intel's FPGA college program originally and why they offer academic pricing. Terasic has never had anything to do with the MiSTer project, using a off the shelf board saves the costs of developing hardware just for the project apart for the add on boards which are cheap and simple in comparison

The idea of using the new DE25 nano whenever it arrives is for the same reasons, price, availability and resources but that all hinges on Intel's fabs really which isn't looking too promising

Terasic can't do anything about what Taki or QMtech are producing

Don't forget Heber is making MMS 2 which is a all in one solution with everything on a single PCB and they are an established UK electronics company of over 40 years

@Gillig

Neither Takis or QMtech cyclone V boards break any of Terasics IPs they are not 1:1 copies of the PCB even
They are simply MiSTer compatible boards with removed hardware and functionality that the project doesn't use

The DE10 is just a collection of off the shelf parts with nothing proprietary to Terasic

The QMtech board is even open source with schematics available on GitHub

The MiSTer project has a commercial license and Taki has even donated to the project direct

Terasic has no stake in the MiSTer project, The DE10 was a cheap off the shelf dev board that was released at the right time.
The MiSTer prototype used a different board

If Terasic brought the price back down to what it was early 2021 there would be no need for the cheaper compatible boards, they created the gap in the market

Robert Peips MiSTer PS1 core has a commercial license too like the rest of the project

You can check this on the GitHub

@sdelfin

No limited supply with the DE10 nano. Mouser and Digikey have had plenty of stock for some time

The issue is the MiSTer based consoles being produced in China by Taki

Three models all rumoured to come in the less than the price of the DE10 so £225 max

The flagship model MiSTer functionality is only a 1/3 of the product and they will all have injection moulded cases not 3D FDM printed

It might be a hard sell for Heber

Might have some stiff competition seeing as Taki/Retroremake has three custom consoles based MiSTer in the works

I believe all including the flagship will cost less than the current price of the DE10.

The whole project was a scam especially after the PCB was picked apart and shown to be rubbish

Everything they have shown is on the edge of very questionable

Its no wonder Sega want it shut down