@Mario500 Field-Programmable Gate Array - a chip that starts out "blank" and can be programmed (by the device manufacturer) to function with their desired exact logic (if programmed accurately) of multiple vintage chips.
An FPGA allows hardware-based emulation of older consoles and computers, that is, it's not what is typically thought of as "emulation" (that would be software-based emulation, which runs on a CPU usually of a different instruction set architecture to the system being emulated).
There are several devices in the retro gaming scene that use an FPGA - for a start, Analogue's systems such as the NT series (FC/NES), Super NT (SFC/SNES), Mega SG (Mega Drive/Genesis), Duo (PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16) and their handheld Pocket (Game Boy/Color/Advance, but can also run other systems' games with its openFPGA feature). There's also the MiSTer, which is intended to run multiple systems' games from the start.
Also, Krikzz' Mega Everdrive Pro and TerraOnion's MegaSD flash carts for the Mega Drive/Genesis use a Mega CD/Sega CD core running on their FPGA (in conjunction with the real hardware Mega Drive/Genesis) to run Mega CD/Sega CD games without a physical Mega CD/Sega CD add-on present.
A hardware-based-emulated system on an FPGA device is known as a "core", therefore to run Super Game Boy games on an FPGA device, a Super Game Boy core that one or more people have written is required.
Additionally, some of the "black cartridge" / Dual Mode GB/GBC games released from the late 90s-early 00s had Super Game Boy Enhancements. These include the not-physically-black Pokémon Gold and Silver, which have the borders. For A Bug's Life, Tiertex went as far as putting in a SNES SPC700 music soundtrack.
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Re: Anniversary: The Super Game Boy Is 30 Years Old
@Mario500 Field-Programmable Gate Array - a chip that starts out "blank" and can be programmed (by the device manufacturer) to function with their desired exact logic (if programmed accurately) of multiple vintage chips.
An FPGA allows hardware-based emulation of older consoles and computers, that is, it's not what is typically thought of as "emulation" (that would be software-based emulation, which runs on a CPU usually of a different instruction set architecture to the system being emulated).
There are several devices in the retro gaming scene that use an FPGA - for a start, Analogue's systems such as the NT series (FC/NES), Super NT (SFC/SNES), Mega SG (Mega Drive/Genesis), Duo (PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16) and their handheld Pocket (Game Boy/Color/Advance, but can also run other systems' games with its openFPGA feature). There's also the MiSTer, which is intended to run multiple systems' games from the start.
Also, Krikzz' Mega Everdrive Pro and TerraOnion's MegaSD flash carts for the Mega Drive/Genesis use a Mega CD/Sega CD core running on their FPGA (in conjunction with the real hardware Mega Drive/Genesis) to run Mega CD/Sega CD games without a physical Mega CD/Sega CD add-on present.
A hardware-based-emulated system on an FPGA device is known as a "core", therefore to run Super Game Boy games on an FPGA device, a Super Game Boy core that one or more people have written is required.
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Re: Anniversary: The Super Game Boy Is 30 Years Old
Additionally, some of the "black cartridge" / Dual Mode GB/GBC games released from the late 90s-early 00s had Super Game Boy Enhancements. These include the not-physically-black Pokémon Gold and Silver, which have the borders. For A Bug's Life, Tiertex went as far as putting in a SNES SPC700 music soundtrack.