FPGA are not more accurate. It's still emulation don't buy into analogue dishonest marketing. There is no difference emulating in hardware or software.
Plus the FPGA used by analogue has no where near the amount of gates for a completely accurate megadrive. Just look at the recent updates and fixes they've realised if the mega sg was a perfect representation why the bugs.
No! FPGA aren't magic it no. Diffrent to emulation with software interpretation, more over the cheep FPGA used in the analogue products doesn't nearly have enough logic logic block to emulate the megadrive in such a way you describe and infact a modern cpu is capable of better more sophisticated and versatile than the cheep FPGA used in analogue products.
There's nothing that can't be done in software that the mega sg can't do it's all emulation at the end of day not magic. It's a nice useful product (all be it overpriced) that has a lot marketing guff and simply inaccurate
I'd avoid cd or dvd based consoles like the pluage. Those optical drives were built on the cheep and will fail. Then there's the problem of oxidising of optical discs.
if you have to collect go for modles that have less complex drive mechs like top loading with a manual door instead of front loading or ones that use a tray.
That's why I specifically sourced a megadrive MK1 HD non tmss from ebay. I threw away immediately the original power supply and cheepo replacement he sent.
Mega MK1 High Definition graphics are usually robust anyway LM 7805 are fine not as efficient as modern switching regulators or dc to dc converters but using a decent switching power supply for megadrive will eliminate any issues or stress on these components.
In fact if theres any one thing you can do preserve your old consoles is use a DECENT modern switching power supply, it will protect the logic board and its devices compared to original unregulated power supply.
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Re: Hardware Review: Analogue Mega Sg: Forget The Mega Drive Mini, This Is The Real Deal
FPGA are not more accurate. It's still emulation don't buy into analogue dishonest marketing. There is no difference emulating in hardware or software.
Plus the FPGA used by analogue has no where near the amount of gates for a completely accurate megadrive. Just look at the recent updates and fixes they've realised if the mega sg was a perfect representation why the bugs.
Re: Hardware Review: Analogue Mega Sg: Forget The Mega Drive Mini, This Is The Real Deal
No! FPGA aren't magic it no. Diffrent to emulation with software interpretation, more over the cheep FPGA used in the analogue products doesn't nearly have enough logic logic block to emulate the megadrive in such a way you describe and infact a modern cpu is capable of better more sophisticated and versatile than the cheep FPGA used in analogue products.
There's nothing that can't be done in software that the mega sg can't do it's all emulation at the end of day not magic. It's a nice useful product (all be it overpriced) that has a lot marketing guff and simply inaccurate
Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
I'd avoid cd or dvd based consoles like the pluage. Those optical drives were built on the cheep and will fail. Then there's the problem of oxidising of optical discs.
if you have to collect go for modles that have less complex drive mechs like top loading with a manual door instead of front loading or ones that use a tray.
Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
That's why I specifically sourced a megadrive MK1 HD non tmss from ebay. I threw away immediately the original power supply and cheepo replacement he sent.
Mega MK1 High Definition graphics are usually robust anyway LM 7805 are fine not as efficient as modern switching regulators or dc to dc converters but using a decent switching power supply for megadrive will eliminate any issues or stress on these components.
In fact if theres any one thing you can do preserve your old consoles is use a DECENT modern switching power supply, it will protect the logic board and its devices compared to original unregulated power supply.