I have been an early adopter to MiSTer since around 2018 and have been emulating since god knows how long. Here are my pros and cons. MiSTer Pro's: Input latency. It's awesome. Blows software emulation latency out of the water. You literally can not go back after playing. Resolution support. If your display can handle it, it can display up to 1440p. 240p games look amazing in 1440p.
Cons: Diversity. Right now, MiSTer does not have the power to implement high quality CRT shaders and overlays. You pretty much get black bars in 4:3 and some standard pretty crappy scanline options. Interpolation is good which helps eliminate pixel stutter. I will give it to MiSTer, their GBA shader is nice. But that is where somthing like software emulation through Retroarch shines. You can add Sony Trinitron CRT Overlays to cover the black bars and add phosphor crt shaders to give a god damn near true CRT like image quality (used on my OLED LG CX with true black). It's a frigging thing of beauty. BUT at the cost of latency. No matter how low lag your TV is, software emulation latency is prevalent. MiSTer shines there.
If you think there is something wrong with me building a PI putting a nes emulator on it and adding a rom of "Barbie" and playing it, you are a complete tool and need to be punched in the face.
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Re: Hardware Review: MiSTer FPGA - A Tantalising Glimpse Into The Future Of Retro Gaming
I have been an early adopter to MiSTer since around 2018 and have been emulating since god knows how long. Here are my pros and cons.
MiSTer Pro's:
Input latency. It's awesome. Blows software emulation latency out of the water. You literally can not go back after playing. Resolution support. If your display can handle it, it can display up to 1440p. 240p games look amazing in 1440p.
Cons:
Diversity. Right now, MiSTer does not have the power to implement high quality CRT shaders and overlays. You pretty much get black bars in 4:3 and some standard pretty crappy scanline options. Interpolation is good which helps eliminate pixel stutter. I will give it to MiSTer, their GBA shader is nice.
But that is where somthing like software emulation through Retroarch shines. You can add Sony Trinitron CRT Overlays to cover the black bars and add phosphor crt shaders to give a god damn near true CRT like image quality (used on my OLED LG CX with true black). It's a frigging thing of beauty. BUT at the cost of latency. No matter how low lag your TV is, software emulation latency is prevalent. MiSTer shines there.
Re: Hardware Review: MiSTer FPGA - A Tantalising Glimpse Into The Future Of Retro Gaming
If you think there is something wrong with me building a PI putting a nes emulator on it and adding a rom of "Barbie" and playing it, you are a complete tool and need to be punched in the face.