MiSTer

In the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of work done on the Atari Jaguar work-in-progress core for the MiSTer FPGA.  Timing was fine tuned, the CD streaming buffer / cache was enlarged for smooth playback, the Virtual Light Machine (VLM) was greatly improved, and support for GameDrive/Homebrew was added.  I made a video that contrasts the previous core build with one from yesterday.   Much thanks to MiSTer FPGA developers Kitrinx and GrayRogue. Enjoy!

I have this ordered.  I need to make a second order for carts and do I want that screen enclosure?!?

In any event, it looks fabulous.

On Thursday, July 10th 2025, a new build of the Atari Jaguar WIP core was released by developer GreyRogue.  It is available on the MiSTer FPGA Discord and is pinned in the Atari Jaguar channel.  It is another step in improving JagCD support. CD game loading and start-up speed is greatly improved.  Jeff Minter's Virtual Light Machine (VLM)  functionality is top-notch now although it still uses the load-the-whole-thing-to-RAM method for media files rather than the new stream-on-demand method used for game CDs.  Enjoy my demonstration video!  Big thanks to GreyRogue for all of his fine work.

I had heard about this years ago but it seemed sort of fishy... so glad someone got the story and documented it quite well... even if it had been sitting there for 6+ years before I discovered the video.  Enjoy!

What's Ken Making?  In this case, an enclosure for a add-on screen... but he does a nice job of covering his review unit of the Multisystem 2 from Heber.  I guess I'll just have to wait for mine to come in August.

I've got one of these orders but won't likely get it until sometime in August.  I'm really looking forward to it arriving.

Here's my  MiSTer FPGA presentation from LinusFest Northwest 2025.  Enjoy!

srg320 posted a video to YouTube today showing his progress on his work-in-progress 3DO core.  It starts off pretty simple and then gets into lots of game play.  It has come a long way in a few months.

If you buy the original Terassic DE10-Nano, that'll likely set you back about $235 plus shipping... and then you'll likely want the SDRAM addon, USB board, and maybe the Analog I/O board.  A traditional MiSTer FPGA setup will easily set one back around $400.  You can get a complete MiSTer Pi setup for around $180... although shipping from Hong Kong is likely more than we are used to ($31-$40).

Anyway, I picked up two of these systems last night but it'll be a while until they arrive.  The following video highlights the MiSTer Pi system mainly by pointing out the much lower cost while focusing on many of the popular FPGA cores that are part of the MiSTer FPGA project.  Enjoy!

Video Game Esoterica has a nice summary video of all of the MiSTer FPGA updates for the month of July 2024.  Enjoy!