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@Edd-O Spot on!

@AMAGON I think you are missing the point. If TE is not going to cover ModRetro news, then at least they should be consistent and not cover SNK. But the number of articles in the past 5days about SNK show this would not be a prudent move. If one wants to know about ModRetro we could just go to the website, same for SNK.

@Damo calling Israel's Gaza response to Oct7 a genocide is not correct. The killing of 1200 Jews out of 18M is a far higher %, than 60,000 Palestinians out of 2000M Arabs. In fact, Hamas were saying recently they needed to pay 50,000 stipends to Widows, for dead Hamas soldiers, so excluding them, 10,000 or more woman & kids would have died. How does this even relate to SNK? It doesn't. If we were applying the logic of not spending money on human rights abusers, then we should not buy Solar PVs from China due to Uyghur slaves, EVs as they were made with Cobalt from African slaves, etc etc. Our Australian govt is bribing us to buy both of these, which makes them complicit. I'm only drawing this to your attention, as we do not live in a perfect world, and not spending your money on these things might not deliver any useful lesson to these people. I think Mohammed bin Salman's wealth will not really change much, if we do or don't buy a NEOGEO.

I was thinking how funny it was, that the FPGA core creators Furrtek? would have taken apart an original AES to get at the ASIC chips to recreate them in Verilog for the DE10. Now we hear that Plaion is talking with the FPGA guys and maybe using that info to recreate the ASIC chips from the FPGA cores. Does that mean since they are hard etched in Silicon that there will never be any updates? I think if Plaion can get their hands on the NG moulds for the cases and cartridges and use them to make them like the original, that would be awesome. I'm not much of a NeoGeo fan, but I would get the Arcade stick to hook up to my MiSTer, then I can play all the games.

@Sketcz It says it can output to RGB using the original output for Retro Enthusiasts. LIke us............... That's Amazing. From memory is it a DB9 plug on the back? Def not SCART on a Japanese Console.

@jamess same with me. I guess we could just get the joystick and gamepad and plug them into the MiSTer.

Sounds like the MiSTer is becoming a Retro device as well? It's the best thing I ever bought to enjoy all the cores. Although the RasPi has a similar amount of joy for me as well. Now to get rid of all the retro computers/consoles I bought for some unknown reason. Whilst it might not be 100% accurate, the updates alone come so thick and fast you never feel like something is neglected for long.

Dunno why, but I do like playing Panel Du Pon, ever since I first tried on the Switch via the online. I play it on the MiSTer and the RasPi, the fairy's are naff, but the gameplay is pretty intense. That said, I also think columns is a bit better than Tetris, only my opinion, others would disagree.

I thought the N64 was out by 5s of timing in recent testing, it might only be a firmware upgrade to fix it, or maybe not. Sure its prob the cheapest way to way original cartridges, but the MiSTer is better value as it plays all the Analogue systems and computers etc.

Great way for people who used to own an Amiga to get back into the scene.

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That's a bit harsh, facing ageism in Japan. I heard the population is mostly pretty old, so denying jobs to a 50ish guy sounds like they have plenty of young people to take over (which they don't).
With age come more experience. Well being an old guy (56y) I like to think I am still of use to my employer.

Looks like the seller got some fair prices for the machines. I have an original LAI lowboy which had 1943 in it, paid $550AUD in 2004. I gave away the PCB, and fitted a few boards, before settling on the RasPi3b with Jamma Interface. I got a few panels made, with a trackball and spinner, and a defender setup. I hardly switch it on these days, but at least it works when I turn it on.

It's mostly about the talent that will work on these systems, or will not. MiSTer has first mover advantage, and whilst there are better solutions coming by the sound of it, people who write the FPGA architecture, will need to be rewarded for doing it all again for the new hardware. Considering there is no games ROMS to write, I don't see how the Sorg etc, will be better off jumping on a new platform, unless we all drop our MiSTers and rush to the next devices. I think I am very happy with the cores already available for the MiSTer, I know I don't need the N64, Gamecube or PS2 cores they were not part of my childhood.

@hste I don't really play enough games to compare with the Original hardware, to say it's not quite right. So I am easily pleased. It's refreshing to see the developer srg320_ say it's not quite accurate, maybe it's not possible to make them 100% accurate, there might be a limitation in the number of logic elements to spare, or something else. It's still a great way to enjoy some hardware, such as the Sharp X68000, which is way too expensive and fiddly to enjoy.

@hste Ever since I first got a MiSter, (2019) the running meme, has been that FPGA is better than software emulation, always will be by some magic. I do think it's quite good, but judging by the number of core updates its a work in progress, as they get closer to near perfect. I think most of us have a more nuanced view of these FPGA by now, though I still love it for running consoles on my 15kHz CRT monitor.

Retro Game Mechanics did a deep dive into Pacman and showed how the code worked for each ghost. No AI to see sorry. However, the "journalist" is on borrowed time. I think AI is already scraping the Internet for stories and publishing them. One wonders if It will eventually make accidents happen to get "exclusives".

I just pledged 320lbs for the Next+Accel. I read it can emulate the C64 plus others, and it has a dev environment, so hopefully I can use it for writing a crap game in my retirement.

@Fighting_Game_Loser Spot on. I think there is a lot of jealousy out there, man-childs who hate that someone has something they don't possess. Everyone enjoys Retro gaming in their own way, I often spend more time reading about the programmers' stories than actually playing games. I do like early arcade games, nothing too complex.

VGE puts out some seriously good content, so I am glad to hear he is expanding the studio. I do enjoy the obscure retro and the FPGA content the most.

I loved this game on the PC in 1993. Will try and check out the Documentary, the history of it will be interesting.

Sounds like a great product they are producing. I got the RGL Speccy last Xmas, and only used it a few times. I did notice my MiSTer does the Speccy NEXT, so I will prob pass on this most awesome project. update, I did pledge for the Next+Accelerator, so I am gonna hopefully get one.

@MegaManFan Thanks for that. I installed Arch and got it running normally. but it skips the Intro on the Mister core, but it may be runnable in a few weeks on there. I did resist the Everdrive cart as it will not work they say.

It runs on the MiSTer Megadrive Core. But not fully. The graphics seem different than the Retroarch Core.

I never bought a game to keep it in the cellophane. So this might be the motivation I need to play the Switch again. I have made a few purchases in the past few years where I never played them yet. I mainly enjoy the orig hardware or the MiSTer, the older games are more fun I guess than modern stuff for me anyhow.

Would be nice to get the keyboard for the Unit I ordered in February. So far it has not been advertised separately. There was an opportunity for existing KB owners to send them in for an update, so i wonder what function I will miss out on when I get mine in Dec or whenever.

I watched the Youtube documentaries on their poor behaviour, thankfully I have never felt the need to purchase their collectors edition of anything. There is too much form on this company cutting corners, the CEO/COO/CFO are a bunch of narcissists, pity the staff who work there, making games or whatever they do, doesn't sound fun with a tool of CEO.

The Ron Jeremy of Video games is back. If anyone gets scammed again, then you gotta wonder if you have a logic issue.

The Konami one that released about 4yrs ago, would be a better proposition, but it's out of production. It has built in games only, but unless you own a lot of HuCards and no console (unlikely) why would you want to build a collection to play on this?

The translators should setup a Patreon site to get some donations if people like their work, as the MiSTer creators do. Eventually everyone enjoys it, even those who don't pay. These guys have found a niche market making physical carts for Retro consoles, pity they have not paid attention to the person doing the translation, who has taken someone else's effort and slightly modified it. I guess my favourite is Panel Du Pon, on the SNES, even the NSO version is still in Japanese. Some of the comments by the PdP characters are a bit strong.

I have played with the MiSTer Core, people say it's not developed, but it seems to work on many titles, and you can run it on an RGB CRT monitor. I would possibly be interested in the new release, but if it's crazy expensive, then I would probably let it pass. I did 3D print a case, with a view to putting a Pi3B in it, but I haven't got there yet.

Sounds about as honest as everything else that has preceded it. I still cannot believe anyone would have willingly given money to these scammers, you just look at them and you know they are not serious people except in taking your money.

These guys are blatant scammers. Why did they ask for 3pounds of money and take 400pounds? Because they are in it to make a much money as possible without doing anything. Just buy a MiSTer or MisterPi and get most of the features and still have some money left over.

Good to see this project has gone from DOA to a case redesign in 24hrs. Now it kinda looks like Vader's voice amplifier, or a giant harmonica (take yr pick!) Seriously, this is not going into production soon, if ever.......

@notreallyhere TRUE. Plenty of bad stuff going down In Alice. We have some nice old forests down south towards Albany, the timber has been exploited for decades, but still some big trees exist. I think I tried Daytona USA a few times, those types of games don't really interest me now. The Retro Arcade games, like Galaga, Pacman, Joust, Robotron and Tetris keep me enthralled for my fun, spend more time reading about games now than playing them.

@notreallyhere We got a healthy black market economy in WA, plenty of tradies doing well, and like to buy some drugs on the side. The mining of Iron Ore and Natural Gas, Gold, makes WA quite a bit better off than the east coast. Anyone coping the Yanks would likely be the younger Tik-Tok generation, the rest of us oldies barely can understand what they are talking about...

Hey I live in Landsdale WA, this is no real surprise. There are a lot of bikies in the suburb, so drugs is often traded for cash. I wonder if my wife would let me take this off their hands, without the cash inside, presumably. We had a few murders as well, this is what you get when society deterioriates.

I see that Aliexpress has a cheap version and a more expensive version of the cartridge, complete with dip switches. I think it's just an FPGA chip inside the cartridge. I recommend buying the NES WC switch version with the gold Cartridge and repurpose that into a cartridge. Or just buy the one at Auction.......