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[VGEsoterica]

Because FPGA is the hottest thing in retro gaming lately and the Terasic DE-10 has basically hit the logic element ceiling on Sega Saturn from Srg320 and N64 from FPGAZumSpass

and considering Taki Udon and Retro Remake successfully cloned the DE-10 and have been able to hit a sub-$200 price point for a full system and have more on the way, an Agilex 5 based FPGA board could be that speed spot for the next generation of FPGA gaming platforms. Think Dreamcast and DS levels of FPGA recreation

plus...shiny new hardware is so shiny

 

[Walter Matthau]

I love MiSTer, but I think I'd sit this one out for awhile until there's a few exclusive cores. I guess in theory some of the extra power could be used to enhance currently existing cores with the type of features generally reserved for software emulators. That'll likely be the more immediate benefit.

 

[Sp3eD]

As much as I like your videos on all this stuff, I don't think I would ever call FPGA the "hottest" thing in retro gaming. If anything it's still ultra niche and nowhere close to where the handheld retro market is now. Steam deck, AYN, Retroid, and ANBERNIC have been eating that lunch for well over a year now.

 

[VGEsoterica]

As much as I like your videos on all this stuff, I don't think I would ever call FPGA the "hottest" thing in retro gaming. If anything it's still ultra niche and nowhere close to where the handheld retro market is now. Steam deck, AYN, Retroid, and ANBERNIC have been eating that lunch for well over a year now.

its getting bigger and more widespread and I bet in 5-10 years you see a lot more FPGA consoles than ever before. More companies are jumping into the game

 

[evanft]

MiSTer is such a meme. The whole thing exists as an exist for retro gaming enthusiasts to spend more money on things they'll use for five minutes, post on the reddit for the upvotes, and then never touch again. Just use software emulation.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Great video as usual VGEsoterica .

I assume some kind of consolized version will be way far out, but this looks awesome.

I'll be diving into FPGA with the SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ release, and I'm pretty damn excited.

 

[LazyParrot]

MiSTer is such a meme. The whole thing exists as an exist for retro gaming enthusiasts to spend more money on things they'll use for five minutes, post on the reddit for the upvotes, and then never touch again. Just use software emulation.

I dunno, I'm perfectly happy with software emulation myself, but every single person I know who bought one uses it as their daily driver, including those who own the actual consoles.

 

[Spukc]

MiSTer is such a meme. The whole thing exists as an exist for retro gaming enthusiasts to spend more money on things they'll use for five minutes, post on the reddit for the upvotes, and then never touch again. Just use software emulation.

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[Walter Matthau]

Great video as usual VGEsoterica .

I assume some kind of consolized version will be way far out, but this looks awesome.

I'll be diving into FPGA with the SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ release, and I'm pretty damn excited.

Taki is behind it so it might not take too long. SuperStation looks awesome btw.

As much as I like your videos on all this stuff, I don't think I would ever call FPGA the "hottest" thing in retro gaming. If anything it's still ultra niche and nowhere close to where the handheld retro market is now. Steam deck, AYN, Retroid, and ANBERNIC have been eating that lunch for well over a year now.

Agreed, it's a distant second to emulation handhelds.

That said, FPGA is getting increasingly popular. Pocket was the first surge, then the release of Gen 5 cores, and lately it's been Taki's MiSTer clones that have kicked up interest and he's working on a handheld MiSTer. The value proposition is improving.

MiSTer is such a meme. The whole thing exists as an exist for retro gaming enthusiasts to spend more money on things they'll use for five minutes, post on the reddit for the upvotes, and then never touch again. Just use software emulation.

I don't think that's unique or inherent to MiSTer or FPGA. A good chunk of the emulation community is more in love with the idea of retro gaming rather than actually playing any of the games. It's always about getting the right device or controllers, spending days tweaking CFW and building out a giant game library only to sample a few games for a little bit and move on to the next one.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Great video as usual VGEsoterica .

I assume some kind of consolized version will be way far out, but this looks awesome.

I'll be diving into FPGA with the SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ release, and I'm pretty damn excited.

oh yeah we aren't talking 2025. Maybe not even 2026. If Taki's board does what devs need and it can be the next platform I don't think you'd really see traction til maybe Summer 26. First is creating the underlying framework, then porting cores (still Quartus so its easier but its not "free") and then dev time on making any core that already doesn't exist.

I think you'd see improvements to the N64 and Saturn cores on memory timings first before you say any "cores MiSTer cant handle"

 

[evanft]

I don't think that's unique or inherent to MiSTer or FPGA. A good chunk of the emulation community is more in love with the idea of retro gaming rather than actually playing any of the games. It's always about getting the right device or controllers, spending days tweaking CFW and building out a giant game library only to sample a few games for a little bit and move on to the next one.

I don't think you're wrong on this one, either.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

oh yeah we aren't talking 2025. Maybe not even 2026. If Taki's board does what devs need and it can be the next platform I don't think you'd really see traction til maybe Summer 26. First is creating the underlying framework, then porting cores (still Quartus so its easier but its not "free") and then dev time on making any core that already doesn't exist.

I think you'd see improvements to the N64 and Saturn cores on memory timings first before you say any "cores MiSTer cant handle"

Getting scaler tech in there as you mentioned in the video would allow for an amazing device.

 

[StereoVsn]

Getting scaler tech in there as you mentioned in the video would allow for an amazing device.

A scaler plus more powerful Android chip so it can run some niceties with better interface, cheats, 16x9 and so on would be nice.