/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5188378]

thoughts on the MiSTer FPGA system?

[Anonymous No.5188394]

It has a lot of potential, but for now is crap worse than software emulation.

[Anonymous No.5188493]

>>5188378
Recreating the original consoles on FPGAs seems like a really great idea from a conservation perspective. But the basic problem remains that there's still too much unknown about the original hardware to recreate it accurately, regardless of whether you do so in hardware or software.

[Anonymous No.5188548]

>>5188394
I basically agree with this, though some of the arcade cores are better than MAME now.

I wouldn't bother with it for mainstream consoles that already have good software emulators, but I could see it becoming a really great platform for more obscure systems. It's also progressing really quickly right now, so yeah, pretty exciting.

[Anonymous No.5189231]

I wouldn't bother with it right now except for the early arcade games and support for less common platforms. If you're just sticking to 8- and 16-bit systems from Nintendo and Sega, there are better alternatives.

That said, it looks like it'll be really promising in the long term. I prefer the original hardware experience (largely for sentimental reasons), but this could really be a tempting option in the future.

[Anonymous No.5189238]

I look forward to it becoming something cohesive and realiable.

[Anonymous No.5189245]

Going to get one for the arcade cores in a month or so. I want to see how close to original arcade display refresh rates and input latency I can get with the classics it plays.