Would the upcoming Neo-Geo core suffice?
I agree - the MiSTer definitely lives up to the hype. Well, with the well-maintained cores anyway. I never got much into software emulation because it always "felt off" but with most MiSTer cores I doubt I'd ever be able to tell the difference from original hardware in a blind side-by-side matchup. It's getting harder to justify Everdrives for OG consoles when the MiSTer gives you the same functionality. I'm still keeping my original games and consoles for now at least but I expect a day will come where something will snap where I'll sell it all and just keep the MiSTer.
I will suck Mister's cawk every chance I get, if you're at all interested then it's completely worth it. I'm mostly in it for the arcade stuff, and as hard as it's been since I'm emotionally attached to the big stupid plastic carts, I've been slowly shuffling my MVS games away after I did a hard side-by-side with my 4 slot and I could not tell a difference at all. The Capcom CPS1 and CPS1.5 cores are so good that it's completely cooled any desire to pick up any of them, and I don't have the real deal DoDonPachi pcb because I'm a dirty poor but it plays fantastically and I can't imagine anyone besides Japanese superplayers complaining about the implementation.
The value proposition of Mister is insane for someone who's been priced out of the market cause of shelf queens, if you just want to play games authentically then it's a no brainer. I still love my real hardware but when issues start appearing with your expensive, fragile shit it makes you evaluate why you even bother
Also don't understand the "complex" complaints, maybe I'm just more technically inclined but the update-all script will massage your titties for you while it grabs everything. It'll even download the correct arcade roms like a wizard. From someone who's set up Pi's and GroovyMame it's really not that bad
I agree - the MiSTer definitely lives up to the hype. Well, with the well-maintained cores anyway. I never got much into software emulation because it always "felt off" but with most MiSTer cores I doubt I'd ever be able to tell the difference from original hardware in a blind side-by-side matchup. It's getting harder to justify Everdrives for OG consoles when the MiSTer gives you the same functionality. I'm still keeping my original games and consoles for now at least but I expect a day will come where something will snap where I'll sell it all and just keep the MiSTer.
You really need the right setup for software emulation to be imperceivable for good emulators . Usually that means a powerful computer to take advantage of runahead/frame delay,, 120 hz monitor/crt for video output, low-lag controller input and windows 7. Also outputting the correct refresh rate with groovymame or its alternatives to your monitor.
They are really the only FPGA core authors I know, so I'm kind of curious who the others are you're referring to. People who worked on old arcade cores, I guess?Do you think most FPGA authors are as meticulous as Jotego or Kevtris (analogue mini/super nt mini) and a few others i've forgot?
Thanks for the rundown! I have an IO board for my mister, and would use a stereo amp for audio either way.Here's the pros and cons:
I think PorkchopExpress will open up another round of orders soon-ish. It still isn’t shipping yet-he wants it to be 100% right before releasing it. Input lag is less than 1 ms on MiSTercade; not sure what it is on a JPAC.It's a bummer that you can't buy a Mistercade. I've been checking on the page close to every day, but no dice.
A JPAC only accepts 15khz video so depending on what cores you’re using you may have to customize your mister.ini file. Every core also has to be bound manually the first time you use it.> to instantly setup video output
I thought the j-pac was essentially a pass-through video amp and all the configuration would be on the mister anyway?