r/MiSTerFPGA

I'm looking for a PS1 SNAC adapter that's compatible with the PS1 Densha/Jet De Go Controllers.

I was eyeing the MisterAddons SNAX but unfortunately the reflex cable is out of stock. Are there any suitable alternatives?

Yes yes, I know, another one of these. Sorry.

I got my SuperStation One yesterday, which was very exciting for me. I'm about to order a larger microSD card, but I wanted to get some opinions on controllers. Here's what I was thinking for the big ones:

PS1 - I have a DualShock 2, so no worries there.

NES/SNES - I was thinking of getting a Mayflash adapter for my SNES controller. And I think I'd use it for other systems that have few buttons. There are some USB-A ports in the back, so it should be fine.

Sega - So this is the big one. I don't have a Sega controller. Retrobit has a controller that has the six face buttons and two analog sticks, so that covers quite a lot for Genesis and Saturn games, but the triggers aren't analog. On the other hand, I don't think many Saturn games utilized analog triggers. I have an Xbox controller that I had been using to test the SuperStation, and that could do the job. If I've never played a Sega game before, would I really be missing out if I don't use a similarly-shaped controller?

Thanks in advance!

Over the past couple of months, I developed Game Populator, a PowerShell based utility for preparing and copying game libraries tailored to the MiSTer environment. The idea behind this project was really just a more simple way for me to not have to manually copy files from multiple sources whenever preparing a drive (SMB share) for the MiSTer environment.

If you keep your downloads/backups in another location in another format or archived, this utility can be mapped to those locations and then copied to either a SMB share or an external USB drive. Whenever there is a console refresh or you have new files to add, you don't need to manually copy from multiple different locations.

After going through all the public console cores, I believe that everything possible is here to configure. If there is a new public released console, the repository will be updated. Additionally, if there is a public console or feature set that isn't included, let me know so that it can be possibly added.

Also has:

1. Region support (based on file name)
2. Folder subsetting at 256 files (changeable)
3. HTGDB type naming scheme for add-ons like hacks, [T-En], etc.

If you have time, check it out - https://github.com/cosmickatamari/game-populator

Hi all, with my super station out of the box and my CRT that is modded for SCART, my vga to scart connection goes black after showing the OSD for the first time after boot. If I set the ini file to be RGB instead of SUBCARRIER it works great. Any expertise offered in this matter would be appreciated.

Hey everyone! I have a MiSTER Pi and I’ve been playing some N64 games on it and I get some relatively noticeable slowdown occasionally in Banjo Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing, depending on where in the map I am. This has made me wonder: is there any way to tell whether or not this lag is just how the N64 runs or if it’s my system not working properly? I feel like it’s probably the former, just wondering.

I’ve run mem test and got 150 MHz. Any thoughts?

Apologies if this has been asked before, but how do I change the boot up of the PSX core to be the classic Playstation style?

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Hello!

I want to share a project that I've been working on. It allows the MisterFPGA to use the Steam Controller as a controller (rather than just as a mouse or keyboard). It's in what I consider to be an alpha or beta state. It supports both the Steam Controller and Steam Controller Puck (and having multiple controllers attached; though, I haven't been able to test this as I only have one Steam Controller). It maps the touchpads as joystick inputs, but I plan on making this toggleable between joystick inputs and mouse inputs. It's also missing rumble, but that is the next feature I plan on adding.

If you want to try it out, download and place this in your scripts directory (and run it):
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bnpfeife/scwrapper/refs/heads/main/Scripts/scwrapper.sh

If you want to view the code, or make modifications, the code can be found at:
https://github.com/bnpfeife/scwrapper

I'm thinking about writing a technical overview of the project, but it's somewhat complicated and I'm not sure this post will have the correct audience for the write-up. For anyone who cares, no AI was used in this project.

Edit: I added a README.md with an installation guide to the GitHub repository.

For those thinking about using the Steam Controller with the MiSTer FPGA, in this video I go over what works and what doesn't.

I am thinking of getting a MiSTer, mostly for myself but I think it could be a good way to introduce my child (almost five years old) to video games. I think it would be a good intro due to it being free from ads and internet access.

I realize it is pretty complicated for that age, but I was thinking of buying nfc stickers and sticking them to pieces of carboard, printing box art and taping to them. This would of course make choosing games simpler and more physical. It would also prevent the child from having a massive list of games to choose from, without limiting my own choices. The way I am picturing it I would start with giving them 3-5 games and gradually adding to their collection depending on their interest.

Two questions:

1. Is it really that simple, when you have set it up, to operate? Simple as turning on and putting the nfc tag close to the reader.

2. I was thinking of going for the Superstation One. I just saw a teardown video where they talked about its nfc reader not being compatible with nfc cards, but I suspect my method, with the circular nfc stickers on carboard, would work, right?

I’m sure this has been answered a million times and I think I understand it but checking things before my SS1 eventually arrives.

For classic arcade games, I had a hankering for arcade PacMan yesterday, is it the case that there are specific cores for a lot of classics that are basically the hardware wrapper but you still just use the general ROM for the game?

Are there recommended ROMs per a core or just what ever claims to be from the arcade original.

For now I have it running in Retroarch on my iPad so the itch is temporarily scratched.

Been trying to slim down my MiSTer setup by filtering cores in download.ini, but there always seem to be a few that still show up/download regardless of the filter rules.

Is there a proper/master list of all core names/categories somewhere, or a cleaner way to keep a build limited to only a few selected console cores (for example just 3 systems total) without manually hiding everything afterwards?

At the moment, update_all.sh seems to just bring a bunch of them back again.

Hi, I have a MiSTer FPGA from QMTech and a VGA-SCART cable from Retro Cables. I have a Sony Trinitron KV-21LS30E TV and I noticed right from the start that the red and blue tones appear faded, dull, in short, they are not what you would expect from those tones. the TV works correctly on the RGB AV signal (and this can be seen from the rectangle in the top right with the three dots inside, but the colors do not seem to be the same. I tried, reading the comments in this thread, to put a jumper on the 5V of the I/O board but nothing changes, that is, whether it is there or not it is the same. I had read on mister fpga forum that the Sony Trinitron have this problem and that to overcome it you need a 1K resistor on one of the pins of the scart connector, I think the 20 that of the csync. I ask anyone who uses a QMTech on a CRT, even if not Sony, how are your colors? Because in addition to the issue of having to make a modification to the cable, I would not want it to be a problem/limitation of the QMTech I/O board.

I have a Superstation One that should be arriving soon, I also want to use it to watch 4:3 content on my SD CRT TV... Is there a way to watch actual 480p content using it (preferable with PLEX, as that's where all my content is).

Can it also play 1440x1080p content and downscale it to be able to be watched on a SD CRT TV?

Thanks!