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What happened to The Simpsons?

What happened to The Simpsons?

I am quite sure I see Simpsons game at arcades list before. I have feeling I even started it and watch intro etc. I haven’t really played it so much but now I was going to..

Couldn’t find game anywhere.. How ever find it at arcade offsets..

Now game starts like this…

It’s not possible play Simpsons anymore..

u/Mika73x — 4 days ago

Youtube Core is availabile for testing

I wanted a YouTube Mister core that I could use on my CRT TV. YouTube has official 80s/90s cartoons and shows uploaded, such as He-Man, The Real Ghostbusters, TMNT, old WCW, WWF, and Power Rangers.
There is also lots of unofficial stuff from the 80s and 90s, from old game shows to old commercials. There is a lot of cool old stuff on YouTube if you ditch the algorithm and feeds and go looking.

You can manually type in YouTube URLs (or their shorter IDs) or use a text file with playlists, IDs, and channel names, which is much easier. 480p is not recommended (you could overclock however and try).
I wanted a way to watch old TV shows from the 90s on my CRT TV, from YouTube without downloading, putting on Plex or Jellyfin, etc that have been uploaded over the years.
Streaming past 360p sadly pushes the ARM on the Mister to the max.
It also has cropping modes for incorrectly uploaded content or normal widescreen content to fit the 4:3 screen. It also works via HDMI at the same time, but you would be better off just using something else if you're using HDMI with more power than the ARM on the MiSTer, but works for people without analogue boards.
https://github.com/killer1500nw/MiSTer-YouTube

u/SnooWoofers8972 — 4 days ago

I need to pick your brains on which clone or original to go for?

Alright. Please bear with me. I need to know yes / no / which options for a few things which I need actual people's input on.

I have wanted a MiSTer since they came out essentially. And now there are other options too. I want it for pretty much all the cores it has to offer really. What I mostly want to know is regarding display output. What hardware has / what can have VGA output? And from that what hardware with suitable firmware / cores (that actually exist) supports Y/C, 15KHz RGBS analog and CGA output (with suitable level / other adapters of course). EGA would be a bonus but I don't know if there would be enough signal lines for that.
Essentially I want to be able to use suitable monitors with the cores. Or at least suitable classes of monitor to save a lot of swapping around.
Added bonus if there's a fairly easy way to graft one into a JAMMA cabinet. It'd almost be worth me getting a second one specifically for that.

I've been seeing things like the HamGeek version has trouble with more complex cores. Is this true? If the cores are compatible I can't imagine why.

I've got a lot of old hardware. It's not getting any younger and neither am I. I'd like to be able to use my stuff, or at least decent simulations of it without needing to shuffle everything in and out of where they are stored. Also I can't overlook it as an FPGS development platform. It looks pretty complete to me.

I welcome any input. Because I'm having trouble finding quality information about video standard compatibility.

Adding to that I have no trouble making my own hardware so I'm not fazed by needing to make active adapters or whatever.

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u/CreepyValuable — 4 days ago

MiSTerVision v1.7.0 Released

MiSTerVision v1.7.0, a Jellyfin and Plex client for MiSTer, is available for your #MiSTerFPGA:

  • An artwork preview lets you choose the next episode when one finishes. There’s no countdown or autoplay.
  • Skip intros, credits, and other segments when Plex or Jellyfin supplies the markers. The prompt disappears after eight seconds and returns with Up/Down while the segment is active.
  • Mark movies and episodes watched or unwatched from their preview. Lists show the watched status beside the duration.
  • Open music repeat/shuffle with Select. X changes the background.
  • Hold Left/Right to keep seeking. Hold Start for two seconds to bring up exit confirmation from anywhere.
  • List spacing is more consistent, and loading and seeking overlays have rounded corners. The controls and next-episode flow have been tested on my MiSTer, alongside automated provider, playback, input, rendering, and updater checks.

https://github.com/trentnix/mistervisio ... tag/v1.7.0

Update through About or your existing Downloader registration. The same package supports CRT and HDMI and preserves settings and sign-in.

u/TrentNix — 4 days ago

Update_all new games/cores?

I have used https://misterzine.fyi/releases/ to check new Mister games. It’s great site, but many games there aren’t at update all.

But is it possible check somehow if something new is added to update all? Other than run script.

u/Mika73x — 5 days ago

Mister scripts?

So far I have just used update, update all, Bluetooth, WiFi. But there’s many other scripts at Mister. Is there some other script that should use and can I find info of other Mister scripts that are out there?

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u/Mika73x — 5 days ago

4rd Strike (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike hack) running on MiSTer

I got Street Fighter III 4rd Strike running on the MiSTer using Jotego's CPS-3 core and a custom MRA file.

The MRA is here:

https://github.com/Stegosaur982/4rd-strike-mister

I've only done a brief test so far, so further gameplay testing is needed. Feedback from anyone who tries it on their own MiSTer setup is welcome.

About 4rd Strike

4rd Strike (4rd Arrange Edition 2013) is a fan-made hack of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike that rebalances the game and modifies character moves and combos.

Features include:

  • Rebalanced characters and gameplay.
  • Gill playable in Arcade and Versus modes.
  • New and modified moves, including changes to existing characters' move sets.
  • Expanded combo and super possibilities.
  • Changes intended to offer an alternative to the original 3rd Strike experience.
u/blue-flight — 5 days ago

How do you keep your arcade cores organized?

In my PC I have a folder with many projects being cloned fron github, including mister arcade cores from meathax, kuzearcade, ppriest, xelanotpu, etc….. I know some devs emphatize the use of adding their db.json url on the download.ini to fetch the latest updates but it feels odd some devs have their own folder for their cores and others prefers to have their cores in the same folder as the mister_devel ones. I can make a script to fetch all of the cores and keep separated by developer (i think pixel cherry ninja does that on his mister) but Im still looking for ideas

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u/P-Pablo — 5 days ago

Automatically show newest cores?

Is there any way, with update_all or some other script, to somehow identify the latest cores / MRAs added to my system? I don’t mean updated cores, I mean net new ones.

I know update_all shows a list of new and updated files every time you run it, and can call up a timeline view.

I’m looking for something that persists and is navigable through the main MiSTer UI… eg, as adirectory called something like LATEST. Thanks.

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u/corysnyder28 — 5 days ago

Finally plugged the mister into my cab

My poor candy cab. It's been a virtual striker machine,a pc running mame,an xbox360 and now finally a mister. I have no idea why I've waited so song to do this but damn it's so good. That's my weekend sorted.

u/greggers1980 — 12 days ago
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QMTECH + ArcadeXpress RGB Sync Issue

Hi! I just received my QMTECH Mister but I'm having trouble getting a stable output. I'm using this ArcadeXpress Cable and i have the USB cable hooked up to 5V. In my Mister.ini i have composite_sync=1 and vga_mode=rgb. Thank you all so much!

UPDATE: I finally got it to work! It turns out the sync voltage might’ve been too low for my particular CRT. Inside the ArcadeXpress cable, there’s a 1k ohm resistor between the sync signal and SCART pin 20. For a quick test I removed it completely and boom: I got a stable and normal image on my CRT!

HOWEVER it has been brought to my attention that completely leaving out the resistor is potentially harmful to the CRT. The VGA port on the MiSTer “outputs sync at 3.3vp_p (point to point)” which is way too high for what a TV usually expects. As user u/Medic8ted told me:

>TV wants at least 0.3v (actually 0.286 iirc, but we tend to round up), though up to even ~1v is "safe".

>[..] We should lower that 3.3vp_p sync voltage to be safe. I think you should be good to replace that 1K with a smaller value, such as ~330, 470, 510, 560, 620 ohms. That will still give you a sync around 0.3 - 0.6 vp_p which is fine.

>What would I choose? 470 ohms... or any of the ones I've listed already.

So I would highly recommend replacing the current resistor with a 470 ohm resistor to keep the sync signal at a safe level for the CRT and also maximise compatibility! Thanks to everyone who helped me.

TL;DR what fixed my issues was changing out the 1k ohm resistor for a 470 ohm resistor in my VGA to SCART ArcadeXpress cable.

u/ik_pieta — 13 days ago

MiSTer Connect 1.2 is out! Play stats, cover grid, games metadata, filters and a new Discover tab

Hey everyone! Back with the 1.2 update of MiSTer Connect, the iOS/Android app for wizzo's Remote. Like last time, a lot of this came straight from your comments and DMs, so thank you, keep them coming.

The bit on the MiSTer side

I wanted two things most for this release: a nicer way to browse games with covers, and play stats. For the stats, the data was already there: mrext's PlayLog quietly records every game you play, but nothing could read it back. So I added a few read-only endpoints to Remote that serve PlayLog's history to any client, and u/wizzo merged them and baked a release this morning: it's on Update All now. The same release also fixes PlayLog missing a game that's already running when it starts, so that time isn't lost from your stats anymore.

Fun (and not requested) fact: testing all of this meant playing Super Metroid for 3 hours straight. Oh noooooo, such hard work! 🤣

What's new in the app

  • Stats tab: time played, sessions, streaks, your top games and systems, plus a Recently Played row and a live play timer on Home
  • Game details page: tap any game for its cover, year, genre, developer, number of players and a short description. The play button still launches it right away
  • Cover grid: your library as a wall of covers, resize it with a pinch (PRO)
  • Filters everywhere: genre, decade, players, region, developer, played or never played, favorites only. And you can save any filter as its own section in the Games tab
  • Discover: a surprise pick, your top 10, couch multiplayer, party games and themed shelves, all built from your own collection
  • Favorites are now a carousel next to Recently Played
  • D-pad taps always get through now, even quick ones (thanks to everyone who reported it!)

To get the stats working: run Update All so you have today's Remote, then run playlog from the Scripts menu and say Yes when it asks to start at boot, so it keeps recording after every restart. PlayLog also needs recents=1 in your MiSTer.ini, the full guide is here: https://github.com/wizzomafizzo/mrext/blob/main/docs/playlog.md

The Stats tab has a little checklist that tells you if anything is still missing.

Same deal as always: everything the original Remote does is free in the app and stays free. The one-time PRO unlock (no subscription) covers the extras. No accounts, no tracking, it all stays on your LAN (apart from downloading covers and game info, of course).

Giveaway, round three! 3 PRO codes for iOS and 3 for Android in the first comment, first come first served. Please reply with the one you took so the next person doesn't waste time on it.

Tell me what you think and what's still missing, the 1.3 list is already open (and already has some nice stuff in it).

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mister-connect-fpga-remote/id6789198386

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.devcells.misterwingman

u/tratriod — 14 days ago
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New hybrid core (beta): Dethrace-MiSTer, with native 15kHz on CRT, HDMI, gamepad support and OSD options

Hey all! I've been working on getting Carmageddon (1997) running on the MiSTer, and the first beta is out.

GitHub: https://github.com/ItsDanik/Dethrace_MiSTer

Download: https://github.com/ItsDanik/Dethrace_MiSTer/releases

What is it?

It's a hybrid core, so to be upfront: the FPGA does not recreate a 90s PC. The game is Dethrace, the open source reimplementation of Carmageddon, and it runs on the MiSTer's ARM CPU. The FPGA core handles everything around it:

  • Video: native 320x200 at 15kHz, straight to your CRT, or through the MiSTer scaler and filters on HDMI
  • Audio: sound effects, CD music and cutscene audio at 44.1kHz
  • Input: keyboard, mouse and gamepads through the usual MiSTer input system

The two halves talk through shared memory. In practice, you load it from the menu like any other core and it just starts.

What you need

  • Your own copy of Carmageddon. No game data is included. The original CD or the GOG release (Carmageddon Max Pack) both work.

Installation

  1. Download `Dethrace_YYYYMMDD.zip` from the releases page and extract it to the root of your SD card. You get the game and its launcher:
  • _Other/Dethrace_YYYYMMDD.rbf
  • games/Dethrace/`
  1. Copy the game's DATA folder to `/media/fat/games/Dethrace/DATA`
  2. (Optional, GOG release) copy the MUSIC folder to `/media/fat/games/Dethrace/MUSIC` for the CD soundtrack
  3. Run "danik_hybrid_cores" from the Scripts menu in your MiSTer. This only needs to be done once for any of my hybrid cores. If you have the Wolfenstein3D or the Shadow Warrior core installed, you don't need to do this.
  4. Load Dethrace from the Other menu. Done.

Quitting from the game's main menu takes you back to the MiSTer menu.

Controls

Keyboard works like on the PC. Gamepad defaults in a race:

  • D-pad / left stick: Steer
  • B (Xbox A / PS Cross): Accelerate
  • Y (Xbox X / PS Square): Brake
  • A (Xbox B / PS Circle): Handbrake
  • X (Xbox Y / PS Triangle): Change view
  • LB / RB: Repair / Map
  • Select: Recover
  • Start: Pause

Want triggers for gas and brake? Assign them in Define Dethrace buttons. MiSTer's default mapping can't use triggers, so you have to set them once yourself.

OSD options

Sound Volume / Music Volume: independent master volumes for effects and music

Renderer: Optimized (default) or Original. The optimized one is a rewrite of the hot rasteriser loops. The picture is the same, byte for byte, and it's about 1.6x faster.

Menu OK / Menu Back: which gamepad buttons act as Enter/Esc in the game's menus. The default follows your MiSTer menu's OK/Back buttons, and the same button can also be a race control (e.g. Handbrake in a race, OK in menus).

Performance

Racing runs at around **35-40 fps** on average in my testing. It dips in busy scenes, and the exact number depends on the in-game detail settings. The 3D renderer is pure software on the ARM, so this is where most of the work has gone.

Known limitations

  • 320x200 only. The 640x480 mode was too slow on the ARM, so I dropped it.
  • Requires MiSTer Frontier for launching
  • Triggers need to be mapped manually (see above)

Bug reports and feedback are very welcome. Please open an issue on GitHub and attach `/media/fat/logs/Dethrace/dethrace.log` if something goes wrong.

Credits

  • The Dethrace team (Jeff Harris and contributors) for the reimplementation that makes all of this possible
  • Argonaut Software for BRender, released under the MIT license
  • Sorgelig and the MiSTer-devel contributors for the framework and template

Not affiliated with or endorsed by SCi, Stainless Software or THQ Nordic. Bring your own game data.

Have fun, and watch out for the pedestrians!

u/Spiritual_Weight_760 — 13 days ago

New Nintendo DS Core (Release Candidate)

A new beta core for the Nintendo DS is out today.

New standalone launcher, support for 512 MiB games, and the original DS firmware menu.

This is a release candidate. Many games are playable, but graphics, sound, and compatibility still have rough edges.

u/thesuperspy — 12 days ago
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Zaparoo Update 2.0 & Frontend 2.0

Zaparoo Frontend 2.0 is out, along with Zaparoo Update 2.0.

I've been working with u/wizzo, and this release introduces a whole new UI rendering system that makes the experience faster and smoother. There are also plenty of other features and improvements.

You can give it a try from Update All's Frontends menu in the Settings Screen.

Full public post with more details and demo videos here: https://www.patreon.com/theypsilon/posts/zaparoo-update-2-171236952

u/theypsilon — 13 days ago
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Tapdeck — a new Android companion app for browsing and launching your MiSTer library. Oh and its free, nish, nada, zip

[effacé]

u/[deleted] — 13 days ago

Updateall Afterburner, Buck Rogers, Turbo Mame Roms wont work?

All 3 give error of missing file when try play those arcades.

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u/Mika73x — 12 days ago