r/MiSTerFPGA

Apparently you can attach a external CD/DVD reader to any FPGA device and it should be able to read physical games and play them on your mister. Apparently some people have made their FPGA's look like a console similar to these which honestly look better designed than the SuperStation One.

https://pukepals.com/2025/06/05/mister-fpga-console/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MiSTerFPGA/comments/zfwwdt/mister_fpga_final_form_for_now/

Granted I don't think either of these play discs and I think they are just cases but how hard would it be to make a mister similar to these? If not, is it worth buying one of those basic misters that look like a small box that is the same size of a soda can and just attach a disc reader to it? If I do that is there an option for a console like menu similar to what the SuperStation One has where it shows the box art of the game and some screenshots of what the game is? Some frontends for emulators like ES-DE do this so I am curious if this is available?

I've been wondering if I should pick up an old Atari to get that analog experience.

I’m curious. What are the technical limitations of the MiSTer that would prevent games like Astron Belt or Begas Battle to run on it? I haven’t seen any of these mentioned as possible cores and it would seem to be fairly easy.

I was a Patreon sub couple years ago for some analogue pocket dabbling but haven't really been for a while and to my recollection not at all for mister.

I have read some mixed things about their DRM practices:

1- if I unsubscribe down the road, do existing cores I downloaded still work? They do with Jotego as long as you keep the key and do not update them anymore. Seems this is tied specifically to hardware device ID though and more than just dropping a zip in mame folder.

2- Is it really only tied to one mister device? Even true if I unsubscribe and use the expired ones, assuming it works like Jotego's?

3- Can you unsubscribe and re-subscribe down the road if their output is lacking for several months or just tight on funds? I like supporting good dev work, but I can't be a Patreon sub person of like too many people at any given time - paralysis of subscriptions. I've also heard they ban people for being vocal about DRM practices and other things quite easily, so don't want to cause myself to get banned but I dont know if I can commit to a lifetime of having a sub with them (but surely plan to subscribe more than just one month and bail).

TIA. Not intended to cause drama / just get answers.

This first release was shared over on the MiSTer FPGA forum. I tested both myself and they’re running (slowly, as stated in the post). I never thought I’d see the day these games would be available and I can’t wait to see if some speed can be gained.

I am just curious.

I don't believe improved specs would yield obviously beneficial results until some barely possible feats are achieved and the Core Devs are still pushing the DE10 to run some surprising (hybrid) Cores so it is hard to say what would be an effective upgrade.

My super station one won't show any signal when using component cables

Recent poll showed more than half of users here spend the majority of their time sourcing, converting, and testing ROMs.

What ROMs have you yet to find? Obscure titles/Consoles? Homebrews?

It seems like between Torrentleech and the Internet Archive all major commercial releases are covered.

Sorry for the niave question, but when you see people who know way more about something doing it differently than you, it's a good time to ask a dumb question.

2 Weeks into my MiSTer project.

Going well so far but feel like I'm still weeks away from completion as I envision it.

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My main use cases are for Sega and arcade games. I'm looking for something that ideally features all of the following, ranked in order of importance:

• 6 face buttons
• analog triggers
• analog sticks
• wired
• 4 total shoulder buttons (2 bumpers, 2 triggers)

A 6-button layout is required for many Genesis, Saturn, and arcade games to feel natural. Analog triggers and sticks are a must for arcade racing games.

A wireless controller would be *okay* but only if it can also function when wired and does not require a wireless receiver to operate. I use a lot of my stuff in public settings (conventions, tournaments) and prefer it to be tethered when possible.

Retro-bit's Saturn Pro Controller is very, very close to what I'm looking for. I've had one for over a year and am very satisfied with it, especially after the firmware update that allows it to function over USB instead of wireless. It has more or less the exact layout that I'm looking for. I just wish it (1) had analog triggers and (2) didn't duplicate button assignments between C+Z and L+R, instead treating all 4 of those buttons independently. (That second problem isn't as big of a deal; I can live with something that essentially has only one distinct pair of shoulder buttons so long as they're analog.)

Is there anything out there that does everything I'm looking for or is this as close as I'm gonna get?

https://preview.redd.it/oow8zs403djh1.png?width=1360&format=png&auto=webp&s=fcd51047524aea8cfbf4e3f3f202fbecab0ee486

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An FPGA implementation of Sega's G80 color-vector arcade hardware for the

MiSTer FPGA platform.

The initial release includes Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator and

Tac/Scan, two distinctive 1982 space games built on the same hardware.

Star Trek puts the Enterprise under direct command. Read the tactical scanner,

fight through the forward view, fire phasers and photon torpedoes, engage

impulse or warp, and listen to familiar bridge voices guide the mission.

Tac/Scan takes a very different approach, placing a formation of up to seven

fighters under one rotary control. Rebuild the squadron, fire every ship in a

single salvo, survive attacks from changing perspectives, and guide the fleet

through its glowing space-warp tunnel. In 1982, this gave Tac/Scan extraordinary

firepower for an arcade shooter: as many as seven player ships could fire at

once.

This core is a collaboration between alanswx and Videodr0me. The

original G80V machine core and speech implementation were created by alanswx

from Sega hardware documentation and Aaron Giles' detailed G80 research in

MAME.

Videodr0me rebuilt the vector generator for high-resolution raster

presentation, integrated the CRT-effects pipeline, added video modes and

geometry controls, expanded input support, and refined Universal Sound Board

filtering and mixing from Sega schematics and manuals.

Download here: https://github.com/Videodr0me/Arcade-SegaG80V_MiSTer

Anyone know of an adapter for the Virtual boy controller, for the new VB core?