bonzobits Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Anyone else got one of these? Have had mine for a week now and loving it. For the cores that have seen a lot of development the gameplay and video experience is top notch. Haven’t played on CRT yet but for the SNES core the only lag I can detect is that added by my OLED. Playing F-Zero the lag is easily detected during gameplay. Obviously, being a straight digital solution means the video doesn’t suffer any jailbars or other interference from the conversion process to analogue nor from unshielded cables or other issues. The Genesis, Mega CD and Neo Geo cores all perform really well. I’ve never played original hardware for those two latter ones but nothing obvious or subtle has occurred in video nor audio in the time I’ve spent with either. The SMS core goes alright, but I’ve seen some issues with video here and there. Overall, the video quality is insane and input lag isn’t even noticeable. The price is pretty high though - have spent $450 on getting the unit, 128MB ram, fan and case posted over from CAM Inventions in Perth. Plus another $120-150 on a powered USB hub and converters and cables to enable use on a CRT. High price but totally worth it to me. Am partially finding it through the sale of consoles and flash carts I no longer need, and now I can enjoy crisp digital on my Panasonic OLED that didn’t play nice with anything above 2x line mode. If anyone has been sitting on the fence, just jump in. This thing is 95% wildest teenage dreams come true. The g-rated ones anyway. Hahaha Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacies Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I didn't even know this thing existed. I have a dead Tron arcade machine in my garage. So I could use this thing as the PCB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzhay1981 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks for this. I was after a tl;dr review of the Mister. Very interested for CPS1/neo stuff via a jpac. Does anyone know of an explanation anywhere of the probable limitations of the de10 device itself in terms of arcade hardware specifically? Is it unreasonable to think that it will be able to one day run cps2 roms, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted April 9, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 9, 2020 I bought one of the originals: https://github.com/mist-devel/mist-board/wiki Its a beast and I cannot complain but I haven't used it in a bit. Not much time fo hobbies at the moment. I would rate it very well as a quick and easy solution. Game Ports AND USB ports for joystick, keyboards, mice and VGA/HDMI out. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzobits Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 I didn't even know this thing existed. I have a dead Tron arcade machine in my garage. So I could use this thing as the PCB? Have only been into this thing for a couple weeks, arcade isn’t really my thing. But a quick google says the Tron / Discs of Tron (are these the same thing?) can be used with it. It has HDMI output, which can be converted to a 240p signal using the Direct Video Option and a HDMI to VGA converter. Would that do the trick for the cab? Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzobits Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks for this. I was after a tl;dr review of the Mister. Very interested for CPS1/neo stuff via a jpac. Does anyone know of an explanation anywhere of the probable limitations of the de10 device itself in terms of arcade hardware specifically? Is it unreasonable to think that it will be able to one day run cps2 roms, for example? There’s a guy Jotego who is leading the way on the CPS1 stuff. Just read that apparently CPS2 is similar to NEO GEO in terms of complexity. NEO GEO runs sweet on this thing so supposedly CPS2 should be possible. Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacies Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Have only been into this thing for a couple weeks, arcade isn’t really my thing. But a quick google says the Tron / Discs of Tron (are these the same thing?) can be used with it. It has HDMI output, which can be converted to a 240p signal using the Direct Video Option and a HDMI to VGA converter. Would that do the trick for the cab? Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade Hmmm, I am going to look in to this a bit more. To get my Tron board repaired it has to go to the USA and costs $300USD plus freight both ways. I think this little gadget is what I need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzobits Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hmmm, I am going to look in to this a bit more. To get my Tron board repaired it has to go to the USA and costs $300USD plus freight both ways. I think this little gadget is what I need! Might wanna investigate the specific core you’re after. Been having a few games of Frogger with the missus today and noticing some lag. Not Input lag but the movement of the frog hangs occasionally. Have it set at 1080 output today instead of the usual 720, maybe that’s related.... Not sure if it’s all arcade games, but I read something about many of them having their own core. Depending on how much effort went into a core, it may or may not be close enough for everyone’s needs/preferences. This thing is easy enough to get running, but it’s taking some digging to get a handle on the various aspects. Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted April 10, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2020 Yeah the arcade cores imo aren't worth it. Separate core for each game. So expensive for s single game solution and not worth it for multi-game as only about 60 available at the moment from memory. Consoles and computers though, no problem. brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzobits Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Hmmm, I am going to look in to this a bit more. To get my Tron board repaired it has to go to the USA and costs $300USD plus freight both ways. I think this little gadget is what I need! So I just stumbled on this post on the Mister section on the Atari Forum, seems as though you can buy a simpler version of the dev board that MiSTer is based on and just set it up to boot straight into a single core. Could be a cheaper alt if just looking for a single game. http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic...mister#p395639 This section of the post specifically: "If you are interested to integrate exact arcade into exact cabinet, then you can get some simpler FPGA board like de10-lite with MAX10, and tweak Stargate exactly for its cabinet. This will be a single arcade mode and you will get it instantly when you turn your cabinet on." Also, not sure but think it was on the SmokeMonster YT channel, but last night I saw something about a MiSTer to JAMMA adapter. I know JAMMA is some kind of arcade thing, not sure if it's relevant to the use case you are considering though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radirgyman Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Mines on its way. I can see it will replace my analogue consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzobits Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 Mines on its way. I can see it will replace my analogue consoles. I sold my SNES Jr and SD2SNES while waiting for MiSTer to arrive. I do not regret it a bit. Performance is spot on as far as I can tell. Between SNES to CRT and HDTV with 23ms lag I can tell the diff in input lag. But MiSTer to CRT is same as SNES to CRT. Feels identical. Thought I would never get rid of my original hardware but it wasn’t even hard to do after watching a bit of MiSTer footage on YT. Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzhay1981 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I didn't wnat to create a new thread given this is going out on a limb, but does anyone have a DE10 nano sitting around that they're not using? I'd prefer not to order from Taiwan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 If you know someone who works in a uni you get a discount and I think you purchase through Terasic/intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttersoft Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 but either way it's probably made in Taiwan... 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzhay1981 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Happy with its origin, just the way they charge of postage which is obscene. Drop shipping from Taiwan looks more difficult than I'd hoped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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