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Anybody play with a DE10-nano running the MiSTer project yet? I just got the bare minimum for most games set up today and I'm pretty impressed. First of all, here's what I bought: Terasic DE10 ...
A well-built FPGA device should make it possible to play retro games more comfortably for longer periods of time and with fewer glitches along the way, and the open-source MiSTer FPGA console is ...
For the uninitiated, the MiSTer FPGA is a community driven open-source project that is centered around replicating classic computer, arcade, and console hardware with one hundred percent or near ...
The MiSTer project itself is open source - you would purchase a DE-10 nano FPGA chip: here, for example, and then a bunch of add-on boards, for things like USB ports, analog video output, and ...
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Possibly $150 is even selling nominally at a loss, but more accurately as a marketing expense. A lot of other publications reported this as "FPGA console starting at $150 ".
We'd also be remiss if we didn't mention that the mysterious MARS FPGA, a self-contained console ringing in at an eye-watering $699, will also run unmodified MiSTer cores out of the box.
Currently the firmware supports PC, Android, RPi, Nintendo Switch, PS3, PS4 (legacy mode), and the sweet MiSTer FPGA-based retro-gaming platform.
The Polymega is an enticing all-in-one solution and while it may not have the FPGA-based bona fides of the MiSTer, it stands on its own as a viable contender for the ultimate retro gaming console ...