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by Wave
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update
Replies: 157
Views: 35283

Re: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update

Mike: Love the composite / s-video output. It's one of the best features of the MiSTer. There was once a test core with improved/lessened composite artifacting on Mega Drive / Genesis. Does anyone have a number to put into yc.txt that would give a similarly improved MD result in the current Y/C framework? (It's surprising that there is a suggested ...
by Wave
Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: Arcade Cores
Topic: Will names.txt Ever Be Fixed?
Replies: 13
Views: 1976

Re: Will names.txt Ever Be Fixed?

https://github.com/ThreepwoodLeBrush/Names_MiSTer this names.txt could be cool if it covered more than just a few dozen arcade games. as it is it appears to only rename a few dozen, adding company names to the start, and leaves the rest alone. i imagine the result is a mixed mess like OP was seeing. Almost no one browses arcade RBF files in the UI...
by Wave
Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Save State Support
Replies: 23
Views: 18030

Re: Save State Support

Yeah I'd actually disagree a bit, ferropop, in that I have sometimes found myself wanting to play a MD/SNES game on MiSTer but don't feel I have the gumption to commit to its entire length in one session. In such cases I wished save states were available to let me "pause" between sessions. In their absence I have taken to looking for in-g...
by Wave
Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: NES Composite Output
Replies: 35
Views: 28615

Re: NES Composite Output

I have been wondering if some of the Y/C cores look cleaner than the original hardware. I've seen it suggested that is the case for NES.

by Wave
Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller
Replies: 140
Views: 50787

Re: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller

so glad this accessory is finally supported.

may i ask how good the experience is qualitatively? are the ball and spinner exactly as responsive in each game as you could hope? (i wonder if this being tied to mouse input behind the scenes affects anything for the worse.)

by Wave
Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:43 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Digikey have de10’s in stock
Replies: 6
Views: 1309

Re: Digikey have de10’s in stock

Oof, seeing 330 here too (on the U.S. site).

by Wave
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: NES SNAC Issue
Replies: 7
Views: 961

Re: NES SNAC Issue

Are you connecting the SNAC-NES 2X device to MiSTer's user port with a cable? If so, is it very short? Can it be eliminated? I ran into malfunctions on PC Engine SNAC because the cable was too long. I had to plug the PC Engine SNAC board directly into the MiSTer to resolve. (PC Engine controller reading is said to be especially timing-sensitive, wh...
by Wave
Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:34 am
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Sporadic sync problems on PVM
Replies: 3
Views: 794

Re: Sporadic sync problems on PVM

I recently got a PVM-2950Q that is fussy about sync / MiSTer's known iffy analog board sync and resolved the rolling RGB/YPbPr by getting a cheap Extron RGB 160xi to normalize the sync before it reached the monitor. Worked perfectly.

Also, the monitor syncs perfectly to the MikeS (hey Mike!) Y/C cores without needing external help.

by Wave
Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:27 am
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Custom 3D Printed Cases For MiSTer
Replies: 27
Views: 12755

Re: Custom 3D Printed Cases For MiSTer

Oops, completely overlooked the PDF! Thanks for that.

by Wave
Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Custom 3D Printed Cases For MiSTer
Replies: 27
Views: 12755

Re: Custom 3D Printed Cases For MiSTer

These are pretty neat! Nice job. Looks clean for 3D prints. The prices strike me as reasonable given all the effort involved.

If I were in the market, I think two things that would help me would be images of all the possible plastic colors and some form of assembly instructions, like a PDF for example.

by Wave
Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: So Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass) Is Working on a New Core...
Replies: 185
Views: 29257

Re: So Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass) Is Working on a New Core...

werpu wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:15 pm

Virtual boy screams for an emulator and a VR or AR headset...
I guess the perfect combo atm would be a virtual boy emu and an nreal air...

There is in fact a decent VB emulator for the Oculus Quest.

by Wave
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: Is an MSX2 Core Being Developed?
Replies: 18
Views: 4036

Re: Is an MSX2 Core Being Developed?

so glad to hear more, and more accurate, MSX dev's happening.this and X68000 are the two i'm really hoping firm up over time.

by Wave
Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller
Replies: 140
Views: 50787

Re: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller

Also rooting for this. I agree it'd be the best, most convenient way to play games that use these inputs.

by Wave
Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update
Replies: 157
Views: 35283

Re: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update

Genesis is clean and pleasant overall (Sonic waterfalls are very nice) but there are some vertical splits in certain darker tones as you can see in dark leaves of Sonic palm trees. This could be specific to my TV. (Edit: I checked on my plasma tv and it looks like this and issue below are in the y/c signal.) yc-sonic-tree-s.jpg Thanks for your imp...
by Wave
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update
Replies: 157
Views: 35283

Re: MiSTerFPGA Y/C Out Module (Direct - S-Video / Composite Output) - Update

ItalianGrandma wrote: Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:40 pm

Oh snap, I didn’t realize that the Ultimatemister version will likely have an NTSC/PAL switch and I already ordered the Misteraddons one 😯

Ha, same. After waiting so long my trigger finger was primed.

by Wave
Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:45 am
Forum: MiSTer Community Game Club
Topic: CGC Round 6 core: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Replies: 20
Views: 6250

Re: CGC Round 6 core: Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Ninja Five-O (U.S.) / Ninja Cop (EU)

Looks and sounds unostentatious, but is one of the best portable 2D action games ever made. Deft combo of Shinobi, Rolling Thunder, Bionic Commando.

It's nice that this is one fewer people will have played.

As far as Castlevanias go Circle of the Moon is a rather interesting one. Imperfect but unusual.
by Wave
Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: How Do You Setup Autofire to Work Properly?
Replies: 12
Views: 6566

Re: How Do You Setup Autofire to Work Properly?

It's too easy to activate these by accident, I do it semi-often. It's been noted elsewhere that it's a real problem for speedrunners and the like who have to throw out entire runs if they accidentally activate rapid fire.
by Wave
Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:34 am
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Ringing / Fringing Artifacts over Analog I/O Board Component (YPbPr) Video
Replies: 1
Views: 609

Ringing / Fringing Artifacts over Analog I/O Board Component (YPbPr) Video

Heyas. I'm trying to track down the cause of very obvious ringing / fringing (what might be called sharpening artifacts) I observe on my MiSTer's analog i/o board component video output. The artifacts appear to the left of bright pixels in areas of dark->light contrast. Scroll down for photo examples. I see the ringing on two consumer TVs (Sony, To...
by Wave
Thu Jul 14, 2022 5:48 am
Forum: Guides & Videos
Topic: Rygar Playthrough
Replies: 5
Views: 7221

Re: Rygar Playthrough

Interesting. Are the gfx/sound issues documented anywhere?
by Wave
Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:27 pm
Forum: Newcomers Forum
Topic: Menu OK/Cancel start out reversed, fixed on reboot
Replies: 6
Views: 890

Re: Menu OK/Cancel start out reversed, fixed on reboot

Great troubleshooting!!
by Wave
Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:15 pm
Forum: X68000, PC88, PC98
Topic: Recommend X68000 settings for VGA PC CRT (31 khz)
Replies: 13
Views: 6734

Re: Recommend X68000 settings for VGA PC CRT (31 khz)

I'm evaluating if I should get a 31Khz screen (VGA monitor) for various computer cores, including X68000. One question I have is, say I used zoopster's settings in the prior post (thank you for sharing, btw!) with a VGA monitor connected to the analog I/O board. If an X68000 game switched to 240p, wouldn't the VGA monitor go out of sync? I'd at lea...
by Wave
Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:45 am
Forum: MiSTer Community Game Club
Topic: "MiSTer Community Plays" Events
Replies: 60
Views: 16591

Re: "MiSTer Community Plays" Events

I say go for it. This sort of experience-sharing is cool and I like to see it.

I'm currently playing TMNT Hyperstone Heist for a similar sort of thing in another community.
by Wave
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: Newcomers Forum
Topic: Menu OK/Cancel start out reversed, fixed on reboot
Replies: 6
Views: 890

Re: Menu OK/Cancel start out reversed, fixed on reboot

This probably isn't it, but you don't have a BlisSTer, do you? There was a bug for some users where buttons would get rotated on boot; the last firmware update fixed it.
by Wave
Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: SNAC vs BlisSTer vs Deamonbite
Replies: 26
Views: 7030

Re: SNAC vs BlisSTer vs Deamonbite

Yeah, it's very well integrated in this Mister Box : https://ultimatemister.com/product/ultimate-blisster-case-rev-2/ Mm. I opted for this acrylic BlisSTer case from misterfpga.co.uk: https://misterfpga.co.uk/product/blisster-mister-case/ Apparently misteraddons.com used to sell a BlisSTer case too, but stopped. There is still (what I believe is) ...
by Wave
Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:18 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: SNAC vs BlisSTer vs Deamonbite
Replies: 26
Views: 7030

Re: SNAC vs BlisSTer vs Deamonbite

The updated pros/cons list seems really fair. Most people will be happy with DaemonBite or similar. BlisSTer seems to get a lot of flack for its history/creators (and will likely never be officially supported as a result) but as an end-user I've been fairly happy with it. Its ports offer ultra low latency with LLAPI cores (which do get updated ofte...
by Wave
Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:37 pm
Forum: Sega Master System / Game Gear
Topic: 2 Button Controller Options
Replies: 9
Views: 4390

Re: 2 Button Controller Options

Oh yeah, good point about SNAC being system-specific. Forgot since I don't use it myself.
by Wave
Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Save State Support
Replies: 23
Views: 18030

Re: Save State Support

It was definitely a weird experience realizing that I wanted to play a SNES game on MiSTer but didn't want to keep at it long enough to finish it. So in the absence of save states suddenly level warp cheats felt waaaay more valuable than ever before. But yeah, such cheats don't apply to every genre, and some games don't have relevant cheats... no g...
by Wave
Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:04 pm
Forum: Sega Master System / Game Gear
Topic: 2 Button Controller Options
Replies: 9
Views: 4390

Re: 2 Button Controller Options

I like to use original / OEM controllers most, which you can do via USB adapters, SNAC, or BlisSTer. In this case I might suggest an original NES controller, if the original SMS pad isn't to your liking (I dislike its d-pad). PC Engine / TG-16 pad is good, also.
by Wave
Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Anyone here into VR?
Replies: 17
Views: 2501

Re: Anyone here into VR?

I love VR. Or to be more specific, its potential. VRChat with full-body tracking is my favorite thing so far. It's a weird time to buy because all the current options are getting long in the tooth and everyone thinks new models are on the horizon, but can't say quite when. As such, I'd rec most people buy a Quest 2 as their first get-acquainted-wit...
by Wave
Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: MiSTer Wallpapers
Replies: 180
Views: 206881

Re: MiSTer Wallpapers

I'll be happy to release my little pack when I recover the files, but that's the extent of my ambitions there. ;)