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New to MiSTer, What are the Arcade limits?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:22 am
by Brettster
I'm really new to the MiSTer, a complete novice really, but so far I'm very impressed with what is available for it
but what are the limits for the Cyclone FPGA?
would it be possible to recreate something like Outrun or Afterburner with their multiple processors?

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:22 am
by Awestyn
I would say pretty much everything pre-Dreamcast (~1999) is possible. So, N64, Saturn and Playstation are within the realm of possibility, with the N64 being the least probable.

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:25 am
by Awestyn
Whoops, just realized this is the arcade forum. Well, I still say everything arcade from the 90s is still on the table. Anything after that is not very likely. Cheers.

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 4:26 pm
by Titofff1970
Maybe SEGA SATURN would be a more likely approach to hopefully run the PSX and N64... Remember Radiant Silvergun for example ! Great Game.

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:03 am
by Newsdee
Anything 2D is probably possible given a motivated developer. Number of processors / chips on a game is not an issue, assuming there is enough memory bandwidth and space in the FPGA to describe the logic.

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:39 pm
by Televicious
Primal Rage is possible.

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:32 am
by rhester72
Primal Rage is extremely unlikely - the protection is not fully understood to this day (and the creator has adamantly refused to help).

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:22 pm
by jumpbeatshoot
Would Taito F3 be possible?

Re: New to MiSTer, What are the limits?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:48 am
by MottZilla
jumpbeatshoot wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:22 pm Would Taito F3 be possible?

It's hard to know that for sure. It seems like with the hardware the F3 has that it could be possible. But until someone actually tries to develop it we won't know.