MiSTer FPGA News – In the Hunt, Karnov, Saturn IO Board and More

Discussing Future of MiSTer FPGA

The developers of the MiSTer Multisystem started a discussion about the future of the MiSTerFPGA project. This is not a discussion about running more powerful arcades and consoles that the current DE10 Nano can run’t. It’s more about finding ways to rely less on the DE10-Nano and finding FPGA platforms that could be implemented as an extension/expansion of the MiSTer eco-system.

Post : https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?t=6012

Saturn Case

Joel Whybrow, who’s developing an IO Board that can be housed in a Sega Saturn case, has obtained a replica case for mk2 Saturns. The IO Board was originally designed for the original case, but replica cases for those aren’t freely available. Now his IO board can be redesigned for the mk2 which has viable replica cases available for sale.

Post : https://twitter.com/whybrow_joel/status/1613153179402633217
Possible release of the files : https://twitter.com/whybrow_joel/status/1600520079556444161

In The Hunt

Irem m92 development is actually pretty far along. Developer, wickerwaka posted a video showing off the core for MISTer. It’s looking good, but there’s some alignment issues that need to be fixed. No mention of a release time frame.

Post : https://twitter.com/wickerwaka/status/1613007020483047431
wickerwaka Github: https://github.com/wickerwaka
wickerwaka Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickerwaka

PSX Core

A new version of the PlayStation core was officially released. The new feature that was added, was pop’n controller support. This was a controller dedicated to the Pop’n Music series of games. Other updates to the core included bugfixes.

The developer also posted a technical article on Patreon that shows how a bug in the game Alien Ressurection was fixed.

Core update : https://mobile.twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1614189951465455620
Bug Hunt Article : https://mobile.twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1612490887770300416

Karnov

Jotego released a beta core for the arcade game Karnov. This is the main game for Jotego’s JTKARNOV core, which also currently supports Chelnov. There are plans to release one more game for this core before making a public release.

Post : https://www.patreon.com/posts/karnov-beta-and-77183929
Jotego Github: https://github.com/jotego/jtbin
Jotego support page: https://www.patreon.com/jotego
Jotego Twitter: https://twitter.com/topapate

CPS3

The schematics extraction for the main CPS3 PCB are almost done by Jotego’s team. The team has also moved on to working on the protection cartridge for the board.