Mister FPGA

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Main thing you need to know - you need intro free roms which are on archive.org - theres a script to get the correct bioses on the mister forum in the n64 thread if youre struggling to get one.

N64 Core - MiSTer FPGA Forum

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Everything you need to know about the n64 core is above.

Latest saturn core can be found here - https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=78384#p78384

 

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The n64 core is amazing, you do really need a crt tv to enjoy it properly though i feel, while i havent tried the n64 core over hdmi yet, it looks pretty bad on a lot of games even on my CRT diamontron monitor, same goes for ps1 and saturn for the 3d games.

 

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Saturn core is now released and available on Update_all

It is, the latest unstable build though you have chd support which is great for space saving on sd cards

 

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So I've just installed from fresh with Mr Fusion 2.9 and 'update' doesn't download any cores/roms that I can see. I thought the latest Mr Fusion builds included the 'downloader' as detailed below?

GitHub - MiSTer-devel/mr-fusion: Mr. Fusion - Universal MiSTer SD card image

Mr. Fusion - Universal MiSTer SD card image. Contribute to MiSTer-devel/mr-fusion development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Do I still need the update all script, at least initially?

it will download the arcade roms, anything else you have to source yourself.

 

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Yep I got that. Its just that you mentioned the downloader which took over from update_all which I wasn't sure about. I've used update_all now but thought that was redundant.

i use downloader, but i think i always do update all first when first setting up too.

Ive got my third de10-nano just turn up so i can put one back in my arcade cabinet

 

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The N64 core now has 100% compatibility for the US romset - everything works to a certain extent now, pretty amazing how quickly Robert has done this.

would be amazing if you could get an upscaler in the core, im thinking of buying the retrotink 4k if i can get my hands on one when they launch in a couple of days.

 

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Hope n64 is official soon. Haven't dabbled yet.

you can easily add it to update all

 

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Actually, its also JAP and PAL romsets all booting fully now, again with mixed results for some games.

 

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if you want to just add this line to downloader.ini

[n64_dev]db_url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobertPeip/Mister64/db/db.json.zip

 

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Do they have a seperate updater like the PSX core (pre-release)?

there was but it got removed when the above line was added.

 

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Mister has a good scaler, the only thing it cant do currently is scale up to 4k - the mars will do that though so it should be the all in one scaler/all in one that would suit everyone.

 

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This would allow you to scale 6th gen consoles too using a SCART input.

SCART in to the DE10-Nano and HDMI out

But you could still only scale up to 1920x1440 with the de10 nano

 

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Sneak peek at something I've been working with Wizzo on...

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that looks pretty cool!

How would the scaler work on the mister, ive been trying to wrap my head around it?

 

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that is cool!

 

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That is so cool!

 

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Has anyone fiddled around with groovy mister yet? i havent setup yet but have been tempted to give it a go so i can play return of jedi for this weeks challenge on my CRT.

 

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Impressive if it can do n64 at full speed.

it can do better than that, theres a turbo core which boosts FPS on games that struggled. Theres two games that are not fully playable or have some issues, Conkers bad fur day and something else which escapes me, playable but with issues. Its a really impressive core - i use it at 240p/120hz on my diamontron monitor and it looks glorious.

 

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I tried Mario 64 with my usual 8bit do pad and couldn't run forward for some reason. Anyone else tried it yet?

yes it works fine. You might have to remap controls in the core if you havent done it before. I use the N64 switch controller with mine and it works a treat. (xbox and 8bit do controllers also work fine for me)

 

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Has anyone tied the marquee pi thing? Ive got a spare little 10" monitor i thought might look pretty good, i just wondered how easy it was to do.

 

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ive got the new io board coming to swapover my second hmdi only mister - ill report back once i see the difference to the old one.