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CPS1/1.5 at 48MHz SDRAM

Happy new year and please, run the update script (update_all).

Two weeks ago...

SF Alpha with QSound, SF2 Mix and 128MB Poll

This week we are going to get some love from arcade hackers.

First, we have the SF Alpha for CPS1.5 project. Born ...

CPS 1.5 Public Release

CPS1.5 core is ready for public exposure now. Changes from the beta:

-The core is available from JTBIN now. Or you can ...

New SDRAM Controller & Core Updates

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Arcade systems have many memory chips working at the same time. Whereas a computer system of the same age will have all devices built around a RAM memory, arcade games had no...

Contra & Street Fighter Public Releases

Although I wanted to wait for a perfect K007121 implementation before releasing any Konami title to the wild, I think Contra is in reasonable shape. There is still...

QSound! (CPS1.5 beta 2)

It's taken about 6 weeks of development but the DSP16A chip is now part of our FPGA family. This is the heart of QSound. Yes, we now have QSound, the sound system of CPS2, ready.

So here it i...

CPS 1.5 First Beta

FILES ATTACHED

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You've been hearing me talking about CPS1.5/2 for ages. Well, it's not complete but I want to share a beta so you see that it is coming to...

Labyrinth Runner + Higemaru Contest Winner

BETA FILES HERE 

This week I bring you a new game running on Konami hardware: Labyrinth Runner, aka Trick T...

Trick Trap/Labyrinth Runner Beta Files

Find the beta files attached.

Higemaru Competition & News

ManuFerHi has made a new case for his SiDi FPGA platform (a MiST derivative) and he told me he wants to give one away. I was thi...

Higemaru!

QSound is still going to take a few weeks. So I was looking for a core I could get together in a single day to share with you guys today. I had several options and finally decided on this little ti...

Side Arms (Public Release)

After a beta period of one month and no bugs reported, I am releasing Side Arms to the general public. The files are in JTBIN as usual and if you use MiSTer you can use the update_all script to get...

Stickers!

This week I have been delivering updates to existing cores (Bionic Commando, CPS1, 1942 and Vulgus). So I'd like to take the chance of not having any major release to send you some stickers for the...

Stickers!

This week I have been delivering updates to existing cores (Bionic Commando, CPS1, 1942 and Vulgus). So I'd like to take the chance of not having any major release to send you some stickers for the...

Street Fighter 1 Beta

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This game is quite something! The PCB has three layers and almost no custom chips. It is not easy to power it up because of ...

Missing bits

I'd like to discuss a technical topic this week: missing elements in emulators and, well, some FPGA cores. Let's use the palette memory of Side Arms for our case study.

Side Arms uses a ...

Side Arms (beta) + Bubble Bobble/Tokio Public Release

As usual, busy week with too much to talk about but let me be brief

-First, I'm making the TAITO core (Bubble Bobble and Tokio games) public. It still has the problem with the bubbles but I t...

Side Arms beta files

Please find them attached.

Trojan! (Public Release)

Get the files either through the MiSTer update-all script or attached to this post. 2020-08-07 10:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Tokio - Scramble Formation & Sticker Album!

TOKIO/Scramble Formation files here. 

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Although I'm spending most of my time on QSoun...

Tokio - Scramble Formation Files

The same RBF is used for Bubble Bobble and Tokio. Please find the files attached. Not all MRA files work yet:

-Bubble Bobble: some bootlegs will fail.

-Tokio: original game will fail. U...

Work In Progress: Q-Sound

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This has been my first week working on Q-Sound. CAPCOM abandoned the YM2151 FM chip for the last few CPS titles and started using a PCM-based solution. PCM is the main sound ...

Combat School! (aka Boot Camp)

FIND FILES ATTACHED -MISTER, MIST, SIDI-

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I'm sorry for being one week late. This was meant to be a special release for the 4th of July but last week wa...

MiSTer Case Winner

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As you know, Antonio Villena offered a MiSTer case for us. Today, through an 2020-07-03 15:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Bubble Bobble 2nd Beta

FILES ATTACHED TO THIS POST

Then there was music and wonderful flowers... Yes, we finally have music for Bubble Bobble. I have written a 2020-06-26 08:02:05 +0000 UTC View Post

ADSR and Yamaha Cost Saving

This has been the FM week. I have fixed some NeoGeo sound issues, which have been released on MiSTer today and continued work on the YM3526 OPL sound chip. Let me ...

Bubble Bobble 1st Beta

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It is the beginning of a fantastic story... Yes, your favourite bubble spitting dinosaurs come to the FPGA world. And they move better than ever. Files attached!

This w...

Reporting Issues

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What is the best way of getting the attention of a core author -not just me- to get an issue effectively solved? That's github issues.

For problems on ...

News and Raffle

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Antonio Villena has donated a MiSTer case kit to hold a 2020-06-05 07:53:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Contra (Gryzor) Beta - MiST(er) and SiDi

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I'm very happy to bring this week the classic Contra from Konami (files attached). As a child I only knew the Amstrad CPC version except for a night out with...