FPGA Based Videogame System

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On 10/21/2020 at 9:35 PM, CZroe said:

Well, they didn't ask me to sign an NDA so I figure I might as well show pics of my early prototype:


Yeah, uh, the HuCards go in the back.

Did you happen to test Hori’s PCE/TG16 mini USB controllers?

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4 minutes ago, blzmarcel said:

PC-Engine and TG-16 are the same console. The former was renamed to the latter for the NA market, and I could swear they used the same controller ports (I can remember a friend back in the 90s using a white PC-E controller on his North American TG-16 console.)

The ports on the TG16 are slightly larger than PCE. it may have the same number of pins (I can’t remember) but they’re not compatible without an adapter. 

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9 minutes ago, Pixelboy said:

It's interesting to see Analogue having developed a true R&D department, with Kevtris as director. Just think of all those people learning from the master. 

 

I would imagine that his team of a "dozen people" is currently split between the Pocket (including the Dock and the cart adaptors) and the Duo. So plenty of work to go around for everybody involved right now. But what is such a large team going to do next, after those two sets of products will have been released? One can only wonder, although I suppose if there's a will to do the PlayStation, they've probably started doing some preliminary work on the project already.

 

There's a little voice inside my head that hopes they'll do a TV-only mini-console version of the Pocket (i.e. cartridge slot on the console, with wired or wireless hand controller) but I know that's unlikely to happen.

 

I think there’s about a dozen analogue employees, not engineers. So between marketing/finance/engineering/etc his team is probably closer 3 or so. 

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In case anyone was worried about Kev’s involvement in the Duo, he actually got a promotion!  
 

 

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1 hour ago, Rick Dangerous said:

Hopefully it will be sold as a complete and approved release.

 

If you are new i would lay off the talking about reproductions of WIP's

Sorry, I guess I just figured since it was a BethSoft owned IP there would only be a slim chance if there being any sort of “official” version sold by AtariAge due to legal reasons.  Though I’d totally support that!

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18 minutes ago, swapd0 said:

No, because it's in development. There are no public version.

 

But you can use a JagSD or a Skunkboard to play with it,when they release it, of course.

 

Once the final version is released I mean. Could “reproductions” of the slayer edition could be made by flashing the patched ROM to an eeprom and soldering to a blank board (such as those used for homebrew titles).

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I’m new to the Jaguar scene so I apologize if this is a dumb question. Is it possible to play this in real hardware if you don’t own a flash cart? Like maybe flashing to an eeprom or something similar?

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Interestingly from their faq it looks like you can side load alternative BIOS files for the cd based systems using a usb drive as long as you source them yourself.

 

Polymega features integrated HLE BIOS functionality for CD-based emulators, which provides coverage for the vast majority of games. You can optionally override HLE BIOS by placing alternative BIOS files on a USB Thumb Drive and importing them to the system using the BIOS override option in the Settings>Game & Interface screen. A list indicating compatible BIOS files will be provided prior to delivery of Polymega, but the files themselves must be sourced elsewhere.