Melek-Ric wrote:
You, along with all the other coverage of the Mister have convinced me that this is the future of retro gaming. I am probably going to order one soon and then offload the consoles I own, it'll replace. I'll keep ones from 6th gen on. Probably buy an N64 one day. I read N64 won't be possible on the Mister.
It really feels like the future of retro is MiSTer. Eventually all the hardware will age and degrade. Hopefully not anytime soon, and some sooner than others. Putting a core out there with the mister is a good way for *everyone* to play it no matter what the year or condition of hardware. There will probably always be a way to play a SNES cart, but the sharp x6800 is fragile and locked in japan. All these old computers are really preserved and ready to play. Its fantastic. Plus there is cores like the Odyssey² that have just become coinvent to play. I had an Odyssey² for like 7 years and only powered it up 2 or 3 times. I've played more Odyssey² stuff on my mister because I don't have to deal with RF, or finicky controllers.
Yeah the n64 would need a more powerful FPGA. Not to say its impossible, but it isn't cost effective right now. People are speculating in 10 or 15 years that the fpga tech will come along and there will be a cheap commercial solution that will include the n64. For now- your best bet is real hardware.
I was just posting about my retro setup on reddit. Its down the mister, ps2, Saturn and Dreamcast. The mister ate everything else.
Btw- I just played through Klonoa door to phatomile on the unstable build of PSX. That core is incredibly impressive. Going to be a game changer when it releases just due to the fact it has features you can't get on the ps1.