[HN Gopher] Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, th... ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA- based Author : pkiller Score : 23 points Date : 2021-08-08 20:23 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (internalregister.github.io) (TXT) w3m dump (internalregister.github.io) | brunoqc wrote: | What is the difference from a mister? | pkiller wrote: | A Mister uses a more powerful FPGA + ARM CPU board along with | extra SDRAM (I believe) to simulate known retro systems. | | This was a personal project to make a custom video game console | in this case using an FPGA, a couple of years back I finished | one using microcontrollers and an actual CPU. | | This project uses just enough SRAM and external components and | a just enough powerful FPGA to be a retro-styled video game | console. I wanted to learn how to use FGPAs and continue to | learn how video game consoles worked while building something | unique. | | So in a way, in terms of the technology, they're similar, | except of course a Mister is something a lot more useful, I | would say, as it simulates "real devices" and has a huge game | library and this is just an educational project. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-08-08 23:00 UTC)