Analogue Pocket - Metal Game Solid

Jotego Special Update – MiSTer, Analogue Pocket, FPGA Gaming

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PCN – Weekly News Video Ep158 + Source List

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Pixel Cherry Ninja returns with another roundup of the latest in retro gaming and FPGA developments. From new core updates to exciting fan projects and hardware news, this weekly video covers the standout stories you may have missed. See timestamps and sources below.

Earthion Confirmed Running on MiSTer FPGA and the Analogue Pocket

1 August 20251 August 2025PixelCherryNinja1 Comment

Just a quick one. The Earthion ROMs included in the Steam release have been decrypted. I have tried the ROMs on both the MiSTer FPGA and the Analogue Pocket and they work. Anyway off to work, don’t wanna be late. Will try and get the Pocket video done later today. Remember, the developers put an […]

New Analogue Pocket and MiSTer FPGA Core From Boogermann

29 July 202529 July 2025PixelCherryNinja4 Comments

Core Developer Boogermann has shared in an X post, a timeline of graphical hardware reimplemented in HDL, and honestly, it looks breath-takingly good. The game shown at the end is called “Nibbler”. It’s not a game I’m familiar with but at fist glance it looks like Pac-Man had a baby with the Snake game and […]

WIN an ANALOGIZER For Your Analogue Pocket

28 July 20254 August 2025PixelCherryNinja58 Comments

As we are celebrating the launch of Metal Game Solid, we’ll be doing a series of giveaways, starting with the excellent Analogizer by RndMnkIII, which he has kindly donated. If you’re unfamiliar with what the Analogizer is, it’s a device that lets you output your Analogue Pockets display to a legacy display such as a […]

Remaining Games on the Taito System SJ are Coming to the MiSTer and Analogue Pocket

27 July 202528 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

FPGA Core Developer Anton Gale, who has brought us a number of core over the years for the MiSTer FPGA and the Analogue Pocket. Cast your mind back a bit, and you’ll remember they released the Taito SJ core. This release had the vast majority of the games working, but some were not implemented due […]

Star Force zooms it’s way over to the Analogue Pocket just days after MiSTer FPGA release

24 July 202528 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

We got the arcade classic ” Star Force” loved by so many on the MiSTer FPGA courtesy of core developer madoov. Well, that very core has now been ported over to the Analogue Pocket by non-other than Obsidian dot dev, just a couple of days later. I’m sure it’ll hit the updaters soon, but for […]

Analogue Pocket Analogizer Developer Wants Your Feedback

23 July 202523 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

While many are disappointed that Analogue have not released their own DAC for the Analogue Pocket, at least there is an option to output your Pocket onto a CRT as well as using original controllers via the Analogizer. Developer RndMnklll wants feedback from the community as to where to go with the Analogizer in the […]

Jotego (Jose Tejada) | interview May 2025 (key points)

5 May 202525 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

Introduction PCN: Welcome, Jotego! It’s an honour to have you here. You’re the reason I got into FPGA gaming. Please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do. JT: Thank you for having me. I’m Jotego, and I’ve been making FPGA cores and modules for a while now. Professionally, I’m a hardware […]

Easiest Analogue Pocket Set Up Guide

15 May 202423 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

Setting up the openFPGA side of the Analogue Pocket (the easy way). There are different ways to go but in this guide we want to look at the easiest way possible. Introduction This document provides a comprehensive, step-by-step procedure for the initial setup and configuration of the Analogue Pocket handheld gaming device. The guide focuses […]