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New MiSTer Pi Case – Design Files Available For Purchase

29 July 20255 August 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

The MiSTer Pi has taken the MiSTer FPGA world by storm, it significantly reduced the price of entry into FPGA Gaming and naturally brought a lot more users to the niche. There have been a few cases made for the MiSTer Pi, some from Retro Remake (the company behind MiSTer Pi) themselves, as well as […]

X68000 Core For MiSTer FPGA Gets Additional Controllers

28 July 202528 July 2025PixelCherryNinja1 Comment

If you want to try out the latest nightly version of the Sharp X68000 core, then head on over to the MiSTer FPGA Discord server. Here’s an invite. You’ll need to head over to the “unstable nightlies” channel to find this updated core. The update has been provided by developer dshadoff (David Shadoff). David states […]

X68000 – An Underrated Classic That Shines on MiSTer FPGA

28 July 202528 July 2025Anime0t4ku1 Comment

When people talk about retro Japanese computers, names like the MSX and PC-98 often dominate the conversation. But there’s one system that deserves far more attention the Sharp X68000. Originally released in 1987, the X68000 was a powerhouse for its time, boasting hardware specs that rivaled arcade machines. Nowadays thanks to MiSTer FPGA, this once […]

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 […]

Rumble Support Comes to MiSTer FPGA SNES core

23 July 202525 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

The recent SNES rumble controller paired with Doom received a lot of praise from the Retro gaming community. All reviewers spoke very highly of the game and the controller. The good thing is the rumble tech used by LRG is open source, and it didn’t take long for the MiSTer community to implement it into […]

SNES core forked for better ROM hack compatibility on MiSTer

23 July 202525 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

We can all agree that ROM hacks of our favourite games bring additional value as well as new and creative ways to enjoy some of our favourite childhood games. There are some ROM hacks that work on software emulators but do not run on original hardware as well as the MiSTer FPGA. This is where […]

Krikzz shows PAPRIUM running on the Mega EverDrive Pro. His work may also benefit compatibility for the MiSTer FPGA

22 July 202525 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

The developer behind the excellent series of EverDrive flash carts has shown PAPRIUM running on an actual Mega Drive via the Mega EverDrive Pro. In a series of tweets on X, as well as replies from the community, Krikzz has confirmed that their mapper (linked below) will be open source and made available to the […]

1984 Arcade Shmup “Star Force” comes to MiSTer

22 July 202528 July 2025PixelCherryNinjaLeave a Comment

Star Force, a popular arcade game of its era that’s loved by so many. Outside of Japan it was known as “Mega Force”. The game was developed by Tehkan. It was also ported to the NES by Hudson Soft, and became known as one of the best shooters on the system. The core is currently […]

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 […]