Jotego, a well-known FPGA developer responsible for many high-quality MiSTer cores including CPS1, CPS2, and many more, has shared several new updates across his ongoing projects. Several new games are now playable on MiSTer and Analogue Pocket. Laser gun titles such as Laser Ghost and Bronx N.Y. Captor can now run directly on the Analogue […]
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Jotego has released a brand-new FPGA core for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Konami’s legendary 1991 arcade sequel to the 1989 original. Praised for its fluid gameplay, colorful visuals, and lively soundtrack, it remains one of the most iconic beat ’em ups of its era — and it’s now playable on FPGA hardware. […]
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Patreon subscribers from Jotego received an update this week that focused less on brand-new cores and more on polishing existing ones. While bug-fixing may sound less flashy than new arcade releases, Jotego emphasized how these efforts often lead to deeper hardware understanding and, in turn, more accurate FPGA recreations. A highlight was Lightning Fighters, where […]
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The Roadmap One of the heavyweight FPGA core developers known as Jotego, who runs a team dedicated to preserving arcade games via devices such as the MiSTer and the Analogue Pocket, among others, recently gave us a roadmap that leads to CPS3 (Capcom Play System 3) being developed. Step 1 – Golfing Greats Beta ✅ […]
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Great news for Analogue Pocket owners, the OutRun core is finally making its return this #JTFriday. Developer Jotego announced that he’s fixed a long-standing issue that caused the core to randomly fail on some devices, making the experience unreliable for a portion of users. With this fix in place, Pocket owners can look forward to […]
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Jotego has just revealed a brand-new FPGA core, and this one came completely out of nowhere: Konami’s Surprise Attack is now available. While the team had been focusing on Golfing Greats and Run’n Gun cores, a review of the original PCB for Surprise Attack revealed it was essentially a cost-saving version of Parodius Da!, minus […]
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The FPGA gaming community has become a popular method for enjoying classic retro systems. Within this highly specialized scene, developers consistently push the limits of what’s possible, often devising clever workarounds to overcome significant technical challenges and bring these projects to life. Engineering: A Study in Ingenuity and Workarounds Engineering is not always about groundbreaking […]
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Overall Progress The team is back in full force after some holidays in July, with two extra full-time people joining for a month to help out. The short-term plan has the assistant focusing on NGPC work, while the lead will progress toward CPS3 (Capcom Play System 3) by tackling Golfing Greats, then Run and Gun, […]
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You can support Jotego and his team’s FPGA core development by signing to their Patreon
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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 […]
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