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We've given the SuperSega project a fair amount of coverage in recent months, and with good reason – who isn't excited about the prospect of an all-in-one system that runs Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn, Mega CD and Dreamcast software, all via FPGA? Since the project broke cover, there's...

Sony recently caused a stir by announcing a range of PS1-style designs for its console range to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation brand. The series includes the PS5, PS Portal and the new PS5 Pro, all clad in the iconic grey color scheme and sporting the classic multicolour PS...

The SuperSega FPGA project has people excited and sceptical at the same time. A bold venture which aims to produce a system capable of playing Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast and Sega CD games, it will leverage cutting-edge FPGA technology to emulate these platforms on a hardware...

FPGA technology has been used in a wide range of different retro gaming systems, but two platforms arguably stand at the forefront right now: MiSTer FPGA and the Analogue Pocket. Both use FPGA chips to replicate the performance of vintage platforms on a hardware level, and many of the...

The SuperSega FPGA console has made some waves since it was first announced, with many people within the industry doubting it can faithfully replicate Saturn and Dreamcast games at an agreeable price point. The team behind the console – which also runs Master System, Mega Drive and Sega CD...

Sergiy Dvodnenko's Saturn FPGA core has surprised a lot of people with its level of accuracy – after all, this was a venture that many assumed would never happen on the MiSTer FPGA platform. However, Dvodnenko's hard work continues and the core has just passed another important milestone in...

The ModRetro Chromatic is one of the year's most exciting retro hardware announcements and will give Game Boy and Game Boy Color fans a new means of reconnecting with their beloved collections of carts. However, one format the system doesn't play is Game Boy Advance. When we spoke to ModRetro...

Taki Udon has given us another tease of his upcoming MiSTer handheld, showing both the 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' variants – which he hopes to release alongside one another. He has also confirmed that the device will have a Real-Time Clock (handy for games like Pokemon on the Game Boy), pogo pins on...

In its latest update, the workbench setup AmigaVision has introduced Amiga CD32 support for MiSTer. The exciting news was announced in a blog post on AmigaVision's website and now means that you can boot CD³² disc images (in either CHD or bin/cue formats) on MiSTer, directly from the launcher...

The Spanish team behind the upcoming SuperSega FPGA system have revealed that it will be offered in two different hardware variants – and says it understands why the platform has been met with such a high degree of skepticism. The FPGA-based machine will be capable of playing original Mega...

The Philips CD-i was one of several attempts during the early '90s to fuse the worlds of multimedia and video games, and, outside of playing host to some unlikely Nintendo-themed titles, wasn't a tremendous commercial success. As a result, there hasn't been a whole lot of desire to replicate...

No, that's not Taki Udon's just-announced handheld – it's the PowKiddy V10, which we'll be reviewing ourselves soon YouTuber and modder Taki Udon has been in the headlines a lot recently, and with good reason – he's the driving force behind a project which aims to make FPGA gaming more...

The team behind the SuperSega FPGA console has shown off its Dreamcast core in a new video. Crazy Taxi, Gunbird 2 and Super Street Fighter II were shown off in the footage. The system, which is expected to be completed later this year, also runs Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Sega CD...

Analogue has already given us a few limited edition variants of its popular Analogue Pocket FPGA handheld, and it's lining up another selection. The next quartet of "highly limited" variants is made from aluminium and comes in four Anodized colours: Natural, Noir, Black and Indigo. Each unit...

FPGA developer Jotego has teased the release of a core for Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade machine for later this week. Released in 1990 on Sega's System 18 arcade board, Moonwalker is an isometric beat 'em up, which differs greatly from the Genesis and Master System versions released in...

The brilliant Sinden Light Gun is now supported by the MiSTer FPGA platform. In case you weren't aware, the Sinden is a modern-day light gun which is compatible with non-CRT televisions and displays, and uses a video camera in the barrel of the gun to 'watch' the screen, avoiding the need for...

Recently, the news that an all-in-one Sega FPGA console was in development caused quite a stir online. The SuperSega promises to run Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast games, all via a Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA chip. Almost immediately, there was a fair amount of scepticism online...

Once upon a time, Sega had plans to release an all-in-one Genesis / Mega Drive and 32X home console called Neptune. Those plans were scrapped when the 32X flopped and it became clear that Sega needed to focus on Saturn, but not before the company had shown off a prototype. That same design is...

Taki Udon's much-hyped MiSTer FPGA rival has been getting plenty of attention over the past few weeks, mainly because it aims to shake up the market with its $99 price tag – a significant reduction on what a standard MiSTer setup costs. Taki Udon recently held a poll to decide what the name of...

Update [Thu 13th Jun, 2024 13:20 BST]: Following the minor backlash against the 'Mr. Pi' name, Taki Udon created a poll on Twitter (sorry, Elon) asking people which name they would prefer. It's worth noting that any option other than 'Mr. Pi' would incur a month's delay on production...