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I'd really like to see a portable/handheld leverage this technology for on-the-go gaming.

tediousdemise 5y ago
The Analogue Pocket[1] is exactly this (albeit proprietary). Out of the box it recreates GB, GBC, and GBA using the Altera Cyclone-V platform. [1] https://www.analogue.co/pocket https://www.analogue.co/pocket
- drewblaisdell 5y ago
  I wonder, why is there no DIY Analogue Pocket-style MiSTer project? Is the DE10-Nano too large or inefficient for this?
  - jamespo 5y ago
    The limited market is problably covered with Odroid Go / GPD XD / RG350M etc. Mister leverages an off the shelf FPGA board that would require a lot more work in a handheld form.
  - tediousdemise 5y ago
    I’d reckon it’s the same reason that there isn’t much of a custom laptop scene. The open ended nature of stuffing a screen, battery, and input peripherals into a chassis seems an order of magnitude more difficult than just making a headless box to plug into your TV. But with some effort, it would be awesome.
    - jonny_eh 5y ago
      Physical design is also a lot more important. Getting "feel" just right is very hard and expensive, especially when it comes to game controllers.
  - duskwuff 5y ago
    The DE10-Nano itself is a bit large for a handheld device, and hasn't been optimized for power consumption. (It's designed as a development board, not as a component of a finished product.) There's nothing stopping someone from using the Cyclone-V SoC in a handheld device, though.
  - deelowe 5y ago
    It was being worked on at one point. I forget who was doing it. They showed off mockups on smoke monsters streams, but I havent seen much of it in over a year.
  - numpad0 5y ago
    I think it is because the motivations for retro console FPGA simulations are to play competitive action games sit down with highly accurate timings. “There is a 5 frames window after this triple input sequence” thing. Pocket gaming happens at much relaxed timings so less demands exist for low latency cycle accurate simulations.
craigjb 5y ago
I built the Gameslab around this concept, but haven’t worked on it much lately. https://craigjb.com/2019/11/26/gameslab-overview/ https://craigjb.com/2019/11/26/gameslab-overview/

The Analogue Pocket[1] is exactly this (albeit proprietary). Out of the box it recreates GB, GBC, and GBA using the Altera Cyclone-V platform. [1] https://www.analogue.co/pocket https://www.analogue.co/pocket

drewblaisdell 5y ago
I wonder, why is there no DIY Analogue Pocket-style MiSTer project? Is the DE10-Nano too large or inefficient for this?
- jamespo 5y ago
  The limited market is problably covered with Odroid Go / GPD XD / RG350M etc. Mister leverages an off the shelf FPGA board that would require a lot more work in a handheld form.
- tediousdemise 5y ago
  I’d reckon it’s the same reason that there isn’t much of a custom laptop scene. The open ended nature of stuffing a screen, battery, and input peripherals into a chassis seems an order of magnitude more difficult than just making a headless box to plug into your TV. But with some effort, it would be awesome.
  - jonny_eh 5y ago
    Physical design is also a lot more important. Getting "feel" just right is very hard and expensive, especially when it comes to game controllers.
- duskwuff 5y ago
  The DE10-Nano itself is a bit large for a handheld device, and hasn't been optimized for power consumption. (It's designed as a development board, not as a component of a finished product.) There's nothing stopping someone from using the Cyclone-V SoC in a handheld device, though.
- deelowe 5y ago
  It was being worked on at one point. I forget who was doing it. They showed off mockups on smoke monsters streams, but I havent seen much of it in over a year.
- numpad0 5y ago
  I think it is because the motivations for retro console FPGA simulations are to play competitive action games sit down with highly accurate timings. “There is a 5 frames window after this triple input sequence” thing. Pocket gaming happens at much relaxed timings so less demands exist for low latency cycle accurate simulations.

craigjb 5y ago

I built the Gameslab around this concept, but haven’t worked on it much lately. https://craigjb.com/2019/11/26/gameslab-overview/ https://craigjb.com/2019/11/26/gameslab-overview/