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Almost all of my hobby side is in retro gaming, from having full SNES set to half complete NES and N64, a ton of old (micro) computers, everything from analogue
by Keyframe 2y ago
Almost all of my hobby side is in retro gaming, from having full SNES set to half complete NES and N64, a ton of old (micro) computers, everything from analogue, etc.. but I still haven't got into MiSTer. I thought it might be also a good DOSBox machine, along with other stuff it runs, but then it's kind of equivalent to what maybe 486 SX 33? If it were only a bit higher powered, let's say Pentium 120 or Pentium MMX 233.. are there a bit higher powered MiSTer machines? Is there even such a thing?
- Everdred2dx 2y agoNo, at least not yet. The limitation is not just the power of the underlying FPGA, but also the increasing complexity of the more powerful systems which need to be painstakingly recreated.
- mmaniac 2y agoThe MiSTer project specifically targets the DE10-Nano board and its Cyclone V FPGA SoC. There isn't a port or similar project available for some better board AFAIK.
- Bluecobra 2y agoDOS gaming can be a bit tricky, it’s almost as if you need one for each generation of CPU/Graphics. Games like Ultima VII are too slow on a 386 but too fast on even a 75 MHz Pentium. Then you have the later DOS games near the end that use 3DFX/Glide. I heard good things about 86Box to solve this issue: https://youtu.be/qND3Eb0dI0E https://youtu.be/qND3Eb0dI0E
- hypercube33 2y agoCan't you just disable the Pentium cache and it runs like a slightly fast 486? I haven't done this but see retro YouTubers doing this often.