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SNAC has been a mainstay of  MiSTer for several years. It’s a way to directly interface original accessories with their corresponding core. This allows for unique peripherals to be used on MiSTer such as light guns. Recently, developers added support for 3D Famicom glasses to the NES core (CRT only). The games usually require you to press "Select" on the controller to enable 3D mode. The NES unstable core has 3 SNAC settings: Controllers, 3D Glasses, and Zapper. In addition to Famicom 3D glasses, a new 2 player SNAC mode was added. At the same time, 2 player SNES SNAC...

Well, I just recovered from the latest round of MiSTercade and aluminum kit sales. You might be wondering where I've been and why Express is taking so long. I hope to answer those questions in this post. But first, 2 commonly asked questions: When more MiSTercades? ~2 months When more aluminum cases / kits? ~3 months PSX SNAC? I made some last minute changes and should have the final samples in hand next week. I try to add every possible feature to each board that I can. You’ll see what I mean :) On to the Express... I've created a...

TLDR: MiSTercade and Aluminum kit pre-orders start in 1 hour. Please read the entire post. Donna x MiSTercade  The talented @pepe_salot crafted this beautiful artwork for MiSTercade. Most of you will have already seen it by now, but, for those who haven't, behold:  You can order prints from Pepe here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/pepesalot/perfect-setup/ Pepe was also kind enough to make stickers which I'll be selling in my shop and also including with the next round of MiSTercades. Pre-Orders: MiSTercade v1.1 Speaking of MiSTercade, more are due in March. I've been answering constant questions about their availability so I've decided to take limited pre-orders to...

The DE10-nano is both an FPGA and an ARM computer, running Linux. Because of this, MiSTer benefits from all of the input/output flexibility of a modern computer. Note that the DE10-nano's USB PHY is USB 2.0 so there is no speed advantage using USB 3.0 devices. This comparison has been months in the making, and I'm happy to finally publish my findings. Storage History: In 2018, a new MiSTer script added the ability to mount network volumes via CIFS/SAMBA which can be used for game storage. In 2019, MiSTer added the option of storing games on USB storage. So which storage solution is...