Solal (Retro Gaming)
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Solal (Retro Gaming)
@solal-retro-gaming.bsky.social
Retro gaming & MiSTer FPGA dev (my ko-fi if you want to support the dev : https://ko-fi.com/solalretrogaming )
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My talk at #why2025 "A journey into reverse engineering arcade PCBs for video game preservation via FPGA emulation" is available online : media.ccc.de/v/why2025-59...
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Huge Thanks for 2000 followers! @shanelynch.bsky.social
has finished and allowed me to release the Sega Channel Revival core for MiSTer!!

A 128 SDRAM module is required, now you too can enjoy Sega Channel as It was presented back in 1996!

Link in the comments!
December 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Wishing y'all a Merry Xmas!🎄🎁
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Seriously, is there anything the #MiSTerFPGA can't do?

Now support for the #Nintendo VS. SYSTEM, It's the #NES arcade titles. Definitely check em out!

More here:
youtu.be/G9SGSOzwuoQ
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Development cartridge of the unreleased Virtual Boy game Tekkō Muteki! Gagaga-in / 鉄鋼無敵! ガガガイン, AKA Invincible Iron Man Gagaga-In, via former Hudson Soft graphic designer Rurabou. Note the Eigting logo in the bottom right corner.
xcancel.com/rurabou/stat...
xcancel.com/rurabou/stat...
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Et les émissions rétro de la semaine, dont une vidéo consacrée à Core Design (Rick Dangerous, Tomb Raider) par Oldschool is beautiful mag.mo5.com/278464/lepop...
L'épopée de Core Design et autres émissions rétro de la semaine
Rediffusion d’un 4e live sur Mikeneko Holmes no Kishidō sur Game Boy chez Blog2geeks, Rétrorigine sur Hollow Knight par Lord Paddle, dernier live 2025 de Génération Micros, etc.
mag.mo5.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...

I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen
Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...
www.sebastianaaltonen.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Well.. Well... The #MiSTerFPGA shows no signs of slowing down with developers like Robert Peip improving the #Nintendo64 core even more!!

🔗 youtu.be/6asGWY1rZ_E
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Pas la peine de s'offrir la dispendieuse édition collector de The Spectrum, puisque la réplique du QuickShot II par Retro Games sera disponible seule fin janvier mag.mo5.com/278230/retro...
Retro Games ressuscite le joystick Quickshot II
Si vous avez joué sur un micro-ordinateur dans les années 1980, il est fort probable que vous ayez eu entre les mains un Quickshot, sans doute le joystick le plus répandu et l’un des plus (...)
mag.mo5.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Nice blog post by a friend on solving advent of code with #Haskell and #FPGA midirus.com/blog/advent-...
Solving Advent Of Code on FPGAs with Haskell RetroClash
This post presents how I solved the Advent Of Code (AOC) day four on a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chip using Clash:
midirus.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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A Final Build Of The Cancelled Star Fox-Esque N64 Shmup 'Viewpoint 2064' Has Been Dumped Online.
A Final Build Of The Cancelled Star Fox-Esque N64 Shmup 'Viewpoint 2064' Has Been Dumped Online
A prototype build was previously preserved back in 2020
www.timeextension.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Thanks everyone who already bought my new album "The Build" on Bandcamp, very appreciated! In case you missed it, there is a PDF booklet in the download, with the background story and pictures of the house I'm building... :)

chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com/album/the-bu...
The Build, by Chris Huelsbeck
10 track album
chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Introducing the SuperStation one. An open-source PS1 FPGA gaming console that supports original games, memory cards, and controllers. Load games from a disk or a backup. Region free. Supports all MiSTer FPGA cores, including N64 & Sega Saturn.

Learn more: retroremake.co
January 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Hi
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Behind the Scenes of #MiSTerFPGA: The Creator of 'Update All' theypsilon with @pixelcherryninja.bsky.social

This guy makes the MiSTer so easy to use.

Written Breakdown of interview:
metalgamesolid.com/features/int...
Behind the Scenes of MiSTer: The Creator of 'Update All' with Pixel Cherry Ninja! - Metal Game Solid
Below is a rough breakdown of my live stream interview with José Manuel Barroso Galindo, otherwise known as theypsilon.
metalgamesolid.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy thing, sad thing
www.patreon.com/posts/konami...
Konami 054539 | furrtek
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September 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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This is gonna be epic!
Come and join myself and @quangdx.com of @bitmapbureau.com and @asobitech.com for a chat about all things retro and retro inspired gaming.

👇
www.youtube.com/live/eBSLw4o...
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My talk at #why2025 "A journey into reverse engineering arcade PCBs for video game preservation via FPGA emulation" is available online : media.ccc.de/v/why2025-59...
September 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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It's PERFECT GEOMETRY's anniversary!📺💕
4 years ago, I posted this piece on Twitter as a thank you to those behind the #240pTestSuite.
A piece that opened many doors for me and brought me closer to the retro gaming community. ❤️💚💙
🎁⤵️
August 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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We Have Our First #Giveaway 🎉

Win yourself an #Analogizer for your #AnaloguePocket.

Full Details Here
👇👇👇
metalgamesolid.com/fpga/analogu...
July 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I will be at #why2025 and will present : "A journey into reverse engineering arcade PCBs for video game preservation via FPGA emulation" program.why2025.org/why2025/talk...
A journey into reverse engineering arcade PCBs for video game preservation via FPGA emulation WHY2025
Sometimes ago, I embarked on a journey into the world of electronics and FPGA technology with no prior knowledge. What began as passion for retro gaming evolved into a quest for preservation via reve...
program.why2025.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We want YOUR input! 💬

Browse through some of the accepted submissions for WHY2025 and let us know which talks spark your interest: why2025.org/post/593

Help us judge how many chairs we need for each talk.
July 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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MiSTER Pi batch 4 is now available for preorder. Batch 4 bonuses include a 4-Player N64 SNAC adapter and a MiSTER Pi RTC board depending on the package. Pricing starts at $125.
retroremake.co/products/mis...
MiSTER Pi - Retro Gaming FPGA Board (Batch 4 Preorder)
This is a preorder for a Late July/Early August shipment.MiSTER Pi is a fully compatible MiSTer FPGA development board. It is powered by an Altera Cyclone V FPGA with 1GB of DDR3, and it supports addi...
retroremake.co
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Les news rétro de la semaine, dont l'annonce inattendue d'un nouveau Bubble Bobble roguelike (!) et solo (!!)... mag.mo5.com/271659/encor...
Encore un nouveau Bubble Bobble et autres news rétro de la semaine
L'inédit Dominion et un prototype d'Alien 3 exhumés sur C64, Lulu retrouvé sur Atari 8-bit, un remaster de Turrican sur CPC, un clone de Pipe Mania sur TI-99/4A et ColecoVision, etc.
mag.mo5.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Finally figured out how to get glitch free 240p <-> 480i (and 288p <-> 576i) transitions without adding lag or fake blanking the image!!

In this mode, the RT4K syncs and scans the fields exactly the same way as a CRT.

Perfect for mastering 240p Test Suite.
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM