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  • Jayro
    Jayro
    Lid is printed and looks good. Just need to wire up the LED buttons now and we're golden, from a "fully operational" standpoint. :grog:

    Gonna re-print the main body of the thing once my extra cables get here, that way I can add more USB ports, expose the SNAC port, expose the Ethernet port, add stereo RCA audio output jacks (or a 3.5mm jack, haven't decided yet) from the DAC, and add a Bluetooth Sync button from the "8bitdo 2" USB dongle. So she's still a bit far off from her final form, but we're getting there.

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    (IGNORE MY BULGING VEINS, I WAS A BIT DEHYDRATED WHEN I TOOK THIS PHOTO.)
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    x65943
    Shouldn't dehydration usually mask the veins? As they have less fluid?
    Jayro
    Jayro
    Jayro
    No idea, lmao. I just get very veiny when I'm dehydrated.
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    Jayro
    I've spent my Labor Day weekend taking this messy Tower of Power™ and designing a case for it all to look like a mini media center PC/game console type thing. The wires at the top will be for the MiSTer's LED buttons, when they get here.

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    I'm just glad they're still cheap, especially with CD players getting popular again.
    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    Still cheap for now, thankfully. I really like your MISTer FPGA with the optical drive, must support every game and works compared to that lackluster SuperStation that tech YouTubers are talking about.
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    I have a SSone myself, I can't attest to any major issues. It's just a MiSTer with a flimsy shell (buttons are flimsy) and no custom SNAC ports without the dock. Very happy with it, minus the SNAC problem
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    Man, this week needs to chill TF out. Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and now Peter Cullen...
    I'm so broken, this is so much grief to process in a span of 3 days. 😭😭😭

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    I never would have guessed that the Analogue Pocket would get an MP3 player core in 2026, but here we are. Also supports FLAC files up to 24-bit, 48Hz and embedded jpeg art. VLC Player makes weird, non-standard .m3u playlists that don't work, so you have to make them manually or export from Windows Media Player.

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    The MiSTer finally has a Hi-Fi player, and it's awesome. It can even play audio CDs too via a USB CD-ROM drive.

    In this pic, I'm streaming FLAC files from a SMB share on my network.

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    New version of my Test Cartridge just dropped. Has a newly redesigned Main Menu, and many menu optimizations have gone into this new version. You can test it out in your browser by tapping the photo, along with reading the changelog.




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    Jayro
    Jayro
    Made a small batch of test carts to sell on SoCal Gameboy's website in the coming weeks. He wanted them to have clear shells, so here they are.

    I personally still prefer the "FireRed" orange shells, which really stand out and will keep selling those ones on my Ko-fi shop.

    ### DISCLAIMER ###​

    The test carts of mine sold on AliExpress are not mine, and are not made or sold by me. I have never, and will never, sell on AliExpress. So if you order one from there, the quality can vary wildly, and my labels don't look like theirs. They may also use an old ROM version.

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    This shit is so cool, and so cursed at the same time.
    So I'm playing my Gameboy Test Cartridge through the dumped standalone Game Boy emulator ripped out of Pokemon Stadium 2, using a real N64 controller and transfer pak, on my MiSTer.
    Cool that it works. Emulator has issues. Cursed that it's possible.

    (Disregard the shell missing parts, I just cleaned the transfer pak and was testing if it worked now.)

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    Finally found a copy of Star Fox v1.2 at my local retro gaming store, Videogame Adventures.

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    The slanted front like mine is v1.2, the regular older front is v1.0, and you'll likely never run into a v1.1 because it shipped with bugs and not very many copies were shipped out before v1.2 fixed things.
    JuanMena
    JuanMena
    No idea, I think it's v01...

    Yeah last time this cartridge was touched by light I was 10.

    Edit: Deleted pics :]
    Jayro
    Jayro
    Jayro
    Yep, I see "34" on yours. That's a V1.0
    v1.1 has two digits with an "A", and v1.2 has two digits with a "B" (as well as a slanted front shell).
    Jayro
    Jayro
    Got all the LEDs wired up, now I just need to solder the button contacts to the Arduino, and this baby is ready for action. 💪✨

    And Jotego just released the CPS3 beta core today for MiSTer as well, so that's super convenient! 😁

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    Jayro
    Jayro
    The really cool 30mm buttons arrived from Amazon. Now I'm waiting for the last 4 lame 24mm buttons to arrive from AliExpress. (Coin, Player 1, and side buttons for pinball.)

    Overall, this is turning out to be pretty kick-ass.

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    Got my other 4 buttons in now, and wiring it all up tonight after work.
    Jayro
    Jayro
    Building my own arcade stick called J-PAD 8. (Has 8 face buttons)
    The encoder will be an Arduino with DaemonBite code on it.
    Used a free shell model I found on Thingiverse, and customized the layout.

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