Reaction score
21,055

Joined
Last seen

Profile posts Postings Blogs Blog entries Downloads Trophies Groups About

  • 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.

    20260810_043559.jpg 20260907_085516.jpg
    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. 😭😭😭

    Screenshot_20260827_081425_Chrome.jpg
    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.

    20260827_074906.jpg
    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.

    20260805_172515.jpg
    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.




    1785942324692.png
    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.

    20260723_021703.jpg
    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.)

    20260623_005106.jpg


    20260623_005129.jpg
    Finally found a copy of Star Fox v1.2 at my local retro gaming store, Videogame Adventures.

    20260615_200637.jpg


    20260615_203857.jpg
    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
    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).
    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! 😁

    20260612_203005.jpg
    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.

    20260531_004813.jpg
    • Like
    Reactions: SAIYAN48
    Jayro
    Got my other 4 buttons in now, and wiring it all up tonight after work.
    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.

    20260527_063314.jpg


    20260527_063250.jpg
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…

Jayro

MediCat USB Dev
Level 29
XP
22,194 XP
Level 30
23,199 XP
Levels up in
1,005 XP
Level progress
37%

Jayro's Trophy Shelf7

 
100 Followers
 
1000+ Reaction Score
 
GBAtemp Patron
 
10 year club
 
Bibliophile
 
Checked In
Group of the Month Highlight