PCE FPGA

[elmer]

Back to Kevtris and an FPGA PCE ... it sounds like it's definitely still on his radar, and he's recently talked about the potential difficulty with getting the PCE's fast RAM access-speed working on the Analogue NT Mini hardware.

He was complaining about the lack of public info on the PCE hardware, but he's received all the system docs now.

BIG BUT ... he doesn't want to do any console CD-emulation in the near-future, so whenever he does eventually do a PCE FPGA, it'll probably be HuCard-only for the first revision.

[Gypsy]

Ah damn, wouldn't be a want for me unless it could also do cds.

[Necromancer]

I'm okay with huey for round one (ya gotta start somewhere), but I'd hope CD support was added soon.  There's just too many great cd games, plus cd support seems like it'd be more desirable in terms of cost, reliability, and load speeds compared to 'real' hardware.

[Gentlegamer]

Need CDs images to play off SD card.

[DarkKobold]

Yeah, as if I didn't clash with that f*ck for a dozen pages or so of posts. As if the one or two photos of me that exist online haven't been located and shopped into "humor" memes by Mike a decade before "meme" became a popular term.

Realistically though, if I had to have breakfast at a giant round table at Denny's with a bunch of PCEFXers Mike is not one of the people I'd refuse to sit with, which is more than I can say about some other people here, people who I doubt I could make peace with for even a half hour because they are such a$$holes. People who I can't imagine ever having one decent conversation with, even if locked in a freezer like Archie and Meathead, because there clearly isn't one overlapping aspect of the human condition that we share. People who's initials are the same as Donkey Kong's.

Nice avoidance of the original question. Apparently, in the world of SignofZeta, people who spend too much money on video games are WORSE people than those who literally stalk people because of an internet argument.

Yeah, its OK, I'd rather not go to Denny's with you. I don't think I could handle 10 minutes of your old man pants-on-head retarded ranting.  Ironically, last time I was with Gredler, we were at Village Inn (Baker's Square for you midwesterners). Its way better than Dennys. We had a good time.

 

I could sit at Denny's with anyone here...... but like most dinners at Denny's, it's probably gonna end with a knife fight in the parking lot.

I LOL'd.

[SignOfZeta]

Back to Kevtris and an FPGA PCE ... it sounds like it's definitely still on his radar, and he's recently talked about the potential difficulty with getting the PCE's fast RAM access-speed working on the Analogue NT Mini hardware.

He was complaining about the lack of public info on the PCE hardware, but he's received all the system docs now.

BIG BUT ... he doesn't want to do any console CD-emulation in the near-future, so whenever he does eventually do a PCE FPGA, it'll probably be HuCard-only for the first revision.

I guess this is just reality. I hope it gets to CD soon though. If anything we need a completely virtualized CDROM2 way more than we need yet another thing that can only play HuCARDs.

[Gypsy]

Need CDs images to play off SD card.

AMEN.

[Arkhan]

I could sit at Denny's with anyone here...... but like most dinners at Denny's, it's probably gonna end with a knife fight in the parking lot.

I don't think I could actually sit with anyone here at Dennys, because who the f*ck actually eats there?   You basically go there because you have to, not because you want to.



The thing about Mike is, we can't like, applaud his antics only when it's convenient for us.   Sometimes you're on the receiving end.  It's probably still a bit comical and likely over the top.   It just isn't funny because now you're the target.


Back to the original topic though, I would like to see an FPGA PC Engine.   I honestly give two dicks about a HuCard only setup, though, since a PCE+Everdrive is such an easy thing to do.   I'd still probably support it, but I can't say I need or want it.

Once there's a CD replacement like how GD-EMU is for Dreamcast, sign me up.   CD hardware is a pain in the ass.   One minute you're good, the next minute the goddamn thing is stuck and you're wacking the side of it going CMON BITCH.  LOAD.

It's not fun.

My one PS1 is still upside down so it can read friggin CDs, lol.

Hell yeah.

[esadajr]

I like the idea mostly for the preservation aspect of it. Mimicking hardware via hardware adds another dimension.

[nodtveidt]

I have absolutely no issues with any currently active member of PCEFX. None at all. Y'all are good peeps.

Anyway.

I do hope he revisits the CD option.

[martinine]

Once there's a CD replacement like how GD-EMU is for Dreamcast, sign me up.   CD hardware is a pain in the ass.   

This so much. I think the better use of the processing power might be to build a hardware add-on that locked onto the back and could load CD Images via an sd card.

I'm still hoping for an all in one that has nice HDMI output solutions like the nt mini, etc. though.

I want a Frameister, but see above with my CRT addiction, etc.

Also, I think Micomsoft might be coming with something strong next.

[spenoza]

I think Kevtris has every right to make whatever he wants and we don't really get a say. I, too, want a CD-ROM substituted, but I can't do what he does, and I don't get a vote.

[Black Tiger]

I think Kevtris has every right to make whatever he wants and we don't really get a say. I, too, want a CD-ROM substituted, but I can't do what he does, and I don't get a vote.

Then why do you give your opinion of what hombrewers should do?

[spenoza]

If I had any concern about alienating our resident home brew developers, I would probably hold my tongue. But I know these guys are creating what they want to create and don't mind non-inflammatory contrary opinions.

[SignOfZeta]

In all seriousness, this is not the Megadrive we are taking about. A PCE that can't play CDs is hugely kneecapped. I wouldn't buy one with the vague possibility that a CD add in may some day exist. PCE fans already know about NEC's own deadend paths like the GT, Shuttle, to a lesser extent a TG-16  and really the Ten no Koe and Save-kun. A CD-less PCE can't play Dracula X, Sapphire, Spriggn, Star Parodia, Ys, or half of any of the other shit we usually play. Kevtris may actually want to know this before losing his shirt in a HuCARD-only system that isn't going to sell anywhere near as well as something that can play CDROM2 stuff.

I really think it would be a good idea to do the CD section first.