MiSTer Review - Game Sack 

Wow, I can't believe Joe replaced Dave with an FPGA-based device that runs cores for many different platforms.

even though Dave is gone I am still gonna stick around

We need an updated mister review, it's come on a long way since this video was made.

"Currently there is no way to plug in your Sega 3D glasses, so if you want to play a 3D game, you can to straight to hell" And there goes my drink flying from my mouth onto my monitor screen, Thanks Joe :D

As long as you keep producing content, you've got a watcher for life.

Feels weird without him but you are still very informative!

Wait til the Mister Mister comes out!! 🎵Take..these broken games! And learn to play agaaaiin!!!🎶🎶

The biggest advantage of the FPGA based simulation is the audio delay. On software emulators, you have to use the CPU to simulate the audio circuits, and as you can't just write a program that updates the sound card 44100 times per second, you end up having to fill up a buffer, then sending the buffer and swapping etc.. so the sound ends a bit behind the video.

I’m lovin’ it, Joe. This is a damn fine episode of Game Sack.

Glad to see Gamesack still going!

Decided to rewatch this to reminisce about just how far things have come for the MiSTer project in the past few years. It would be cool to see you revisit this at some point, maybe to talk about some of the many more cores that have come out since then, the vastly improved video output/scaling options, or just to see how much more accurate some of the cores you already talked about have become these days. Overall the system definitely feels a lot less bare-bones today than it did back in 2019!

Great episode! Rewatched it again after messing with the MiSTer all evening. It'd be cool to see an updated MiSTer video with all the advancements and additions that have come about in the past 2 years. :D

We Keep supporting game sack til the end !! 👊🏻 , never give up Joe ! , and Dave we’re gonna miss you , but the show must go on

1. AWESOME VIDEO! Thanks for giving MiSTer a spin and sharing it with your viewers! 2. Some corrections: - The scaler and filters can be used via VGA output if you set vga_scaler=1 in the MiSTer.ini file - HDMI out can have almost as low a latency as VGA output if you use vsync_adjust=2 in the MiSTer.ini file (these ini settings can be changed via the scripts that download with the updater without editing anything, also) - Shimmering over HDMI can be greatly reduced/removed by using the Gaussian_Sharp filters. There are varying levels of sharpness to suit tastes there too. - Autosave has been added to most console cores, so you wont need to select the "Save backup RAM" option every time you exit a game. - Genesis audio now has selections for "Model 1", "Model 2", "Light Filter" and "Unfiltered", to suit tastes. - 2+ players works in supported games, simply by adding the controller in the main MiSTer menu first. after you do that, the cores can assign buttons to them correctly. - GBC didnt work most likely because you didn't add the correct BIOS, which is needed. 3. Additions: - MiSTer has already been updated with lightgun support that even works over HDMI. - Game Genie/Game Shark cheat codes have been added for all the major consoles. - Extremely low latency input options are coming in the form of the LLCoolJoy, Blissbox's BlisSTer (retropad32 will also have serial connection capability in the future iirc) - Coming Soon: TGFX CD & Dodonpachi Arcade - If you encounter any glitches or errors in a game, report them on the MiSTer github page for the applicable core! Issues get fixed surprisingly quick, but only if they are known!

That ending skit was HILARIOUS my dude. 👍

Joe, thanks for keeping this channel. Excellent video review.

I usually stop watching when a host leaves a show, but that's because they don't tell you why or whats going on. So, thank you for being transparent! Great episode Joe!

You're doing a wonderful job as always, Joe. Yeah, I miss Dave, but you're definitely still making it worth my while to stick around. Thanks for all the great content. Keep it coming! And oh yeah, the MiSTer is RAD! Do you think it will support Pico 8 any time soon?

Still feels odd to see an episode without Dave, but glad that you're keeping it going Joe, and the content is still high quality!

Dude, I love those transitions where you separate the games' graphics layers. I have no idea how hard that is to do, but it looks wonderful. Keep up the good work, Joe!

During the outrun moment my cat got scared and ran away. Great. Thanks MiSTer.

This episode really tickled my horn. Thanks man!

Man what a solid episode for your first solo run! Good work Joel

Thanks for showing this Joe I have been looking into the Mister recently. Great episode as always.

Love the layered transition

Still the same great quality sack content, keep it up, Joe!

I look forward to your videos every Sunday. Thank you for giving me something awesome to watch every Sunday morning. Keep up the great work.

Great solo outing Joe . Same great research as always . The only thing I was worried about was the final sketch , but I was not disappointed in the least . Hilarious !!!! 10/10 .

Welcome to the pilot episode of After Dave: Game Sack X.

Omg that intro to the Amiga Outrun had me in stitches! Why is it so intense? And yay, end skit!

It's so weird to watch a video without Dave. Also, great video! FYI, The sketch at the end was amazing.

Wow what a strange and versatile device! Complex too geez. I've never even heard of it before. One of the reasons I love your channel is because you always covered so many things I was unaware of like that Panasonic Laseractive! :D Another outstanding episode, Joe! It's obvious you'll be completely fine on your own! Your editing skills are so good now. And thank you for keeping the outros going - that was funny! But I will miss Dave stealing your Snatchers and clobbering you. (The pic of him on the website was great too.) Cheers man! Game Sack for lyfe!

Hi, please try vsync_adjust=2 in MiSTer.ini (vsync_low_latency script) for removing stuttering and lag from the HDMI output. Some TV sets may have problems (especially with specific cores), but most will work. You can even have per core settings in the ini (so falling back to vsync_adjust=0 for very specific cores). Try custom filters (it's a core menu option) like Gaussian Sharp 4 or higher, for best quality scaling with no shimmering.

Who watches GameSack at 2:00 AM? *OH BOY 2 AM!*

What an excellent intro, Joe! It's great to see that smiling mug!

"If you want to play a 3D game, you can go straight to hell." Oddly enough, those almost sound like words to live by considering the current state of the gaming market.

The EU region could've done worse than just squashed the resolution and slowed it down. After all, you didn't mention any deadly drops of water before you switched to US.

Tip for the MSX core: You can mount that hard drive image on your PC with the SD card plugged into it, and manually unzip everything so you don't have to wait for the incredibly slow unzipping. After that, it's become my favorite core, honestly. Probably mostly as it's a platform I missed otherwise, and is really awesome.

Very interesting choice of topic for your first solo episode, Joe. Really technical and very educational.

You did a fantastic job Joe. Thank you for including an after credits scene as well. Really informative video and have to say I'm very tempted to look into setting up a Mister for myself.

Neat review, editing on point as always. I've got the original Mist which runs the ST and Amiga cores really well, that said it can't do the Genesis and Snes or at least not as well. Will probably pick up this updated version , thanks for the links, i'll check them out.

Loved this episode, I’d be happy if there was more techie type videos like this in the future that I know you like making Joe

Thanks for continuing this awesome show! Really great episode.

Oh man, this was a really good episode! Thanks for keeping up the good work! (And for keeping the skits)

It would be funny to edit dave into every episode with a split screen looping clip of him sitting next to you. You can ask him questions and he can just stare at the camera while blinking or you can use a "yes, joe" or "i agree" clip every time you ask him a question.

I’ll give the ‘post Dave’ era a chance. Interesting video by the way.

Watching Game Sack tickles my horn. Great job on the first solo vid, Joe! This is a really neat device that I knew nothing about before watching.

Your editing skills are unmatched. Incredible skills, Joe!

Dave, you're still alive even with half a sac!

Good review. Interesting product. I was worried that Dave was gonna be replaced by a Sweet potato or a straw hat, but you handled it maturely. Kudos!

Was wondering when you were going to do a video on this. I have thought about digging more into what this device is. So thank you for this video, this was very helpful.

Awesome video. I'm really enjoying your episodes about fpga consoles. You have great attention to detail when it comes to pointing out the differences compared to original hardware. It's nice that you include a lot of info about the different settings and ways to get around certain issues with accuracy. I'd be interested to see some future episodes like this about emulators if you have any interest in making them.

Controllers: if you plug a second (and third, fourth, etc.) controller in MiSTer, the first controller you use in a core is console controller 1, the second you use is controller 2 and so on. IIRC multitap is supported in cores like SNES. Oh, btw, recently Wiimote support was added with Zapper implementation in NES core... pretty neat.

This video got me interested in the MISTer project (thank you!). I don't see a lot of comments one year out, so a few updates for anyone curious-- - Genesis has Model 1 sound option - Sega CD has been added (it's amazing) - Neo Geo has been added - Game Boy Advance has been added - There's an official case that feels and looks amazing - Tons of new Arcade boards, including some Capcom ones that are in development

i love the detail you go into when you review these devices, great vid

That outrun part is absolutely hilarious! Great video! Love it! Looks like a fun piece of kit to play about with

Wow, the quality was amazing and even without Dave you made an epic episode. Glad Game Sack is sticking around.

Holy moly, that Outrun announcer is creepy 😨 But the episode and content is awesome! Maybe this device is something for me in the future.

As always, you create awesome videos Joe. Dave is going to be missed but that doesn't mean we the viewers are going away. It's pretty cool to see that you countinued the show on your own, I thank you for that. I'll keep watching every single Game Sack episode, like I always did :')

Gracias por seguir con este proyecto, hace 4 años que veo sus vídeos y me alegra mucho que está su pasión no se esfume por los problemas que pudieron tener, seguiré aquí viendo este gran contenido. Lamento escribir en español, me da un poco de pereza hacerlo en inglés, al menos esta vez.

"The part where we talk about." We. Pour one out for Dave. Still around in our hearts.

great review of an incredibly exciting and promising system!

Holy sh*t what a great transition on 7:50. It's amazing, for real. Thanks for keeping it up, Joe. For sure we are all sad with Dave leaving, but you are amazing and we are very happy with the channel continuing. :) Thanks! :)

Fabulous skit! Great script, humor, and production as always. Thanks, Joe.

Excellent overview of the MiSTer, super thorough and your attention to detail is amazing! In the Amiga game launcher though, you can just hold up to bring up the alphabet and go straight to the letter you want.. :) Running games this way is kinda "non-standard" even on a real Amiga, so a lot of the issues you might have can be representative of the actual experience, it was a PC after all. You can also configure the Amiga to run like a 500 instead of a 1200, and just boot games from floppy images - many games run better this way I find.

You can tweak the video options for HDMI - integer scaling, v sync, video filters - they help get a really sharp image.

I gotta say; your transitions are absolutely GODLY! What an incredible effect :D Also... what an awesome video too! I've had my eye on MiSTer for a long time and I love seeing the cores progress (there's even a playable Neo Geo core now, though it's far from perfect) and eventually we're going to have one hell of a nifty little system with an incredible selection of cores ^_^ Oh and I'll miss Dave, but I'm still here! Always!

Great show, I’m not only reviewing concepts but also learning new things in pretty much each episode!

i'm so happy you decided to continue game sack without dave. You rock joe please never stop.

"If you want to play a Sega 3D game you can go straight to Hell". Perfect.

That 'effing outrun intro LOL You're doing great solo as well! Glad to see the show will continue!

The new era begins! I'm here for all of it. Great episode! I've been curious about this.

There really needs to be a follow-up video for this as most of the cores for it have been perfected now. The state of the MISTer is leaps and bounds better than it was just a year ago and growing at a rapid pace.

hey man, how'd you do that cool ass layer transition?

Great video, Joe. I've wanted to learn about this for a while now and you explained everything as I needed. Doing good flying solo too, by the way!

The new effects you have for the show are amazing!

good video, keep the emu stuff coming, I'm obsessed with finding the best emulator for the money, particularly handhelds

Minimig is a stand alone fpga board, that explains the name. Also if the games that flicker on loading a WHDLoad installs and there is no option for preload is normal. It emulates floppy disk loading from the hard disk. This is done on Amigas with low ram.

Thanks for carrying on with this great show! I miss Dave, but you're doing great Joe!

Chuckled harder than I probably should've at you hiding under the table. Great quality as always, I'm a fan for life.

Feels bit different but no issues. Actually, I appreciate mentioning Amiga and C64. For European gamers these were bigger than consoles. Keep up good work.

To get Akumajou Densetsu to work did you have to take the SD card out and blow on it just like a really NES?

Congrats from Argentina Man!!! Keep up your fantastic work!!!

I really was not sure how the end skit would go, or if there would even be one. I sure wasn't disappointed! Good job!

About time the Mister gets some coverage by some of the big channels on youtube, I bet Smokemonster would be proud.

Oh man you've got to do an update on this. The MiSTer is amazing these days.

Great episode Joe. Glad to see Game Sack carry on!! Thanks for all the work you put into this.

Awesome episode. Full length still, Joe's putting in that extra grind for us! Long live Game Sack!!!

What an awesome ep! I've been researching the mister for months and you might have just given me enough info to jump in! I don't even remember that other guy! Who was he again, Pete, Carl,.. or maybe it was Richard, yeah, something like that, he was Dick for sure. :). (kidding of course, waiting for a Blu-Ray with the rest of "The Dave Years"!

The problem with F-16 Fighting Falcon on the Genesis is that it uses a legacy graphics mode in the Master System's VDP. Basically the Master System VDP is an enhanced version of the same Texas Instruments VDP family that was used in the Coleco Vision and MSX, and the Genesis VDP is a further development of the Master system's VDP. The Genesis VDP retains the Master System specific graphic modes but not the older legacy modes.

This was honestly great, I've enjoyed the episode immensely. Thanks for your hard work! Hope you continue and Game Sack keeps being profitable for you for many years

Great job on the video... man those transitions are awesome between games!

I love the way you transition between the scenes by splitting the screen layers... Is that new, cause it's awesome! OT: You're doing a great job Joe. Keep it up!

D-did you just cover me with your sack at the beginning?

This is a great video! I've been Watching for 6 yrs and I'm not stopping ever! Great job Game Sack!

The transitions where you split the graphics are awesome!

Nice coverage of a great system. I've played a lot of emulation, but prefer my MiSTer rig for playing games that it supports.

Hey Joe, I had the same issue with Game Boy Color games on my MiSTer. Turns out you need a GBC bios to be loaded to be able to load GBC roms. Works perfect now.

The outro is epic! Nice episode, greets from Germany!

I'm glad you managed to squeeze in the post-video skit at the end too. I don't think I can look at that version of Outrun the same ever again.