MiSTerCade: FPGA JAMMA Greatness for Arcade Gaming! 

Incredible video, really well done!

MISTer is where it's at, I will never spend insane money on PCB's anymore.

This is amazing! I love watching your genuine excitement about mister. I’m going to take the plunge and get one!

That is sick af dude, Astro-City plus MiSTer looks like a perfect combo.

yo, that reflection of the arcade screens off that shiny board in those macro shots are beautiful. The mistercade looks cool too.

Great vid! Now this is something that I am really looking forward to! Primarily for all the classics that are impossible to find. And I think it was the Willow title screen that really sealed the deal!

I’m even more hyped after this, great video!

I love mister. I’ve been an early adopter and to see it grow to this is something special.

This is too cool! Also, the natural arcade lighting turned out very well.

Glad you got this going! You did it justice just like I knew you would!

Man o man... Great times we live in! I'm so impressed! I need this in my Blast City.

Looking good, I'm glad you could give a positive review on this solution. I totally trust you on this because of the amount of knowledge you got with real hardware :)

Great video as always. Gonna go with this set up when I finally get an Astro City

That is pretty much, my dream PCB. Arcade fidelity to the top. Want two!

Holy crap, this looks AWESOME. Now I won't have to buy a bigger house to setup arcade cabinets!

This is the first video I've seen from you... instant subscribe!

Everytime , you have what to learn from Joe ! Thank you sir !

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

Great video bro, I can see you’re really Geek’d out about it! Mister is truly Amazing!

Man, look at all the goodies that Scarlet has everywhere you look. I wish I had them in my collection to have 100X the fun you have bro. Never a dull moment for sure. 8^) Anthony..

The questions you asked at the end of this video are there same questions I've asked myself but for me it's about the retro consoles I own and collect for. If I setup a MiSTer would I "really" need to collect anything anymore just to put on a shelf, since in actuality, would I want to connect and disconnect my aging consoles anymore. The cost of recap kits, the prices of restoring them, buying upscalers/line doublers, expensive high quality cables for them all and/or buying expensive multi-carts or modding CD drives to use SD cards... The MiSTer is looking more and more worth the value and peace of mind when wanting to play your old retro games. 😭 You have a stick ass setup brother! 🤟😋

Great video, thanks! I've been pursuing to get multi capabilities on three systems (CPS2, MVS, and Sega Naomi), but in Brazil, the cost is insanely high. So far, I managed to get a Naomi NetDIMM and a (very poor substitute) 161-in-one cartridge for the MVS; but considering the cost of adquiring a Darksoft CPS2 Multikit and a Terraonion NeoSD Pro, I think you just convinced me to go the FPGA route!

Going to be putting one if these in my JAMMA cab when available. Great video.

Great video, I'm so excited for this. I have to say when you started playing SF2 I did immediately think about the DarkSoft CPS1 Multi, I'm sure it will be brilliant but I should imagine the Mister/MisterCade will probably be cheaper and is definitely more versatile. With boards falling over all time it's hard to not see FPGA as the future.

Awesome setup, at the moment I can't justify purchasing a MISTer, but it's in the back of my mind for something in the futur.

Looks awesome! Coupled with that Big Blue is a drool worthy killer combo.

One of your best vids to date.

This is so exciting to see come to fruition. There was a Tapper arcade cabinet in the last venue I used to go to that shut down for shows. It was never powered on / working lol.

Looks really good. I like how everything is integrated into the pcb. A 3d printed shell would be nice to just throw it into a cab. I've gone the j-pac route as it's supported in Mister and had one laying around from the old mame pc in a cab days of the early 2000s. 😁

This is amazing. I already own a MiSTer, I just need a CPS 2 cabinet and a MiSTerCade if I want to build an arcade machine. NeoGeo, CPS1, CPS2 all on the same cabinet? Hell yeah. That's $1000 or more just for boards and multi-game carts I don't need to spend.

This is cool as hell. It really does revolutionize some shizz. And it was a great looking video to boot. I could definitely see investing in this. I gotta get my daggum garage done, yo.

this is amazing, thanks for sharing. I need this.

This is what Ive been hoping was out there. I just got two candies that don't have pcb's. Now I'm going to get these and will be good to go.

seems like this is going to be the year mister goes main stream . i rember 30 years ago the fpga scene was super niche super nerd stuff now 2021 here we are

Fantastic video! To answer your question, I’ll still keep buying multis and original boards within reason, however, I can no longer justify buying expensive boards already on MiSTer (or soon to come) that hold no nostalgia value. I went through the same thing with consoles. I got rid of most of my 8- and 16-bit console games in favor of one MiSTer setup. I kept all of my original games from childhood and I’ll still play those on original hardware. As long as I have a working cabinet with CRT, I’ll keep playing SFII: CE on original hardware. I like multis because they still give the original hardware experience. I may be in the minority but I also like working on old arcade hardware. I’ll pick up the MiSTercade day one.

Cool device. Excellent detailed video. Thx for the heads up! Peace!

Great Video as always :)

This is amazingly big!

Super cool. Ive only got the "digital" version of Mister (no IO board) I can't imagine how great these games must look in person on that Astro City monitor!!

This is amazing - I would probably work to make a mini arcade. I totally would go ham if they made Mortal Kombat on this, but the huge Capcom library is a nice alternative. I have no familiarity with Mister but this is an amazing project.

Mister development is so good that if you are just interested in playing games and not collecting its perfect.

As a long time MiSTer user I have had a similar experience. It just works. It doesn't have the exact same bells and whistles but it has been extremely reliable for me.

This is definitely a game changer, forget arpicade, mame and the others...here comes a new challenger! I look forward to picking this up and the ds cps1 still, I like having options. Haha!

Good call on the Cads and Dinos PCB, have you seen how much originals sell for now, crazy $$$$.

Pretty awesome just wish I had the room for a dedicated cabinet!

Wanted it before, double want it now!

Fantastic video. Thank you.

A great first impression 👍

Freaking EPIC. As a current MiSTer owner, this makes me really want an Astro City cab. Unfortunately, being in New York City, they're very difficult to come by in the condition I'd want.

Wow that is soooo cool. Only time will tell how this will effect the arcade market

Thank you for the heads up.

I predict u getting another extra mister JUST BECAUSE. Also, can u do any MAME vs Mister comparisons on certain games in the future? Great video. 🤙🏾💯

Great video thanks! Not sure if asked before, but how or what’s the best way to obtain an Astro City Candy Cab, or any good quality jamma cab for that matter? Would love to have a mistercade set up like yours someday, but don’t know where to start when it comes to actually procuring the cab... thanks!

Very cool !

Awesome video.

Couldn't wait for you to post this one. Were you able to tell the difference between the Neo Geo core vs your original hardware? Was there any lag on the controls?

Thanks for this. I'm finally going this way with my MVS cab-probably on a jamma switcher so it is still 'a real arcade'. I've already grabbed a second MiSTer for the purpose, because here in 2022, the odds are super-slim of getting a both a DE-10 and a MiSTercade available at the same time. Everything related to MiSTer seems to have become 'sign up for the availability email'😢

Such great video dude. I'm really lookong forward to the CPS2 core and have patreon for Jotego. Puzzle fighter 2 is a game I remember spending far too much time on the PS1 back in the day and it's amazing playing it again on an arcade stick. When marvel Vs capcom is released I may have to stump up the cash for an astro city candy cab. I think the mister project is one of the best things to happen to the arcade scene. I just hope that there is some way we can see a revival of arcades of old. With the development of mister, the expensive failing PCBs can be sent of to a museum/collector and replaced with mistercades. I just hope that the industry looks into a way of doing this to bring some money and development of the mister FPGA project. I would rather see this happen than it go down the route of capcom and the final burn catastrophe that happened with the capcom home arcade. I'm sure if money was to be ploughed back into the project more of these old boards could be documented/simulated in the same way the mame project has done. The difference is we will have near perfect accuracy it terms of speed and more importantly the sound.

It’s Time to build the MiSTerCade! I need it!!

Awesome!

Even if this wasn't going into a cabinet, this would still be cool to use through JAMMA to play those arcade titles that didn't run through JAMMA to begin with. As long as your supergun of choice has an RGB or Component out option you're set to play on any good CRT or upscaler like the OSSC. Many superguns also allow DB15 and USB connections for controllers these days to, pretty nifty if your prefer to play with a USB arcade stick, USB retro controllers like the Saturn or SNES options that exist, modern controllers like the PS4 or Xbox One and anything with a DB15 connector like Neo Geo or any custom DB15 DIY stick. Still not sure about the overall price of a MISTER though, the money spent on one can be spent on most real JAMMA arcade boards with some change to spare. Again though, the advantage would be to play the arcade games that were not originally JAMMA.

I just stumbled acoss this video by Chance... Could you pleasse consider linking all the things needed like DE10 etc ? Just so its all in one location... Impressive video. very polished and professional

Now you need 2. One for horizontal and one for vertical games. :D

God damn I'm hyped, I think you half answered your question about Multi solutions, I don't really want to sell mine, but would I buy more now? Probably not. It's weird, but it's actually a bit similar to my mvs, I don't really want to sell them even if I have a darksoft mvs. Collecting curse maybe, or just fetishism for authenticity. Anyway thanks for some arcade ASMR, it looked great

great video! do you need to adjust the screen after switching games or cores?

Great video thx! I am new to Mister and I wonder if there is a way to make it a seamless arcade experience: - Can it autoload the last game on startup? Is there a procedure to turn it off or do you simply power off your cabinet like you would with the real hardware? - Can you configure the ingame menu hotkey on something else than the cabinet’s panel? It would be nice to have something similar to the MVS unibios « arcade protect » mode (use of test / service switches combination to access the mister menu for instance).

Thought I noticed one of the cave shmups in the video dodonpachi. One of my personal favs.

Very awesome. How did you launch the menu to switch cores if you didn’t have the buttons on the board to push? Btw Cadis and Dino’s such an underrated beat em up.

i have a pi2jamma setup and yeah i'm drooling over this, can you map combos for credit/exit game (i use up +start for credit for example)

Thanks for the video i have Jamma Expander which is the same as Mister .. my question is how to activate the coin function to my Sega AstroCity cab ? Any idea? Thank you 🙏🏼

The MiSTerCade is arcade heaven.

This is pretty amazing. I see it's sold out, no surprise. Those lucky enough to have cabinets must be keen to get this thing

I think that's a great unit for people who own a arcade at home

Super Excited to get a MISTer, but I want it for the arcade games, and I really want an authentic arcade experience. - I dont have a cab, but I was looking at the SEGA Saturn Virtua Stick USB CS2-0007 --- Without soldering or assembling - what is the absolute best off the shelf stick thats gonna get me close to that authentic Big Blue feel?

Looking awesome in the real cabs. Don't know why none of the cores let you map the Test button though. I assume you still have to make sure to hit a button on P1's side before trying to start a game on P2, otherwise the controls get swapped? edit: ah right after I posted that, Jotego released a new update where the F2 key on the keyboard can be used to get into the test menu for cps1/1.5

can the menu be set to show correctly on a vertical screen cabinet?

Tested SFII: Hyper Fighting on your MiSTer? If so, does it feel like the correct speed? Thanks 👍🏼

Just curious, is there any chance of an external video out for someone to say livestream purposes? Like play on arcade and capture via video out?

I definitely want to get one but I only have a big red cab that is wired MVS. Do you know if the Mistercade would work with a big red JNX Jamma to MVS adapter? Just curious. Also, the Mister is making me question my Mega SG and Super NT purchases. 😓 As always, great video. Take care!

Great video have a quick question I just purchased the Mistercade full kit with DE10 nano. I have a brand new 24.8 flat CRT try sync Arcade monitor here are the SPECS: The horizontal synchronization signal frequency is 15 K 24 and 31K automatically vertical synchronization’s signal frequency is between 47 and 70 Hz video is TTL between 2.5 to 5.0 Vp-p at 1 k ohm impedance and the analog is 0.7 V PP 75 ohm impedance, the resolution it supports is 560 x 240, 640x350, and 640 x 480 Signal connector 6pin (RGB, GND, H+V, V) or 15 pin D-Sub ( Male) I am totally new to this project you mentioned in the beginning of the video that all you need to do is grab his files and change the Mr. INI 15 kHz and 31 kHz so my question is does Mistercade supports all three frequencies 15 kHz 24 kHz and 31 kHz is there a Mr. INI 24 kHz? . Thanks

I have never missed my Egret II more than I do watching this video. Welp, that settles it. I need a MiSTerCade and another candy cabinet.

Exciting to finally see this as a real product. I've had a pi2jamma for years and I'm not thrilled with it for all sorts of reasons. Definitely ready to jump into the MiSTer vortex soon as this device is finally available. Random question: with the MiSTer cores is it possible to utilize cheats for arcade or console games, similar to PC emulators?

Does this output video and audio via the DE-10 nano HDMI port?

Heck yeah!

Was waiting for you to post this vid. Do you think there will be an option implemented in the future to rotate games like donkey Kong etc.? I have my MISTer set up running to both CRT and HDMI Tv’s, but we prefer the CRT. Is it even possible?

nice option for cab owners to play all instead of needing to convert to mame or pie etc

God I need that. Own about 150 arcade pcb, mvs and CPS games but still this is absolutely awesome. Is there a similar system in the works for 31Khz games ?

How does FPGA handle playing vector arcade games, such as Tempest, Asteroids, or Space Duel on a raster monitor?

I just hooked up Antonio Villena’s Jamma adapter yesterday on my Excellena...pulsar neo geo and super Metroid on snes are amazing rgb ttl

Other than the handy IO, why is this better than pushing RGB off a low buck PC with an ArcadeVGA or ati firmware mod?

Thanks for this. My ArcadeSD card recently broke, so I am looking for replacement options on a dedicated 4-way/vert cabinet. I do have a question. Do you have to set controls every time it boots or only the fist time you launch the game?

Does anyone know if it will be possible to put some kind of different frontend on this setup in order to maybe show game thumbnails, etc? Also wondering if I have my CRT in horizontal mode, is there a way for the MisterCade to display vertical games in a letterboxed mode to avoid constantly rotating the CRT?

Hi excuse me for my question, but whats the differnce between that and a good PC with Groovy Mame + CRT emu and all good modelines and clock, Frame_delay to "5" or more for instant inpout (no inpout lag) ? I have that config and make comparaison between two Nanao MS9 side by side and zero difference with the original hardware. Thx.

That looks fantastic. The only downside is that you can't run vertical games properly due to the cores not being able to rotate - you would need to run a scaler mode, which probably wouldn't work on a 15hz arcade monitor, it doesn't on my Sony PVM.

Does this board have any use for those of us that have a JVS cab? Because that would probably push me over the edge to get one.

pretty nice jamma board are so big to collect and mister can play ton of other game too. With less them 10 jamma board and some other system (s-tv,mvs, f3) i have alredy taken a big chunk of my storage and with the other system ( console) there not enough place.

background music looks awesome ...takes me away back...whats the name

Hey guys couple of questions.... 1. How is this any different from a pandoras box? I have a pandoras box DX and it looks pretty good. 2. Do you have to map the buttons for every single game you play? If so, I would assume the settings are saved.

I hope I can get a (CRT) cab one day!

I have been waiting for CPS2 when it comes out I'm tossing it in my cab. Imo having seemingly no lag is how I always want to play my games