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A fediverse community dedicated to gaming hardware, clone consoles, flashcarts, and other accessories based on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and similar technology. A place for engineers, developers, and FPGA gaming fans to discuss news, facilitate development, and enjoy a new passionate community!

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MARS: Multi Arcade & Retro System (RetroRGB) (www.retrorgb.com)

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Over the past few months the MARS team has been teasing a new FPGA-based system: Multi Arcade & Retro System. The concept is similar to the MiSTer, but running on its own custom, more powerful hardware. They're expecting to launch it early next year at a $700 price point...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The MARS team was talking about Dreamcast/Naomi/Atomis Wave/CPS 3 type systems to be released for the MARS unit. I am quite excited as some of my favorite games are in the dreamcast level of systems. I have 3 MiSTer systems set up in arcade cabinets and I would love the ability to play more modern systems in there. I also imagine that with enough time the current MiSTer cores will be ported over the the MARS platform. Also the concept front end looks quite nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So it's got a open source software stack and it seems like they want MARS to operate as kind of a spiritual successor to the MiSTer, which all sounds great to me.

I guess the big question is how much of a market will there be for a $700 MiSTer-like console?