Liam W
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Console Mode is going into open beta testing for SuperStation/MiSTER Pi owners. If you are interested, head over to Discord. We have a special role and channel for feedback: discord.gg/t3ZywMBvh
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
We spent the last 8 months creating a user-friendly frontend for MiSTer FPGA. Here's a look at Console Mode running on SuperStation one. Video: youtu.be/a7ER1rDxXTA
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@TakiUdon_ Ik that the super 5 hdmi dock is currently being worked on rn, what time frame are we looking at when it’ll be available to order, or is it too soon to know?
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I believe video game consoles now have a 0% tariff. They were 10% before this.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
This ended up being VERY wrong. For some reason, tariffs on gaming consoles skip a huge bonus tariff category no one talks about. Gaming consoles face a 20% tariff with the pause. A gaming console PCB (declared as a PCB) gets hit at 70%. Everything else is just as convoluted.
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@TakiUdon_ That’s REALLY nice that you don’t have to worry about cutting any plastic on the casing
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I jinxed it and ended up adding several additional months of R&D. Here's the final result of adding HDMI to the Switch Lite.
I love how there was just enough space to fit this connector. It's almost like it was made to be.
SUPER5 OLED Touch + SUPER5 HDMI
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
18 months of R&D, just as many failed revisions, and more than $200K in costs. SUPER5 OLED HDMI is finally done. This is the first fully assembled device in the world. You can't imagine how relieved I am that it works. This was the most difficult project I've ever worked on.
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@TakiUdon_ Ok. So with the dock, do you have to install anything internally on the switch lite, or is it somehow just plug and play? Also, in what range might it cost?
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@BobtailEnt We are bandwidth capped right now. The hardware is 90% finished, but the hardware lead is working on the SuperDock now. The colors will be the ones shown previously.
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The glass front meta in handhelds needs to die.
Retro Gaming With Deadfred@RetroDeadFred
Plays GBA cartridges and emulates up to PSP at 2x. GameMT E3
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I just want to put this out into the universe.
If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
This is a very impressive PS1 game by @EliasDaler running on SuperStation.
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@TakiUdon_ Any updates on when the super 5 hdmi dock will be available to order?
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It’s been a few months and I have a new update on SS1 disk reading. We ended up improving disk reading to be on par with loading from an SD in almost all CD-cores.
All CD cores except PS1 = indistinguishable from SD.
PS1 = edge cases where a game can be <1% slower.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
Doing some testing of SS1 reading PS1 data directly from a disk without dumping the data first. It’s much better than I expected. That being said, copying games to the SD or SSD is still the optimal strategy for performance. It’s a one-time process and better for random access.
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@BobtailEnt Not yet. We are doing the mass production version now. Based on the weight, shipping should be around $15.
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I finally populated the last section of Console Mode. Here’s the arcade directory with screenshot support. It makes picking games much easier if you aren’t familiar with the titles.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
Progress update for SuperStation/MiSTER Pi Console Mode. It’s super fast and can almost do everything the main UI can.
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@TakiUdon_ Will you be putting out a video soon demonstrating how it works?
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Update: We made further revisions to this hardware. Its been sitting at the stage of creating a mass production version for a few weeks because I moved the product engineer to the SS1 team. The S7 OLED redesign finished yesterday, so I moved that engineer to S5 HDMI Dock.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
I added the SUPER5 HDMI Dock product page. The first batch will be limited to select people after the prototypes are done. The second will be open to all. retroremake.co/products/super…
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@Pawrawre @TakiUdon_ No, I’m pretty sure it’s designed specifically for the switch lite to allow it to output video to an external display.
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@TakiUdon_ Hi ! Is that dock Switch 2 compatible or no ? :)
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@BobtailEnt We finished the pre-mass production version. I moved the engineer that was working on it to the SS1 team while we finish S5 HDMI shipments.
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MiSTER Pi batch 5 preorders have been added to the store.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
MiSTER Pi Packs are back in stock as a non-preorder. We also added a 4-Player N64 SNAC Adapter & MiSTER Pi RTC to the store. Preorders for the third shipping batch window of SuperStation are also live.🎮
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@TakiUdon_ Any update on when the SUPER 5 HDMI docks will be available to order?
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I’ve been messing around with N64 carts on SuperStation. Speed would need to drastically improve to make this practical.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
First boot, LFG!
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@TakiUdon_ Looking forward to finally getting my mega kit, Can't wait to do a YT video on it.
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Here’s a cool exploded view with less than half the items in a SUPER5 OLED / SUPER5 HDMI kit. There are around 50 parts in a Mega HDMI Kit, and I finally have almost all of them.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
18 months of R&D, just as many failed revisions, and more than $200K in costs. SUPER5 OLED HDMI is finally done. This is the first fully assembled device in the world. You can't imagine how relieved I am that it works. This was the most difficult project I've ever worked on.
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@TakiUdon_ Plus, there’s not that much of a noticeable difference between two and three
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Results were roughly split in half. I didn't want to skew the results, but I was considering this to improve the clear shell. The current shell uses double injection fuse a logo insert to the shell.
Pic 1 = current
Pic 2 = slimmed insert
Pic 3 = slimmed logo insert in 2 parts
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
Exploring the idea of having the SS1 logo come as a high gloss part of the front shell with a set of decals in the box that you can use to customize. Stock high gloss, PS1 colors, monochrome white or gray, and holographic.
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@TakiUdon_ Option two may be the best, since it’ll be more affordable than the third, but nicer looking than the second.
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@TakiUdon_ Any update on when the Super 5 dock will go into production, or be ready to be ordered?
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I had some downtime after work today, so I added preliminary support for loading Sega CD games from disk without dumping on SuperStation.
It works very well! I’ll try Sega Saturn when I get a chance.
Taki Udon@TakiUdon_
Doing some testing of SS1 reading PS1 data directly from a disk without dumping the data first. It’s much better than I expected. That being said, copying games to the SD or SSD is still the optimal strategy for performance. It’s a one-time process and better for random access.
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@TakiUdon_ This kinda reminds me of the OneXSugar, which sounds like it’s coming out soon. It’s kinda like a switch that has another screen the flips out from the back and the controllers can be adjusted. It seems to be pretty powerful too.
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