I’ve got component cables for my PS2 so I’ll do a comparison when I can with the PSone core.
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Is this a PS1 game running on PSP? How do we know they aren’t changing the brightness in that emulator to counteract the PSP LCD?
Nintendo did similar on a lot of early GBA games. These look pale on later GBA/screens.
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that’s a good point, I don’t this would be the case however as the PSP has native analog video output. I don’t think Sony would have overlooked not balancing the brightness back during video out. plus the screen brightness can be controlled by the user and it gets plenty bright as it is imo
I can do a couple of other tests. PS2, Saturn and Dreamcast for some Neo Geo or Genesis games, though the latter 2 would be through s-video so not 1:1
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I’ve found that switching from the Monoprice cable (I believe Misteraddons also sells this) definitely helped alleviate the issue. I don’t really find myself increasing the brightness or contrast anymore
a quick comparison check with that shot from MGS against the PSP shows it’s still a little dim compared to that, but I wonder if that has to do with the analog I/O YpbPr only being able to display 6 bit color, down from the 8 bit the Mister is capable of
Are you saying going to a better cable can help make the MiSTer Analog I/O brighter? I have the MiSTer Addons cable, can you recommend an alternative?
Also, I’ve always wondered about the 6-bit color, is that a hard limit on the I/O or can you get the full 8 bits from a different board design (not direct video)?
I read it’s a hard limit of the I/O, but could be wrong. is it also dim for you?
I suspected it might be the cable as I use the same Monoprice cable for my GBS Control, and it hit me that I always found my downscaled games to be dim too, but I always chalked that up to either the downscaling process or the GBS itself
what I used aren’t even expensive cables, in fact given the reputation of Monoprice you’d back it to be better
I used this VGA to Component adapter, and then the generic Amazon brand male to male component cables
it could be placebo, but honestly I don’t think it is because with the Monoprice cable the picture was noticably dim, where I’d always adjust my TV to compensate. since then, I’ve actually been playing games without adjusting anything, and while not as vibrant as my other consoles it’s certainly serviceable
it’d be hard to do a proper scientific test, but I’ll try to test it by eye and swap out the cables in real time
I’ll try that cable.
It’s not a huge difference, but I have a few CRTs that are a little dimmer/older, where in darker games (like DKC or Crash Bandicoot) detail is definitely lost compared to the slightly brighter output of a SNES or PS1/2.
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I’d maybe hold off buying the cable as I did a quick test earlier by swapping out cables and it’s pretty inconclusive lol. could just be placebo
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Anyone here got much experience with the mt32pi? I’m waiting for mine to arrive.
Does anyone think Mushihimesama will be possible on MiSTer? Or was that on hardware that will be too powerful to reproduce?
I dig the Switch release of this game a lot but would love the option to play it with original 240p graphics on a CRT.
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there is the option of the PS2 port which is 240p in TATE mode (or you can permanently hex edit it to 240p). though the port isn’t that great
I think a PGM core is planned for some time in the future, but I can’t remember if Mushi was on the PGM
my workaround is playing the Switch port on a VGA monitor with a scanline generator
I didn’t realize the PS2 port was 240p in Tate mode. I’ll look into that.
Mushi isn’t on the PGM. It’s on CV-1000. I think it’s more powerful than the PGM if I’m not mistaken, but less than Dreamcast/NAOMI/Atomiswave type hardware.
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I think the CPU’s clock speed on that hardware will be too much for the MiSTer, would be happy to be proven wrong on that however!
I suspected that was the case, but just wanted to know if anyone heard otherwise. I’ll assume it’s impossible for now unless someone announces they are working on it someday.
A new competitor appears!
ZXTRES, comes in three capacities.
- Low end one. Probably still capable for 8/16 bit? €150
- Middle one is about MiSTer capacity. Cost said to be less than MiSTer but as we know MiSTer is very expensive right now
- High end almost twice the capacity of MiSTer. Wild.
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Very interesting!! Love seeing something that might be even more accessible.
If an FPGA can ever replicate the Dreamcast and stuff like Cave CV1K it’s a wrap for me. Would probably have every game I’d ever want to play for life.
in other news, the Mortal Kombat core is nearing completion but will require dual RAM sticks
I’ve ruled out the cable being the culprit, as I suspected it probably wouldn’t be. same cable, but flipping between Direct Video and the I/O board. not sure if it’s easy to tell in the pictures, but the difference in luminance is quite significant in person
Direct Video:
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Hard to tell which is better based on these photos. Which do you prefer?