MiSTer FPGA DE10 NANO! Neo Geo CD Core is HERE! It's a WIP Build But Its Incredible!

Sometimes a surprise just falls out of the sky and into your lap...and two days ago a work in progress Neo Geo CD core for MiSTer FPGA arrived. No it's not finished...yet it still has issues...but it's an incredible experience just to check it out...so that is exactly what were are going to do! Because Neo Geo is one of my favorite retro gaming arcade platforms around and the Neo Geo CD core is a welcome addition to the SNK family of hardware!

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I asked, you answered...and I try to listen :) Of all the requests for new content on the channel one of the most frequently asked for videos is a series on the Terasic DE-10 Nano MiSTer FPGA hardware...so here it is! Retro gaming goodness.

On this episode of our MiSTer series we are going to be talking about the recent alpha test build of the Neo Geo CD core! It's working on an Unstable MiSTer build and is a core that needs to be manually installed...but so far its highly impressive and will obviously only get better with time! But Neo Geo CD has so many retrogaming hits and some solid exclusives like Puzzle Bobble, Ironclad and Crossed Swords II...along with plenty of Neo Geo AES and MVS hits like Fatal Fury, the King of Fighters, Pulstar, etc etc.

Can't wait to see this core get further developments!

Questions? Comments? Just leave them below and I will do my best to answer each and every one of them!

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[hideokojimajr]

Must’ve been painful to not be able to say, “I’m going to have you listen to 45 seconds of the sound and music now”

[Charlie-Cat.]

Wonderful news indeed VGE. So glad this came about and finally, the NGCD is getting the attention it deserves. I actually started my Neo-Geo collection with the CD unit and glad it did so. Great to see this from you bro.

Thank you for stopping by the Neo-Geo thread to share this as well. I'll stop by to make a comment later on VGE. 8^)

Anthony...

[Helvetica_Scenario]

I've been waiting for this. I can't play the KOF games without the arranged soundtracks. They're amazing. Especially 95 & 96.

[simonwoods]

I've still got a Neo CD but my controller is faulty. The single speed drive version. I really liked the artwork SNK put on the inserts of the games. Very attractive. SNK's art department was second to none. I have no real reason to use this core as I can play Ironclad and Cross Swords 2 on the normal neo core. Still, it's nice to have.

[GarmrNL]

Can't wait for the audio to be supported, but this looks super promising! It would be awesome if this core could somehow skip the loading part of the games. Can't wait to play the 'true' version of Crossed Swords 2 😀

[kennylauderdale_en]

Doesn't the CD have a ram difference? I think that;s why it never went past last blade/kof 99. The MVS carts were able to go past that limit with onboard expansion chips & the CD couldn't go that direction. Art of fighting 3 doesn't have scaling sprites for this reason.

[AndyDo]

Are there any losses in the unofficial AES rework of Crossed Swords 2 floating around out there? I know that even if it's just for arranged music and SamSpir RPG, I'm very much looking forward to to this core. But I'm curious if anything was massively compromised for the Crossed Swords 2 consolization. A vs video between real CD hardware and the rom version would be really neat to see!

[ciaranmccarthy]

Are the load times reduced compared to real hardware?

[jhonysp]

Eu quero ajudar a testar os jogos do NeoGeo CD, inclusive montei o fullset com todas versões.

[umbrellalab]

Just acept its was future no load time thanks for all

[gillianseed]

shouldnt take too long to get up to the level of the non cd core

[sunderark]

Ah as old Rafiki once said, "It is time"

[PixelCherryNinja]

Awesome video. I'm looking forward to the SamSho RPG fan translation, when it gets released.
2023 is looking so good, so far.

[dorfus]

What’s different about Puzzle Bobble on CD?

[airthrowDBT]

This is SO exciting. I hope there are some loading speed options to help...and CD audio, I haven't had a NGCD in years

[valentine_puppy]

Dumb question. Does mister have to be on the De10? Can it be on other fpga?

[Ohverture]

With not all of the games having arranged soundtracks, and a few of the fighting games having fewer frames of animation than the carts, and the hideous load times - what's the advantage with this core? Can someone explain the appeal apart from that? I get that people might have memories tied to it because it was a lot cheaper to buy the games but we have options nowadays...

[METRlD]

I played a ton of Puzzle Bobble back in the day. Especially the N64 version of Bust a Move 2. My friends and I always got a kick out of the sound bites the characters make when doing chains and such.

[kanjinan]

Nice Video ;) Hope to have the next release of this core soon.

[wildside]

Last Resort is AMAZING. Ironclad also, very underated