Open Source Sega Hardware

Sonikku2k · Jan 31, 2019

biggestsonicfan said:

Sonikku2k said:

FPGA technology is always going to be a winner.
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I completely disagree. The design of the original Sega hardware, especially for systems not fully reverse engineered such as the 32X and select arcade boards, namely Model2 onwards and including things like the Triforce and Lindbergh, will not be possible to create 1:1 hardware setups within the FPGAs. It's not a question of redesigning the wheel, but using components from older, dead hardware, and recycling that into new boards like the Mega Blaster does in the original post. In some cases, we may never have a blueprint of the silicon layout to reproduce into an FPGA. The homebrew hardware scene is very niche, yes, and does require quite a bit of time to source components, but can produce very high-quality results.

There is also the factor of what interference should be caused by component layouts in the original design as well as any flaws that exist. As far as I understand, FPGAs mitigate these design flaws.
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Of course it will never be possible to create a 1:1 setup. What I meant was, for creating an emulated platform, an FPGA is an obvious choice.

biggestsonicfan · Mar 22, 2020

Bumping an old thread where NINTENDOES what SEGA hasn't yet... A NES Motherboard For The Open Source Generation.

Overlord · Mar 23, 2020

I fully believe Nintendo would be suing the shit out of that if the patents on the NES hardware hadn't expired.

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