Are you mainly a ________ gamer? (Poll)

[CladInShadows]

G2ThaUNiT said:

CladInShadows said:

I've been following this for a while now.  It's essentially a MiSTer FPGA in a Playstation-ish shell.  It's cool that they're doing a disc drive.  Though for those who would like something like this but are cool with just supplying ROMs/ISOs, the normal MiSTer FPGA does all of this (minus the discs).

Yeah the disc drive is really the only reason why I'm interested, along with the affordability compared to other clone consoles. I have a collection of PS1 games and some original controllers. Not sure if the memory cards work anymore lol but a couple of consoles I had died over the years, so it would be nice to have a console that won't die and still be able utilize my game collection.

Hopefully they allow for original BIOS files to be uploaded so I can't get that OG PS1 boot up screen

The MiSTer not only allows for you to put a BIOS file in there, it requires it.  And yes, it means I see the PS1 boot screen every time! 

Unless Taki Udon plans on customizing it in any meaningful way, I assume this Superstation will be the same.  And the nice thing is, if you have a CRT TV that allows for it, you can get a significantly better signal (RGB, SCART, Svideo, or Component) than the OG PS1 ever was able to get back in the day.  And of course, you can also do HDMI to a modern TV if that's your thing too.  If I didn't already have a working PS1 and a MiSTer, I'd be all over the Superstation.