<description>&lt;p&gt;I am joined by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/tony-warriner/"&gt;Tony Warriner&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;who is one of the founders of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://revolution.co.uk/"&gt;Revolution Software&lt;/a&gt; as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FPGA devices becoming more accessible, focusing on the MiSTer project and its many retro gaming cores&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hunting down &lt;a href="https://retroremake.co/pages/store"&gt;Taki Udon FPGA boards&lt;/a&gt; and the challenges with small production batches&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Early adopter woes – memory speed concerns and analogue audio quirks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FPGA efforts to emulate complex consoles like the Sega Saturn, PlayStation 1, N64 and beyond&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The dream of a consumer-level FPGA PlayStation 1 experience with the &lt;a href="https://retroremake.co/pages/superstation%E1%B5%92%E2%81%BF%E1%B5%89"&gt;SuperStation One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tony’s new project: &lt;a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-an-original-game-for-the-spectrum-next/"&gt;UrbX Warriors&lt;/a&gt; – a Kickstarter-bound game for &lt;a href="https://www.specnext.com/"&gt;Spectrum Next&lt;/a&gt;, PC and more&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The challenges of developing for the Spectrum Next, dealing with tight memory banking restrictions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Porting &lt;a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-an-original-game-for-the-spectrum-next/"&gt;UrbX Warriors&lt;/a&gt; to PSX, Steam, Switch, Amiga and Mac&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;James’ retro PC escapades – saving and restoring early 2000s hardware for Windows 98 and XP gaming&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Collecting CRT monitors and comparing the experience of CRT versus modern digital displays&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The charm and madness of original hardware compared to FPGA and software emulation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nostalgic memories of &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/3dfx/"&gt;Voodoo 2&lt;/a&gt; graphics cards and the thrill of early PC 3D acceleration&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scaling games like &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/broken-sword-game-boy-advance-development-stories-with-tony-warriner/"&gt;Broken Sword&lt;/a&gt; for different PC specs and the Game Boy Advance back in the 1990s&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ongoing rabbit hole of retro computing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/crt-tv-for-retro-gaming-the-beauty-buying-repair-despair/"&gt;CRT TV repair&lt;/a&gt; challenges&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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Game & Gadget Podcast

James Woodcock

FPGA, Spectrum Next Development, Retro 90s PCs & More… – Game & Gadget Podcast #41

APR 27, 202559 MIN
Game & Gadget Podcast

FPGA, Spectrum Next Development, Retro 90s PCs & More… – Game & Gadget Podcast #41

APR 27, 202559 MIN

Description

<p>I am joined by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/tony-warriner/">Tony Warriner</a>&nbsp;who is one of the founders of&nbsp;<a href="https://revolution.co.uk/">Revolution Software</a> as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>FPGA devices becoming more accessible, focusing on the MiSTer project and its many retro gaming cores</li> <li>Hunting down <a href="https://retroremake.co/pages/store">Taki Udon FPGA boards</a> and the challenges with small production batches</li> <li>Early adopter woes – memory speed concerns and analogue audio quirks</li> <li>FPGA efforts to emulate complex consoles like the Sega Saturn, PlayStation 1, N64 and beyond</li> <li>The dream of a consumer-level FPGA PlayStation 1 experience with the <a href="https://retroremake.co/pages/superstation%E1%B5%92%E2%81%BF%E1%B5%89">SuperStation One</a></li> <li>Tony’s new project: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-an-original-game-for-the-spectrum-next/">UrbX Warriors</a> – a Kickstarter-bound game for <a href="https://www.specnext.com/">Spectrum Next</a>, PC and more</li> <li>The challenges of developing for the Spectrum Next, dealing with tight memory banking restrictions</li> <li>Porting <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-an-original-game-for-the-spectrum-next/">UrbX Warriors</a> to PSX, Steam, Switch, Amiga and Mac</li> <li>James’ retro PC escapades – saving and restoring early 2000s hardware for Windows 98 and XP gaming</li> <li>Collecting CRT monitors and comparing the experience of CRT versus modern digital displays</li> <li>The charm and madness of original hardware compared to FPGA and software emulation</li> <li>Nostalgic memories of <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/3dfx/">Voodoo 2</a> graphics cards and the thrill of early PC 3D acceleration</li> <li>Scaling games like <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/broken-sword-game-boy-advance-development-stories-with-tony-warriner/">Broken Sword</a> for different PC specs and the Game Boy Advance back in the 1990s</li> <li>The ongoing rabbit hole of retro computing</li> <li><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/crt-tv-for-retro-gaming-the-beauty-buying-repair-despair/">CRT TV repair</a> challenges</li> </ul> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p class="has-small-font-size">🌍 <strong>WEBSITE</strong>:<br /> &#8211;<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/">PIXEL REFRESH &#8211; 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