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MiSTer FPGA News – Tandy 1000, MiSTer Companion, MiSTer Organize & More
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MiSTer FPGA Newsletter: Tandy 1000 Finally Gets Its Own Core, Downloader 2.4 Gets Drag-and-Drop Love & More! 🎮💾
The MiSTer FPGA community is churning out updates faster than a TurboGrafx-16 on espresso—here’s what’s new this week:
🔹 Downloader 2.4 is here, and it’s so much friendlier: drag-and-drop database installs (no more editing config files like a sysadmin from 1997), unlimited file sizes, log rotation for easier debugging, and a new archive spec for database devs.
🔹 Tandy 1000 has officially been split off from PCXT with its own full-featured core by Spark2k06—featuring cycle-accurate CPU speeds, Tandy graphics + sound (hello, King’s Quest IV!), EMS/UMB memory, mouse/joystick support, and even dual SD card slots. Yes, you can now run Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? just like back in ’89.
🔹 Qix and The Tin Star cores see progress—RodimusFVC is hacking away at Qix (hangs on game over, but close!), while Anton Gale got The Tin Star running smoothly on the Taito SJ core (except for one obscure title).
🔹 MiSTer Companion v2.5 adds an easy-to-use GUI for editing `MiSTer.ini`, and Update All 2.6 brings overscan fixes, NTSC CRT support, and a monochrome UI—perfect for those who miss the green-on-black days.
🔹 Jotego continues his arcade magic: Caliber 50 beta (Patreon-only for now), plus bug fixes across Renegade, Warriors of Fate, and NeoGeo Pocket save support (Metal Slug still resisting).
All aboard the FPGA express—next stop, Arcade Heaven 🚂🔥