MiSTer Mania! | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Super Adventure Island II, Crystalis and More (ft. Jamie AKA: Kitrinx)

[Original air date: 06/14/2024] This week, Gerry and Aaron sit down with Jamie - better known as her internet handle, Kitrinx, to talk all about the MiSTer FPGA Project. Jamie has developed and contributed to several cores on MiSTer, and we take a deep dive into what its like to develop cores, manage and create the MiSTer Discord, and of course relive some video game memories.

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🫠 CREDITS

• Aaron 🐙 - Host
• Gerry - Guest
• Jamie Blanks (Kitrinx) - Guest

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🔖 CHAPTERS

• (00:47) - - Introduction
• (05:28) - - Retro News
• (05:25) - - Mizubaku Daibouken Translation (Saturn)
• (06:43) - - Morph4K Upscaler
• (09:59) - - Jamie's Color Profiles On the NES Core and Development
• (12:04) - - Super Mario 64 Has Been Beat Without Pushing the A Button
• (14:18) - - Video Game Esoterica Figuring Out Conker's Bad Fur Day's Freezing On the Mister
• (16:08) - - The N64 Core Development On Mister
• (19:50) - - The Jiggly Ocean Aaron's Never Seen PT 1
• (26:21) - - Guest Question: Favorite Video Game Memory
• (29:30) - - Simons Quest Rant
• (31:55) - - MiSTer Deep Dive
• (36:37) - - Anbernic vs. MiSTer vs. Steam Deck
• (40:46) - - New Cheap MiSTer Incoming
• (43:07) - - MiSTer and The Analogue Pocket
• (46:03) - - Cores That Jamie Has Worked On
• (47:48) - - Console Cores Written By Jamie
• (50:26) - - Implementing Cheat Codes
• (54:50) - - Most Difficult Project
• (58:32) - - HIDDEN GEM ALERT! Ninja Golf (Atari 7800)
• (01:17:29) - - MiSTer Build Options
• (01:04:48) - - Controller Usage for MiSTer
• (01:12:32) - - Jamie's Physical Collection
• (01:13:39) - - Physical Game Collecting vs. Digital Preservation
• (01:17:35) - - Japanese vs. North American Box Art
• (01:20:13) - - The Jiggly Ocean Aaron's Never Seen PT 2
• (01:23:09) - - The Need For Physical Hardware
• (01:24:27) - - The Most Whack-A-Doodle Systems
• (01:27:12) - - Weird and Obscure Peripherals
• (01:28:56) - - More Obscure Consoles
• (01:30:27) - - The Best GBA Model
• (01:33:23) - - FAKE AD: Trevor Belmont's Whip It Into Shape Exercise VHS
• (01:37:28) - - The Jiggly Ocean Aaron's Never Seen PT 3
• (01:38:10) - - Random Recomendated Games!
• (01:39:04) - -Crystalis (NES)
• (01:40:41) - - Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
• (01:44:13) - - Super Adventure Island II (SNES)
• (01:46:48) - - Closing