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<u>Note:</u> Check the Racketboy retrospective in Resources list below as it particularly covers these solutions to using old controllers well.
==RecommendationsComparison to alternatives==If you are interested in buying an FPGA board/unit(s) to accurately recreate accurate simulation/processing of the retro consoles of yore , that, yet at the same time plays well on modern visual screens (TVs, computer monitors, etc); then , it is probably might be better to get one of the sophisticated [[FPGA|FPGA clones ]] from Analogue covering one console and parts for this MiSTer board covering a wide array of console cores::- '''Analogue Super NT''': This clone recreates the normal SNES/Famicom console almost perfectly. It doesn't support all the special chips embedded inside select game carts. However, you may buy the SD2SNES cart from Ukrainian developer Krikkz from one of the many online stores. It supports the vast array of special chips found in those special carts, including the SuperFX and SA-1 (Both added in firmware updates in 2018). Though it has a large added impost of $200 US on top of the clone, too. MiSTer on the other hand has gradually been adding support for several special chip game types, though not everything yet.
:- '''Analogue MegaSG''': Another clone from Analogue, this one recreates the regular Sega Megadrive/Genesis console line perfectly. It doesn't support the Sega Genesis 32X or SegaCD add-ons. However, TerraOnion, another firm that probably made the world's first ever FPGA-driven flash cart for any retro console with a cart for the Neo Geo console in the late 1990's (Needs citation/research), has started releasing a new FPGA-based SegaCD drive simulator cart called the MegaSD for the Megadrive hardware and MegaSG clone. While inserted into original Megadrive, the MegaSD is compatible with the 32X add-on and SegaCD add-on; but is NOT able to support the 32X hardware while inserted into the MegaSG probably due to the complications arising from signalling routines that were shared between the original Megadrive and 32X hardware. It does support the SegaCD hardware perfectly with the MegaSG. A curious tidbit: The MegaSD cart couldn't support the only game cart embedded with a special chip called the "SVG" for the game ''Virtua Racing'' (One of many ports of a Sega Model 1 arcade original). The MiSTer officially supported that SVG game in [http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=31926&start=400#p375795 mid-2019]!
:- '''MiSTer''': Your mileage may vary as to which one of the Analogue-made clones that you want along with a MiSTer setup. The cores currently found in the MiSTer range for top 16-bit consoles like the SNES and/or Megadrive are not necessarily as fully compatible nor perfect with all games (Both normal carts and those with many special chips) as an Analogue unit and recommended flash cart can achieve.
Otherwise, if you really can only afford one FPGA unit to do it all, then the MiSTer hardware with add-on boards & a 3D-printed case is really the one to pick; then you read it however requires some reading and learn how learning to set it up.
==Resources==
