The Current State

Development on the MMDC Retro Player has slowed in recent weeks. All of the necessary features are in place, everything is working great, and now I can enjoy playing games on it.

Implemented and working features:

• Cores
  • Atari 2600
  • Commodore 64
  • Pacman coin-op
  • Ms. Pacman coin-op
• Output Formats
  • 640 x 480 @59.94
  • 800 x 600 @59.94
  • 1024 x 768 @59.94
  • 1280 x 720p @59.94
  • 1600 x 1200 @59.94
  • 1920 x 1080p @59.94
  • 1920 x 1200 @59.94
• On Screen Display
  • Output Format
  • Vertical Size
  • Vertical Position
  • Palette
  • Test Patterns
• Game pause function
• Change output format and test patterns via USB.
• Load FPGA core map via USB.

With that said, there are still a number of things on my to-do list. These aren’t really high priority, so I plan on adding the new features as I get time.

Planned Features:

• Select from multiple FPGA core maps on power up.
• Grab screenshots and store them to FLASH.
• Download stored screenshots to PC via USB.
• Stream core video and audio to PC over USB.
• Save and recall user preferences.
• Save and recall machine states.
• Add lettering and some kind of logo to the exterior of the case.