v0.30

MiSTer Main v0.30 – Physical CD Support

By popular request, physical discs now load automatically when launching a supported system through its included MGL file.

Supported Systems

• PlayStation
• Mega CD
• TurboGrafx-16 CD / PC Engine CD
• Sega Saturn
• Philips CD-i
• More systems coming soon

Changes

• Added automatic physical-disc launching through MGL files
• PlayStation, Mega CD, TurboGrafx-16 CD and Sega Saturn now use their official stable cores
• Separate physical-disc core forks are no longer required for these systems
• Philips CD-i remains the exception because its stable core does not work correctly with physical discs
• The previously created experimental CD-i fork is included for physical-disc support

Installation

Extract the ZIP file to the root of your MiSTer SD card.

Add the following to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD

v0.22

MiSTer Main v0.22 – Physical CD Support

Supported Systems

• PlayStation
• Mega CD
• TurboGrafx-16 CD / PC Engine CD
• Sega Saturn
• Philips CD-i
• More systems coming soon

Changes

• Added Philips CD-i physical-disc support

Add to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD

v0.18

MiSTer Main v0.18 – Physical CD Support

Supported Systems

• PlayStation
• Mega CD
• TurboGrafx-16 CD / PC Engine CD
• Sega Saturn
• More systems coming soon

Changes

• Added Sega Saturn physical-disc support
• Drastically improved PlayStation performance
• PlayStation gameplay runs smoothly, with only minor hiccups during FMV playback
• Added proper PlayStation region detection so PAL games boot correctly
• General compatibility and performance improvements

Add to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD

v0.8

MiSTer Main v0.8 – Physical CD Support

Supported Systems

• PlayStation (PSX)
• Mega CD
• TurboGrafx-16 CD / PC Engine CD
• More systems coming soon

TurboGrafx-16 CD / PC Engine CD

• Physical disc support through /dev/sr0
• Supports Mode 1 data tracks and physical CD audio
• Uses raw 2352-byte sector reads
• Uses two 16-sector low-latency read caches
• Synthesizes subcode Q from the physical disc TOC
• Asynchronous read-ahead worker can use both ARM CPU cores
• Requests the maximum supported drive speed

Mega CD

• Full-speed physical disc support through /dev/sr0
• Supports Mode 1 data tracks and physical CD audio
• Uses raw 2352-byte sector reads
• Uses two 16-sector low-latency read caches
• Supports MMC READ CD commands with packets of up to 32 sectors
• Asynchronous read-ahead worker can use both ARM CPU cores
• Requests the maximum supported drive speed

PlayStation

• Gameplay is nearly fluid
• FMV and audio may still stutter
• Still needs a lot of tweaking

Add the following to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD

v0.7

MiSTer Main v0.7 – Physical CD Support

Supported Systems

• PlayStation (PSX)
• Mega CD
• More systems coming soon

Mega CD

• Full-speed physical disc support through /dev/sr0
• Supports Mode 1 data tracks and physical CD audio
• Uses raw 2352-byte sector reads
• Uses two 16-sector low-latency read caches
• Supports MMC READ CD commands with packets of up to 32 sectors
• Asynchronous read-ahead worker can use both ARM CPU cores
• Requests the maximum supported drive speed

PlayStation

• Gameplay is nearly fluid
• FMV and audio may still stutter

Add the following to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD

v0.6-Pre-Release

v0.6 Pre-Release

Adds physical PSX disc support through the custom MiSTer_Physical-CD main. Add the following entry to MiSTer.ini:

[CD-*]
main=MiSTer_Physical-CD