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amigamia · 07 February 2020, 20:36

Hi Tygre, unfortunately I do not own a FPGA Arcade but I would say this, for $40 and its tiny size this is a perfect replacement for the Minimig. It is an awesome piece of hardware and it does pretty well with Amiga 500 base. Doesn't support AGA and the joystick ports are to be connected to the GPIO, which can be quite tricky.

If compared to an Amibian/Amiberry it is not as fast or as capable and that is why I believe it hasn't become bigger than it is. I think UAE Arm emulation or any other architecture UAE emulation gives you much more flexibility and a bigger punch of processing power. For $40 I think a RaspPi 4 gives you much more.

In the eyes of some amiga purists, emulation may not be considered a true amiga. FPGA gives a closer to real amiga sensation as it can get but on the front end it really doesn't matter IMO.

Needles to say, it is a fun little thing.

07 February 2020, 20:36	#154
amigamia Registered User Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Virginia USA Posts: 48	Hi Tygre, unfortunately I do not own a FPGA Arcade but I would say this, for $40 and its tiny size this is a perfect replacement for the Minimig. It is an awesome piece of hardware and it does pretty well with Amiga 500 base. Doesn't support AGA and the joystick ports are to be connected to the GPIO, which can be quite tricky. If compared to an Amibian/Amiberry it is not as fast or as capable and that is why I believe it hasn't become bigger than it is. I think UAE Arm emulation or any other architecture UAE emulation gives you much more flexibility and a bigger punch of processing power. For $40 I think a RaspPi 4 gives you much more. In the eyes of some amiga purists, emulation may not be considered a true amiga. FPGA gives a closer to real amiga sensation as it can get but on the front end it really doesn't matter IMO. Needles to say, it is a fun little thing.