NeoVGA: Lagless, pixel-perfect line doubler for Neo-Geo MVS and AES

Xian Xi · Mar 22, 2016

Nice that it was something simple. Looking forward to the product. Great work dude.

mikejmoffitt · Mar 22, 2016

Yah yah yah yah yah

Gamefan · Mar 22, 2016

Looking awesome!!

GTRetro87 · Mar 22, 2016

mikejmoffitt said:
Yah yah yah yah yah

Oohh mama

Lemony Vengeance · Mar 22, 2016

NOICE.

kuze · Mar 22, 2016

FPGA-Gear Spec, I love it. :lol:

mikejmoffitt · Mar 22, 2016

Final PCBs have been ordered. Getting Macrofab to assemble them requires a lot of annoying clerical steps, so it looks like the first batch is going to be done by me, by hand. Oof... on the bright side, I've made a few changes to make hand assembly easier, and by ordering 10 PCBs I was able to get it a bit cheaper than before.

Here are some moneyshots of Metal Slug on the big Sony TV I have been testing 480p component on. You can see a comparison of 0, 50, and 100% scanlines in effect. Unfortunately the TV has some stupid sharpening shit that can't be turned off, where it blends vertically, but it's not _that_ bad:

fenikso · Mar 22, 2016

The red board is super sexy. Congrats on a finished product. I've been following this project since the beginning and it's super fucking awesome to see it come to completion.

Xian Xi · Mar 22, 2016

Wow, very nice. If all goes well I'd like to order a few in advance for installs on my CMVS systems.

XeD · Mar 23, 2016

Look good Mike. I'm ready to order when the production start (can I do that /w my post count... sigh) I can't wait to update my CMVS. running this and undamned encoder will make thing easier to run at tournaments

Lemony Vengeance · Mar 23, 2016

I'd love one when you've ironed out any kinks for CPS2

. I'd also love one for my omega as well

DaytimeDreamer · Mar 23, 2016

Congrats on the final product. Would like to order a couple as well.

Question: Will the finished product come with installation instructions for AES/MVS? What's the difficulty level in properly installing this to a Neo Geo unit be it AES or MVS?

vinnieboy1 · Mar 23, 2016

This is great way to go, can't wait to order. Put me down for two

McColbo · Mar 23, 2016

I'm in for one...not sure how the post count thing works for doing this but oh well.

GTRetro87 · Mar 23, 2016

I'm down for one!

xsq · Mar 23, 2016

Wow, you rock dude. This brings the Neo up to speed. I'm so tempted to pick one up.

mikejmoffitt said:
Yah yah yah yah yah

Offspring?

Niko · Mar 23, 2016

I know everyone is bum rushing you for orders. Do you know how you plan to handle orders yet? Like will you be doing them through your site or just email/pm?

buaku · Mar 23, 2016

xsq said:
Wow, you rock dude. This brings the Neo up to speed. I'm so tempted to pick one up.

Offspring?

First thing I think of when I hear that song is Crazy Taxi, lol.

mikejmoffitt · Mar 23, 2016

Regarding orders, I haven't even really thought through how I'd want to do this. Since right now I have to build them by hand, it's hard to make extras and keep them in stock. I don't know how I'm going to handle dibs, we'll deal with that once I have it done. If a reputable online game shop that sells similar kits would be interested in selling them, I'd be into that, but I haven't considered it yet.

buaku said:
First thing I think of when I hear that song is Crazy Taxi, lol.

Yep, that was the intended reference.

wataru330 · Mar 23, 2016

I'm down for an AES version. Strong work!

kuze · Mar 23, 2016

One option is to sell 'kits' with all the required parts and make the end user put it together, would save you a lot of hassle.

aha2940 · Mar 23, 2016

mikejmoffitt said:
Regarding orders, I haven't even really thought through how I'd want to do this. Since right now I have to build them by hand, it's hard to make extras and keep them in stock. I don't know how I'm going to handle dibs, we'll deal with that once I have it done. If a reputable online game shop that sells similar kits would be interested in selling them, I'd be into that, but I haven't considered it yet.

I cannot speak for any other member, but maybe you can talk to shadowkn, cdamm or NeoTurfMasta, AFAIK all of them have stores that may fit what you need, and might even be able to offer service of installation. It would be nice seeing Omega CMVS come with your encoder factory-installed.

Also, congratulations for this product. It looks very nice, and I think I'll be getting a couple when you make them publicly available.

Regards.

mikejmoffitt · Mar 23, 2016

kuze said:
One option is to sell 'kits' with all the required parts and make the end user put it together, would save you a lot of hassle.

That might be kind of mean, though. Some of these parts are 0.4mm pitch SMT parts, it takes some practice to get used to!

Xian Xi · Mar 23, 2016

mikejmoffitt said:
That might be kind of mean, though. Some of these parts are 0.4mm pitch SMT parts, it takes some practice to get used to!

You can make it an option with a disclaimer of course.

RetroTechRewind · Mar 23, 2016

mikejmoffitt said:
That might be kind of mean, though. Some of these parts are 0.4mm pitch SMT parts, it takes some practice to get used to!

If you want some help, I can populate boards for you on the equipment at my work. I'd be happy to lend a hand. Just let me know.

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