MiSTer FPGA DE10 NANO Amiga Minimig Setup Guide, Core Review and Games to Play! Its AMAZING!

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People have kept asking me "when are you going to do a video on the MiSTer FPGA Amiga core"...and seriously I meant to earlier! But things got away from me...and it took a hot minute. But here we are...a full core setup guide, review and "games to play" list for the Minimig core on MiSTer FPGA
Big thanks to LIMI and Optiroc from the Amiga scene for getting the scripts that create the HDF files for this video all built up and for recommending some deep cut Amiga games for everyone to enjoy!
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I asked, you answered...and I try to listen :) Of all the requests for new content on the channel one of the most frequently asked for videos is a series on the Terasic DE-10 Nano MiSTer FPGA hardware...so here it is! Retro gaming goodness.
On this episode of our MiSTer series we are going to be talking about the Minimig core in FPGA, which in part is an Amiga 1200 computer, the Amiga 4000, partially the Amiga CD32...and lesser Amiga retro gaming PC hardware than the 1200.
The MegaAGS pack for Amiga
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[@splintercell379]

I have done everything in this video but still can't save in cannon fodder ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Someone else asked me that. I am checking in on it with someone very familiar with Amiga and should have an answer soon

[@alexlimi]

Just checked with the latest MegaAGS image, it works the same as with the other games, I verified that the saves work as long as you use the Quit key after saving (Delete key by default). Remember to use the game’s save function *before* hitting the Quit key.

[@splintercell379]

I tried that but nothing.I finish the first mission then quiet using the delete key.then I start the gam again but nothing I have to start from the beginning?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Thanks for checking Limi. Gonna pin your comment

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Answer is pinned :)

[@alextirrellRI]

So glad you posted this. I've been meaning to check out the Amiga core for ages, but the setup was very daunting!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not so daunting any more :)

[@tidy_cribs]

Just want to thank you for all of your Mister content. Wouldn't have been able to get as far with my own without these awesome vids!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad they are helpful. Plenty more coming :)

[@jeremyzeeky3024]

Thank you for this! The computer cores are alien to me so it's helpful having a video covering it.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it. Glad it helps!

[@RageTimeGaming]

I've finally got the Amiga I've always dreamt of. Amazing. Thank you

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You are welcome. Not like I made it but hey all the same enjoy it!

[@pavlvs_maximvs]

Thanks for this video! I rescued some memories from when I was a kid. My uncle had one and the Amiga was really ahead of its time. Amazing colors and multichannel stereo sound when PCs were still beeping and having 256 color VGA graphics.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s so funny. I have zero experience with Amiga from back in the day. It was all Mac or DOS / Win 3.1/95

[@MarkDell]

I love the Amiga core! I'm so glad to see more people discovering it! MegaAGS is absolutely the way to go!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes the ease of MegaAGS makes it basically a seamless process and experience

[@shingotink5062]

Thanks for this. I will be setting this up next week.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Have fun! Lmk if you run into any issues

[@eduardovelazquez6013]

I asked for this a long time ago and you did it!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha yep. Just took me a minute to get to it

[@AndyDo]

State of the Art impressed me so much as a crusty 386 kid. I was blown away. Then I saw Video Toaster (I had Video Spigot at school, but it was anemic compared to this...) and was in love. MiSTer has been so amazing. My 2000 was pretty rough (Adrian Black repaired it over on ADB) so this core is the best thing!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun core. I never encountered Amiga as a kid. It was all Mac or 486 and beyond

[@richards_256]

Awesome vid! As a teacher, I approve of your teaching methods 👍👍

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha thanks. Also a teacher. Well was; college film/entertainment business

[@pyjama9556]

Ahh Hybris, I knew you’d come with the underrated classics VGE!!😁👏 one of my faves of the Amiga era! I must play this again soon along with Hostages & some IK+!!👌

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lots of games to love that’s for sure

[@METR0lD]

Amiga is one of those gaming platforms I just absolutely nothing about. I'll have to try this one out and see what else I've been missing!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Same. Which is fun to discover something new

[@wildside4822]

Amiga had some great games. Will be checking this core out for sure.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Enjoy it. Super fun core and with MegaAGS it’s so simple to play and enjoy

[@superviewer]

Thanks for giving the Amiga some love. I was an Amiga user from 1988 'til 1993. There are so many gems. I bought the MiSTer almost entirely for the sake of the Minimig core. It's the one Amiga I will never sell 🥰

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s so funny. I never saw an Amiga back in the day. It was always Mac or DOS and then to windows from there

[@superviewer]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Great. The Amiga must have been more supprising to you then :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s fun to discover something I don’t know much about

[@zbarsky]

Can't recommend MEGA-AGS enough. What an easy way to experience the greatness of the Amiga!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s dead simple which is great

[@rvkasper]

yes! I have always passed on trying amiga on my pi3/pi4 emulation station/retropie installations... but this looks amazing. I do recognize a lot of these from my Sega Genesis... But these look and sound better. Keep recommending stuff great video

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Plenty more videos coming :)

[@bitwize]

A lot of British Amiga game developers ported their work to the Genesis because it also had a 68000 and similar graphical capabilities.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The 68k was the workhorse of so many platforms. PC, console, arcade…huge lineage

[@VRBOAT]

Great video. I would love to see an amiga os mister video :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe If this does well

[@mumfnah]

I love this MiniMig core, and I thought for a while that Rod-land was a bit faulty with the controls.... I couldn't get any button to generate the ladders. I just found out that you have to press shoot+Up or shoot+Down to do then. All is well. I love this game

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun game for sure

[@moethephoque9355]

nice stuff 👍

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Fun stuff. Amiga library is very foreign to me so finding new games I've never played has been awesome

[@jamiec2023]

Moonstone a hard days knight, ruff n tumble, agony and shadow of the beast are some of my favourites

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I almost did Shadows of the Beasy

[@jamiec2023]

@@VideoGameEsoterica shadows of the beasy soundtrack is second to none.. ohh and how did I forget to mention apidya a great horizontal shooter where you play as a wasp lol

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lol beasy. Both of us

[@deadave6127]

There's shmups? I'm listening! Thanks for the video. New project for the day.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

There are shmups! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@BillsOldandNewGaming]

At the time this was a big reason for me getting a MiSTer system (Atari ST too) I have a real A1200 but getting it out and setting it up, playing and then having to pack it all away due to space was such a chore, plus its pricey to update with extra ram and hdd's so MiSTer although a limited core is far better than a base model and works so well and a lot easier than messing around with winuae which I have done using pimiga. Minimig keeps things simple and is so much less hassle if you just want to play the games especially with something like megaAGS.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I get that. MiSTer keeps my DOS computer in the closet now since ao486 has me mostly covered

[@BillsOldandNewGaming]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I never had a dos machine, my first pc was 1997 and it was a cyrix based system, looking back it was pretty crap but i enjoyed playing Total Annihilation and quake on it. A friend always had the latest tech so I did experience a bit of dos. I can see why you do the same as I have played a few games via ao486 and it works well. Enjoy delving into some more amiga games as theres a fair few that were better on amiga than pc at the time.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

DOS 486 DX66 was my first non-Mac as a kid

[@johnsimon8457]

Thanks!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Appreciate it :)

[@Ohverture]

Nice to see Fury of the Furries get some love.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Fun intro

[@splintercell379]

You should do a video explaining this faction

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I think the comment came up incorrectly as it shows on the Amiga thumb? Lol so not sure what you mean

[@DaPohli]

Amiga is love

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

People really do love Amiga

[@splintercell379]

I mean you should do a video if you can explaining on how to save games on the Amiga core .especially cannon fodder

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ahhh I see

[@bjornh1527]

Chaos Engine is one if my favourite games on any system! It’s great in every way, and a blast in two player. Listening to this video, maybe the settings you use make it go some percentage faster than regular? Been a while since I last played it, but the sampled speech sounds a bit fast..?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s running at suggested settings for the MegaAGS. It’s possible it’s pivoting to NTSC 60 and the samples might be intended for PAL 50

[@bjornh1527]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah, I got the feeling of something 60hz:-ish! Anyway, play it with any settings you like, it´s an incredible (and incredibly hard) game. Me and my brother reached the last level, but didn´t stand a chance...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Definitely NOT easy that’s for sure

[@242Oliver]

Thanks once again for another great tutorial. The MegaAGS HDFs work flawlessly on my MiSTer. Anyway I have one question: If I manually add a Whdload game to the respective games folder in Workbench, how can I make the Gameselector detect and display this game?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it!

[@jesperjohnsen5336]

Great video m8, but as a long time fan of the amiga and c64 i am happy to see chaos Engine and turrican on here 💪great games,but most games where made for a500 68000 7,14mhz 512kb chip+512 slow ram ocs/ecs chipset the core is great and Will do most but it is not a replacement of the real hardware its just not good enough and to be honest the amiga is not really for gaming it allways was the demoscene but there are great games here like lemmings,world,speedball2 and many more and yes 50hz is where its at on amiga thx for the video m8 i enjoy Them very much and sf2 alpha is still the best 💪💪🤣🤣

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Well yes the Amiga is much more than video games…but for me…everything is just about video games lol

[@Slammer661]

Since update all already adds this core, do we need to see add all these extra files or just kickstarters and the roms?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I believe those come down now with update

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

For those looking for the link...I hear there's an org that is know to archive things. I bet if you searched megaags on a site like that you would find what you are looking for very quickly.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣

[@RainerK.]

I think you forgot to add the Mega AGS link :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I had an issue with it so I had to pivot to ask me lol.

[@splintercell379]

OK i will

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

👍

[@adventuretaco7140]

Dude check out a game called “Awesome” on the amiga core .. it’s actually kinda awesome ..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I will. Good pun too

[@rvkasper]

Alien Breed is a Team 17 game? cool

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It would make more sense if there were Worms in it!

[@MetaHetfield]

Revers Mr. Mister - Broken Wings? )

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha yep ;)

[@splintercell379]

How do you load a game after you save

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Just load the game again. Save should be there

[@wornout_joystick]

How does this work while using an external HDD?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I wouldn’t recommend a spinning drive but if you use solid state should be fine

[@pishbot]

amiga all day. flashback is great on the amiga, but the best version is on the mega drive - it was created for that platform.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Jaguar has a good version too. I can never decide what I like better…Out of this World or Flashback

[@pishbot]

@@VideoGameEsoterica probably safe to say that both games are equally important works of art. another world/out of this world is possibly my favourite amiga game 💾

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They are both straight up gems

[@graschbaten]

@Video Game Esoterica Hi, it would be nice to have a tutorial how to build a MegaAGS image. Because of all Language Regions and sort out not needed Games. thx and bye ;)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Perhaps in the future

[@JorgeLopez-kt7zy]

A lot of the games in the MegaAGS pack are PAL. Is there anything that I can do in the core to get it running on my ntsc crt? They all run well on my lcd monitor but I can only get a select few(for example the broderbund games) running on my crt without a scrolling flicker effect. Thanks :)

[@JorgeLopez-kt7zy]

Ok I figured it out. When you load the minimig core scroll down to options then select 'Force NTSC' then just go back and select youre game. Gotta do this everytime you load another game or reboot tho

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ahh yes that’s not a change that adheres permanently

[@leandrormor]

I'd love to have a help on neogeo / rom pack and setup =( I tried many things but none have worked

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Join my discord or the main mister discord. We can help

[@NLSagat]

How old is the megaags? I set up my miga with the help of the pez video a while back, so i am definitely mostly good, but i found at least one game with a bug :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The newest MegaAGS in the link is 6/22 so def a newer build id presume

[@alexlimi]

Plenty of new major features, games and demos added since Pez made his video, I recommend trying the latest.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

👍

[@fmlazar]

How much is the kit t o do all of this?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

400USD ish

[@kathleendelcourt8136]

How good is the Amiga emulation on MiSTer compared to the best software emulators?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ease of use I find MiSTer infinitely easier to setup. For that reason alone I prefer it. Emulation isn’t bad though. Just diff ways to achieve a similar result

[@kathleendelcourt8136]

@@VideoGameEsoterica That's a good point, Amiga software emulation requires a fair bit of tinkering.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes. This is very tinker free

[@genie52]

oh man, what's gonna happen when you discover speedball 2? :D

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I still have plenty to discover on Amiga

[@genie52]

@@VideoGameEsoterica btw did you see the latest MegaAGS release from 11.11.2022? folder structure is different and has some extras - just tried it and there is a new core amiga 500 but amiga no longer shows.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I did. I’ve yet to add it

[@splintercell379]

Still can’t save I have done everything.the I am trying it is cannon fodder

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll test it myself in a bit

[@Hasse.Andersson]

1 year later.... I wonder though... Why is it not combined? The FPGA HW emulation and software CPU emulation? like a fast ARM CPU for emulating MC68??K CPU/FPU and an FPGA for specific hardware / custom chips That would be like a standard Amiga with CPU acceleration card? I do not know if: it is possible, would be better, and the end price point, but why not?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’d have to ask around and see. I’m not huge into Amiga so I haven’t checked into it in awhile

[@AyeYoYoYooo]

Amiga 500 BC KID … is that working flawlessly yet ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haven’t tested Amiga in awhile now

[@SoftBank47]

This is weird...the Amiga core itself doesn't seem to exist on my MiSTer. I followed everything in this video, but I can't test it without actually having the core.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Weird. That shouldn’t happen. You sure you went to computer folder and not console folder on the main menu?

[@SoftBank47]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah, the _Computer folder doesn't have the Amiga rbf file.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Wow. I have NO idea. Run update. See if that fixes it

[@SoftBank47]

@@VideoGameEsoterica It's ok now. Maybe I was looking for the wrong thing. I was looking under "A" for "Amiga," when I should've been looking under "M" for "Minimig."

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ahh yes. It’s not Amiga lol

[@omgitsbats]

This has been replaced with AmigaVision as of December 25 2023. Same basic concept, just a more updated package. It's on archive. I wish the ao486 was taken as seriously. It's unfortunately a wreck compared to Amiga cores.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I will do an update video soonish on it

[@coderkind]

Assume the Amiga is 480p (i.e. not playable on a 240p/480i CRT)?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I actually didn't try it on my PVM...I'd have to check

[@moethephoque9355]

@@VideoGameEsoterica in my childhood i hooked up my amiga 600 to my crt tv via scart (euo here) but i can't say nothing about interlace...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Good to know.

[@6perkele6]

Amiga is certainly great with 240p pvm or with any crt. But the best display for Amiga is 14" Commodore or Philips crt monitors from the 80's with rgb.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Good to know :) thanks for commenting that

[@omgitsbats]

This has been replaced with AmigaVision as of December 25 2023.

[@splintercell379]

what about other games like lemmings

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Also a fun game

[@DJEatch]

What's the vertical scroller at kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWnRfaWpoNmprc0

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll get back to you. Out for the evening

[@DJEatch]

@@VideoGameEsoterica no worries, think I managed to track it down in the end... Banshee! :-) have good memories of playing the demo on a coverdisk with my mum.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you figured it out :)

[@angelicoreXX]

de10 nano now 223 usd

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes I saw it creeped up a bit

[@angelicoreXX]

@@VideoGameEsoterica the demand is real..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Probably more like inflation is real sadly

[@angelicoreXX]

@@VideoGameEsoterica always an ouch .. a bit regret that i still havent get it till now due to irl reasons

[@splintercell379]

I try it but nothing I followed the instructions but nothing

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Sorry this is context to? It’s just a comment with nothing before? The cannon fodder thing?

[@splintercell379]

@@VideoGameEsoterica yes

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hmm. Should work. Other user with the same issue tested and it was good

[@splintercell379]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I will try again but if not see if you can do a video on this

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

👍

[@NerdENerd]

What's with the 16:9, Amiga was 4:3. StretchyVision is a sin man.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I showed how to confirm to 4:3 or expand so people can play around. So I kept some wider footage in. IMO some Amiga games look nice in it

[@kolors101]

try Rock'n'roll!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll give it a go

[@kolors101]

@@VideoGameEsoterica kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4HYfmaJqJ2hd5o

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

👍

[@kolors101]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I played it back in the days and never seen anything like it except Marble Madness. It played well with a mouse,

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah there are just some games where mouse reigns supreme

[@PrettyBlueThings]

Anyone able to save cannon fodder on this core, if so how please?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Did you quit correctly? That makes a diff

[@PrettyBlueThings]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I tried to save to a blank floppy image but read that cannon fodder needs a specific format outside of the UAE standard I think. Il fire the core up and try again in future and follow your video, thank you! 🙂

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ahh I can look into that. It may do something weird I am not aware of

[@PrettyBlueThings]

@@VideoGameEsoterica if you get time that would be great thank you, cannon fodder is an amazing game I used to have it on the Amiga as a child :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Asking someone now

[@kjmullinz]

what link? there is no link, click bait

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I felt it best not to link to it as a copyright issue...but you think that is clickbait? lol

[@kjmullinz]

@@VideoGameEsoterica who knows these days what clickbait is. I was going based on the fact that there was no link as promised. I understand it being taken down, but it would be best to update the video as well so it doesn't confuse people. OCD alert. No disrespect. PS. What is that file "wheeldriver" in your Amiga folder before you pasted the other stuff? You never explained its purpose. It was just there. 🤷 Also, When booting the Amiga core, is it supposed to go straight to the screen that says Mega AGS, or is an Amiga video supposed to play first? It looked like a video was playing first on your tutorial. That's why I'm asking.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Wheel driver is part of the MiSTer OS so it will just “be there”. I’ll have to watch the video and see what you mean about video playing. Going from memory it usually just goes to MegaAGS. You may see the kickstart rom screen for a few seconds before that

[@Marco-00]

better not to share/link copyright protected materials on youtube.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a bit hit or miss

[@TainakaRicchan]

Showing Turrican 2 but not letrting listen us for 45 seconds or so? shame!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I figured most people knew what it sounded like

[@TainakaRicchan]

@@VideoGameEsoterica it is about the principle of the matter! The Turrican theme on Amiga is one of the most iconc themes of all time. It is part ofn the quintessentla Soudltrack of the childhood of all the european 80s and 90 kids!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha next time then

[@ninetendopesaitama2107]

Amiga is such a good system and it has some major flaws. I remember most people never bought a game. 😂 ☮️🤣

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Of all the things I know about Amiga is def not one of them haha

[@telesniper2]

I don't get it. All this effort to emulate the Amiga. Whereas you can just emulate the Genesis and play almost every game that was on the Amiga, but it's better. It's like all these AmigaTards never played a Genesis