MiSTer FPGA: Virtual Boy, CPS3 and Mat Mania join the platform, what you need to know
MiSTer FPGA is the most ambitious open source platform in the retro scene, a programmable FPGA that replicates in hardware dozens of consoles and arcade systems with a precision that software emulation cannot match. And this week, three new systems join the list.
🎮 Virtual Boy, Nintendo, 1995
Nintendo's Virtual Boy is one of the most popular consoles. rare and strangest in video gaming history, a tabletop console with a red and black stereoscopic display, launched in 1995 and withdrawn from the market less than a year later. Its emulation has always been delicate, particularly to faithfully reproduce the stereo depth effect.
With the MiSTer core, the Virtual Boy can now run on FPGA hardware with cycle-accurate precision, the most authentic way ique to play its 22 games without owning the original hardware (which has become very expensive on the second-hand market).
🕹️ CPS3, Ca pcom, 1996
The CPS3 is the third generation Capcom arcade system, it ran titles like S treet Fighter III: New Generation, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Red Earth. It is a hardware known for its very particular security (the security chip commits suicide if you try to force it), which makes it particularly interesting to emulate in FPGA.
The CPS3 core for MiSTer allows these arcade titles to be played in their exact original conditions, without any approximation software imation.
🥊 Mat Mania
More niche bonus: Mat Mania (Technos Japan, 1985), wrestling game arcade fairly obscure but appreciated by collectors, who also join the MiSTer bookstore.
📥 How to benefit from MiSTer?
MiSTer FPGA runs on Terasic's DE10-Nano kit (~$150) with community accessories. The cores are downloadable for free from GitHub MiSTer-devel. Find the news and new cores on RetroRGB which covers them regularly. >Source: RetroRGB - MiSTer FPGA News April 2026