Unboxing the RetroCastle MiSTer FPGA IO Board & PSX SNAC
RetroCastle is MiSTer FPGA hardware developer based in China and sells his products through his store on AliExpress. Over the last few months I have gotten to know the creator Ivory who designs and builds these items. Before I met Ivory I thought all sellers on AliExpress were some Bitfunx cloners but I discovered there is a small but dedicated community of legit MiSTer hardware hackers in China. He sent me a few products for feedback and testing and I wanted to give you my thoughts.
IO Board w/ standard VGA out and USB-C power
Playstation core SNAC adapter which has plugs for 2 controllers and 2 memory cards
Blue brushed metal case designed to work with this IO board
0:00 Start
1:12 RetroCastle background
3:50 Unboxing
4:58 First look at the IO Board
5:41 First look at the PSX SNAC adapter
6:38 My thoughts after several weeks of use
7:17 USB-C power
8:10 Picture quality from the IO Board
9:44 Thoughts on the SNAC adapter
10:48 More thoughts on USB-C power
11:55 My pros and cons
13:35 Final thoughts and buying recommendations
RetroCastle AliExpress store: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/9120...
RetroCastle on Twitter: / zhangch93067765
RetroRGB stream where Bob and I look at the RetroCastle IO board with Sega Saturn plug (instead of VGA): • Testing MiSTer Composite and S-Video Output
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