Allen Tipper

At this point, MiSTer captured the zeitgeist of the 80s and early 90s, in both the arcades and in the home, for gaming. That'd be pushed towards the mid and late 90s as things progressed.

2020 was a pivotal year for the MiSTer, but not everything was turning up roses. Thanks to COVID, things were sometimes more difficult and expensive, but the community persevered and even thrived.

In January 2018, the MiSTer still didn't offer that much that the MiST couldn't, other than the connectivity options. That would start to change quickly.

Even from the early days, the MiSTer represented a step up when compared to the MiST project. Even more important were the possibilities with the increased specs of the board, but the HDMI output also made it far more accessible to those of us who didn't have old CRTs hanging about.

Now that we're entering 2025, the MiSTer FPGA project is far from new. It's been around since 2017, when it started as a port of the MiST project. MiST has been around since 2013, and is still receiving updates to this day.