Mrext

Collection of extensions and utilities for the MiSTer system.

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MiSTer Extensions

Extensions and utilities to make your MiSTer even better.

Make sure to check the linked documentation for each script you use. Most are simple and work out-of-the-box, but some require manual setup before they do anything useful.

Remote • BGM • Favorites • GamesMenu • LastPlayed • LaunchSync • PlayLog • Random • Search

Supported Systems • Developer Guide

Install

Update All

Open the Update All settings menu, the Unofficial Scripts submenu, and enable the MiSTer Extensions repository from there.

Update/Downloader

Add the following to your downloader.ini file to install everything at once through the update script:

[mrext/all]
db_url = https://github.com/wizzomafizzo/mrext/raw/main/releases/all.json

Each script also provides its own individual update file if you only want certain ones. Check the script's README.

Manual

All scripts listed can be installed by downloading the linked file below, placing it in the Scripts folder on your SD card, and running it from the Scripts menu on your MiSTer.

Remote

Control the MiSTer from any device on your network. Remote is a web-based interface with a stack of modern features to manage all aspects of your MiSTer.

BGM

Play your own music in the MiSTer menu. BGM is a highly configurable background music player that automatically pauses when you're playing games. Supports many common audio formats including internet radio streams.

Favorites

Create and manage shortcuts for your favorite games. Favorites allows you to pick any game or core from your system and automatically generate a shortcut to it in the MiSTer menu.

GamesMenu

Browse your entire collection from the main MiSTer menu. GamesMenu indexes all your games and generates a set of shortcuts in the menu mirroring your folder layout.

LaunchSync

Create shareable and subscribable game playlists. LaunchSync automatically generates working menu shortcuts from custom playlist files, with the ability to keep them up-to-date with the author's live version.

LastPlayed

Automatically generate dynamic shortcuts in the MiSTer menu.

PlayLog

Track and report on what games you've been playing on your MiSTer.

Random

Instantly launch a random game in your collection from the Scripts menu.

Search

Search for and launch games from your collection. Searching is fast and great for discovering games.

Other Projects

Great projects by other people that add heaps of functionality to your MiSTer.

Please open an issue if you'd like to suggest something for this list. Anything is welcome, though the focus is on software projects that work without custom hardware.

Cores & Games

AMMiSTer

A slick PC application for managing your arcade game collection. Includes updates, bulk management, favorites and game metadata.
MGL Core Setnames

A preset pack of modified core shortcuts which let you have automatic alternate core configs. Useful for cores which support multiple systems or input devices.
mister-boot-roms

Adds high quality MiSTer-themed boot screens to cores which support loadable boot roms.
mistercon

A MiSTer frontend for Android. Browse your collection and launch games from your phone.
VIDEO PRESETS by Robby

A curated and extensive set of video presets for the MiSTer cores.

Frontend

Insert Coin

An alternative layout for browsing the Arcade folder.
MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM)

Add an attract screen to your MiSTer. When idle, games will start to play at random and rotate after a set period. You can even jump in and start playing if a game looks fun! A mature project and highly configurable.
MiSTerWallpapers

Automatically download a large collection of high quality wallpapers.
MiSTer-CRT-Wallpapers

The same, but specifically for 4:3 CRT screens.
MiSTress

An RSS reader for MiSTer. Display the latest core updates right on your wallpaper.
Wallpaper Collection

Great curated collection of wallpapers for MiSTer with a downloader compatible repo.

Ports

MiSTer Basilisk II

A build of the Basilisk II project for MiSTer. A 68k Macintosh emulator.
MiSTer DOSBox

A build of the DOSBox project for MiSTer. Play a huge range of DOS games.
MiSTer PrBoom-Plus

A build of the PrBoom project for MiSTer. An enhanced Doom engine with a massive number of expansions.
MiSTer ScummVM

A build of the ScummVM project for MiSTer. Runs well and even works for games out of reach of the AO486 core.

System

Migrate SD

A utility to migrate your entire MiSTer SD card to a new one, straight from the MiSTer itself.
MiSTer Batch Control

A command line utility to perform low-level functions that may not be possible via scripting languages.
MiSTer FPGA Overclock Scripts

An overclocked system can run Munt (MT32 emulator) at full speed and get extra performance out of software like ScummVM.
MiSTerArch

A replacement image for the MiSTer with a full Arch Linux system.
MiSTerTools

Scripts for custom aspect ratio calculation, modeline to video_mode conversion, video_mode to modeline conversion, ini profile switcher and to parse MRA files.
[MOnSieurFPGA](https://github.com/MOnSieurFPGA/MOnSieur

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