This board is a tremendous value for certain people. If you are interested in classic gaming and computing, you can use the DE-10 Nano with the MISTer gaming platform to electrically recreate the hardware of over 31 classic computers, 12 classic games consoles, and 71 classic arcade machines.

MISTer is an open-architecture, open-source FPGA platform under current heavy development by a number of talented developers so more cores are on the way!

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki

Look up the livestreams by "smokemonster" on youtube to learn more

This is not software emulation. This is hardware simulation. If you are a classic gamer who is frustrated by things like input latency or the other timing issues which plague software emulation, then then you owe it to yourself to try out FPGA gaming.

The MISTer is similar to popular commercial platforms like Super NT or Mega SG, or RetroUSB AVS or the (now-impossible-to-get) Analogue Mini NT. The difference is that this is a DIYer community platform which supports many, many, many more gaming platforms.

Many arcade, computer, and console cores (such as TurboGrafx 16, or Sega Genesis) work out-of-the-box with the DE-10 nano, an OTG usb hub, a usb gamepad, and a usb keyboard/mouse! (a heatsink is highly recommended, as well)

You can upgrade the platform with add-on boards including. a 32 MB sdram, an I/O board, a USB board, and a real-time-clock board. These are available from various online vendors, or you can make your own.

The 32 MB add-on will unlock the full potential of the platform, and it is available for only $25-35 from various members of the MISTer community. The 32 MB board is required for platforms such as the NES, SNES, Amiga, or Sega Master System.

I got my 32 MB upgrade from "zerohimself" on etsy for only $28, shipped.

In addition to MISTer, the DE-10 Nano is a powerful FPGA/ARM hybrid platform for students and hobbyists. The board is a loss-leader for intel, containing $300 worth of hardware for only $130; so if you are a Computer Engineering student or a hobbyist/DIYer, this is a great value for learning to use FPGAs, alongside playing games. Maybe you will even join the MISTer development community!

Thanks to the ARM cores, you can even run a full desktop version of linux, which you can boot straight from the MISTer platform, if you like!

If anything I have mentioned sounds even slightly interesting, you should totally get one! This thing is an excellent value. What are you waiting for? Click "Buy it now!" Do it!

This board has all the features I was looking for. An FPGA with lots of room for implementing custom logic along with a dual core ARM Hard Processor System. The board has the resources needed to run embedded Linux with really good performance. Personally I am interested in implementing IEC61131 function block programs in hardware in the FPGA. This is the perfect platform for my needs.

I'm running my old DOS games on a legit dos machine through this FPGA on Mister. Also playing some arcade classics.

It's a little DIY'ish on getting setup, but a lot of fun to go through the process and the end product is amazing.

I bought this devise as the base board to build a MiSTer Project FPGA machine. You can get out much cheaper by buying this board, a MicroSD card and a micro USB to full size USB hub. Such a basic setup will run several MiSTer cores with HDMI video. The only USB port this board has is a micro USB OTG port so a USB hub is absolutely required.
The cores I am most interested in require an additional 128MB SD RAM add-on board. If you want the most out of your MiSTer FPGA build you will need the official MiSTer USB hub, the MiSTer IO board with heat sink and fan, and the 128MB SD RAM expansion board. Once you have it all assembled it is capable of hardware simulation of several retro computers, stand alone arcade games and retro gaming consoles. The FPGA cores are nothing like emulation which is all based on software. FPGA simulates the actual original hardware. This MiSTer FPGA gives you the most accurate representation of the original hardware possible. Emulating retro game consoles has been a viable way for me to play older console games that I can't afford to buy original hardware for. In some cases it's almost impossible to find the original hardware in working condition. The MiSTer project is open source and the number of available cores huge and growing rapidly. The cores already available are constantly being updated and perfected as well. If you have an interest in retro PC and / or retro gaming consoles you will certainly enjoy putting a MiSTer project build together. It is somewhat expensive for all the add-on boards but it's a fraction of the cost of what original hardware would cost. Once you consider the cost of original retro hardware and the space it would take to store it all, the MiSTer makes perfect sense. If you like emulating retro game consoles through software, hardware simulation through FPGA is a HUGE leap forward. At this time the demand for the MiSTer add-on boards is higher than the supply. You will most likely have to order them and wait a few to several weeks to get them.

I have this thing fully decked out with the 128MB SDRAM expansion, and have had it plugged into an array of displays, everything from an IBM CRT PC Monitor, to a Sony PVM, to an HD Capture Card/Display. This thing is amazing, after having played completely through both SMW as well as SOR2 I can assure you that this feels more like real hardware than anything I've used before, prior to playing through these two titles on this board, I played through them via the PVM using real hardware, and I really could not spot a difference, outside of a cleaner video output. It's beautiful and amazing, seriously, just WOW