Total Carnage (rev LA1 03-10-92) on MiSTer FPGA
Total Carnage (rev LA1 03-10-92) is supported by the Y Unit MiSTer FPGA core developed and published by blahm1d. Installation, source and current build status.
About this arcade release
- Game
- Total Carnage (rev LA1 03-10-92)
- Original arcade manufacturer
- Midway
- Original arcade year
- 1992
- MiSTer core
- Y Unit
- Compatible ROM ZIP names
totcarn.zip
Current build and known issues
RC3 sound + CMOS fixes · 2026-09-22
Beta; cabinet verified; timing passed (all corners)
Mortal Kombat Y Unit, Terminator 2 and Total Carnage. Fixes silent sound at power-on (6809 sound CPU cold reset), crackly sampled speech (OKI ADPCM now matches MAME) and the CMOS INVALID hang on a blank save (factory CMOS built into the MRAs). Per-player guns, Sinden border and crosshair controls.
These statements describe the published core build. They do not establish that every supported game has passed every cabinet test.
Install with Update_All
- Download downloader_blahm1d.ini.
- Put it in your MiSTer SD card root (
/media/fat/). - Run Update_All to install or update the FPGA core and MRA.
- Open Total Carnage (rev LA1 03-10-92) [blahm1d] under Arcade > Blahm1d (regional and revision alternatives are inside the alternatives folder).
ROMs are supplied by users through their Update_All settings or BYOR. No game ROMs are included in this feed.
Keep your existing save and DIP filenames. Downloader preserves existing save defaults.
Source and credits
FPGA core development and publication: blahm1d. Download the corresponding source archive and license notices. Original authors, donor projects and third-party copyright notices are preserved in the source.
Questions
- Is Total Carnage (rev LA1 03-10-92) available on MiSTer FPGA?
- Yes. This game is supported by the Y Unit core published by blahm1d. See the current build status and known issues on this page.
- Who develops and publishes this MiSTer core?
- blahm1d develops and publishes this FPGA core. Original arcade creators and third-party source contributors retain their credits.
- Where do I download it?
- Download downloader_blahm1d.ini from https://mister.blahm1d.com/downloader_blahm1d.ini, put it in the MiSTer SD root and run Update_All. Launch the game under Arcade > Blahm1d.
- What hardware does it use?
- MiSTer FPGA on a Terasic DE10-Nano. This is an arcade FPGA core; its current release limitations are listed above.