My DIY FPGA board can run Quake II

 (blog.mikhe.ch)

43 points | by sznio 3 days ago

7 comments

  • xracy 54 minutes ago
    This is really cool and impressive... but relatedly...

    Has anyone figured out what the minimum specs for Quake are?

    I feel like the first thing everyone does with a computer is to determine whether or not it can run quake, and I'm just wondering what the like, most simple computer that could exist is, that could run quake?

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    • conception 28 minutes ago
      That’s only because everything can run Doom now.
  • unethicalinfo 2 hours ago
    Cool write up, getting initial bill shock from 2 layer to the 4+ layer PCBs is a rite of passage :)
  • UncleOxidant 44 minutes ago
    Cool! Have you considered offering this board on Crowd Supply or similar? There don't seem to be many boards available for Efinix FPGAs.
  • markus_zhang 1 hour ago
    This is very impressive. How did you learn to design a real computer, not the toy ones a lot of people made? I read part 1 and part 2 and looks like you just “thrown in” Ethernet and other stuffs and it was done. Really hope to learn from the process, thanks!
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  • sznio 3 days ago
    Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sioLAkNQC_I
  • argulane 2 days ago
    That's some mad dedication to go from kicad schematics to running Quake. Very impressive!
  • nacozarina 1 hour ago
    Quake II had the best fn soundtrack.
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