Jrok Mylstar FPGA !!! (Q*bert !)

[Level42]

So, did anyone already post about this or have we all been sleeping ?

Look what Jrok (of multi-williams FPGA board fame) is cooking up now !



I quote from his site:
Building an 8088 based gameboard that supports Q*Bert / Mylstar hardware with an FPGA handling all video and assorted board functions.   

Here's the current state of the project Mylstar System_FPGA ( MSF ) board work-in-progress.  The prototype is based on a left-over W.S.FPGA board with an adapter to fix an 8088.

Developing the sound support for the MSF board, which will be emulated in an Atmel AVR part, most probably.  The original soundboard is basically just a 6502 hooked up to an 8-bit DAC for making audio effects... oh with a Votrax speech IC for extra annoyance !


More info: http://www.jrok.com/xfer/msf/

(Kinda funny, looks like he's hacking his own board ).

I still pray there will be a Nintendo FPGA one day

[Level42]

Here's a short list of games that >>>> _MIGHT_ <<<< run on this. This is based on KLOV info and some other sources on the internet. Note that I know very little about Gottlieb/Mylstar hardware and I am just guessing here !
Please correct me if I'm wrong !!!:

Q*bert
FHMC Q*bert
Q*bert's cubes
Krull
Mad Planets
Insector
Reactor
Curveball
Mello Yellow Q*bert
7-11 Q*bert (prototype)
Tylz (prototype)

[Ummon]

For those who have no idea what an FPGA is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

[CheffoJeffo]

Could be very cool ... MultiQ*bert for the masses !

[Level42]

Esp. nice if I were to build a repro. I've about given up hope of ever finding one in Europe.....

But first.....I gotta restore 10 other games