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by friendofmegaman
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:54 am
Forum: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Question re. feasibility of creating replacement CPU, PPU out of MiSTer NES core
Replies: 4
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Re: Question re. feasibility of creating replacement CPU, PPU out of MiSTer NES core

Interesting, thank you for the information!

It appears that someone implemented a full NES on an ICE40 (github link), so the CPU alone or the PPU alone should be possible as well at least in theory.
by friendofmegaman
Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:48 pm
Forum: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Question re. feasibility of creating replacement CPU, PPU out of MiSTer NES core
Replies: 4
Views: 6140

Question re. feasibility of creating replacement CPU, PPU out of MiSTer NES core

Hi folks, With the availability of new NES boards (such as nesessity ) one could build a pretty much all new NES with the exception of CPU and PPU. I was wondering if it was possible (and if anyone tried) separating the NES core's CPU and PPU logic into standalone FPGA-based CPU and PPU replacement chips for projects like this. My naive idea is tha...