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Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA
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zdwI've spent the last month adding features and improving performance in z486_MiSTer , mostly working through games from the first half of the 1990s. Looking a few years ahead brought me to another change I wanted to explore: the arrival of 3D graphics cards.
The first one that left a strong impression on me was the Voodoo. The game was Need for Speed II SE . Smooth textures, fog, and the speed of the whole thing made it feel like a new generation of PC gaming. Could I recreate that on an FPGA now that the z486 CPU exists?
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