My DIY FPGA board can run Quake II (part 4)
22-mar-2026
Part 1/6: Introduction
Part 2/6: First prototype
Part 3/6: Now it mostly works
Part 4/6: Next generation (you are here)
Part 5/6: One more iteration
Part 6/6: Optimizing hardware to run Quake II
Time to design a new board
I didn’t want to simply recreate what I had before. Making something more advanced meant soldering BGA. I wasn’t sure if I could do it, but I decided to try anyway.
Specifically, I wanted a more advanced FPGA – I chose the Efinix Ti60F256 – and more modern memory – ...
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