FPGA Project: Breakout
April 2017
The goal of this project was to recreate the Atari arcade game, Breakout, using an Artix-7 FPGA. The game is displayed on a VGA monitor using a VGA cable, and is controlled by a PS/2 compatible keyboard. In the game, a ball travels across the screen, bouncing off the sides of the screen, as well as a small platform that moves across the bottom of the screen, being controlled by the player. The player loses a turn when the ball touches the bottom of the screen. The objective of the game is to knock down all of the bricks. The keyboard is programmed to respond to left and right movements, using the arrow keys, that moves the platform back and forth. The VGA monitor displays the bricks at the top of the screen, the platform, and the ball and responds when a brick is hit, when the ball collides with something, and when a player loses a turn by not hitting the platform.
