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An Insane Minecraft Redstone Creation
A Minecraft player and YouTuber called Sammyuri has achieved something incredible.
Before I get into what Sammyuri has done recently, let me introduce their incredible Minecraft Redstone project created in 2021.
Near the end of 2021, Sammyuri uploaded a video on his YouTube channel showcasing the CHUNGUS 2, “A very powerful 1Hz Minecraft CPU.”
A clock speed of 1Hz may not sound like a lot until you take into consideration it was created within Minecraft with the use of the very limited Redstone resources.
I myself can barely figure out how Redstone actually works, and Sammyuri is over here creating literal virtual computer modules with it.
It took Sammyuri seven months to create the CHUNGUS 2.
The goal was to push the capabilities of Redstone to the absolute limit. If you’re curious, CHUNGUS 2 stands for:
Computational Humongous Unconventional Number and Graphics Unit by Sammyuri 2. Here are the overall specs of the CHUNGUS 2:
- 10 tick (1Hz) clock.
- 4-stage instruction pipeline: fetch, decode, execute, writeback.
- 3-operand RISC architecture.
- 16-bit instructions with 5-bit opcode.
- 67 unique instructions.
- Instructions set designed for ease of programming.
Here’s a list of the different modules of the CHUNGUS 2 CPU:
- Registers.
- ALU.
- Flags and Branch logic.
- Big math units.
- I/O ports.
- RAM.
- Data cache.
- Cache controller.
- Stack pointer.
- Instruction cache.
- Program counter.
- Call stack.
- Control unit.
- Control lines spanning every corner of the CPU.
The CHUNGUS 2 supports up to 4KiB of attachable program memory. That’s the same amount as an Atari 2600.
This means the CHUNGUS 2 is capable of running very large programs (at least by the standards of a Minecraft CPU).
Although the only way to create programs for this CPU, they had to be created externally.
The external assembler directs the schematic straight into the program memory. This allows you to run your desired programs in a matter of seconds.
Many Minecraft CPUs are limited by their memory, which means the runnable programs list is very short. But that’s not the case for the CHUNGUS 2.
Here’s a list of programs the CHUNGUS 2 can run:
- Tetris.
- Snake.
- Breakout.
- Connect 4.
- Graph rendering.
- Conway’s Game of Life.
- Mandelbrot Set (20 iterations).
All of these programs ran on the same hardware, with the only difference being the program itself.
As for what Sammyuri has done recently, it is somehow better than the original CHUNGUS 2.
In the comments of the CHUNGUS 2 video, many people jokingly requested a showcase of the CHUNGUS 2 running Minecraft.
And now, just two days ago, Sammyuri posted a new video titled “I made Minecraft in Minecraft with Redstone!”
If you would like to view the showcase of the CHUNGUS 2 yourself, here’s a link to the video:
Here’s a link to the video on Sammyuri’s channel:
Sammyuri clearing decided to take on the challenge but quickly realized the CHUNGUS 2 needed some upgrades.
So Sammyuri got help from a couple of fellow Minecraft experts and programmers.
The additional help was provided by players named Uwerta and StackDoubleFlow.
The additional upgrades to the CHUNGUS 2 included:
- 8KB program memory.
- 256B extra RAM.
- Hardware acceleration units.
- 6KB graphics memory.
- AMOGUS graphics processor.
- 96x64 pixel screen.
- PS4-style controller.
Although the finished product is not perfect, it is still an incredible achievement.
If you watch the video, you can see all the basic aspects of the core survival Minecraft experience can be played on the CHUNGUS 2.
Honestly, I was expecting some dodgy 2D gameplay, but surprisingly, the gameplay is 3D.
I still can’t believe someone was able to create a video game inside a video game.
Much less the game being Minecraft.
This clearly shows the potential of the Minecraft Redstone capabilities.
I must say, well done to Sammyuri, Uwerta, and StackDoubleFlow.
You guys have done what most of us Minecraft players thought was impossible. Thank you for your hard work.
Were you just as surprised as I was when you saw a working 3D recreation of Minecraft within Minecraft?
Let me know by leaving a comment in the comments section.
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