Wed, Nov 17, 2010 | 08:25 GMT

In-game Minecraft CPU now available for download

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You wanted a blocky, slow computer in your Minecraft. And here it is.

After movies emerging of people having created working CPUs and ALUs in Minecraft, Joystiq’s reporting that anyone can now download a CPU and take a gander at its block-based innards. Get the save file here.

The download includes a text file which tells you how to operate the machine with its various lever. Handy.

Do it. Why not?

6 comments

onlineatron
17/11/10, 9:02 am

What is the purpose of this?

And how was a functioning CPU created with blocks?

mojo
17/11/10, 10:09 am

1: think AND & OR-gates
at least that would be my guess how it works.
somehow.

“Do it. Why not?”

harr

RandomTiger
17/11/10, 10:10 am

The red lines are wires that can hold an on or off state, there’s guides on how to build logic gates here:

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_circuits

The CPU wont be useful for anything aside a bit of maths as its very basic and slow but its very impressive that he’s managed to put this together and I would imagine he’s probably learnt a lot. I’ve never heard of anyone doing this before. Why do it? Because he can!

Heres a video in which he explains some of how it works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug

mojo
17/11/10, 10:12 am

well i built a basic calculator with and and or gates, but this has far more appeal.

psxman
17/12/12, 8:22 pm

I remember when the same was achieved in LittleBigPlanet.

The ‘Create Your Own…’ genre is great for this.

theevilaires
17/12/12, 8:25 pm

Speaking of LBP wheres Syrok?