Not who you're replying to, but there's a similar class at Cambridge where you implement pong/game of life on an FPGA board. Some of the practical course notes are available publicly, though the full computer design notes referenced are not. There may be some interest in the basic sources and approach however: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/0910/ECAD+Arch/

(Linked to the course I know from a few years ago, the course has since changed)