Like ginko says, it probably wouldn't. Verilator still requires you to model at a very low level (sythesizable RTL), much lower than this article is describing.

Like ginko says, it probably wouldn't. Verilator still requires you to model at a very low level (sythesizable RTL), much lower than this article is describing. That detailed of a model is going to be slower than what you can do without that restriction. Now, that's not to say that it wouldn't be good enough, i.e., fast enough that your games would still be playable. It's an interesting idea.