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[IbizaPocholo]

See Doom Running on Something Smaller Than a Credit Card

To say that Doom has been ported to just about every electronic device would be pretty accurate, and this latest video shows one more example.

gamerant.com

In a video uploaded to YouTube a few days ago, the channel Adafruit Industries has shown that it's possible to play 1993's Doom on a computer chip board, in this case a System-in-Package module, that's about the size of, if not smaller than, a credit card. The short footage shows that the game runs perfectly through a 1.3-inch TFT display running at a resolution of 240x240. The controls comprise a series of basic switches directly on the board, and they've even managed to implement a headphone jack, so anyone playing can still get sound.

There have been many unusual devices that Doom has been ported to, but this version, nicknamed "PINKY" is probably one of the smallest machines that runs the game. An additional blog post from the creator explains that this iteration of the game being run on the ESP32 Pico device is called "PrBoom" which is described as a "minimal version" of Doom. User DESK OF LADYADA, who initiated the port, says that the screen is probably the smallest that can be used in this instance that still has "pixel perfect" emulation.

 

[RoadHazard]

Pretty cool. I would buy a tiny Doom handheld that's too small to actually play on.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

MP3 player!!

 

[ahtlas7]

now get Skyrim on there

 

[M1chl]

ESP32 is fucking beast, best microcontroller there is.

MP3 player!!

I had this player somewhere, need to try it : D

 

[Kilau]

now get Skyrim on there

Don’t tempt Todd.

 

[darrylgorn]

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Why not?

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Because Doom has to be ported to every single devices, including 1998 digital cameras:

and some HP printer

This is the nature of life, replicate doom until the singularity happens!

 

[Romulus]

MP3 player!!

Im actually the most impressed with that 1998 digital camera running it.

 

[tusharngf]

 

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

 

[stranno]

The Sansa Rockbox capable devices are a bit smaller than that, like the Clip+. But monochrome Doom is not the best experience in the world.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[Hawking Radiation]

now get Skyrim on there

'Bethesda Game Studios'

** fade to black **

 

[IbizaPocholo]

bonus:

 

[Tangerine]

Because Doom has to be ported to every single devices, including 1998 digital cameras:

and some HP printer

This is the nature of life, replicate doom until the singularity happens!

If you believe two Google engineers, it's already happened! Apparently the AI's favourite film is terminator 2. Be afraid.

 

[Sosokrates]

Soft, luscious lips...sof soft

 

[Spaceman292]

See Doom Running on Something Smaller Than a Credit Card

To say that Doom has been ported to just about every electronic device would be pretty accurate, and this latest video shows one more example.

gamerant.com

In a video uploaded to YouTube a few days ago, the channel Adafruit Industries has shown that it's possible to play 1993's Doom on a computer chip board, in this case a System-in-Package module, that's about the size of, if not smaller than, a credit card. The short footage shows that the game runs perfectly through a 1.3-inch TFT display running at a resolution of 240x240. The controls comprise a series of basic switches directly on the board, and they've even managed to implement a headphone jack, so anyone playing can still get sound.

There have been many unusual devices that Doom has been ported to, but this version, nicknamed "PINKY" is probably one of the smallest machines that runs the game. An additional blog post from the creator explains that this iteration of the game being run on the ESP32 Pico device is called "PrBoom" which is described as a "minimal version" of Doom. User DESK OF LADYADA, who initiated the port, says that the screen is probably the smallest that can be used in this instance that still has "pixel perfect" emulation.

Cut your nails you pig

 

[RoboFu]

It’s much bigger than a credit card. At least in depth it’s like 20 .

Not impressed..

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[MasterCornholio]

That’s pretty neat. I have the 280V but it’s gigantic compared to this thing.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

PARENTS: please carefully inspect your kids’ Halloween candy! We found Doom running inside this Milky Way bar.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[GymWolf]

Next step is trying to run crysis.

 

[Mephisto40]

 

[IbizaPocholo]