There are many iconic and historic games that have left their mark on the video game industry. But, one of the highlights of the story is Lossnot only to be iconic or to have jumped at the movies, but also to be work on dozens of different systems. The last? Well it was possible play teletext of an old television.
Reviewing the most important games in history is a very complicated and almost endless task. Surely any list that will be made will be incomplete, since some of us will forget. Crysis marked an era for being ahead of its time. Spyro or Castlevania for the PlayStation was an innovative bet. Minecraft is another of the great games.
None, can be compared to the Doom phenomenon. This FPS game, released in 1993, has been run on a wide variety of systems. Calculators, John Deere combines, a McDonald’s self-service display, and even Windows Notepad.
Doom expands the list of systems it has run on
You probably don’t know the teletext Or you don’t know what it’s for. This system, which for years has been used to watch TV shows or be informed, it is now in disuse. Although still available and functional, it has been replaced by the immediacy of the Internet and smartphones.
He mud luck was able to adapt Loss be performed on teletext. He even released all the information so anyone could perform it.
He has a trick and that is that the game is run on a computer
Modifying the game required changing the Doomguy’s face has a simple smiling face. It was necessary for him to be executed.
According to Lukneu, he could have created a more detailed game. The thing is, he has wanted to be faithful to teletext level 1 introduced in 1976. This makes the characters simpler and more authentic.
One of the funniest things is that we can play with the TV remote itself.
But there is more and that is lukneu says this is just the first version. You said you were working on new features, such as support for automaps, color graphics, ASCII characters, and a rendering mode that only draws borders.
Beta phase that will improve
Currently, Teletext Doom development is intended to run on Linux. He published a very comprehensive GitHub repository with all the information. Replicating the same to work on Windows or other platforms is not excessively complicated and we will surely see it soon.
Note that to play this version of Domm, a WAD file is required. Lukneu used a shareware version of the game, but states that any WAD that does not change the UI or level names should work.