This game is not known for being the best in history, but for being played anywhere. Over the years, we have seen how LOSS has been accomplished In a lot different devices. The madness is such that they have executed it in Windows Notepad, a pregnancy test or a food processor, among others. But how is this possible?
It’s not really unusual that every once in a while, news breaks that someone has managed to run DOOM on some weird site. Even if you think the main reason is that the game is too old, that’s partly true, but it’s not the right answer.
Wolfenstein is “responsible” for this phenomenon
It’s the fault of that Wolfenstein 3Da game released by id Software in 1992. This fps game It changed history, achieving enormous popularity. This game was developed For MS-DOS, but the game’s developers found porting it to other platforms to be prohibitively cumbersome and expensive. So they decided to make their next game more flexible in its code.
Shortly after, in 1993 Launch of the company id Software LOSS, another FPS that completely breaks it. As they did not want to go through the ordeal of porting the game to other platforms again, they decided in 1997 to do public he source code of the game. So anyone with the code could run it wherever they wanted.
This is how the “DOOM phenomenon” was born. The principle behind this phenomenon is simple: play DOOM on any type of device. This is how we have seen this game perform on all types of devices over the years. It has even been performed in other games.
Additionally, when a new device is released, many developers compete to see who can get it working first. So we could see it working on an Apple Watch shortly after its market launch or on the discontinued TouchBar of the MacBook Pro.
Basically, it’s something fun that helps developers have a little fun. Some also do it to demonstrate their skills and gain exposure, as it is a global phenomenon.
Where does DOOM not work?
Well, it can work on any type of electronic device that has a screen. This has been seen in vending machines, in iPod Nanos, in an old Sony phone when they weren’t smart. We have also seen it in a Porsche 911, a Lidl kitchen robot, on the screen of a printer, on an electric piano, on an oscilloscope or a pregnancy test.
In addition to all types of electronic devices, it has also been run on many other sites. We’ve seen this in Minecraft itself, performed through a mod in which computers can be added. In case that didn’t sound crazy enough, they managed to run DOOM inside DOOM itself.
Without a doubt, the craziest thing was running DOOM on bacteria. Well, it’s a bit of a trick, because it’s an experiment with E.coli bacteria in a dish. What’s interesting about this experiment is that the bacterial cells are transformed into a 32×48 1-bit biological screen. Fluorescent proteins are used to “paint” bacteria.
In fact, the game failed to run, but rather it was a video of the game. Specifically, they showed the game’s home screen. The program is that generating this image took 70 minutes, so to see the entire game you would have to wait around 600 years. But hey, it’s interesting.
