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Doom ported to run directly from a PDF file — DoomPDF port runs at approximately 12.5 FPS (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 2 years ago

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was reading about Tetris in a PDF 4 days ago, and wondered if Doom would be possible.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this rate I should be playing Mario 64 in a PDF this weekend

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

Soon we’ll be playing crysis in a pdf

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

At this point it is safe to say that doom is the most cross platform software to ever exist.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty sure curl is the actual winner here

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -4 points 2 years ago

what a gross response

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Technically, "hello world" is number one.

[–] Computerchairgeneral@fedia.io 18 points 2 years ago

Three things are certain in life: Death, Taxes, and Doom running on things you didn't think could run Doom.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this point, Skyrim and Doom are both competing with each other to port into the most preposterous items.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Skyrim has nothing on Doom. The crazy Skyrim "ports" aren't ports at all but just the opening video.

Doom is on everything with a screen and a CPU.

Doom on 1998 digital camera:

https://youtu.be/7gCZZkBATSc

Doom on Microwave:

https://youtu.be/mM7cMG49N8Y

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Most of those are legit, but I do take issue with the pregnancy test one. Replacing the original electronics with entirely new hardware doesn't really count. A pregnancy test screen only has 3 or 4 LCD segments.

The smart bulb one at least partially counts, since it's using the original processor from the bulb just with a display and buttons added.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah, in order for it to count as "running doom", it should be required for the actual hardware to run the game's code.

If you're just using whichever device to display it, "bad apple" should be the benchmark.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 10 points 2 years ago

That one is not actually running doom on bacteria. That is only using bacteria as some sort of screen.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Direct link:
https://doompdf.pages.dev/doom.pdf

(github)

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Portable Doom Facsimile

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Gamer equivalent of getting Linux to run on a toaster.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But can it run Crysis?

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's only a matter of time.