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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 11 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Soon we’ll be playing crysis in a pdf

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure curl is the actual winner here

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -4 points 11 months ago

what a gross response

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Technically, "hello world" is number one.

[–] Computerchairgeneral@fedia.io 18 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 10 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

(github)

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Portable Doom Facsimile

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gamer equivalent of getting Linux to run on a toaster.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But can it run Crysis?

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

It's only a matter of time.