iDoom: now (very) playable on the iPod nano
by Conrad Quilty-Harper 
{ Nov 10th 2005 at 8:00AM }
Doom has long been the benchmark for playing retro games on a whole variety of electronic devices. If it can play Doom, it can play pretty much any game of a similar generation (as long as the source code's available). Enter iDoom, a Doom port for the iPod. This port isn't new, but the latest update features iPod nano support which performs much better than previous versions.
The game requires some element of risk (it requires hacking your nano to install iPod Linux), but once the game is up and running it's practically flawless. The sound and some controls are missing (sorry guys, you're stuck with the pistol) but overall iDoom looks very polished. Check out this very smooth video of the game in action. If two Swedish University students could create this port in between lectures and beer breaks, then why can't Apple give us anything more than a Breakout port to entertain us while we listen to our 8-bit classics collection?
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Dman @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
I seriously want Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario on mine...
Jay @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
And why not! the iPod has an 80mhz CPU speed. the Amiga is/was 14mhz and that can run ports of doom.
Don't think i'd butcher up my 6GB mini with Linux though. I dont really want to play games on my iPod :)
Jago @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Doom running on an iPod isn't new or anything...this has been going on for a while now.
Good job for keeping up with the times Joystiq!
savannah @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
I don't know about you Jago, but the title "iDoom: now (very) playable on the iPod nano" (note the use of very) and the following text from the article "This port isn’t new, but the latest update features iPod nano support which performs much better than previous versions." suggests to me they know it's not new and that this is an updated version which is eminently more playable.
Maybe it's just me though.
Taylor Cavanagh @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
You cannot "butcher" your ipod with ipod Linux. Even if your ipod became unusable, you can use Apples firmware restore program to reset everything back to the way it was when you bought it.
And thats a worst-case scenario.
John @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Jago, you're a dumbass. There are several reasons why this is noteworthy. God.
ill trooper @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Good job for keeping up with the times, JAGO!
The article said "it's nothing new" like, totally, six and a half hours before you did!