It 'plays' Doom: iPhone Doom updated, more playable

23 Comments by Christopher Grant Jan 1st 2008 9:29PM
Filed under: Hacks, Portable, Mobile

Doom, the "Hello World" of the 21st century. Though not yet totally playable, the iPhone Doom project has been revived and updated and now the port even has controls (what'll they think of next?). While this may not seem that impressive when you compare the laundry list of seemingly crude devices that play Doom (including the iPod nano) with the sophisticated, powerful iPhone, it still warms our blackened hearts to ponder the iPhone's gaming possibilities.

If you want to get an idea of how iPhone Doom looks, hit up the video after the break. Even with an absence of sound and the strange touchscreen input, v0.1 is still a promising proof of concept. Rip and tear!

[Via TUAW]

Tags: Apple, Doom, iPhone

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(Page 1) Reader Comments

Guess_Who: Jan 1st 2008; 9:39PM

YOU ARE HUGE! THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS!

Christopher Grant: Jan 1st 2008; 9:46PM

James: Jan 1st 2008; 11:24PM

It plays doom AND it blends?!

Kyattsuai: Jan 1st 2008; 10:13PM

Nothing justifies hacking an iPhone... not even Doom music.

ThornedVenom: Jan 1st 2008; 11:16PM

Mine is unlocked because I support open development and homebrew, isn't that reason enough?

James: Jan 1st 2008; 11:24PM

Lol! I see what ya did thar!

samfish: Jan 1st 2008; 10:16PM

Yuck, you can't even see what you're doing.

Mainman: Jan 1st 2008; 10:32PM

"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him with the touch screen and tried to blew him up. But then the emulator froze and they were all trapped and not able to kill.

"No! I must play the retro games!" John shouted.

The radio said "No, John. You are the the retro games".

And then John was an iPhone hacker.

Mainman: Jan 2nd 2008; 12:02AM

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/836450/1/DOOM_Repercussions_of_Evil

Brian Fantana: Jan 1st 2008; 10:43PM

OK. Now why and the hell would you want to play a game that you cover with your finger to move and shoot?

I dont get it.

Christopher Grant: Jan 1st 2008; 10:51PM

That's what I've been saying about Phantom Hourglass!

NvM: Jan 1st 2008; 11:35PM

Yeah but PH works.

Bucket: Jan 2nd 2008; 4:07AM

Exactly. And yet, people wonder why we don't see more FPSs on the DS.

Gavin: Jan 1st 2008; 11:09PM

It plays a game from 1993!!! Hooray, you justified your ridiculously expensive gadget that you have to lock into an absurd contract with only one cellphone provider. Meh.....

ThornedVenom: Jan 1st 2008; 11:14PM

If your iPhone can install this and play it, chances are that your phone is unlocked.

Your single-carrier point is moot.

James: Jan 2nd 2008; 8:25AM

Yea you just broke that point you were trying to make. Ho hum.

Brian Fantana: Jan 2nd 2008; 4:36PM

Can you buy an iphone without signing a contract?

BigDanG: Jan 1st 2008; 11:14PM

DOOM is the new Hello World? Damn, Computer Science 101 just got a lot tougher from when I took it.

WhY sO seRIouS: Jan 1st 2008; 11:18PM

Fyrebug Doom:
http://www.fyrebug.com/displaygame.php?gameid=830

quick, simplified, and playable at work!

ThornedVenom: Jan 1st 2008; 11:20PM

OMG murder simulator on children's phones! Touchscreens are more realistic than controllers!

Somebody call JT and the Church of Fox News!

Brian B: Jan 2nd 2008; 12:11AM

It also gets PORN. Alert the local media! The iPhone is a pornography delivery devices and it's in the hands of our children.

SecretCow: Jan 2nd 2008; 2:13AM

Yes, we must Alert Justin Timberlake at once. He will bring sexy back to the iPhone.

Gangsta Smurf: Jan 2nd 2008; 10:03AM

Maybe one day someone will find something relevant to do with an iPhone.

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