US EditionThey Got Doom Running on a Satellite Orbiting Earth, because of Course They Did
The OP-SAT satellite, using off-the-shelf parts, ran Doom with Earth images as backgrounds, processed by AI to fit the game’s 256-color limit.
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They got Doom running on a satellite orbiting Earth, because of course they did
Last year, a team of software and aerospace engineers took Doom porting to the next level, getting the game to run on a satellite orbiting Earth. It took some out-of-the-box thinking and tweaking, but they eventually got it playing (without graphics). Of course, since "pics or it didn't happen" applies,...Read Entire Article
DOOM on a Satellite
In this video Ólafur Waage explains how the ESA’s OPS-SAT ran DOOM in space! Images captured by the onboard camera are automatically processed and integrated into the game as custom background scenes. This is achieved by updating the game’s WAD file to include the acquired images prior to running DOOM. The WAD update and game execution occur immediately after each image capture, showcasing near real-time snapshots of Earth within the gameplay en…
The software developer Ólafur Libra explains in a video how he was able to perform Doom on a ESA satellite for the first time. Thus, the first-person shooter ran in space - and this is visible in the game as well.
Doom on a satellite? Classic shooter now running on European space satellite
New Delhi: For years, people have run the classic 1993 game Doom on everything from printers to pregnancy tests. But this one takes the cake, or rather, takes it out of Earth’s orbit. According to reports, an Icelandic software developer named Ólafur Waage has managed to get Doom running on the European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT satellite. Yes, the same Doom that first launched on DOS over three decades ago is now officially running in space. We al…
Someone Just Ran Doom In Space
In what might be the nerdiest crossover of gaming and space exploration ever, a programmer has officially run Doom on a satellite orbiting Earth. Yes, the same 1993 shooter that’s been played on everything from calculators to pregnancy tests has now made its way into space, courtesy of a hacking challenge hosted by the European […] The post Someone Just Ran Doom In Space appeared first on Wonderful Engineering.
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