Among the most unusual platforms to run this game on, you can find everything from a McDonald’s cash register to a John Deere combine. A “newbie” in this exotic zoo was teletext, a technology dating back to the middle of the last century for transmitting graphic information to a TV set.
An editor called lukneu has managed to adapt DOOM for teletext. To do this, he made a number of changes so that the game displays correctly in this simple exit type.
Thanks to his efforts, anyone can now enjoy playing a classic shooter via teletext, provided they have a TV that supports this technology or special software for reading teletext, for example, on a Raspberry Pi.
Initially, the game is launched on the computer, and the video signal is transmitted to the TV or other device.
As a result, the player sees a simplified black and white graphic, and the face of the game’s hero is replaced with a simple smiley. However, lukneu is already working on expanding the functionality and adding color graphics, ASCII characters and an outline-only display mode.
Source: Ferra
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