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Doom in space

Posted by asteroid
Tags: satellites, technology, video games, shooters.first person, franchises.video game, doom, european space agency, software, open source, offbeat, author.steven vaughan nichols, source.zdnet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-a-programmer-got-doom-to-run-on-a-space-satellite-and-what-happened-next/

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How a programmer got Doom to run on a space satellite and what happened next
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5 comments

  1. [4]
    FlappyFish
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    Does anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?

    Does anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?

    1 vote
    1. [3]
      cfabbro
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      There are screenshots on the Github page: https://github.com/olafurw/opssat-doom

      There are screenshots on the Github page:
      https://github.com/olafurw/opssat-doom

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        slade
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        Significantly cooler than I expected. Having the actual camera view as a backdrop in the game is pretty cool.

        Significantly cooler than I expected. Having the actual camera view as a backdrop in the game is pretty cool.

        3 votes
        1. cfabbro
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          Yeah, it's pretty neat. The creator even talked about some of the difficulties they had pulling that off in this video (at 4m42s): Running DOOM on a satellite

          Yeah, it's pretty neat. The creator even talked about some of the difficulties they had pulling that off in this video (at 4m42s): Running DOOM on a satellite

          2 votes
  2. tanglisha
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    I think there’s something wrong with me, I thought this was another eMacs thread. Doom eMacs Spacemacs

    I think there’s something wrong with me, I thought this was another eMacs thread.