iLiad Doom - another daft question from JT

johnnytruant · 02-15-2008, 10:58 AM

So, a friend of mine, when shown my iLiad did the usual "wow, incredible screen" etc. etc. After the initial reaction, the first thing he asked was "can it run Doom?"

My answer was - "it's got a screen, hasn't it? of course it'll run Doom"

Has anyone run Doom on their iLiad? Obviously it wouldn't be very sporty, but it's more the principle of the thing...

Adam B. · 02-15-2008, 11:54 AM

I had tried it at one point, but wasn't able to get past the first screen.

I thought I had a screenshot, but I wasn't able to find it.

herve · 02-18-2008, 10:06 AM

Anyway, the screen would be too slow, so what's the point?

johnnytruant · 02-22-2008, 04:18 AM

To paraphrase George Mallory, "because it's Doom"

I've run doom - at some point, not always playably and sometimes in ascii-mode - on all the computing devices I've ever owned, from my very first PC, to my PDA to my mobile phone. Doom (and/or Quake) is the single most reliable way of testing gfx and networking hardware in Windows pre-2000 that I've found.

Doom runs on just about anything: digital cameras, mp3 players, lottery machines, calculators etc, etc.

There used to be a site called itplaysdoom.com, but it seems to be gone these days. Archive.org have a copy

herve · 02-22-2008, 04:28 AM

Right but once again, the iLiad screen is too slow to refresh. The ARM CPU is probably able to run the software but the screen won't follow.

All the devices you list use a LCD device with at least 50-60 Hz refresh rate. Except maybe the HP48 but this port runs with no texture and optimised algorithms.

herve · 02-22-2008, 04:31 AM

An idea I just had: a round-by-round game would be perfect. Why not porting Micropolis, aka Sim City that was recently relicensed under the GPL?

http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archi...rts-begin.aspx

http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/

Martijn · 02-22-2008, 04:43 AM

You mean like:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19066

johnnytruant · 02-22-2008, 05:07 AM

I did say in my first post that I wasn't expecting it to be playable. Obviously it won't be playable, it's the principle of the thing.

If I want to actually play Doom, I can do that on my mahoosively powerful desktop PC.

02-15-2008, 10:58 AM	#1
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	Doom - another daft question from JT So, a friend of mine, when shown my iLiad did the usual "wow, incredible screen" etc. etc. After the initial reaction, the first thing he asked was "can it run Doom?" My answer was - "it's got a screen, hasn't it? of course it'll run Doom" Has anyone run Doom on their iLiad? Obviously it wouldn't be very sporty, but it's more the principle of the thing...

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Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I had tried it at one point, but wasn't able to get past the first screen. I thought I had a screenshot, but I wasn't able to find it.

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herve Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paris Device: TungstenC / hopefully iLi	Anyway, the screen would be too slow, so what's the point?

02-22-2008, 04:18 AM	#4
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	To paraphrase George Mallory, "because it's Doom" I've run doom - at some point, not always playably and sometimes in ascii-mode - on all the computing devices I've ever owned, from my very first PC, to my PDA to my mobile phone. Doom (and/or Quake) is the single most reliable way of testing gfx and networking hardware in Windows pre-2000 that I've found. Doom runs on just about anything: digital cameras, mp3 players, lottery machines, calculators etc, etc. There used to be a site called itplaysdoom.com, but it seems to be gone these days. Archive.org have a copy

02-22-2008, 04:28 AM	#5
herve Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paris Device: TungstenC / hopefully iLi	Right but once again, the iLiad screen is too slow to refresh. The ARM CPU is probably able to run the software but the screen won't follow. All the devices you list use a LCD device with at least 50-60 Hz refresh rate. Except maybe the HP48 but this port runs with no texture and optimised algorithms.

02-22-2008, 04:31 AM	#6
herve Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paris Device: TungstenC / hopefully iLi	An idea I just had: a round-by-round game would be perfect. Why not porting Micropolis, aka Sim City that was recently relicensed under the GPL? http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archi...rts-begin.aspx http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/

02-22-2008, 04:43 AM	#7
Martijn Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 855 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Device: iLiad	You mean like: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19066

02-22-2008, 05:07 AM	#8
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	I did say in my first post that I wasn't expecting it to be playable. Obviously it won't be playable, it's the principle of the thing. If I want to actually play Doom, I can do that on my mahoosively powerful desktop PC.

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