There is no doubt that DOOM is one of the most important historical classics, not only in computer games, and for several reasons. Firstly, it cemented the first-person shooter genre, secondly, it made the game unplayable on other computers like the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, sending both platforms to the canvas. Almost 30 years have passed since then and the most surprising thing is its latest version. DOOM running in Windows Notepad? Well yes, they have managed to do it and its creator has baptized this version as NotepadDOOM.
Since its original version for PC, DOOM has had versions for all the platforms there are and will be. Different video game consoles and mobile devices have had their version of this classic. Even some that many of you don’t even know or no longer remember. And it is that we have seen it being executed even in the most remote and unexpected places, such as in the BIOS. Today’s example is even stranger, Windows Notepad.
NotepadDOOM, iD Software’s classic notepad
A video game developer named Sam Chiet has achieved something that logically should not be possible in a text editor, run a version of DOOM running inside Windows Notepad which you have named NotepadDOOM and also has managed to runs at 60 frames per second. Of course, from the moment this version is limited to notepad charactersso it does not have the visual aspect of the 1993 classic. Of course, it is clear that it is DOOM and so much so that it has even received the applause of one of the creators of the original game, John Romero.
Chiet has clarified that didn’t have to modify notepad or make a similar application. This partly means that it is possible to run an application inside it. Which leads us to think about the issue of security. Usually it is web browsers that allow you to do this. However, the author of this version of the iD Software classic has not yet said how he has achieved it. And that your NotepadDOOM still needs a few days changes to be released to the public.
In any case, it must be taken into account that this is nothing more than an exercise by its creator to demonstrate his skills when it comes to programming, and the fact is that the experiment does not seem to be very playable, not only because of the graphics formed by characters, but also by the screen tearing. Caused by the fact that notepad’s frame update algorithm is not that fast. Since it is not an application designed to move video games. In any case, not only is it no longer a curiosity, but an example of what can be achieved with programming talent.
