Many would find it quite difficult to come across a gamer who hasn't played at least one Doom game in their life. They may be out there, but they are a rare breed. As part of the isekai genre of video games, games in which the protagonist is transported to another world, the original 1993 entry is an iconic part of the industry, still influencing to this day. Along its journey, many have made numerous attempts to install and play the game on some strange devices and systems.
While Doom can already be officially played on different consoles and machines, someone has now made it possible to load the game up before a computer even properly boots into an operating system, such as Windows. Essentially, it makes the id Software classic FPS compatible with a BIOS-based system, with the project being called "CoreDOOM." A report from Phoronix says that the latest version of Coreboot, an open-source Basic Input/Output System that has support for Payloads, has just been released. Through customization implementation, version 4.17 now allows users to boot up Doom.
There are a number of caveats to doing so, however. For one, there is no sound, will only support PS/2 keyboards rather than USB, and will also apparently freeze a user's system when they exit the game. That aside, it's one of many other examples of people getting Doom to run in unusual ways. In the past, people have got the game to run on pregnancy tests, smart fridges, in ASCII terminals, and there was even an instance in which it was possible for people on Twitter to come together and play it through simple commands.
Not to mention the sheer number of modifications and custom add-ons that fans have been implementing since time immemorial. From turning Doom into Minecraft to adding RTX ray tracing to basically modding the game to the point where it becomes something else entirely, much of the nearly 30-year-old game's longevity comes from the community of dedicated players who love tinkering with the original format.
With id Software now beginning work on its next project, many will be wondering whether a new Doom is on the horizon. Given the success of the 2016 reboot and Doom Eternal, a new entry in the renewed series could be an inevitability. Either that or the studio may be working on a new Quake game or at least a remake. In any case, those who follow id's work closely will no doubt be excited about what the veteran developer will come up with next.
Doom was originally released in December 1993 for multiple platforms and has been ported to many systems over the years.
