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Doom Ported to Nokia phone
HellKrisp writes "UK based game developers WildPalm have released a port of id software's Doom for the Nokia 7650. Features of the port include audio support and bilinear filtering. The download weighs in at around 1.5MB as it is just the shareware version featuring only the first episode. The port was made using the source code publicly released by id software in 1997."
Now people can kill people while driving while using their phones... ...
Wait a minute..
Computational Madness in a round package.
to drive-by shooting. :)
This seems like the a great port for multiplayer reasons, but that's not mentioned anywhere on the page.
I guess modem play wouldn't work? Hmm... Well there has to be some way to port the multiplayer. Whether people would want to burn up their minutes to kill their friends on their phones is another story (I would)
So when can I play my Doom III pre-alpha on one of these things?
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Now when some business exec goes on an office rampage, the media can blame the Doom port on his cellphone!
I think that was digital cameras. I'm too lazy to do a search, but it's possible to play doom on your Kodak DCwhatever_it_is
You were bored so you decided to do some kung fu.
I'm can now imagine some guy running around with a gun shooting people, then the sprint guy comes up and goes:
You were bored, so you decided to play a little doom.
I bet that'll be a BIG hit in Columbine. </sarcasm>
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Orrigional DOOM without a DOS prompt... SINFULL!!!
Oh well, at least this one wont (assumption) crash....
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I'd love to see GTA for my cellphone.
I was content with snake and memory on my phone. Now it's just not going to be the same knowing that a classic FPS can be played on a cell phone!
Heh, enable bluetooth or something similar and play multiplayer with the guy sitting next to you in the airport or something.
I still wish I had a port of the Gameboy version of Tetris on my phone music and all.
first the drive-by, then a walk-by, now a phone-by. Does game spy run on any phones? online mobil phone doom gaming... cool, now I should go to the uspo and file a vauge patent.
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the gba doom port is pretty impressive framerate-wise, and it includes the full game with multiplayer. $30 retail is a bit steep for a decade old game though.
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...And you are correct. I tried to port linux to my Nokia but failed, so I downloaded porn instead. I did however, manage to port linux to several other devices, after being inspired by insightful posts such as yours on Slashdot.
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That's it, really.
...you installed it on their PC for them, but put it on a phone and it's a must play game?!? And still we have per minute rates for cell service in this country? Makes no sense.
That's hilarious
The alphas were just leaked and its already been shoehorned into a phone? Wow. Too bad the video card is 3 times the size of the phone.
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Id Software also released the source to Doom';s 1&2, Quakes 1&2, and i believe Wolfenstien. This is why i want to go ahead and pay full price for Id Software. You can almost call their business a sucessful open source model.
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Ten dollars isn't a lot of money, but then again Doom is an old game, and all you get for the $10 is an upgrade with better rendering. I'd think they'd do better just charging $10 up front. Also, is this a port of the GPL code base, or did they actually pay iD for a non-GPL code license?
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But can it play Quake?
I hope it takes advantage of vibrate mode to further enhance play.
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To begin with, I hate entering text in phones. For me to have any fun playing Doom, I'll have to press 444 3 3 77 3 to start off with, and then 444 3 55 333 2 repeatedly thereafter. No thanks.
>Your Lame
I'm looking really hard to find my Lame, but it went missing recently.
Can you help me find it? I have a feeling it's just above the Nokia cellphone that I was able to shove up my ass (at least there no one will steal it, and with the vibrator function I'll never miss a call, unless I mistake it for the shits).
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It's anonymity, you fucktard.
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my ford explorer has Firestone tires, so? its not like im gonna be an idiot and drive it or anything.
gotta love its looks though...purr...
How legit is this? I mean, the port is fine, but they are charging for the "update". Yes, id software released the source code, but is this allowed? (Did they release it under GPL or some other license?)
Also, I'm assuming they're distributing the original binary data for the levels (is THAT allowed?) yet at the bottom they urge you to buy the original version of Doom if you like the software. huh??
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what the hell was that bob?
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Can you play doom on Emacs ?
Im not here now... Im out KILLING pepperoni
Then again, this could make for a cool new DOIP (Doom over IP) standard. Could Linux make GOIP (Gnuoom over IP)?
I ported Wolf 3D to my blender. You gotta use the blender settings for moving and shooting, but it's all good.
When the cyber demon enters the room, the blender goes into overdrive. It's insane. Toss some fruits in at the same time and by the time your game is over you got yourself a nice shake. Have it for breakfast, lunch, and then a sensible dinner and your on your way to losing weight and feeling great--just ask Tommy Lasorda.
Actually I played the game with my friend's communicator. The game features full color display and original sound effects. Framerate was not huge but the game was very playable. Only complaint is the lack of good joystick or some other control device.
And, I always lost at "thumbs" games when I was a kid.
It sucks being thumb-challenged as the cool gadgets get smaller and smaller.
+5 funny
This shows why it wasn't smart for ID software to GPL outdated software, suddenly a new low-end market evolves and the software isn't outdated any more.
+5 really fucking funny
I'm sure it could be piped into emacs
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first is was tunnels and static
then roaming charges and digital loss
now getting fragged by a cyberdemon on the I5
I wonder in punching in `idbeholdf' will drop long distance charges?
I've been playing this on my Nokia 7650 since september 24th. I want DOOM 2!
Well, doom has been ported to my graphics calculator
Now what is the touch tone code for IDKFA?
Doom was actually earlier ported to a Nokia phone, namely the Communicator 9210. There was also a C64 Emulator available to Communicator, which might be a lot cooler and have an endless amount of classic games.
Unfortunately I had an earlier 9110 model of Communicator, but it had a cool emulator for old Infocom text adventure games as well as Space Invaders.
does this mean I'll be able to play Wolf3d on my 7110?? (http://www.nokia.com/phones/7110/) :)
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Never mind that your spiteful little snipe is pretty poorly considered: the Quake II source is hardly obsolete - even Doom represents a very viable platform for game development (as I think the topic article demonstrates, no?). Besides, if anything you should praising Id's code release policy. First, games aren't apps with "essential functionality" (even Stallman has a hard time getting worked up over game code), so the concerns that prompted the development of the GPL are really not even applicable here. Second, unlike, say, Sun or IBM, Id's divulgence of its code is an act of pure magnanimity to students and entry level developers - that is, truly in the spirit of free software. By contrast, the typical poster boys like Sun and IBM are quite unabashed in their use of the GPL for purely self-interested reasons, usually screwing with Microsoft a bit or reducing their total cost of development for server systems.
Actually, when I was watching Return of the Jedi last night, interespersed as bookends for each part of the film were adverts which featured people playing a car driving game that looked suspiciously like some sort of GTA. Sorry I can't remember what phone it is, exactly. No doubt some other Channel 3-watching geek will be able to tell you.
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Ever wonder why new cell phones have so many useless features? It's the phone companies plans to distract stupid people while they're driving to kill them off. I'm all for it, it gets traffic moving, and we won't have any more slashdot stories about NASA paying $15,000 to provide teaching tools for anyone who actually has to prove man actually landed on the moon.
You're all forgetting the real question - does it run Linux?
... communicating. Nothing more, nothing less. Speach or SMS. Fine.
For gaming I think a PC is a better choice. It has a proper screen, pointing device and sound. Why should I want to play games on my phone? Of the same reason that I should want my pencil to make coffee!
Devices do have a purpose, or so I thought. Oh silly me. I'm just SOOOO boring and old fashioned.
Neo enters the subway car and grabs a window seat.
Pulls his Nokia 7650 out of his pocket.
Pulls out mono headphones and jacks them into the phone.
Pulls out a bluetooth optical mouse.
Opens trenchcoat and pulls out a bluetooth keyboard.
Takes off his sunglasses
Proceeds to play a single player 1993 vintage 2.5D first person shooter on a 2 inch screen.
Hmmm, I don't think it looks cool and it sure doesn't sound like fun.
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Which is pretty mean when you think about it.
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Cell phones are going to become too smart for us one day, and it will end up being a Matrix type scenario. The phones will use really loud ring tones to destroy us. We will have to make a resistance group, and have Arnold travel back in time. And it will be the fault of Doom on cell phones.
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Nokia is launching a new phone with the same operating system as the 7650, but shaped like a portable gaming console.
I'm not really impressed by any phone these days (wasn't we supposed to replace them all with 3G any day now?) but once in a while Nokia strikes the jackpot. Check out the 6800 phone with revolutionary keyboard-thingie. If it does run with the Symbian OS, I think it really could bring your PDA needs to your pocket.
First of all, even laptops batteries don't last more than a couple of hours. And I'm sure if a Doom fanatic sits playing it on cell (don't bother whether he can distinguish guns) he wouldn't get away from it atleast for next couple of hours. Well the battery dies and guess what, he would be actually waiting for a call from an interviewer or whether his wife is in labor yet.
The next step would be obviously to stream movies... Well I've seen some models which can handle videos. Seriously, I cannot watch a movie on my 17'' monitor without complaining, how desperate can people can get to watch and play on the go. So far, wireless hasn't caught up like in Japan just becoz most people feel that this is quite unimportant.
I'd say better make those networks and services better so that atleast people can hear "old movies" and not "monkey with cold". Games and movies on cell phones might sound good but practically I find them waste of time and resources.
This phone should make controlling easier:
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Erm. I don't know what this guy is trying to do, selling an upgrade to an open sourced game.
He has to release the source code, so...
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Now, Nokias run the same game at adequate speed. Shouldn't I conclude the graphics and cpu capabilites equal those of my old desktop?
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I sure hope a brave MCI WorldCom customer is up for this daunting task!
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Well, it's not too bad - certainly playable, although I couldn't get the sound to work. The catch is that it requires so much damn memory to run that you have to shut down *every* application on the phone, and free up as much memory as possible. So while it's installed, you can't even add addresses.
Not worth it for me, but it's a nice gimmick. Shows what these devices are capable of if they had at least a little bit more memory in - 4MB isn't enough, are you listening Nokia? ;)
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QNX did this too for their OS. They offer a guide to porting doom for embedded systems. I'm not sure what OS they are using on this phone but here is the info from www.qnx.com
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http://www.qnx.com/developer/articles/apr2501b/
they have the other 5 steps; just search for doom!
I have this on the Nokia 9290 Communicator. I was completely blown away by the fact that it plays better than on my first desktop. It makes any boring meeting/seminar/family event a thing of the past when you know you can just find a seat and whip out your phone. From what I've heard, its fully capable of multiplayer as well (even between PC and Phone), but I have not tried it.
Was it GPLed? Quake was, but I don't think Doom was.
They're attacking this from the wrong direction.
Small, handheld game systems already exist. Downsize a GBA by 10%, and put the phone bits inside one of those, instead of trying to futz a screen into a current phone.
A Nokia/GameBoy would bring a whole lot of advantages. Current userbase, a lot of existing games, better graphics.
Doom is nice, but on my phone I can play not only Doom, but also Quake I, Quake II, Sim City 2000 and FIFA 2002. Major upcoming games include Need for Speed and Age of Empires.
;-)
I can also browse the Internet (full, not just clipping), read/write emails, and do other fun stuff like play MP3's and movies.
I can even make phone calls, too, but they're not quite as fun.
Avert your eyes, but this phone is actually based on an MS operating system (sorry), the Pocket PC OS. The phone in question is the xda, and it's simply awesome.
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So can you play ALL of Quake ,etc. before it crashes on you? Do the memory leaks soon hinder your ability to make phone calls? Once microsoft can show me a something with an uptime of more than 6 months, then I'll consider it, but until then, I'll stick with only being able to play Doom...
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They'll start with DOOM by rendering many people like me worthless. We'll all waste hours playing games instead of doing work like finishing that report or debugging that program... oh wait... Slashdot already started that.
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I read that and thought you mean the Doom 3 alpha that's floating around. That would have been pretty fast.
to make money for Nokia. As long as people will buy the "latest and greatest" companies like Nokia will continue to make products with new gimmicks. The phone part was easy. The work of making a phone like the 7650 lies in getting the OS to run on the new badazz hardware so people can do things like take pictures, listen to mp3s and play games on their phone. While you may want to only make calls, there are others who want to do all this other stuff. The bonus for you is that you can still get a phone that just communicates and not waste your money on the latest gimmicky phone.
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I had a 386 computer. It played, but often enough I had to hit F5 (turn down detail) or lower the screenres a bit. Now they can play this thing on a phone? What exactly is the PC equivilency in the phones (CPU, RAM, etc)?
While I'm not about to upgrade to a new phone just to play doom... I might keep it in mind when the next time to upgrade comes (as long as the phone is also a good phone).
Some problems (forgive my pessimism)
Once cellular-multiplayer versions of popular games comes out, I think that the cell phone companies are going to have some problems with plans like "Unlimited Evenings and Weekends". Airwaves in certain areas could very well start to get congested (as it is, I often cannot call out if I'm in a big city near a special event such as the yearly fireworks show, too many people on the phone).
The local phone company actually snipped their "unlimited long-distance" plan to X-hundred minutes because of a problem in small cities. Residents would wait until weekends or after 7 to dial the nearest big city where there were "free internet" providers, and hog the lines until early morning hours doing downloads. I can forsee the same issues with cells and games, etc, and you get a whole bunch of people constantly online playing doom or Tetris.
That day might be a ways away, but it is still a good possibility.
As cool of a hack as this is, why bother to do a port to a cellphone. Surely they could have gotten better performance by doing new coding to simulate the same game play. Thats the reason games aren't ported to ti calculators, they are rewritten clones of the original games.
Doom Ported to Nokia phone
I thought they were going to switch me back to the WorldCom network!
I've got a Ericsson T68i ..., any chance of me being lucky?
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I want to play too
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I think this is great. Those games on the phones really suck. I don't know why the never put tetris on (everybody loves it). I think it would be excellent to be on the tube (which is a long trip as people in London know) and send out a bluetooth msg or something for any one else who wants to play. I would love to frag a few of those suits you see with the latest phones. Finallly something good to ammuse me on the tube.
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...but why the hell would anyone want to play Doom on a phone??
I saw this on the subway in Stockholm weeks ago. Was a guy playing it one his phone. Looked really sharp actually. Even thou the display was small and he had to tap on the keys as if he was possessed.
But can it play quake?
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