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Photo-Centric Handheld Can Be A Doom Console

Posted by timothy on from the nifty-handheld dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jobo AG originally fielded its $550 Giga Vu Pro as a tool for digital photography buffs, but this small embedded computer, running a Linux 2.4 kernel, has much broader potential, according to an article at LinuxDevices.com. A free software development kit for the device is now available at sourceforge.net, along with instructions for loading software into flash memory, a tutorial on turning the device into a Doom game console, and a contributions page for those willing to share their new apps."

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  1. Why just doom? by kebes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems like the perfect platform for running some emulator software and storing hundreds of ROMs of classic games.

  2. Cheaper by generic-man · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can build a Doom console using off-the-shelf parts.

    You will need:
    (1) Game Boy Advance ($70 for the regular kind, $80 for the SP)
    (1) Copy of Doom ($30)

    And once you're done, you still have some $400 that you can spend on a photo-centric handheld!

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  3. The Doom Console by EnglishTim · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think some people here are getting a bit confused by the wording of the submission.

    When the original poster referred to the 'Doom Console', he meant the handheld computer your character carries around in DOOM 3, not a console that you can play DOOM on.