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Doom Ported To the Web

Posted by Unknown on from the when-can-i-run-firefox-in-firefox-in-firefox dept.

kripkenstein writes "Ever since Id Software released the Doom source code under the GPL, it's been ported to platform after platform. Now, you can play Doom compiled to JavaScript on the web, using standard web technologies like Canvas and without any plugins. If your browser has trouble running it, here's a screencast." The translation was accomplished using Emscripten, a Javascript backend for LLVM. As per the GPL, full source code is available. Pretty neat.

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  1. Re:No, It's Not Just You, It's Just Developers by h4rr4r · · Score: 0, Troll

    My 21st century machine can now not play a game from 1993. Thanks jackasses who think javascript is a good idea.