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Doom Runs on [a display made from] E. Coli Bacteria Now (kottke.org)

submitted 9 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TLDR: It's rendering single images from Doom on cell-based frame displays, not running the game itself.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This always bugs me about the "it runs Doom" posts. 90% of the time it's just a unique display hooked up to a regular computer where the computer is the thing running Doom or they made some simple raycast game with Doom assets (like all the calculator ones) or they just jammed a raspberry pi in something.

I'm sure this display will show Cyberpunk 2077 if they piped the display in properly. Doesn't mean e.coli are running a 4080.