As a society, I don’t think we’ll ever get tired of trying to run Doom on anything and everything — for instance, this Twitter bot that converts replies into in-game actions and a calculator powered by potatoes. The latest Doom success comes from Graham Sanderson who uses the new Raspberry Pi Pico to run a multiplayer version of the classic shooter.
The Pico is a microcontroller that uses the new RP2040 chip released by Raspberry Pi recently. The Pico’s tiny form factor makes it ideal for small, insignificant tasks like programming LED lighting or motion sensors. But the real question, at least for Sanderson, was if it could run Doom. The project isn’t the most creative entry in this ever-evolving challenge revolving around the 1993 classic, but it’s still an impressive one given it uses a 21mm by 51mm piece of hardware.
