Yeah, you possibly can run Doom on a Lego brick PC now

Having wired up the Lego terminal we lately reported on as an itsy bitsy exterior monitor, James Brown has been noticed enjoying Doom on it. An unimaginable feat, particularly contemplating the atrocious pixel density of the 0.42-inch display—I do not think about they acquired very far within the game, however nonetheless a really cool little venture.

The Twitter thread goes via the method, piece by piece, and even reveals the capacitive contact controls in use with the ‘trench run’ animation. Now although, there’s precise footage of the factor enjoying Doom, and whereas it isn’t really working Doom itself, we’re nonetheless hooked.

Really, how small and obscure can we go along with Doom? We’ve already seen it working on motherboard BIOS, in addition to 100 kilos of moldy potatoes—hopefully in a really properly ventilated room. We’ve even seen the game managed by a rotary phone, of all issues.

These little Lego consoles have been the topic of an abundance of microelectronics tasks too, together with a considerably bigger, old-school Lego area laptop that basically works. That one did not run Doom sadly, however it was solely a matter of time earlier than the 2 concepts met on this lovely marriage of our most beloved childhood joys.

And whereas followers of those blocky constructing buddies may at all times design themselves a Lego PC to essentially get the pixels going, there’s one thing superb about beaming the game right into a ridiculously tiny Lego monitor. It appears like a second to be celebrated.