They Got Nintendo’s Alarmo to Play Doom

Can Nintendo’s Alarmo run Doom? You bet it can
What do John Deere tractors, Ikea smart bulbs, Lego bricks, and the MacBook Pro Touch Bar have in common? They can all run Doom, and naturally, so can Nintendo’s adorable Alarmo alarm clock. It was only a matter of time before someone pulled that off, but what I didn’t expect was that when it happened, it would be playable.
Hackers Achieve the Inevitable: They Got Nintendo’s Alarmo to Play Doom
Hardware hackers prove they can make the Nintendo Alarmo play whatever they want on screen without ripping out its guts.
Yes, the Nintendo Alarmo can run Doom
Obviously, the Alarmo isn't the ideal or optimal way to play Doom (we've got an exceptional recently released Nightdive Studios-led remaster for that), but that isn't the point. Getting Doom to run on things it has no business running on has been a decades-long endeavor.
Doom Has Been Ported to the Nintendo Alarmo Clock
Running the classic Doom is a rite of passage for anything that has circuitry these days. When the Nintendo Alarmo released, some pondered when someone would get Doom running on it, and that has now happened.
In just 3 days, the state of Nintendo Alarmo hacking went from 'it loads a cat jpg' to 'it runs Doom better than a lot of PCs back in the day'
As sure as the seasons or the tides, DIYers will make Doom run on that proprietary new device.
Of course someone has Doom running on Nintendo Alarmo now
Earlier this week, Tom told us Nintendo Alarmo couldn't yet run Doom, but did confirm it could display a picture of a
Programmer Gets Doom Running on Nintendo Alarmo
A programmer has figured out how to emulate Doom on the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo. The Alarmo clock is one of the newest gadgets to be released by the brand. Although it is not the reveal some gamers had expected from the company,
Nintendo's Alarmo Has Already Been Hacked To Include Cat Pictures
A Wii U hack enthusiast has already found a way to run customized code on Nintendo's Alarmo without opening it up.
You can run Doom on Nintendo’s Alarmo clock
A few days after describing how it was possible to load custom firmware on a Nintendo Alarmo, GaryOderNichts shared a video showing Doom running on the alarm clock, and posted instructions to GitHub for anyone looking to do the same with their own device.
DOOM now runs on Alarmo: here’s how id Software’s classic FPS plays on Nintendo’s alarm clock
To everyone’s surprise, a few succeeded and added unexpected content to Nintendo’s peculiar item. A player and fan of id Software took the opportunity to do what any DOOM love
It was inevitable: the guy who hacked his Alarmo got Doom running on it
It was only yesterday when we reported that someone had hacked their Alarmo to show a cat picture, and we promised that we'd report on them again if they mana
heise online on MSN20h
Nintendo Alarmo spielt "Doom"
Nintendo's new gamification alarm clock Alarmo has a new field of application: thanks to the hacker GaryOderNichts, it ...
LA Times on MSN2d
Has Nintendo found a better way to wake up? | Alarmo review
This is life with Nintendo’s Alarmo, a new alarm clock that’s part nostalgic love letter to the worlds of Super Mario ...
CNET5d
Nintendo Alarmo Review: One Small Step to a Nintendo Smart Home
The source is a red Disney-like clock on my bedside table: the Nintendo Alarmo, an I-can't-believe-this-is-real, $100 ...