They Got Nintendo’s Alarmo to Play Doom

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.
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.
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'
It started with GaryOderNichts figuring out how to run custom code at all on the Alarmo, a process which the enthusiast outlined on his blog and demonstrated by making the device display a picture of a cat. This naturally led GaryOderNichts' followers to request a Doom demonstration, which he provided just a few days later on November 2.
Yes, the Nintendo Alarmo can run Doom
Alarmo - Nintendo's quirky (and arguably overpriced) way to help you leap out of bed in the morning - is the latest bit of hardware to pass the 'can it run Doom' test. A post on X / Twitter by user GaryOderNichts - who is typically known for their Wii U reverse engineering efforts - appears to show that the classic 1993 first-person shooter can indeed run on Nintendo Alarmo.
The Shores of Bell — Doom is now playable on Nintendo's $99 alarm clock
Nintendo's Alarmo alarm clock was hacked and made to run the shareware version of Doom by Twitter user GaryOderNichts, who uploaded a gameplay video of the completed job to a Twitter thread earlier this week.
Forget Super Mario, Watch Doom Run Smoothly On A Hacked Nintendo Alarmo
In time honored tradition, hackers have found a way to run Doom on a device that was never meant to run the classic FPS.
Yes, someone has got THAT game running on Nintendo’s Alarmo clock
After someone figured out how to display pictures on Nintendo Alarmo, their next goal was to get a certain beloved shooter running on it.
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
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
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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 Bros.
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