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Palm Pre runs Doom [Video]
SlashGear —
... A platform can’t really be taken seriously until it runs Doom, and so we’re glad to report that Palm’s webOS has graduated with (almost) flying colors. Software tinkerer Sargun has managed to port the classic game to the Palm Pre, and it carries across “most of the functionality” of the original onto the new smartphone. ...
Palm Pre runs Doom, smartphone-loving space marines rejoyce
Engadget —
... If you were holding off on buying a Pre until it had some great games, start warming up that credit card. We knew homebrewers were already at work and one of those, a bloke who goes by the name Sargun, has managed to get the iconic Doom running on the phone ...
Palm Pre Lands Hardware-Accelerated Doom , Courtesy of Homebrewers [Palm Pre]
Gizmodo —
... has managed to get an open source, hardware-accelerated version of Doom running on his Pre, leveraging yesterday's full leak of a WebOS root image, which gave hackers and developers access to core elements of OS that won't be accessible with their MojoSDK. Granted, you'd expect Doom to run on the Pre accelerated or not, but at the very least it's a hopeful sign of things to come. [Sargund] ...
Yup, Doom runs fine on the Palm Pre
CrunchGear —
... , the answer is yes. We’re kind of thinking though that more would be surprised if the Pre wouldn’t run Doom. But anyway, one dude took it upon himself to reprogram an open-source version of the game to use WebOS’s DirectFB graphics library. So what we have here is a hardware-accelerated version of the classic FPS. Well done. ...
Doom On The Palm Pre
GEARFUSE —
Well, not quite . It’s actually an open-source Doom clone called PRDoom. Some sneaky hacker got it working on his Palm Pre , as shown in the above video. Looks like a good way to kill a couple hours at the office on Friday… Link
Doom Running Smooth on Palm Pre
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... on the Palm Pre wasn’t quite enough for you, we’ve got a quick look at Doom running reasonably well on webOS. Before you start cocking your shotgun, keep in mind this is more of a programmer’s experiment with the environment than a full game ready for the downloading. Of course, it gives hope for the 3D capabilities of the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre - I wonder if it’s enough to get id Software to port over Doom Resurrection…
[via Sargun]
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Palm Pre shown running hardware-accelerated Doom
DVICE Atom Feed —
Wondering if you should hop on board with the new Palm Pre? Well, it's gotten pretty great reviews and appears to be a solid smartphone, probably the only one out there to truly rival the iPhone. But wait. Does it play Doom?
It does now! Thanks to some handy hackers, the Palm Pre has been shown capable of playing a hardware-accelerated version of Doom and it looks pretty good. And if that doesn't sell you on the Pre, well, I don't know what will.
Sargund via Gizmodo
