Modder brings Doom to Nintendo's cutesy Alarmo clock

Weirdly Amusing: The number of different devices moving Doom continues to grow. Even Nintendo's latest product, nan quirky Alarmo clock, tin now play a type of id Software's classical shooter. Best yet, there's nary request for immoderate modifications aliases specialized hardware.

Just a fewer weeks aft nan Nintendo Alarmo was introduced to nan public, developers person already recovered a measurement to "play" nan granddaddy of modern first-person shooters connected its mini 2.8-inch LCD screen.

A talented programmer known arsenic "GaryOderNichts," who specializes successful reverse engineering Nintendo's discontinued Wii U console, precocious announced that nan Alarmo tin yet show "what everyone wanted to see." Doom tin tally connected nan game-related timepiece though audio support is still missing.

GaryOderNichts's effort to mod aliases tweak nan Alarmo's autochthonal features began conscionable a fewer days agone erstwhile nan coder studied nan gadget's soul hardware and package setup. The clock's PCB includes an STM32H730ZBI6 MCU and a 4GB eMMC spot manufactured by Kioxia, and nan system's contented was comparatively easy to dump and decrypt. The programmer built connected nan activity antecedently done by different coder (Spinda), who managed to dump nan eMMC contents earlier anyone else.

After my past post, it was beautiful clear what everyone wanted to spot connected nan Alarmo. So, present it is - Doom moving connected nan Nintendo Alarmo! pic.twitter.com/WimckYPnXZ

Thanks to nan gadget's expertise to tally successful USB wide retention mode erstwhile each 3 buttons connected apical are pressed, nan hacker explained, nan Alarmo tin apparently beryllium forced to load an arbitrary firmware image. There's nary request to unfastened aliases modify nan device, though nan civilization record to tally still needs to beryllium decently encrypted according to Nintendo's specifications.

The programmer was initially capable to show a image of a feline connected nan Alarmo's screen, and a fewer days later, released nan eagerly awaited Alarmo Doom package. Now, each Alarmo proprietor tin move their caller Nintendo gadget into a due "Doom machine," though a fewer limitations still use to this next-gen gaming "experience."

Audio support is "currently" lacking, GaryOderNichts warned, and nan USB loader has circumstantial record size restrictions that request to beryllium bypassed. Doom's .wad record needs to beryllium compressed and past decompressed backmost to nan outer representation portion astatine footwear time, though willing players will apparently beryllium capable to load and play nan full shareware type of Doom from commencement to finish.