Forget Super Mario, Watch Doom Run Smoothly On A Hacked Nintendo Alarmo

Nintendo surprised just about everyone with its announcement of the Alarmo, especially with gamers waiting on the eventual arrival of the not-so-secret Nintendo Switch 2. Alarmo is a proprietary device with limited out of the box functionality, and so in time-honored tradition, someone figured out how to run Doom on it.

Reverse engineer GaryOderNichts shared the nitty gritty details of hacking the Alarmo. It involved connecting to the Alarmo’s board with a raspberry pi, dumping the firmware, and obtaining the key used for encrypting and decrypting files. This process led to the device being able to display the picture of a cat, but of course that wasn’t enough for the internet. “It was pretty clear what everyone wanted to see on the Alarmo. So, here it is - Doom running on the Nintendo Alarmo!”

It's a unique way to play Doom, as the controls are limited to the ...