Doom on the iPod

[JTI2K]

Every day I loss another reason to not buy an iPod :smt042

From the nuts at ipodlinux, a Port (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4668) of the original Doom for the iPod, in full color

It runs on ipodlinux, the framerate its kinda low, what makes it barely playable. They say they are working on that.

Anyways, maybe we`ll see some emus when apple releases the Xscale ipods :happyhap:

[Roi]

The only fun and playable game on the iPod is musicquiz! :smt033

[Borman]

I just bought an ipod :D

[AnalogWinter]

I'm looking to sell mine. Very cool device, but I use it very little.

Once the framerates get better, I may check it out. Can't beat having Doom on the go. :smt023


^_^_^

[gaming247]

Just out of curiosity, anyone recall what the framerate is currently? I couldn't find it in the link above, and the ipodlinux website isn't working (for me at least).

[JTI2K]

I'm looking to sell mine. Very cool device, but I use it very little.

Which generation is it? :D

And gaming247, the site its apparently offline, but as i said, its moves as slow as frozeen jelly, so its barely playable.

[AnalogWinter]

Which generation is it? :D

And gaming247, the site its apparently offline, but as i said, its moves as slow as frozeen jelly, so its barely playable.

30gb Photo. Used for about a week. You interested? :D


^_^_^

[JTI2K]

30gb Photo. Used for about a week. You interested? :D

Hell yea, how much you want for it? :D

[Greatsaintlouis]

Ah, so Doom is only playable on the iPod Photos, or is there a greyscale mode for the older ones, anyways? Doom on any portable gadget is a fairly compelling reason to make a purchase, but it's still not enough to get me to buy one of those overpriced pieces of hype. I'll stick with the kickass Mindisc player, for now.

[Taemos]

Ah, so Doom is only playable on the iPod Photos, or is there a greyscale mode for the older ones, anyways? Doom on any portable gadget is a fairly compelling reason to make a purchase, but it's still not enough to get me to buy one of those overpriced pieces of hype. I'll stick with the kickass Mindisc player, for now.

Agreed on the "hype" part, but my Minidisc player kicked the bucket, and I never was able to get it up and going again :(. I have to start looking toward an MP3 player purchase.

[Greatsaintlouis]

That's the bad thing about MD players - once they start to go, the parts are so small inside that it would be tough to do any sort of DIY repairs. I've had mine going on 5 years now with no problems, though. It's kindof one of those, "As long as it works fine, I'm not spending money on a new one" mentalities. Though if it were to go, I might be convinced to pick up an iPod shuffle. Those are a little bit more balanced in the Price<->Value department, plus they're not such an irritating status symbol.

"See my ugly white earphones? That's right - I had $250 to blow on an iPod."

[Taemos]

I've always been more annoyed with their size. Granted, they aren't that big, but I would notice it in my pocket. I'd rather have a small flash-based MP3 player.

I do love it how when one of my friends say "I want an iPod", I ask "Why?" That always confuses them. "Well, it's neat!" is usually the response I get.

As for Doom on the iPod, I think I'd rather carry around a PocketPC and play on one of those. It is neat, though :).

[JTI2K]

I do love it how when one of my friends say "I want an iPod", I ask "Why?" That always confuses them. "Well, it's neat!" is usually the response I get.


Your friend should thank Goebbels for that. He was the fat fuck who invented the "necesity of posession".

The point is that if you constantly tell a person about anything (an object, ideology,etc....) he will end up doing anything he can to get it, even if he cant figure out what it does :smt043

[StarWolf]

Sorry to go OT (even more), but Oakley Thump > iPod. Mp3 in your shades. Ahh yeah.

Although the iPod is a damn nifty bit of kit.

[Paulo]

Oakley thum > ugly

[cahaz]

Sorry to go OT (even more), but Oakley Thump > iPod. Mp3 in your shades. Ahh yeah.

Although the iPod is a damn nifty bit of kit.

i don't want to wear glasses to listen music, i want to listen music (point at the line)

i don't wear glasees in life, so why would i start now?

as for doom on ipod, that's great, but where are the fps numbers?

EDIT: oh, because that's not only glasses, it's shades! great, i'm going to wear shades in my house to play mp3s! (don't worry if the last sentence sounded weird)

0_o

[einbebop44]

It's cool to have Doom on your iPod, but it's more proof of concept then anything else--seriously, how the hell do you go about controlling that comfortably?

[Greatsaintlouis]

Well, 99% of all Doom ports to any platform are "Gee whiz! My _____ can run Doom!" anyways, and less about actual playability. Sortof like ScummVM on every goddamned platform in existance, except that's playable 99% of the time.

[JTI2K]

Well, 99% of all Doom ports to any platform are "Gee whiz! My _____ can run Doom!" anyways, and less about actual playability.

About that, theres this new web (pretth original name......) ItPlaysDoom (http://www.itplaysdoom.com/)

The doom version for the Nokia770 runs fast as hell (compared to the rest) Im bet is becos of the 770s linux OS

[Neon Knight]

Well, 99% of all Doom ports to any platform are "Gee whiz! My _____ can run Doom!" anyways, and less about actual playability. Sortof like ScummVM on every goddamned platform in existance, except that's playable 99% of the time.

Besides, how many times do we need to play Doom? Oh, it plays Doom, so does my Gameboy and my 10 year old PC, it's not like it lauches missiles or something.

[JTI2K]

it's not like it lauches missiles or something.

Like my PS2s!

Saddam Hussein :smt043

[Neon Knight]

Like my PS2s!

Saddam Hussein :smt043

And like the ENIAC and the UNIVAC, and my 5 bucks pocket calculator.

[cahaz]

oh yeah, what was the story behind this again?:smt043

if i remember right, sony said that they needed to protect the ps2 stocks 'cause terrorists could stole them and use them as missile launcher, right? that's what i remember anyway :smt043


i can fire missiles with this! and watch dvds also! beware!!:smt042

[Neon Knight]

Guess it's was true after all.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

Ah, so Doom is only playable on the iPod Photos, or is there a greyscale mode for the older ones, anyways? Doom on any portable gadget is a fairly compelling reason to make a purchase, but it's still not enough to get me to buy one of those overpriced pieces of hype. I'll stick with the kickass Mindisc player, for now.
I love my MD player, too, but like Taemos', mine's on the way out. It still does playback fine, but when recording I get occasional blank spaces in there. I've tried cleaning the heads/lenses/whatever they are and it still does it. I've had a number of friends whose MD players kicked off, too, so I'm a bit worried.

Like you, though, I've got little more than disgust for the whole iPod scene.

I bought an Archos AV320 about a year ago. For a variety of reasons like the ability to record audio and video directly, it seemed like the best choice for me at the time, but now I'm probably gonna be selling it. One of the main reasons I bought the thing was the homebrew community that was picking up steam at the time, but all that activity was just a blip apparently. They made some nice stuff (though it was mostly games, not core features like MOD or OGG playback or more video codecs) but now there's been no homebrew activity on the thing at all for like 6 months, unlike the Archos Jukebox systems that have a thriving community with an incredible homebrew OS for their system. Plus, I've bought a laptop in the interim which negates some of my other reasons for initially getting the AV320.

I'd go for a Hi-MD player in a second especially now that direct MP3 playback is an option, too, but only if I didn't have to use Sony's fucked up Soundstage software, though. There was some people working on their own interface software, but they up'n disappeared.

Hopefully the GPX2 will meet my needs now.


...word is bondage...

[Greatsaintlouis]

I'd go for a Hi-MD player in a second especially now that direct MP3 playback is an option, too, but only if I didn't have to use Sony's fucked up Soundstage software, though. There was some people working on their own interface software, but they up'n disappeared.

Don't get me started on that awful piece of festering shit. That software is so horribly made that even members the Windows ME development team look at it and say, "Man, now THAT is some broken code. That's.... that's just WRONG!"

Although it takes more time, I use Nero to burn an audio CD image worth of MP3s, mount it in Daemon Tools, and then use the much kinder Simple MD Burner software to get the tracks on the MD. I usually have to do this about 4 times to fill up a disc, but it's worth the time as I never have to worry about the software crapping out in the middle of an upload, refusing to convert certain MP3 files, or any of the other garbage that plagues SonicStage.

[AntiPasta]

Don't get me started on that awful piece of festering shit. That software is so horribly made that even members the Windows ME development team look at it and say, "Man, now THAT is some broken code. That's.... that's just WRONG!"


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That's so brilliant it should be someone's signature :smt042

And I don't see why anyone "should" own an Ipod, even though it's a nifty and well-built thing. I'm happy with my 25e MP3 player that has internal memory + SD and an FM tuner, and I'm not forced to use some crappy piece of software.