Idk how many other games you can do this with but I thought it was interesting.
Today I learned you can run doom from motherboard BIOS.
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-coreboot-coredoom/
https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-coreboot-coredoom/
Idk how many other games you can do this with but I thought it was interesting.
10 Comments
shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol · 39 pts · 2y
"Running from within a motherboard BIOS" is waaaaay different than running from BIOS (aka Direct Boot). Before Windows, many games were playable by booting directly into them.
teft@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
That’s not true. You’d boot up which loads the bios, which initializes your hardware, and then a Disk operating system like MS-DOS is loaded. From there you’d load your programs from a command prompt.
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 2y
I think you’re right in inferring that OP is confusing DOS with BIOS but technically, plenty of old computers and early video game consoles like the Atari 2600 didn’t have a BIOS and would immediately execute the code on the tape, disk, or cartridge. Some old computers had bootstrapping but that’s not really BIOS in the IBM sense.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
“PC booters” were definitely a thing in the early DOS days. Plus basically all game consoles were the same way.
Gamers_Mate@kbin.run · 2 pts · 2y
I am not to familiar with the different types of BIOS I can change the title to say motherboard BIOS if that's more accurate.
hperrin@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
This is the least surprising one I’ve seen. coreboot just loads a payload and exits, so this is just a version of DOOM designed to run directly on the hardware (not using OS APIs). So basically, this is just DOOM running on a regular computer.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 18 pts · 2y
Now, they just need to add generic USB mouse/keyboard drivers to that port and we can finally have DoomOS
christophski@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
The metaverse's final form
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 12 pts · 2y
Bitch. Check this out. My hair blower runs doom
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 2y
Blasting demons while starting daemons.