Doom on pregnancy test and Ikea lamp: "But can it run Doom?" tracks down bizarre ports
Before "But can it run Crysis?" became the benchmark for devices with high computing power, the 1993 first-person shooter Doom was used to demonstrate how far computer hardware had advanced. Boss Fight Books is now publishing a book showcasing the strangest, most unlikely and most technically fascinating Doom ports for a wide variety of devices.
This book aims to celebrate ingenious tinkerers, hackers and programmers who spurred each other on and worked together to make the impossible possible. The book covers ports to the Atari Jaguar and Super Nintendo, among others, as well as more unusual projects, such as the Doom port to a modified pregnancy test, to an Ikea lamp or to the unusual Playdate handheld.
Kickstarter version starts at $8
"But can it run Doom?" is currently being funded on Kickstarter. The e-book costs $8 as part of the crowdfunding campaign and will be delivered without DRM as both a PDF and an EPub file in January 2027. The printed softcover version costs $15, while the publisher is asking $30 for the hardcover Ultimate Edition. Both versions also come with an e-book, but will not be delivered until March and April 2027, respectively. The Ultimate Edition is also larger, measuring 23 x 15 cm rather than 18 x 13 cm, and includes bonus content, with 224 pages instead of 168.
This primarily includes interviews with Aubrey Hodges, the soundtrack composer for Doom on the PlayStation and Nintendo 64, with Doom mastermind John Romero, and with John Carmack and Tom Hall. Although Boss Fight Books has already funded twelve books through Kickstarter, crowdfunding campaigns always carry the risk of products being delivered late or with defects.
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