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In just 3 days, the state of Nintendo Alarmo hacking went from ‘it loads a cat jpg’ to ‘it runs Doom better than a lot of PCs back in the day’

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In just 3 days, the state of Nintendo Alarmo hacking went from ‘it loads a cat jpg’ to ‘it runs Doom better than a lot of PCs back in the day’

First reported by Eurogamer, Nintendo hardware enthusiast GaryOderNichts has subjected the Japanese publisher’s new Alarmo smart clock to everyone’s favorite hacker right of passage: Forcing the proprietary little device to run id Software’s seminal 1993 FPS, Doom.

My first thought on seeing that Nintendo released a little smart device based on its games was “that’s cute, I find nothing objectionable about this,” but then I spied the gewgaw’s $100 price tag. Now I want to see DIYers like GaryOderNichts punish the alarm clock by twisting it in horrible, warranty-voiding ways like it’s trapped in internet of things Hellraiser.

Doom on the Nintendo Alarmo – YouTube


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