Doom can now run in Windows Notepad, why not?

With an Ikea light bulb, a connected fridge, and even a potato-powered calculator, we thought we’d seen everything from the hackers’ crazy experiments in Doom. It’s a well-known tradition on the web now: it’s up to whoever runs the cult FPS. The most impossible machine possible. After years of more compelling proposals than others, we thought we had seen it all.

However, as is often the case on the internet, we were wrong as a developer went even further. Here’s this hacker’s handle, SamNChiet, who uncovered possibly the most illogical (and admittedly, least convenient) way to play Doom to date. The latter really managed to run the game directly. Windows Notepad.

Doom in Notepad: We can’t see anything, but it’s there

This is not a joke. In a short video posted on his Twitter account, then on YouTube in better quality, we see the developer playing Doom in the little Windows historical utility. The game is copied like this: a set of characters We will admit that this does not make it possible to achieve the best graphics in history, unlike the ray tracing mode, which is much more pleasing to the eye.

But in any case, it is the difficulty rather than the result that is impressive, of course. Especially since the game is running 60FPSThis is a surprising detail that needs attention. SamNChiet also states that he doesn’t have to modify Notepad code to perform this exploit. Regardless, if you prefer a more “playable” experience, we recommend the latest installments of the saga. These are available at: Xbox Game Pass.