The Nintendo Switch 2, or rather the future Nintendo console, is still waiting. The Kyoto firm has already confirmed that it will officially present this new machine before the end of the current fiscal year, i.e. in March 2025 at the latest. Fans obviously hope that the announcement comes as quickly as possible.
For now, they must be “content” with the games that the first Nintendo Switch of the name continues to host. A new accessory has also sparked keen interest from the entire community recently: the Nintendo Alarmo. This is an alarm clock equipped with a screen, speakers and motion sensors capable of waking you up to music from cult Big N franchises like Zelda, Mario or Splatoon. Hackers have just discovered a new function, that of running games. Of course, the lucky guy is named Doom.
Doom runs great on the Nintendo Alarmo
The Nintendo Alarmo is no longer just an alarm clock. YouTuber GaryOderNichts managed to run Doom natively on the Nintendo Alarmo without changing a single part. With a certain Spinda, they extracted the firmware of the alarm clock to integrate a custom one. Using a USB key, GaryOderNichts managed to integrate Chocolate Doom (a faithful port of the original 1993 version) directly onto the Nintendo Alarmo.
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GaryOderNichts uses the alarm clock keys to play, in particular the rotary button located on the upper part to move and rotate the camera. On the other hand, he specifies that the sound is absent due to memory size restrictions of the USB charger. “ It’s possible to get sound if you load Doom entirely from USB without modifying Alarmo, but it would detract from the show », he wrote on YouTube. Be careful, you run the risk of damaging your device if you embark on such a process.
In any case, the videographer, who is not his first attempt at emulation, has just achieved a great feat. Running Doom on a device not at all intended for this purpose has become something of a challenge for computer enthusiasts in the Nintendo community. In August 2022, an enthusiast showed, with supporting video, that he was playing Doom on the screen of a John Deere tractor.
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