DoomBox: Classic Keys Meet Tiny Screen

The doomBox is a dedicated gaming rig for lovers of ID Software’s classic title. [JJ] built this from an old Kodak DC290 camera that had a broken lens. Since this runs the Digita OS, he was able to use the Doom port that already exists. But the camera’s factory buttons were not well suited as controls. By whipping up his own button board, and using the traditional keyboard keys for the button caps, he achieved a much more comfortable (yet squint-inducing) gaming experience. The finished project resides in an all-too-familiar black project box. See him fire it up after the break.

The original Doom for Digita OS pages seem to be down so here’s an alternate if you’re interested.

Update: Looks like the original website is back up.

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24 thoughts on “DoomBox: Classic Keys Meet Tiny Screen

  1. @spelunk Actually microwave includes any signal between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. Though you are right, consumer microwave ovens operate in the 2.4ghz range (same range as bluetooth and wifi and many wireless devices, as it’s an unrestricted band in the US) using radiation to heat water molecules in your food.

    Sending a clock pulse with solid state electronics at a certain frequency is MUCH different from broadcasting over radio waves.

  2. I noticed one of my cameras lcd screens are easily replaced with the screens of my hmd’s, if you were able to replace the lcd with the hmd screen or add an input for it, you could use a virtual 50 inch screen instead of the tiny lcd?

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