What good is another bonafide learning tool without a dash of fun beneath the hood? While
OLPC XOs have just recently
started rolling off production lines (and heading to eBay, most likely), it seems a few folks with a thing for 1992 have put the long-awaited machine to its best use yet. While Quanta Computer is slated to start a "
test production" of these gizmos any day now, these bandits tested out its compatibility with a retro classic by installing (and successfully playing) the original Doom. Although this title has been the
focal point of quite a few
ports throughout the years, we'd say this rendition is definitely vying for
king of them all, so be sure to continue on for the YouTube presentation.
posted Nov 29th 2006 11:23AM
What kids in 3rd world countries need to learn: how to be a marine and shoot demons!
Warning: You must equip keyboard before proceeding.
@shirzaki, exactly! I'm pretty sure third-world kids are already quite capable of handling advanced weaponry.
what's it like living in a fox news bubble?
@DTJacobs: in the 3er world we don't see columbine nor virginia
and the new name is ODPC - One Doom Per Child...
Actually, OLPC's are already en route to both Argentina and Brazil:
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/argentina/xo_in_argentina_now.html
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/brazil/xo_in_brazil_now.html
but not in Thailand:
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/thailand/thailand_says_no_olpc.html
And there are two videos, the other one using the hot black and white reflective screen. Check the link in the article for the second video.
I couldn't help notice that the machine runs Doom slower than my 486/66 did...
IT PLAYS DOOM!
although every gadget these days seems to be able to (PDA, PSP, portable media players that have a large homebrew community and easily hackable firmware, smartphone, there are versions of doom for as many OSes as there are OSes in this world)
that's inpossible!
the game he played can not be original Doom3
Every time the OLPC XO is mentioned you always say that they will find their way onto ebay. A quick international search (and one with completed items) tells me that none have been on ebay as yet.