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by taneq 1889 days ago
"Remember Doom? I love that game, but is there any way we could make it less... well... efficient?"
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TeMPOraL 1889 days ago
How to define an arbitrary thing as a computing platform:

- Get a Hello World running on it. Proves it can compute.

- Write Snake or Asteroids for it. Proves it can be used as a computer. Alternative for web & mobile developers: write a TODO app for it.

- Port Doom to it. Proves it can do much more, and much faster, than what people are using it for.

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SketchySeaBeast 1889 days ago
"You know what I was thinking runs too fast these days? Doom. Let's get that puppy back to the 486 days."

I assume that was the same conversation that caused people to release a 100% Ray Traced Quake 2.

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cpach 1889 days ago
Cool! Hadn’t heard of that before. Here’s a link for the curios: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3398919/quake-ii-rtx-on-a-ge...
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