The Nintendo Alarm can run Doom

The new Nintendo alarm clock, aptly named Alarm, can officially be added to the ever-growing list of devices that can run the original Ruin. Alarm wakes fans up with immersive music from their favorite Nintendo franchises, such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Odysseyand Splatoon 3but it’s not a gaming console per se. However, that hasn’t stopped the gaming community from finding ways to execute Ruin in almost everything.

As seen by Eurogamer, Wii U reverse engineer GaryOderNichts dissected Alarmo to discover its capabilities, initially confirming that an image of a cat can be displayed on the device’s 2.8-inch LCD screen. Of course, the real question everyone wanted an answer to was “what games could be played on a device with two buttons and a rotating dial?” GaryOderNichts I was happy to find this answer, starting with Ruin.

What makes the Nintendo Alarm work?

The simple-looking device has just what Ruin It needs

The Alarm stands out from other alarm clocks because it responds to the user’s movement with sounds from Nintendo video games. The device will also have additional themes added over time for fans to choose from, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This is all achieved with a 24GHz mmWave presence sensor and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi for downloading software updates, GaryOderNichts explained in a blog post. With the ability to download files, GaryOderNichts uploaded the source code to Ruin to Alarmo and discovered that the 90s shooter works perfectly, with the rotary knob acting as a joystick.

Naturally, There are some caveats to running a decades-old game on a digital alarm clock. There is currently no audio support for the game on the Alarmo, and to avoid memory size restrictions on the USB loader, the .wad must be compressed and uncompressed to external memory when turning on the Alarmo. The good news is that the shareware version of Ruin can be charged entirely from a USB connection without major modifications to the Alarmo, wrote GaryOderNichts. At the time of writing, it was unclear whether any future updates to Alarmo would disrupt its functionality. Ruin on the device.

Our Take: We’re Still Waiting for Switch 2

Alarm is a fun diversion until the Switch 2 arrives

Ruin running on Alarmo adds to an ever-growing list of weird places where people can play the groundbreaking shooter, like a fan running the title on a pregnancy test. This may make the Alarmo’s steep $99.99 price tag worth it for some, but ultimately it’s a fun distraction for fans until Nintendo releases official news about the Switch 2.

The current Switch is at the end of its life cycle and there is little information about what Nintendo’s next big console will be. Reports claiming that the Switch 2 will have an 8-inch LCD screen and 12GB of RAM have not yet been confirmed by Nintendo. For now, fans can watch a decades-old game running on Alarmo and wonder what Ruin will appear next.

Source: Eurogamer