{"id":2669,"date":"2026-04-13T04:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2125621"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:19:04","slug":"heres-doom-running-on-the-nintendo-game-watch-re-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heres-doom-running-on-the-nintendo-game-watch-re-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Doom running on the Nintendo Game & Watch re-release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For some reason people seem hell-bent on porting Doom to every device on the planet – there’s even a Tumblr blog<\/a> dedicated to keeping up with this obsession – and the latest to get the Doom treatment is the Nintendo Game & Watch. Or its re-release version, at least. <\/p>\n

The original Game & Watch was first released in Japan in 1980, introducing the d-pad controller and providing Nintendo with its first big commercial success. Nintendo recently re-released the handheld to celebrate Mario’s 35th anniversary<\/a>, and the new hardware has allowed hackers to mess around with the tech and port more games to the device. <\/p>\n

YouTuber stacksmashing managed to get Doom running, but not without some serious compromises: he had to remove lots of textures, disable the sound, and slightly reduce the screen resolution (thanks, Kotaku<\/a>). Despite all this, the game is playable, as you can see in the video below: <\/p>\n

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