I Made An Alarm Clock That Plays Doom.

Made by Maxwell-James / Clocks / Displays / Games & Gaming / Retro Tech / Sensors

About the project

Using an arduino, my real alarm clock, and a small screen, I was able to turn my alarm clock into a device that plays doom.

Project info

Difficulty: Moderate

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 4 hours

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	Arduino Uno - R3	x 1
	alarm clock just any alarm clock	x 1
	Monochrome 0.96" OLED Graphic Display	x 1
	10 JUMPER WIRES 150mm	x 1
	Half-size Breadboard	x 1

Software apps and online services

The Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

soldering iron

x 1

Story

I decided to make this because of the "Can it run doom meme?" where people port Doom (1993) to anything with a transistor. I haven't seen as many doom ports to an alarm clock (there is some), so I decided to try my hand at it. This project runs on an Arduino that is loaded up with the DOOM UNO code for Arduino (Which you can find here: https://github.com/daveruiz/doom-nano). After that I had to put a screen inside the alarm clock and then do a bunch of wiring.

My full YouTube video on this project sums up the whole thing pretty well: