How many different devices has Doom been ported to

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Classic Doom is somewhat famous for running on assorted devices that aren't intended to play games, such as printers and smart fridges.

How many different devices has the game been demonstrated to run on? To clarify, I am not asking for every device model—I'm not interested in knowing about which printers it's been run on; just the fact that it has been played on a printer is enough.

Best Answer

There is a wide range of devices which have had Doom specifically ported.

An issue with definitively saying what it has been ported to is that it has been ported to several programming languages which can run across many devices. It has been ported to the Android Operating System, which opens up many "smart" devices. The port to HTML5 allows it to be run on any device with access to a reasonable web browser. The port to Java opens up even more devices (more on this at the end).

From wikipedia Official Versions of Doom, and expanding with List of Doom Source Ports.

  • Personal computers
    • MS-DOS
    • NEXTSTEP
    • OS/2
    • IRIX
    • Solaris
    • Mac OS
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Windows
    • Acorn RISC OS
  • Consoles
    • Atari Jaguar
    • Sega 32X
    • Super NES
    • PlayStation
    • 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
    • Sega Saturn
    • Xbox
    • Xbox 360
    • PlayStation 3
  • Portable devices
    • Tapwave Zodiac
    • iPhone and iPod Touch
    • Game Boy Advance
    • Nintendo DS
    • Digita OS
    • Android
    • Sony Ericsson
    • Symbian
    • Zune and Zune HD
    • TI-Nspire Series
  • Language Ports
    • HTML5
    • Adobe Flash
    • Java
    • Python
    • Hewlett-Packard 16700 series Logic Analyzers
  • Arbitrary Devices

As mentioned earlier, a Java Port is particularly problematic for a comprehensive list.

From the old Learn About Java Technology page

100% of all Blu-ray players run Java
Java powers set-top boxes, printers, Web cams, games, car navigation systems, lottery terminals, medical devices, parking payment stations, and more.

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