Hacker runs the classic "Doom" game on a phone charger

A fan of the classic 1993 game Doom managed to run the game on the built-in screen of a phone charger made by Anker, according to a report published by the tech site Tom’s Hardware.

Thanks to the specifications of the charger unit, Aaron Christoffel was able to run the game on the Anker Prime Charger, which comes with an internal chip featuring 16 MB of storage and 8 MB of RAM, as well as a 2.26-inch screen with a resolution of 480×200 pixels.

The unit’s processor runs at 150 MHz and is an ARM processor with an integrated graphics chip. These specifications exceed those of the original device required to run the game, which operated at only 33 MHz.

The Anker Prime Charger is one of the company’s most powerful charging units and comes with a variety of extra features that aren’t necessary for running the game, such as 6 USB ports and a total power output of 250 watts.

Christoffel was able to control the game using the charger’s rotating and pressable control knob, but the device cannot play the game’s audio due to the lack of an external sound unit.

Christoffel said the game runs better than expected, thanks to the charger’s specifications being much stronger than the original requirements to run the game.

The classic Doom game is one of the first games released for personal computers and was extremely popular at the time of its release and for a long period afterward. Many contemporary games have adopted its gameplay style.

The game has also been run on many devices that normally don’t support such games, as long as they have an internal processor and a screen, ranging from calculators to cameras and some computer software.