HDMI, Doom and Apple

Doom on a dongle: Turns out the Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter has more than enough grunt to blast imps with aplomb
If there's one universal rule we can all agree on, it's that some enterprising creator will force Doom to run on almost anything. We've covered many successful attempts over the years, but even I was surprised to see PC gaming's arguably greatest shooter running on an Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter.
Running Doom On An Apple Lightning To HDMI Adapter
As a general rule of thumb, anything that has some kind of display output and a processor more beefy than an early 90s budget PC can run Doom just fine. As [John] AKA [Nyan Satan] demonstrates in
'Doom' can even be played on Apple's Lightning to HDMI adapter
Developers and enthusiasts continue to find new ways of running Doom on increasingly unusual hardware, the latest of which is an Apple HDMI adapter cable.
Developer successfully runs ‘Doom’ on Apple’s Lightning to HDMI adapter
You’ve probably heard someone say “but can it run Doom?” That’s because running Doom on the most unexpected platforms
Doom runs on an Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle — SoC inside adapter has enough power for smooth gameplay
A developer could hack into the Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle and run Doom directly on the accessory. According to nyan_satan’s comments in the YouTube video (h/t MacRumors ), the $49 Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter features a custom Samsung SoC with a 400MHz ARM Cortex-A5 core and 256 MiB of DRAM.
This Apple dongle is so powerful, it can run Doom
Doom has been successfully run on Apple's Lightning to HDMI adapter. This highlights the surprising computing power hidden within the dongle.
Check Out Doom Running on Apple's Lightning to HDMI Adapter
Installing Doom on a range of unusual hardware devices has become a fun challenge for programmers, and we've seen the game running on
You can even run Doom on an iPad HDMI adapter.
The $49 Lightning Digital AV Adapter uses a tiny version of iOS and its own CPU to decode packetized data from Lightning connections, allowing programmers like John (Nyan Satan) to run Doom directly on the Apple hardware.
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