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OLPC does Doom
As the One Laptop per Child project is receiving more test units, developers working on the project installed the ultimate shoot-em-up game Doom on the Linux powered laptop.
In the movie below, the XO (as it's currently called) is shown running the 1993 computer game. The source code for the game's engine was released under the GPL in 1999.
The Linux powered noted seems to have little trouble running the game in e-book mode. But although the system features two scroll buttons, it is lacking a right click (required to open doors in Doom… know your classics!).
The top video shows the game running in colour with the backlight turned on. The second video shows the screen running in black-and-white mode that is designed for outdoor use (making the screen function like a calculator screen).
Remember, games can be educational too.
technorati tags: doom, oplc, xo, christopher+blizaard
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Who is going to perform the eye exams and buy these poor kids the glasses they will need @ agex
Just Lining up some more work for ~Doctors without Borders" I would guess. Hopefully they will be smarter than I was in third grade after having sat too close to a TV screen watching the Nixon-Kennedy debates.
Posted by: digital8doug | November 29, 2006 8:02 PM