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Quake on an oscilloscope

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Quake on an oscilloscope

A demo of Quake's E1M1 rendered as vector graphics on a Hitachi oscilloscope. A laptop generates the audio signal that the scope draws.

Cited as the canonical example of Quake running on an exotic display, usually in 'will it run Doom' threads.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2016–2025

Topics

  • Speedrunning, glitches & game hacking
  • Embedded systems & DIY electronics
  • Game history & retro gaming

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