I Spy With My Raspberry Pi, Doom Running in a Skull's Eye

(Image credit: Foone)

Just when you think there’s nowhere else for Doom to be played, a developer known as Foone manages to run Doom in the eye of a skeleton —all with the help of our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi .

You may already know the name Foone, they have a history of running Doom on unusual devices, including running the retro classic on a pregnancy test. For Foone's next project they have chosen to create what could be one of the best Raspberry Pi projects ever. Inside the skull of a larger than life plastic skeleton there is a Raspberry Pi and a dual screens embedded into the eye sockets. On those screens is everyone's marine fighting the legions of demons intent on taking over the moons of Mars.

(Image credit: Foone)

The video output is handled with two SPI LCD display modules connected to the Raspberry Pi's GPIO. Each screen has a maximum resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. To mount them inside the skull, Foone has 3D-printed custom support mounts.

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As of right now, Doom is only visible on one of the skeleton’s eyes. However, development is underway to produce a stereoscopic effect that will use both eyes in tandem. This is done using Chocolate Doom , an open-source port that can run on the Raspberry Pi.

To see this demo in action, check out the original thread shared to Twitter . Be sure to follow Foone for more projects and updates on this one.