Welcome to the bird app: soapbox, boxing ring, and uh… gaming console?
After Pokémon Red, a new game has arrived on the shores of Twitter: ’90s first-person shooter Doom.
Created by programmer Georgi Gerganov, @Tweet2Doom lets Twitter folks run the old-school video game simply by tweeting commands to the bot. They’re then translated to the bot, and it will send the user a video that shows the game’s progress. Players can speed through Doom’s levels by sending in more valid commands, which are all detailed in the bot’s pinned tweet.
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ROOT node for Doom Shareware 1.9
Read the instructions in the images below.
⠀ pic.twitter.com/YszpiKnXEE— Tweet2Doom (@tweet2doom) October 2, 2021
To boot up a new game, users should reply to Tweet2Doom with “/play x,,e,,e,,e,,50-,50-u,15-f.”
Some players have successfully passed through whole levels. And if they do score right, they get a congratulatory tweet from Tweet2Doom itself.
🏆New Achievement!🏆
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Completed E1M1
Difficulty: Hurt me plenty
Time: 1:11
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Tweet chain: https://t.co/MF3JSzws5w
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🎥 pic.twitter.com/FrNYyU8MGf— Tweet2Doom (@tweet2doom) October 6, 2021
If you’re up for a game, just head to Tweet2Doom’s profile with your Doom skills and a Twitter account. But if you’re on the hunt for more old-school games—that are unfortunately not on the bird app yet—here’s a free archive full of ’em. Get going, kids.
Read more:
It’s true, you can play Pokémon Red on Twitter now
This website preserves classic video games you can play for free
5 online games from your childhood you didn’t know you could still play
Screenshot from Doom
