Romhack Thursday: Doom on a Commodore 64, kinda-sorta
Look at that title and marvel a bit. Doom on a C64! What an idea. How could it even be possible? What an age we live in. It is a time of wonders. Children are our future.

Of course there's more to it than that. There is a whole class of "r
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Doom on Commodore 64? Several attempts were made by the demo scene to create a Doom-like experience on the C64. Some are for the unmodified C64, some for the extended C64 with SuperCPU. Some use the additional CPU power of a C128.

Frenetic has just released his tech demo for the C64 with Raspberry Pi based RAD Expansion Unit. See for yourself: https://youtu.be/tG2TMkBB6JU

https://github.com/frntc/RAD-Doom

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The open source cartridge "RAD Expansion Unit" emulates a Commodore REU (RAM Expansion Unit) or GeoRAM while connected to a real C64 or C128. I was able to solder it with a classic soldering iron although it contains SMD parts.

As RAD is a software-defined cartridge based on a Raspberry Pi, other use cases are also entirely possible such as: https://youtu.be/C--TlxjOwLs

Project page: https://github.com/frntc/RAD

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