Yes, I know what you’re thinking, we finally have something that the Simpsons didn’t predict. Whereas Back To The Future envisaged a high-tech future caked in innovation, hoverboards, and instant pizzas, we’ve actually gone further beyond – with DOOM on a pregnancy test. Certainly one of the stranger stories of 2020, but the ravaged life of Doomguy has somehow been transferred to a pregnancy test because DOOM isn’t available on enough formats apparently.
Yesterday I had a lot of retweets and reddit posts and such for playing Doom on a pregnancy test.
But as I explained then, it wasn't really PLAYING on a pregnancy test, it was just a video being played back, not an interactive game.Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom! pic.twitter.com/Nrjyq07EVv
— foone (@Foone) September 7, 2020
It’s quite the irony that Doomguy is generally a superhuman being that takes life away, and now he’s immortalized on a gizmo that generally signifies the beginning of life. Going under the Twitter handle of “Foone“, our ingenious creator is no stranger to hardware engineering as he restores ancient tech and meddles with current tech to challenge him as he sees fit.
I tried zooming in and turning up the in-game gamma a bit, so you can see what's going on slightly better.
(It's a 128×32 pixel monochrome display, it's never gonna be great) pic.twitter.com/dAU7LZ1pkT— foone (@Foone) September 7, 2020
Whilst it’s not exactly displayed in glorious 4K HDR, getting DOOM to play on a pregnancy test is still an impressive achievement nonetheless. It’s doubtful we’ll be seeing the newest entry, DOOM Eternal, anytime soon. In our DOOM Eternal review, we said “the hyper aggressiveness it entails makes Eternal quite unlike anything else on the FPS market.” If you’re thinking about it playing it anytime soon, then have a look at our Top 10 Tips For Surviving Doom Eternal too.
DOOM Eternal is available to buy on PS4, Xbox, Switch, and Steam.