'Quake' demake running on an old oscilloscope is downright haunting

[Shawn Knight]

There’s something oddly appealing about porting games or apps to platforms in which they don’t belong. In the clip above from Finnish programmer / artist Pekka Väänänen who managed to create a demake of the classic first-person shooter Quake to run on a decades-old Hitachi oscilloscope, it’s downright haunting.

In addition to showing gameplay on the oscilloscope, the clip provides a little insight into exactly how Väänänen was able to pull of the feat. 

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[JakeT]

Ahhh the memories.....the sound alone is what made this game creepy.

 

[Uncle Al]

Oh yeah! Just goes to show, it really doesn't matter what you play it on, a great game is still a great game!

 

[Guest]

But can it run crysis

 

[Guest]

But can it run minecraft

 

[IAMTHESTIG]

I remember playing this game in junior high school... such loads of fun. Was my first shooter game I ever played and I've been hooked ever since. I should go back and play Quake again, with the original NIN music.

 

[Guest]

But can it run minesweeper

 

[captaincranky]

In all honesty, it looks like every other "digital wire frame", "how we brought that, "X!&?K*#", monster to life", DVD special feature.

The kind you buy the DVD to get, and then find that you could have lived without "Oh poo, I should have rented the DVD from Redbox and been done with it". Like that.

 

[deemon]

Better than PONG!

 

[captaincranky]

Better than PONG!

But perhaps not as good as, "Galaxian"....

 

[Guest]

If thisuses the unreal engine then many other games could be ported too.. Im off to corner the market in old oskillopes..

 

[matthewsjc1]

Someone also ported DOOM to a printer and it's playable on the menu screen.

 

[captaincranky]

If thisuses the unreal engine then many other games could be ported too.. Im off to corner the market in old oskillopes..

You mean one of these? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_(music