Games – PrBoom (Doom port)
Before I start please note that at the time of writing this game is in extras-testing, please check out my games/app page to see the current state of the game. (Game moved to Extras as stable this morning)
If you didn’t already know PrBoom is a port of the brilliant old school game Doom created by id software. To get this working on your N900 you will need to do the following:
- Install PrBoom
- Get your IWAD or Doom data files (you can get free IWAD files from here)
- Copy the above files to this location on your N900 /opt/doom/wad
- Go to the application manager and click on PrBoom
This game has now been released so check out this link try this link.
I have found that the game runs very very smoothly, I’ve yet to have any problems. Without the use of a mouse it will take some time to get used to the controls. If however you are not happy with the default controls you customise the controls as you see fit.
The default keys are as follows:
Key Function
ctrl fire
q fist
w pistol
e shotgun
r chaingun
t rocket
y plasma
u afg
i chainsaw
o ssg
backspace back
enter enter
left arrow turn left
right arrow turn right
up arrow move forward
down arrow move backwards
. best weapon
shift strafe left
z strafe right
fn using in combination with arrows to run
m map
p Pause
The only problem that I have noticed so far with the game, is when I try and close the window without using the quit, I get a message saying this application has stopped responding do you want to close…
If you have any issues or comments you’d like to share with the testing and or developer’s here is the official PrBoom thread in Maemo.org
I give this game an over rating of 4 stars.
So what are you waiting for get this game installed and get playing…
