A brave man appears to play DOOM using an Apple genuine Lightning conversion adapter



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DOOM , a pioneering FPS title released in 1993, has been ported to various electronic devices such as Lego blocks , printers , car navigation systems, smart lawnmowers , and medical ultrasound scanners since the source code for the Linux version was made public in 1997. A brave man has succeeded in playing DOOM with Apple's genuine Lightning - Digital AV adapter .

Check Out Doom Running on Apple's Lightning to HDMI Adapter - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/04/doom-apple-lightning-hdmi-adapter/

At the time of writing, the Lightning port that Apple has equipped the iPhone and iPad with is being replaced with a USB-C port. However, devices equipped with Lightning ports are still in active use, and the 'Lightning - Digital AV Adapter' that can output video to HDMI-equipped TVs and projectors via the Lightning port is useful in some places.

The Lightning Digital AV Adapter has an SoC inside that runs a very simple version of iOS, and because Lightning doesn't have the bandwidth to send HDMI, Apple uses the SoC to decompress the compressed video coming from the device and send it over Lightning.

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A person has appeared who has succeeded in running DOOM on the built-in SoC of the 'Lightning - Digital AV Adapter'. In the video below, the display and MacBook are reflected, but DOOM is running on the 'Lightning - Digital AV Adapter'.

DOOM running on Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle - YouTube


You can also actually play the game.



In addition, @nyan_satan was the one who succeeded in playing DOOM with the 'Lightning - Digital AV Adapter'.




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