Someone played Quake on an oscilloscope and it looks like what we thought 1998 computers were going to look like in 1985. We were so innocent back then. The world was so simple. So pure.
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Quake is a first person shooter that came out in 1996. The graphics are significantly better than what they thought they would be in 1985. It's the follow up to Doom which was probably everyone's first FPS if they are of a certain age. The game has a single player mode but it's mostly known for its multiplayer action.
Friendships were tested but you know, good times.
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An oscilloscope on the other hand is an instrument used to measure the change in electrical signal over time. So not for killing your friends. It's for science.
Of course, seeing if you can play a game on it could also be for science.
It was certainly a lot of work. This wasn't a plug and play job- you can't just hook up a CPU to an oscilloscope and expect it to run Quake. You'll get a massive mess of jumbled lines that you can kind of see through but mostly, no.
The programmer in question spent a lot of time not only getting this game to run but cleaning up the original mess. That's dedication to a plan.
Even so, although it's been proven that you can indeed run Quake on an oscilloscope, you probably wouldn't want to unless it's the apocalypse and you really don't have any other choice.
Watch the video below and find out how the creator did it here.
