I believe you require a 32 bit computer and I think those were 15. So no doom :(

grawprog · on Feb 7, 2020

Though, where there's a will there's a way...

https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/16-bit

>After the release of Doom II on the PC, the original three episodes were released to some 16-bit consoles that used special 32-bit enhancement hardware. For the Sega Genesis, the 32X allowed for additional address space to enable Doom to run its demanding resources of the time which a 16-bit system wouldn't have handled. Whereas with the SNES, the Super FX 2 chip inside the DOOM cartridge allowed for an internal co-processor of the game cartridge to eliminate the need for bulky addons for the aging SNES.

Would it count if you somehow built in a 32-bit coprocessor for your 15-bit apollo doom port?

flatiron · on Feb 7, 2020

Question was could it do it which it can’t. But yeah you could use the Apollo for controller IO and put the rest on a raspberry pi but that kinda defeats the purpose.

plapetomain · on Feb 8, 2020

But the data width is the least of concerns anyway. You should realize a 15 bit computer can compute everything a 32 bit can?

The bigger problems are more pedestrian like complete lack of suitable IO.

dang · on Feb 8, 2020

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twic · on Feb 7, 2020

So you'd need 2.13 of them is what you're saying.