XO Laptop Help: How To Get DOOM on Your XO
Posted on December 31, 2007 by Wayan Vota in Content: Games
Do you kick your video games old skool like I do? Did first-person shooters peak at the original DOOM and then get all too complicated after that? And did you start to shake with excitement when you saw the DOOM on XO video?
If so, let me tell you that its super-easy to get Doom on your XO too. Or FreeDoom to be exact. As Heng explains on the OLPC News Forum:
- Open terminal
- Type su
- Type yum install prboom
- Accept all file downloads
- Type exit
- Type prboom -geom 1200x900
- Play DOOM!!!
Comments
Awesome! Any chance someone'll set it up so you can control it with the game buttons?
Posted by: interrobang on December 31, 2007
I put Doom on at the weekend, although i didn't know about the command for full screen. The answer to your question is yes, you can play with the game buttons, you just need to redefine the controls from the menu when you get in game. On a related note, does anyone else find their D-Pad to be absolutely awful and basically incapable of hitting UP without going right or left at the same time?
Posted by: Andy on December 31, 2007
maybe i'm just slow or something, but i loaded up doom and can't seem to find a door to open once i've picked up the armor. is this a bug in the program or me?
Posted by: irb on December 31, 2007
for the game buttons in the menu go to option/setup/key bindings to get your game pad keys setup.
Posted by: Patnukem on December 31, 2007
I went to the control-configuring page while in-game, but it didn't respond to the gamepads. Am I missing something? I know they work because I navigate with them when I'm using Opera.
Posted by: interrobang on December 31, 2007
IRB,
Did you forget the tricks to DOOM? You have to find the blue key to open that first door. Its on a pedestal that will come down when you flip the switch on the wall with spacebar.
Interrobang,
You have to set up the controllers to work using the control-configuring page, it will not find them automatically. Play around for a bit to get it right. Or set it up backwards to fool your friends.
Good luck!
Posted by: Wayan on December 31, 2007
Never mind, I got it to work! Wasn't pressing "enter" before and after. Thanks!
PS the "remember info" button on this website doesn't seem to do anything.
Posted by: interrobang on December 31, 2007
5. Type Exit
Actually, that should be lower case "exit"
Posted by: Heng on December 31, 2007
Interrobang:
thanks for the help, was a really long time since I'd played and forgot the basics...another question: can i get doom to save to a thumbdrive?and if i want to delete the files completely how do i do that?
Posted by: IRB on January 01, 2008
i downloaded it and its great but how do u jump?
Posted by: nanor on January 02, 2008
Hi. I'm having trouble running this. I installed the program. I saw the download finish in terminal and then the installation. The screen said "finished" at the end. I didn't try it immediately then.
So after starting the XO again and launching terminal, I am type "prboom -geom 1200x900" and press the enter key, I get the following message:
bash: prboom: command not found
Can anyone help? I also tried typing "exit" before this.
Posted by: Jack on January 03, 2008
Jack,
For direct help and support with running Doom, please check out the forum topic on it: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=93.30
There's great detail in all things technical.
Posted by: Wayan on January 03, 2008