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An independent researcher named Radium Wang has created software that allows photographers to play the video game Doom directly on a Hasselblad X2D camera. This project is hosted in a GitHub repository titled Hasselblad-X-System-CIM-Firmware-Research-Feature-Extensions, which also explores features not present in factory units. Wang states that his work consists only of source code, offline tools, tests, and sanitized research findings, and he does not intend to upgrade the camera’s standard capabilities.

This is not the first time a game has been ported to a camera. A few months ago, another programmer successfully ran Doom on an entry-level DSLR from 2010 featuring an 18-megapixel sensor. This project highlights how powerful embedded systems have become, enabling even high-end devices like the Hasselblad X2D series—which costs thousands of dollars and offers 100-megapixel resolution—to run a complete game.

When id Software launched Doom in 1993, it required an Intel 386 processor, 4 MB of RAM, and a VGA graphics card. These requirements typically meant using a large desktop PC with a 13-inch CRT monitor. Today, technological advances allow the game to run on unexpected gadgets like electric cooking pots, an orbiting European Space Agency satellite, and an Apple Lightning-to-HDMI dongle. While playing Doom on a tiny 3.6-inch touchscreen is not ideal for gaming, the primary goal of these projects is simply the achievement of making something run on an unlikely device.