{"id":555720,"date":"2023-02-23T22:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T19:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-tiny-pi-powered-lego-brick-plays-doom-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T22:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T19:50:39","slug":"this-tiny-pi-powered-lego-brick-plays-doom-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-tiny-pi-powered-lego-brick-plays-doom-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Tiny Pi-Powered LEGO Brick Plays \u2018DOOM\u2019 \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a370b603cda2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a370b603cda2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-tiny-pi-powered-lego-brick-plays-doom-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CThis_Tiny_Pi-Powered_LEGO_Brick_Plays_%E2%80%98DOOM_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This Tiny Pi-Powered LEGO Brick Plays \u2018DOOM\u2019 \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_Tiny_Pi-Powered_LEGO_Brick_Plays_%E2%80%98DOOM_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This Tiny Pi-Powered LEGO Brick Plays \u2018DOOM\u2019 \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-header-area\"><strong class=\"before-article-tag blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadingtext\">And it&#8217;s only about half an inch wide.<\/p>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-146672\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2023\/02\/86de737a.png?width=1200\" alt=\"DOOM running on the small display of a custom LEGO brick.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o76U0JPrMFk\">Ancient \/ James Brown<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inspired by LEGO\u2019s space-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d sets from the 1980s,\u00a0graphics engineer\u00a0James Brown has spent almost a full year turning LEGO slope bricks into tiny \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0pUV_3qeHog\">computer monitors<\/a>.\u201d But Brown\u2019s latest invention takes this concept into meme territory\u2014yeah, it\u2019s a LEGO brick that plays\u00a0<em>DOOM<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s earliest LEGO monitors are impressive on their own. They display small images using an OLED panel and a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, and in my opinion, they look like miniature versions of the computers you might see in a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uzfsiPFNfkg\">1960s NASA control room<\/a>. (For reference, the LEGO slope 2 x 2 brick is just over half an inch wide. This is meticulous work, and the OLED panels utilized by Brown are only about 0.4 inches.)<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"o76U0JPrMFk\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/o76U0JPrMFk\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>While designing these sci-fi-themed electric bricks, Brown created several\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJHSMpYi8bg\">LEGO <em>DOOM<\/em>\u00a0machines<\/a>\u00a0(including a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-G9adESjjRg\">LEGO watch<\/a> that runs <em>DOOM<\/em>). But because none of these LEGO bricks have controls, they simply run\u00a0<em>DOOM<\/em> in demo mode. The latest\u00a0<em>DOOM<\/em> brick takes things a step further with capacitive buttons and gyro controls\u2014you can actually, genuinely play\u00a0<em>DOOM<\/em> on this tiny thing.<\/p>\n<p>But to me, the most interesting part of this project is the assembly. James Brown uploaded a video showing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6wBrOV2FJM8\">how these custom bricks are made<\/a>, and the process is ingenious. It\u2019s so cool that I don\u2019t want to spoil it.<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re wondering, James Brown works at Weta Workshop, a special effects and prop company. These creative skills go toward more than just LEGOs. You can find more cool projects on Brown\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ancientjames\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ancientjames\">Ancient \/ James Brown<\/a> via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/lego-computer-brick-can-play-doom-1850145732\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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