Not only is the original Doom inspiring other games to this day, helping to spearhead the modern first-person shooter when it was released, it's also decades old, which means the requirements needed to run it are so much lower than modern titles that it's possible to run it on all manner of platforms. There have been so many weird things that Doom has been tested on that it's almost become something of a meme, with a Subreddit dedicated entirely to showcasing other examples. In an effort to continue this trend, it's now possible for people to play the classic FPS over social media.
A new bot was set up with a Twitter account last month with the sole purpose of letting users interact with Doom through tweets. The Tweet2Doom profile works through a set of instructions that other Twitter users must enter when they reply. Each command is translated into a gameplay video, which is then sent to whoever gave the instructions. A pinned tweet has images showing the commands that work with this iteration of the game with letters on a keyboard corresponding with an action, such as e for enter, u for up arrow, p for space, etc. Players must reply with the following in order for the bot to navigate Doom's menu and start a new game: /play x,e,e,e,50-,50-u,15-f,.
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The movements are a little unsophisticated, and some users who have had their footage played back to them have not managed to make a lot of progress in Doom's classic opening map E1M1, but it's still impressive to see once people know how it works. One person decided it would be fun to just make Doomguy spin around on the spot for a few seconds, while another did manage to open the door to the next room and make it through before the clip cuts off.
While getting Doom to run on something like a GoPro Drone Controller is seriously impressive, Tweet2Doom's contribution to getting the game running on some bizarre instruments means players don't have to actually install it themselves. Of course, as mentioned above, it is a basic way to play the game and with the Twitter account saying that it's only running the shareware version of it, there won't be anyone actually able to finish Doom using just reply commands, but it's still entertaining to watch.
Released in 1993, Doom is easily one of the most influential FPS games ever made, and its impact is still being felt to this day. The series being successfully rebooted shows that the spirit of the original lives on in the modern world, but Tweet2Doom shows that fans will always want to return to the classics as well.