DoomGeneric NTDrv - Doom now as a Windows XP driver

[Cacodemon345]

So it comes at last, Doom as a Windows XP/Vista/7 kernel driver.

Download: https://github.com/Cacodemon345/doomgeneric_ntdrv/releases/

Look at the README.md file of the repository for installation instructions. Only tested on Windows XP 32-bit. Look at the Bugs section before reporting bugs.

 

Mouse support is now a thing as of v2.1, but you need to have a PS/2 or USB mouse plugged in.

 

 

Edited July 14, 2023 by Cacodemon345

[Cacodemon345]

DoomGeneric NTDrv is now at 256-colors!

 

 

[taufan99]

Windows XP FTW!

[Midway64]

doomgeneric FTW!

[Cacodemon345]

Things that I can do for this project for now:
1. Mouse movement support.

2. VGA 80x25 text mode startup.

 

Unfortunately audio support is not doable without bypassing the kernel and directly accessing the hardware as the drivers aren't loaded yet in chkdsk environment. It's doable but I expect it will be limited to solely AC97 and Sound Blaster 16 hardware, as HD Audio hardware isn't easy to program correctly.

 

PC speaker programming should still be doable.

[liPillON]

congrats, you're on osnews

https://www.osnews.com/story/136347/run-doom-as-a-windows-nt-kernel-mode-driver/

 

[Cacodemon345]