Doom for iPhone played on Apple II monitor with TV-out hack
TV-out isn’t yet a very popular feature on smartphones, so it’s not surprising that the iPhone, of all phones, doesn’t have it. However, with a few complicated tweaks and a weekend’s worth of free time, a couple of brilliant iPhone developers have uncovered undocumented TV-out features in the iPhone’s SDK, and quickly put it to good use.
One thing that these undocumented TV-out features have made possible is what you see below. A fully-working version of Doom for iPhone shown on an external Apple II monitor. True, they could’ve likewise done it on a modern TV, with color, but it seems the iPhone developer responsible for this fancies vintage.
It only required a minor update on iPhone developer part, but he says he it’s unlikely for him to update the App Store version of his Doom app to have TV-out functionality. With that, his app would be in violation of Apple’s App Store terms, or something. In any case, there’s no mention of the iPhone officially having a TV-out feature, so it’s not likely to be permitted by Apple for release.
In any case, here it is for posterity, or wishful thinking. Depends on how you view things.
Via Ars Technica
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