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19 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM	Tom's Hardware	2.0	GitHub programmer ports playable Doom to DSLR camera with 3-inch TFT LCD display — Canon EOS 550D with open-source Magic Lantern firmware uses camera's button as controls, even plays sound A GitHub programmer ported playable Doom to a Canon EOS 550D DSLR camera using the open-source Magic Lantern firmware, running it on the camera's 3-inch TFT LCD with the camera's physical buttons as controls and sound output. Why: This is a fun hacker-novelty story with no actionable takeaway for builders; it demonstrates that Magic Lantern firmware still enables deep hardware hacking on aging Canon DSLRs, but nobody should change their tooling or roadmap because of it. retro-gaming hardware-hacking magic-lantern

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19 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM

Tom's Hardware

2.0

GitHub programmer ports playable Doom to DSLR camera with 3-inch TFT LCD display — Canon EOS 550D with open-source Magic Lantern firmware uses camera's button as controls, even plays sound

A GitHub programmer ported playable Doom to a Canon EOS 550D DSLR camera using the open-source Magic Lantern firmware, running it on the camera's 3-inch TFT LCD with the camera's physical buttons as controls and sound output.

Why: This is a fun hacker-novelty story with no actionable takeaway for builders; it demonstrates that Magic Lantern firmware still enables deep hardware hacking on aging Canon DSLRs, but nobody should change their tooling or roadmap because of it.