The 1993 classic Doom has once again popped up on an unusual piece of hardware—this time on an Anker Prime GaN charger. Thanks to the work of YouTuber Aaron Christophel, the fast-charger has been turned into a quirky little gaming device, giving fans another reason to marvel at just how far the game can stretch.
This Anker Prime comes with a 2.26-inch LCD display and a Synwit AWM34S ARM SoC. The chip, running at 150MHz with 8MB of SDRAM and 16MB of flash storage, is more than enough to handle the nearly three-decade-old game. Using the device’s built-in debugging header, he was able to load the game without any hardware mods.
The result is a tiny but working version of Doom, running on a 480×200-pixel screen. Movement, shooting, and interactions are all handled through the charger’s rotary dial. It’s not the smoothest or most practical way to play, but as a novelty it works—and it looks just as odd as you’d expect.
Of course, no one’s buying it to play games, but Christophel’s experiment adds the Anker Prime to the long list of unexpected devices that have managed to run Doom—from calculators and smart fridges to even a pregnancy test.
A fun reminder of Doom’s legacy
This project isn’t about turning a charger into a serious gaming machine. Instead, it’s a fun reminder of just how adaptable Doom is, and a showcase of what’s possible when hobbyists push hardware in creative ways.
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