When the original Doom launched over 30 years ago, you needed a pretty beefy PC to run it well. Fast forward three decades, and Id Software's classic can be powered by a TI-84 calculator (with 100 lbs of potatoes), a USB charging station, and even an Apple Lightning dongle. Beating them all for sheer out-of-this-world coolness, though, is Doom on a satellite, orbiting the Earth.
Well, it was. The European Space Agency (ESA) deorbited its OPS-SAT device back in May 2024, but before it was turned into dust motes, Georges Labrèche (engineering manager at ESA) contacted Ólafur Waage, a Norwegian software engineer, to see if he fancied a little challenge. Waage is no random coder, though, as he's a highly experienced game developer, working for Massive Entertainment—makers of Far Cry 6, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, and countless others.
