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Azure CTO runs DOOM inside Microsoft Paint — 35 FPS and "undo death" via Ctrl+Z

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Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure, spent his spare time getting classic DOOM to run inside Microsoft Paint and published the source of the DoomPaint project on GitHub. The project delivers 35 frames per second at 320×200 or 640×400. A standout feature is "undo death": with Ctrl+Z you can rewind frames and effectively turn back time after your character dies. The experiment continues the community's long tradition of running DOOM on anything — from test strips and calculators to cash registers and refrigerators; now plain old Paint joins that list.