Nintendo's new Alarmo is solely intended to be an expensive digital alarm clock with themes and graphics taken from popular Nintendo Switch titles. But some very talented hackers seem very determined to turn the Alarmo into something that can also do other things. Now, just under a month since its release, someone has put a playable version of Doom on Alarmo, complete with video proof of the exploit.
The hacker in question is GaryOderNichts, who has already found a way to put cat photos on Alarmo. GaryOderNichts also explained how to delete Alarmo's firmware file, which allows users to make it accept custom code via a USB drive. For the new hack, he credited user X Spinda to “understand the Alarmo SWD pads”, before adding that Spinda was also “the first to dump eMMC content”.
Although Doom is now playable thanks to the latest hack, it does have some drawbacks. Alarmo's clock buttons aren't designed to be an easy-to-use game controller, nor is there any sound support from the current Doom hack. Regardless, it has now been proven that the Alarmo can be made to play games, which could open the door to similar hacks unless Nintendo finds a way to prevent this from happening. produce.
Alarmo is currently available in Nintendo stores and for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Wide distribution of Alarmo will not arrive until 2025.