Doom can now work on Captcha

Doom changed the video game industry, revolutionizing the first-person shooter genre. However, it has managed to stay relevant for decades thanks to fans who have made it work on just about any device you can think of. From printers to pregnancy tests, no platform has been left out when it comes to ripping and ripping demons.

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2025 is the year I finish Doom

I've played most of the Doom games but never finished them. I trust the Dark Ages to fix it.

However, very few of these Doom “ports” actually do any good – you won't know if you're pregnant by taking the pregnancy test level. It looks like one of the last places to run Doom actually has some use. Instead of ticking boxes with a bus or a traffic light, you can complete a Doom level to prove you're not a robot.

Kill three demons to prove you're human

Created by Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch through an AI site builder, this new twist on the Captcha verification process requires you to kill three monsters to prove you're human (thanks, TechCrunch). I guess I'm a robot because it's really hard to kill three monsters – in fact, I barely managed to kill even one in five or six tries. Try it yourself here.

Killing a bunch of demons with the BFG in Doom + Doom 2.

It seems I wasn't the only one having a hard time as one of the comments said “this is a secret level (E1M9) that you usually encounter after E1M3. By this point your normal progression will have found a shotgun, a chainsaw, a rocket launcher and maybe , some armor. Starting this level with just a gun (and it looks like UV or Nightmare difficulty) just takes a beating.”

Despite its difficulty, this Doom Captcha is a lot more fun than identifying bikes in a crate or deciphering an alphanumeric code to prove you're human. Perhaps they could tone down the complexity a bit so that we don't question our own understanding.

The Doom Slayer is dressed in the classic Doomguy outfit from the original game.

I don't think we'll see this system actually implemented on any websites anytime soon, and bots can be taught to play Doom, so it doesn't seem like it can protect against AI. However, there is a chance that it could prevent the demons from taking over.

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One of the most iconic and impressive games ever created, Doom puts you in the role of a Marine sent to a research facility on Mars. When a portal to hell releases a horde of demons, you must banish them to oblivion.

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