It seems that the scene dedicated to making DOOM run on any device will not be the only one, as projects related to hardware and its possibilities to run video games continue to grow. This time, a pair of hackers surprised everyone by making an old router run Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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Hackers Made Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Run on a Router. How Did They Do It?
A report from TweakTown shared the results of the project carried out by hackers "Manawyrm" and "tSYS," who set out to make GTA: Vice City, a PS2 game that debuted in 2002, run on an old router. They used a WDR4900 TP-Link router that was released in 2013, but the interest was in the possibilities of its board since, in terms of hardware, it contained most of the components needed for the feat, but there was a crucial missing element.
Video: Can GTA: Vice City run on a router?
As shown in this video, part of the process involved a hardware adaptation because the router had no way of processing GTA: Vice City graphically, so a GPU was required. Through a modification to the board, they managed to solder an AMD RADEON HD 7470 graphics card to handle that part, along with some necessary software to instruct the board on how to deal with the deployment of a video game—remember, its primary function is to be a Wi-Fi signal access point.
In the end, the router's board, along with the adaptation of an AMD GPU and the software put into operation, proved sufficient for GTA: Vice City to run on something that is not a console, nor a PC, nor a mobile device.
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