The humble drawing app has gotten several useful upgrades over the past few years, but Mark Russinovich, the Microsoft Azure CTO, has found a way for Paint to play Doom… kind of. Instead of actually running the game, DoomPaint loads rendered frames into the app from the Windows clipboard at a very playable 35fps. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/doompaint.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

Instructions on how to play this 'port,' which works via an OLE clipboard hack, are provided on GitHub.

DoomPaint usa clipboard OLE e Microsoft Paint come display per Doom, con audio, controlli e fino a 35 fps reali.