Installing Doom in SmartConsole

HeikoAnkenbrand — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:55:42 GMT

Hello everyone,

I was inspired by the following article sk164752 Installing DOOM on Gaia and I was considering whether this would also work in the SmartConsole. Since the SmartConsole is web based and uses Javascript, I was hopeful!

For copyright reasons, I do not want to provide a ready SmartConsole Extension here.

To run the game and other DOS games, you can use the javascript DOS box from:
https://js-dos.com

However, you can easily install the game and other games by following the steps below.

(view in My Videos)

Please note this procedure is not supported and not secure.
Under no circumstances should this be done in a production environment.

This is a proof of concept and for fun:

1) Upload the following files to your web server.
     -> https://js-dos.com/cdn/DOOM.png
     -> https://js-dos.com/cdn/js-dos-api.js
     -> https://js-dos.com/cdn/js-dos-v3.js

2) Find the following place in the file „js-dos-api.js“ and remove the crossed out area.
     …
          return new Dosbox.Xhr('~~https://js-dos.com/cdn/~~js-dos-v3.js', {
     …

3) Search on Google for the following file and copy it to your web server.
-> DOOM-@evilution.zip

4) Create the following manifest file on the web server.
-> doom.json

{ "extension": { "name": "Doom", "version": "1.0", "description": "---", "author": "---", "email": "---", "product-url": "---e", "provider": "---", "license": "GPL", "extension-version-requirements": { "minimum-version": "1.2" } }, "locations": [ { "location": "details-pane", "relevant-types": ["gateways"], "ui-element": { "type": "tab", "caption": "Doom", "tooltip": "Doom Tip.", "action": { "details-level": "full", "method": "get", "trigger-id": "gateways-details-pane", "url": "doom.htm" } } } ], "requested-permissions": { "client": ["get-read-only-session", "run-read-only-commands"] } }

5) Create the following html file on the web server
-> doom.htm

<!doctype html> <html lang="en-us"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>DOOM</title> <style type="text/css"> .dosbox-container { width: 640px; height: 400px; } .dosbox-container > .dosbox-overlay { background: url(DOOM.png); } </style> </head> <body> <div id="dosbox"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="js-dos-api.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var dosbox = new Dosbox({ id: "dosbox", onload: function (dosbox) { dosbox.run("DOOM-@evilution.zip", "./DOOM/DOOM.EXE"); }, onrun: function (dosbox, app) { console.log("App '" + app + "' is runned"); } }); </script> </body> </html>

Now you can install the manifest file "doom.json" over the SmartConsole.

Have fun playing Doom.

Install SmartConsole Extension

To install SmartConsole Extensions, you can watch this video:

(view in My Videos)

Re: Installing Doom in SmartConsole

GHOST — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:18:26 GMT

Have created a git repository:

git clone https://github.com/fgdoom1/doom1.git

Re: Installing Doom in SmartConsole

_Val_ — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:02:32 GMT

Even if you can, it does not mean you should 🙂

Re: Installing Doom in SmartConsole

Dolo — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:28:01 GMT

What exactly do I have to do to install the Doom repository?
What steps are necessary?

Re: Installing Doom in SmartConsole

GHOST — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:13:23 GMT

Web Server

1) Change to the web root directory of your web server.
2) Execute the command:
# git clone https://github.com/fgdoom1/doom1.git

Smart Console

1) On SmartConsole, go to Manage & Settings > Preferences > SmartConsole Extensions
Click the + to import SmartConsole Extension

2) Enter the URL for the Doom manifest file.
https://<your-web-server>/doom1/doom1.json

Re: Installing Doom in SmartConsole

natascha — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:06:46 GMT

Is there also the game Grand Theft Auto available?
😂😀🤣

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