Avast ye scallywags! Behold GTA: Vice City on a TP-Link Wi-Fi router, a sight to make ye heart leap!
2024-03-05
Arr matey! Feast yer eyes on a true treasure – a gaming router transformed into a gaming PC with some clever doings o' hardware! 'Tis a sight to behold, aye, for ye landlubbers who seek the ultimate plunder in gaming prowess. Aye, me hearties!
Arrr mateys! Playing PC games on your Wi-Fi router be not just a pipe dream anymore, but a reality as demonstrated by a pair of clever scallywags from Germany known as KittenLabs. These swashbucklers managed to run GTA: Vice City on a TP-Link TL-WDR4900 router by tinkering with its processor and hooking up an external GPU - an AMD Radeon HD 7470 to be precise. The connection required some fancy footwork with a mini PCIe breakout PCB and some soldering, but in the end, the gaming commenced on Debian Linux.The game may run a tad slow, but shiver me timbers - this be a router turned PC! This ain't the first time we've seen such tomfoolery, with Doom being played on all sorts of strange contraptions like lawnmowers. These buccaneers did try to use a more modern AMD RX 570 graphics card but had to settle for the older Radeon HD 7470 due to compatibility issues. Who knows what other marvels these hardware wizards will conjure up next - perhaps Doom on a toothbrush? Keep an eye on the horizon, me hearties!