--- title: Running DOOM And Super Mario 64 Inside A PDF File description: Developers have created playable versions of DOOM and Super Mario 64 that run inside PDF files by exploiting the format's JavaScript support. The Super Mario... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/running-doom-and-super-mario-64-inside-a-pdf-file-txwxvw487 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Running DOOM And Super Mario 64 Inside A PDF File | daily.dev og:description: Developers have created playable versions of DOOM and Super Mario 64 that run inside PDF files by exploiting the format's JavaScript support. The Super Mario... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/running-doom-and-super-mario-64-inside-a-pdf-file-txwxvw487 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TXWxVW487.png og:image:alt: Running DOOM And Super Mario 64 Inside A PDF File og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Running DOOM And Super Mario 64 Inside A PDF File **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Developers have created playable versions of DOOM and Super Mario 64 that run inside PDF files by exploiting the format's JavaScript support. The Super Mario 64 port runs standalone from a 23.5 MB PDF at low framerates with ASCII graphics, while the DOOM version uses DOSBox. Both projects leverage PDF.js support in modern browsers to execute embedded JavaScript, demonstrating how the PDF format has evolved from a simple document format into an interactive platform capable of running games. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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