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The music is terrible - (gives me 90's website MIDI audio PTSD :P) - but it's a cute idea. Would this actually be an effective CAPTCHA? E.G. Security-wise? Al

The music is terrible - (gives me 90's website MIDI audio PTSD :P) - but it's a cute idea. Would this actually be an effective CAPTCHA? E.G. Security-wise? Also, speaking of 90's-internet PTSD, I actually almost mistook this for a spam banner ad knowing already what I went into. Wayyy too many of those 'punch the monkey' or 'shoot the duck' animated banner ads that didn't even care where you shot. :P

banana_giraffe 5y ago
Generally something that can be deterministically scripted to work around won't work well as a captcha: https://imgur.com/a/mbLnTH7 https://imgur.com/a/mbLnTH7 Here I'm just clicking the entire row of pixels four times. Even if you fixed that (perhaps misses could trigger a failure), then you still need to create a problem that's hard for a computer to solve .. finding the monster seems pretty straightforward.
foxyv 5y ago
If you think that's bad, try listening to Doom on PC Speaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78TbnytFOk&ab_channel=Zdenda1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78TbnytFOk&ab_channel=Zdend...
gentleman11 5y ago
The music is fantastic and classic, but there are modern remixes with actual guitar that are even better. Doom 1 and 2 both have full soundtrack remakes that fans made (possibly, by the dusk fellow?)
- rzzzt 5y ago
  The 3DO port had each song played by a band: - http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Doom_(3DO) http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Doom_(3DO) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2880E9A7DFF6C25 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2880E9A7DFF6C25
drivers99 5y ago
That's just the original DOOM music (first level, E1M1) on a Sound Blaster AWE32 or something similar, so it's completely accurate.
- failwhaleshark 5y ago
  MIDI FTW. GUS Extreme, MT32, and SB16 Pro (or AWE64 Gold) with a Wave Blaster I or II, and you're set for the basic flavors of MIDI. Maybe an Ad Lib for extra vintageness and a Turtle Beach Multisound Pinnacle too.
lostgame 5y ago
Guys, I didn't mean the music itself was terrible, I meant the fact that music was included to be auto-on to start in web content produced post-2002... I would have personally put the audio as off by default, with the little icon to set it to on. :) I am fully aware what the DOOM soundtrack sounds like an my complaint is that there is audio at all - especially on by default - and that it reminds me of those awful websites from the 90's that did this.
- failwhaleshark 5y ago
  Are there any browsers which prevent auto-starting of music/sounds or extensions that do such?
- Jordrok 5y ago
  I get your point - it was way too loud initially and would quickly get annoying after the second or third time if it was being used as an actual captcha. That said, the music is what really sold it for me. How better to perfectly highlight the absurdity of proving your humanity by going on a virtual demon-slaying spree than dropping you right in the middle of a retro 90s metal cacophony!

banana_giraffe 5y ago

Generally something that can be deterministically scripted to work around won't work well as a captcha: https://imgur.com/a/mbLnTH7 https://imgur.com/a/mbLnTH7 Here I'm just clicking the entire row of pixels four times. Even if you fixed that (perhaps misses could trigger a failure), then you still need to create a problem that's hard for a computer to solve .. finding the monster seems pretty straightforward.

foxyv 5y ago

If you think that's bad, try listening to Doom on PC Speaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78TbnytFOk&ab_channel=Zdenda1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78TbnytFOk&ab_channel=Zdend...

gentleman11 5y ago

The music is fantastic and classic, but there are modern remixes with actual guitar that are even better. Doom 1 and 2 both have full soundtrack remakes that fans made (possibly, by the dusk fellow?)

rzzzt 5y ago
The 3DO port had each song played by a band: - http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Doom_(3DO) http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Doom_(3DO) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2880E9A7DFF6C25 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2880E9A7DFF6C25

drivers99 5y ago

That's just the original DOOM music (first level, E1M1) on a Sound Blaster AWE32 or something similar, so it's completely accurate.

failwhaleshark 5y ago
MIDI FTW. GUS Extreme, MT32, and SB16 Pro (or AWE64 Gold) with a Wave Blaster I or II, and you're set for the basic flavors of MIDI. Maybe an Ad Lib for extra vintageness and a Turtle Beach Multisound Pinnacle too.

lostgame 5y ago

Guys, I didn't mean the music itself was terrible, I meant the fact that music was included to be auto-on to start in web content produced post-2002... I would have personally put the audio as off by default, with the little icon to set it to on. :) I am fully aware what the DOOM soundtrack sounds like an my complaint is that there is audio at all - especially on by default - and that it reminds me of those awful websites from the 90's that did this.

failwhaleshark 5y ago
Are there any browsers which prevent auto-starting of music/sounds or extensions that do such?
Jordrok 5y ago
I get your point - it was way too loud initially and would quickly get annoying after the second or third time if it was being used as an actual captcha. That said, the music is what really sold it for me. How better to perfectly highlight the absurdity of proving your humanity by going on a virtual demon-slaying spree than dropping you right in the middle of a retro 90s metal cacophony!