December 23, 2024

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Look, Diablo is fully playable in your browser.

The browser window shows an old computer game.
Zoom in / Diablo Works in Firefox on macOS.

Samuel Axon

You can now play the original version. Diablo (and its expansion, hell) in almost any web browser on any computer with generally excellent performance and controls that work as expected. All this thanks to an open source project posted on GitHub called Diabloweb This is what is happening now It was traded By game developers on X.

in README file In the project’s GitHub repository, the project developer (d07RiV) notes that it relies on DevilXAnother open source project that has put a lot of work into making it Diablo Works well on modern operating systems.

“I modified the code to remove all dependencies and expose the minimal interface required with JS, allowing the game to be compiled in WebAssembly,” writes d07RiV. “Event handling (especially in menus) had to be significantly modified to fit the JS model.”

It is very easy to set up; just Visit the siteDownload the file and get started.

You must upload a file because the project does not include Diablo Game files – you will need to provide these in the form of a DIABDAT.MPQ file in Diablo Install the guide.

There are three clear ways to get this MPQ file. First, you can of course own a physical copy of the original game. Or you can buy the game On Google Install it, then drag the file from the installation directory.

There is also a trial version of Diablo, You can pull the SPAWN.MPQ file from it, and it will work fine. But this is not the full game, so it’s just for you if you want to try it out.

I played the game for about half an hour using the MPQ version of GOG without any problems on Firefox on a Mac. (There is no Mac version of the GOG installer, though, so I had to run the installer in a Windows virtual machine to access the file.) The game is clearly primitive compared to more recent entries in the series (or even Diablo II), but it’s an addictive game that’s fun to play regardless.