So, Jace, you might know him from that “silly tech” YouTube thing called MetraByte, right? Yeah, he tried this wacky experiment on his PS2—not just any PS2, a modded one. He’s been trying, against all odds, to shove Windows 95 and Doom into it. Bold move, you’d say, for sure.
I mean, Windows 95 and PS2 go way back—1995 and 2000. Oldies, right? You’d think the PS2 would’ve laughed at this challenge. But, nah, it’s a mad ride getting x86 stuff to roll on Sony’s MIPS. Wacky, right? Full of crazy obstacles and all—typical Windows 95 stuff because DOS. Ha! Lots of DOS.
Anyway—wait, where was I? Oh, yeah, this guy, Jace, he takes us on his chaotic adventure trying to make old software sing on this beast. Somehow, he breaks down hours, maybe 10 or more, into like 30 minutes of chaos. There’s a video out there if you wanna risk a peek.
Now, Jace got this modded PS2. And what’s he packing? A game controller with some QWERTY magic, a USB stick—oh, fancy! And this dude crammed stuff in, like .ELF homebrew code for starters. Toss in DOSBox and Bochs emulators ‘cause why not? A messy soup of tech witchcraft.
And after 47—seriously?—attempts, trying to boot Windows 95 through DOSBox, hitting all walls, our dude switched to Bochs. Something about it being slower but truer to the x86 roots? Heck, if I know.
You’ll feel the pain, honestly. It’s like transferring an ancient curse onto your PS2. Slow pain as everything halts. Windows on DOS, crawling, like waiting for paint to dry without even a brush. Movies make this look romantic, but no, not here.
And Bochs. Oh, Bochs. Headaches multiplied with its read/write error tantrums. Letters, files, drivers missing as if ghosts took ‘em somewhere. Microsoft should see this and pay therapy bills. But, voila, the Windows 95 setup screen popped up at last.
All said and done, what—14 hours later?—there’s a Windows 95 staring back. Jace fooled around with Paint, comic relief almost. Doom95? Yeah, dream on. No luck. But the chaotic trip? Weirdly worth it.
So, stick with Tom’s Hardware, if you dare, for more tech shenanigans. Who knows what craziness they’ll dig up next?
