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Alright folks, so here’s the scoop — Jace from MetraByte, that “why-am-I-doing-this-but-it’s-fun” tech channel, tried cramming Windows 95 onto a PlayStation 2. Yeah, you heard it right, a console from the Jurassic tech period (well, 2000) got a retro operating system makeover. Ballsy move, right? I mean, Jace kinda got Windows 95 to boot, but Doom? Nah, Doom wasn’t having any of it.
Let’s rewind a bit. We’ve got this PS2, a beast from the year 2000, trying to tango with tech from ’95. You’d think the PS2 would handle it like a champ, but no—apparently, talking x86 code into running on Sony’s MIPS was like asking a cat to fetch your paper. Spoiler: cats don’t fetch. Anyway, Jace compressed what must’ve been a zillion hours of head-scratching into a 30-minute video. Not that I’m complaining, but the effort deserves a medal or something.
Tools of the trade? A tricked-out PS2, a game controller with a love-it-or-hate-it QWERTY keypad, and some USB whizz-bangery for the data shuffle—a mad scientist set-up, minus the lab coat. Jace wrestled with some homebrew code (.ELF files, if that rings your bell) along with emulators DOSBox and Bochs—one’s all “let’s play games!” while Bochs goes for “accuracy (at molasses speed).”
I could feel Jace’s pain, or maybe imagined it. Whatever, it was a painstaking journey through glacial load times and endless I/O hiccups—what a ride. And Windows sitting on DOS didn’t help, trust me. But hey, Jace got that oh-so-sweet glimpse of the Windows 95 setup. Bravo! Mini victory in geekville!
To cut a long story short (or not), Jace burned countless hours—14ish—coaxing Windows 95 into behaving. Paint ran eventually, but without a mouse, it’s like holding a spoon without a bowl of soup. As for Doom? Imagine a toddler trying to lift a cinderblock. Yeah, didn’t budge.
So, hats off to Jace for the perseverance. We watched in awe, probably eating popcorn or something. If only Doom had cooperated… but hey, maybe next time? If you follow Tom’s Hardware, make sure that “Follow” is clicked. You wouldn’t want to miss more craziness like this, would you?
