Oh man, where to start with this one? So, there’s this guy, Jace—loves his “silly tech” stuff on YouTube. His latest mission? Trying to cram Windows 95 and Doom onto a PlayStation 2. No, seriously. Why? Who knows, but honestly, I’m kind of here for it. Anyway, he somehow convinced Windows 95 to boot. Doom? Not so much.
Look, both those platforms are ancient history, right? Windows 95 is like, what, nearly 30 years old? And the PS2? Turned legal drinking age a while back. You’d think the PS2 would ace this challenge. I mean, newer tech should handle old stuff, right? Nope. The problem? Windows 95 is a beast that runs on DOS, and the whole PS2 running x86 code thing is a puzzle. Might as well try to run a marathon with your feet tied.
If you see the video (linked somewhere above or whatever), Jace shrinks hours and hours of struggle into this 30-minute epic. Think of it like one of those montages, but less Rocky and more… frustrated techie grumbling.
So, picture this. Jace set up a modded PS2. You could almost hear that game controller he used… with a QWERTY keyboard slapped on. And like some kind of digital mad scientist, he uses all this weird stuff: a special USB stick, something called a PlayStation .ELF file (no, not the Christmas kind), and various emulators, DOSBox and Bochs. Say those names out loud and tell me they don’t sound like off-brand candy.
First, he tackles DOSBox but hits a wall after “47 attempts.” Total perseverance or absolute madness? Maybe a bit of both. Eventually, he pivots to Bochs, which is more like the slow, deliberate tortoise in this tale. Still not easy, though! Jace goes through error messages about as often as I check the fridge when I’m bored.
Finally, boom! That Windows 95 setup screen flickers to life on his PS2. Small victories, right? But the struggle was real—took him 14 hours, he reckons. And yeah, he got Paint to work—sans mouse. Trying to play Doom? That dream kind of died, but whatever, the journey was the fun part. Or so they say.
Honestly, just watching makes you feel his pain—like I could almost hear the PS2 groaning under the pressure. But hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? Follow along if you can keep up with Tom’s Hardware for all the latest scoops. Or don’t—it’s your call.
Anyway, this isn’t polished prose, but it’s real. I think Jace would approve.
