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So, there’s this guy Jace, right? Runs this YouTube channel called MetraByte, and he’s got a taste for the bizarre—like getting Windows 95 and Doom to work on a PlayStation 2. Yeah, I know. It sounds as wild as it is. So, he sort of succeeded with Windows 95. It booted up, but Doom? Nah, that wasn’t happening.
These machines are practically ancient these days. Windows 95 came out in… well, 1995, duh. And the PS2 hit the scene in 2000. You’d think the PS2’s newer tech would just breeze through this stuff, but nooo. It’s like trying to get a kangaroo to do ballet or something. The PS2’s hardware and Windows 95 were like oil and water.
Anyway, Jace breaks down hours—seriously, hours—of tinkering in a video that’s less than 30 minutes. But I’ll give you the gist. He went all out, modded a PS2, got a QWERTY game controller—yeah, one of those—a USB stick, and an old-school HDD. Packed them with stuff like a PlayStation .ELF file, DOSBox, Bochs emulator, you name it.
Okay, so he tried DOSBox first, banged his head against the wall—figuratively speaking—47 times, and it was a no-go. Switched to Bochs, which is like slow-motion for emulators but more accurate or something. You’d almost feel sorry for the guy slogging through read errors, write errors, missing files. The whole shebang.
There was this moment, magical or tragic depending on your view, where the Windows 95 screen flickered on. Took him “14 hours” in total. And what did he get to show for it? Paint. Yeah, the app. No mouse though. And Doom95? Forget it. But hey, it was a heck of a trip, right?
Who knew watching a PS2 try to be something it’s not could be so… captivating. Hats off to Jace for trying. It’s like watching a cat chase a laser—it never gets old.
Catch the whole saga on Jace’s channel if you want, but bring popcorn. You’re gonna need it.
