Wow, Jace really went for a wild ride there! So, you’ve got this YouTuber—self-described as into “silly tech”—trying to mash together Windows 95 and a PlayStation 2. Like, what even makes someone wake up and decide to do this? Maybe it was boredom. Or maybe genius. Who knows, really? Anyway, the dude pulled it off… kinda.
Picture this: You’re sitting in front of your modded PS2 with this freaking QWERTY controller (why even is that a thing?), trying to make 1995 meet 2000. It’s like a tech-time-travel experiment gone haywire. Naturally, running x86 code on a machine meant for MIPS systems is… a headache, to put it mildly. So many hurdles, as Jace found out.
I watched a bit of the video—and seriously, you can almost feel Jace’s pain. There’s this moment where you’re just sitting there, biting your nails, waiting for the freakin’ Windows screen that takes forever to load. Like molasses, but with more error messages. Trust me, it’s a sight.
He starts with DOSBox—because why not, right? But after trying approximately “47 attempts” (not even sure if that’s an exaggeration or not) and hitting a wall every time, Jace switches gears. Enter Bochs, an emulator that’s slower than frozen honey but gets the job done. Sort of.
Fast forward a gazillion hours later—“14 hours,” they said—and Jace is staring at a Windows 95 desktop on a PS2 screen. You’d think it’s a moment to pop the champagne, but nope! No mouse means Paint becomes more of a finger-painting exercise. As for Doom95? Let’s just say it stayed doomed.
If you’re curious or feeling patient, the full madness is crammed into a 30-minute YouTube saga. Kudos to Jace for sticking it out! I mean, I guess some journeys are about the struggle, not the destination, right?
