Windows 95 Almost Runs on a PlayStation 2 — But Doom Remains Unplayable

Alright, so there’s this tech wizard, Jace—I mean, a self-confessed ‘silly tech’ enthusiast, if you can imagine—who decided to embark on a truly bonkers quest. Picture this: trying to run Windows 95 and Doom on a Sony PlayStation 2. Yeah, you heard that right. Why? I mean, honestly, who knows?

So, here’s the scene. We’re talking about two relics of tech history—Windows 95, which is basically ancient now, and the PS2, which, let’s face it, isn’t exactly a spry young thing either. Two giants from, like, a million years ago (okay, I’m exaggerating, but you get it). Anyway, you’d think the PS2 would handle Windows 95 like a breeze given its tech edge. But no, life’s never that simple, is it?

Jace took us on this wild ride through a video, which boiled down countless hours of hair-pulling struggles into a neat little clip. And trust me, pulling this stunt was anything but straightforward. We’re talking about using a modded PS2 with a funky QWERTY keypad controller, plus some old-school hacks like USB sticks, hard drives, and emulators—DOSBox and Bochs for the techies out there.

Anyway—wait, I lost my train of thought—oh, right, Jace! So, imagine going through at least 47 attempts just to get the vintage Windows to boot. Yeah, I’d have lost my mind by attempt five, honestly. In the end, Jace had to switch to Bochs, which is supposedly this slow but accurate emulator. Can you feel the frustration yet? I swear those things were probably installed by a snail—everything just took an eternity.

Finally, though, there it was: Windows 95 setup screen on a PS2. Mad, right? But it didn’t stop there. I mean, just getting there was half the battle. The rest of the video is Jace fighting with read/write errors, boot order chaos, and who knows what else. Yet, somehow, they got to the desktop screen.

But running Doom95, that iconic piece of gaming history? Nope. Nada. Not happening. Paint managed to make an appearance but without a mouse—I mean, what’s the point, right?

So, yeah, it was maybe, what, 14 hours of epic tech-tinkering madness? While Doom might not have joined the party, the saga of Jace vs. the PS2 was bizarrely entertaining. Honestly, no clue why I found this so riveting, but there it is.