Okay, imagine this: Jace from this totally quirky YouTube channel called MetraByte decides to tackle this wild project—getting Windows 95 and Doom to run on a PlayStation 2. Yeah, you read that right. I was pretty much glued to the screen because, who wouldn’t be curious about something like that?
So, picture it: PS2, old as dinosaurs by 2025, right? Windows 95, even older. By, like, a lot. You’d think the PS2 would breeze through this, but no, it was like watching someone try to build a spaceship out of Legos. Jace put in an ungodly amount of time for this—essentially trying to make ancient tech dance to a new tune. Did it work? Well, kind of. Jace got Windows 95 to sort of play nice, but Doom? Forget it.
Anyway, Jace cobbled everything together with a bunch of random tech from a dusty shelf: a modded PS2, this funky QWERTY controller, a few USB doohickeys, and a hard drive. Like, this bizarre tech cocktail. I half-expected them to pull out a rabbit next. There were these files and emulators—DOSBox and Bochs, fancy words that basically mean, “Hey, we’re trying to make old stuff run on different old stuff.”
The video was super edited down, cuz who has time for hours of tech slapstick? But the essence remained. They tried, like, 47 times using DOSBox till they probably wanted to scream, then moved to Bochs. I’m telling you, it was like a comedy of errors. I could almost feel Jace’s frustration seeping through the screen.
So after what felt like a mini-eternity (14 hours, to be exact, but who’s counting?), they finally got Windows 95 to show up on the PS2. I mean, they even opened Paint! But then, without a mouse? Yeah, not much painting happening there. Doom was a whole different beast, like trying to run a marathon in cement shoes. It just wasn’t gonna happen.
Watching all this was weirdly entertaining, though. Kind of like rooting for the underdog, knowing how it’s probably going to end, but hoping for some miracle anyway. Like watching your friend trying to roast marshmallows in a rainstorm.
So, that’s Jace’s wild ride—a mash-up of triumph and… not-so-triumph. Oh, right, if you’re into this kind of geeky escapade, definitely hit up their channel for more! Who knows what relic they’ll tinker with next?