Overview

• Hackers ported the Bochs x86 emulator to the PS2’s MIPS-based Emotion Engine to achieve the first native Windows 95 boot on the console
• Early efforts with an experimental DOSBox build failed to load the legacy OS after dozens of attempts, prompting the switch to Bochs for greater compatibility
• The full installation process required extensive drive configuration and troubleshooting of I/O errors over a roughly 14-hour session
• Once at the desktop users can run core Windows 95 applications but the system still lacks mouse support and cannot launch Ultimate Doom 95
• The mod uses a homebrew ELF loader on a modified PS2 chassis, a controller with QWERTY keypad, plus USB stick and hard drive for installation and storage