Windows 95 possible?

[Naked_Snake]

Hi I was wondering if it would be possible to port Windows 95 to 3ds and if so is anyone working on this or could someone make this a homebrew

 

[thaikhoa]

OMFG, can someone port GTA5 at max settings to 3DS?

 

[spinal_cord]

Nope.

The source is not available, the processor is the wrong type, PC emulation would be slower than a snail sleepwalking.

 

[WeedZ]

No, not at all. I ran w98 on my ps3 years ago and it was slow as hell. There is no way to port windows so it would have to be run from a dos emulator, which eats resources like mad.

 

[Naked_Snake]

Ah ok fair enough pal

 

[Ericss]

PC emulation would be slower than a snail sleepwalking.

it would have to be run from a dos emulator, which eats resources like mad.

Are you people positive? You can run Win3.x in a DS with the DOS emulator. Would emulating Win95 require so much more power that a 3DS wouldn't be able to handle it at a decent speed?

 

[nxwing]

Are you people positive? You can run Win3.x in a DS with the DOS emulator. Would emulating Win95 require so much more power that a 3DS wouldn't be able to handle it at a decent speed?

It may be able to emulate it but not at full speed. It may be crappy. IIRC, An emulator for Pong, an old arcade game, required you to have a 3 GHZ CPU

 

[spinal_cord]

iPad has trouble with win95. A windows 3.1 happy 486 PC has trouble with windows 95, it was a HUGE leap.

 

[loco365]

The Wii can barely handle Windows 95, heck, it BSODs when trying to run PAINT of all possible things. There's just no way it can be done on a 3DS, besides, the screen resolution would be so small you'd probably see next to nothing.

 

[jimskeet2002]

Why would anyone want to run windows 95 on a 3ds...
Even the existence of the thought to create this post is ridiculous

 

[Ericss]

I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

Why would anyone want to run windows 95 on a 3ds...
Even the existence of the thought to create this post is ridiculous

To play Win95 games?

 

[WeedZ]

Are you people positive? You can run Win3.x in a DS with the DOS emulator. Would emulating Win95 require so much more power that a 3DS wouldn't be able to handle it at a decent speed?

You should have quoted the part where I said I tried this on a ps3. Yes I'm sure

 

[jimskeet2002]

I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

To play Win95 games?

lol. So you buy a 3ds to play windows 95 games on it?

 

[Ericss]

lol. So you buy a 3ds to play windows 95 games on it?

Do people buy 3DS to emulate retro systems?

 

[Naked_Snake]

What about Scummvm? I don't think I have to mention what game I want it for

 

[jimskeet2002]

w/e
there are so many epic games created for 3ds and people still want a 3ds to play homebrew crap and games that were created a little after dinosaurs were extinct... This way of thinking is beyond me... really

 

[spinal_cord]

What about Scummvm? I don't think I have to mention what game I want it for

Theres a DS port of scummvm, feel free to google it. It plays a bunch of the older lower spec games.

 

[WeedZ]

w/e
there are so many epic games created for 3ds and people still want a 3ds to play homebrew crap and games that were created a little after dinosaurs were extinct... This way of thinking is beyond me... really

Its a nostalgic thing. Porting classic games from your childhood to a newer system gives new life to them. You not seeing that means you are probably younger and didn't grow up with dos, nes, gbc, etc.

 

[Heran Bago]

Yes OP, anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

 

[NicEXE]

What about Scummvm? I don't think I have to mention what game I want it for

The resolution is so small that even if you could run scummvm on a 3ds you would have to downscale the image. I'd say its not worth it. Just get a crappy PC from the dumpster and load scummvm on it.