Homebrew Windows on the New 3DS

[Pandaxclone2]

But for some reason, I can't open windows 3.1 up. Is there some thing I'm doing wrong?

Did you make sure that you have the folder labeled "WINDOWS" with the needed contents? If so then you should just load the ld31.bat.

 

[SuperSmashPlayer9000]

Did you make sure that you have the folder labeled "WINDOWS" with the needed contents? If so then you should just load the ld31.bat.

Ok I got it to load, but it takes a while to start up. Is there something I need to when its loading up?

*I need to do*

 

[zazor5000]

Im trying to boot Win95 but it hangs on "C:/WIN95.img" even there is W95.img files on retroarch_3ds folder.

 

[exdeath255]

got a blue screen while booting up windows 98. Is this normal?

/sarcasm

 

[Mnecraft368]

Im trying to boot Win95 but it hangs on "C:/WIN95.img" even there is W95.img files on retroarch_3ds folder.

If it says C:\WIN95.img and yours is W95, rename yours to WIN95.img and try that

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got a blue screen while booting up windows 98. Is this normal?

/sarcasm

I tried to get a Win95 running and delete a critical process in the virtuial HDD to force a bsod, i want a bsod.... is that normal???!??!?!

 

[Superleximus]

Is O3DS support in the works? I'll probably get a N3DS but still...

 

[zazor5000]

Is O3DS support in the works? I'll probably get a N3DS but still...

no

 

[Diego Liberal]

I was looking for a DOS emu for the 3DS since i decided to grab it and play some games/homebrew and now i stumble on Win95/98 booting on the 3DS, how far did we go with the emu scene?! Was i away that long?! Living under a rock as they say?! lol

 

[Pandaxclone2]

I was looking for a DOS emu for the 3DS since i decided to grab it and play some games/homebrew and now i stumble on Win95/98 booting on the 3DS, how far did we go with the emu scene?! Was i away that long?! Living under a rock as they say?! lol

It's really more a presentation of what the 3DS is capable of, there's not much practical use since it's slow af and DOSBox isn't really designed/supported to run DOS-based windows in the first place.

 

[DutchyDutch]

It's really more a presentation of what the 3DS is capable of, there's not much practical use since it's slow af and DOSBox isn't really designed/supported to run DOS-based windows in the first place.

Will it ever be more optimized, to run at full speeds? (Maybe trough a different way instead of DOSBox)

 

[Pandaxclone2]

Will it ever be more optimized, to run at full speeds? (Maybe trough a different way instead of DOSBox)

It's doubtful that anyone would pursue this anymore than what's already here. Unless there was somebody who really really REALLY wanted this and was also a good coder.

 

[Diego Liberal]

It's really more a presentation of what the 3DS is capable of, there's not much practical use since it's slow af and DOSBox isn't really designed/supported to run DOS-based windows in the first place.

The DS had DSx86, a dos emu. I don't see why the 3DS couldn't have one too. I used this DSx86 to run a few dos games and it wasn't that bad, but the coder moved to another deevices to keep up this emu years ago.

 

[xxangelxx]

http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/DSblog.html

He is trying to port dsx86 to 3ds, but no progress.

 

[Pandaxclone2]

The DS had DSx86, a dos emu. I don't see why the 3DS couldn't have one too. I used this DSx86 to run a few dos games and it wasn't that bad, but the coder moved to another deevices to keep up this emu years ago.

But can that emu run dos-based windows without much problems? Unless it gives support for that then speed will be the least of your problems. Sure it'll run DOS games fine, but a DOS OS is a bit more complex than just a DOS game.

 

[Boured]

I wonder how Bill Gates would react to these running on a N3DS.

Either way this is cool.

 

[zazor5000]

I'm running WIN95 but how can i get mouse and keyboard work ?

 

[Deleted User]

What retroarch emulator does it run on?

 

[Pandaxclone2]

I'm running WIN95 but how can i get mouse and keyboard work ?

What retroarch emulator does it run on?

Here is the .3dsx of Retroarch build 1.3.3. It's in the dosbox_libretro folder. You could use the latest stable at this time (1.3.6) but it's not recommended since the screen tears and there may be a few other bugs.

The mouse is used by moving the c-stick and clicking is done with the shoulder buttons. As for keyboard I can't quite remember which does what but you can only use a certain amount of keys at this time like the D-Pad is arrow keys and Select/Start (Not sure which) is Enter.

 

[Deleted User]

The mouse is used by moving the c-stick and clicking is done with the shoulder buttons. As for keyboard I can't quite remember which does what but you can only use a certain amount of keys at this time like the D-Pad is arrow keys and Select/Start (Not sure which) is Enter.

And how that answers my question...?

 

[Pandaxclone2]

And how that answers my question...?

My own quote in my post answers your question. The emulator linked there will run Windows 3.1/95/8 provided you know how to make/obtain the image.