Installing Windows 95 on a 3ds and Trying to Make Music with it

[@metrabyte03]

I’m gonna try upgrading it to 98 and then xp hopefully. Stick around for a video on that possibly lol

[@Zomboy4313]

I don’t think DosBox supports XP, and if it does your 3DS won’t have enough RAM :(. I’d love you to prove me wrong tho

[@metrabyte03]

@@Zomboy4313 you may unfortunately be right, as the max ram I was able to allocate in this version of dosbox seemed to be 32mb. Although my 3ds has 256mb (new model). We shall see though

[@cooolgamer-vanced]

@@metrabyte03 the new 3ds has a system mode allowing more ram to be allocated for the application, you need to change some flags of the app. It only works with the .cia version, I tried with .3dsx and it crashes

[@RainbowIsDark]

PLEASE enable swap/page file inside the windows next time so it wouldn't crash anything due to insufficient ram

[@TheCoolDave]

If you can't really run Windows 95 very well on it, how do you expect to run XP? Interesting to see. Is there an option for the PSP or Vita for dos box? those retro consoles might have enough power to run XP or even a hair higher...

[@pigletshut]

Nintendo, if you won't allow Windows to run 3DS, we'll run Windows ON 3DS. Either way, you ain't getting a friggin' yen out of this.

[@mr.cantillasz1912]

😂😂😂

[@zedorda1337]

FYI - With Win95 it is common to have errors and require several reboots to get the install to finish on odd hardware. Because it uses a pass/fail process of reboots to find settings and drivers that work.

[@metrabyte03]

@@zedorda1337 that makes sense why it happened to work that one time lol

[@CheeseZombieo]

@@metrabyte03 Surely before Plug n Play. The days of IRQ conflicts and dinosaur ISA cards. Windows has come along way. The good old days.

[@GreyValen]

Windows PC users: trying to emulate 3ds 3DS users:

[@bananachild1936]

Now THIS is the kind of masochistic hobby I like to spend my free time on

[@legenberry3217]

Was this completely unnecessary? Yes. Was this awesome? Also yes.

[@metrabyte03]

@@legenberry3217 Will I do it again with another device? Yes. Will it take an enormous amount of time? Also yes. Lmao, I’m glad you enjoyed this insanity

[@cocsmuggler6984]

​@metrabyte03 This insanity was fun to sit through. I would do this myself, but I only have an original 3ds model.

[@stefanolassandro886]

Very funny but still interesting video. I've always dreamed, as a tiny innocent child, my 3DS could also become my personal computer. Now it can kinda be...

[@metrabyte03]

@@stefanolassandro886 thank you!! Now you can have the world’s slowest windows 95 machine right in your pocket. Ready for you to sort of draw a picture and watch it crash before your eyes lol

[@stefanolassandro886]

@@metrabyte03 ahah I couldn't have asked for more xD

[@zues121510]

I mean, if you have the money a GPD Win or whatever it's called , runs windows 11, can emulate 3ds and more

[@metrabyte03]

True, although I mainly did this for the silly nature of having windows on my 3ds lol

[@zues121510]

@@metrabyte03 wasn't criticising the idea, just pointing out you can sorta have the same form factor but still have the modern PC experience :)

[@MrHuuuu]

Hey that dosbox version looks familliar! Glad you're having fun?! with it! ❤

[@metrabyte03]

@@MrHuuuu DEV IN CHAT! Seriously though, thank you for making this :)

[@AdamProHecker]

Yo Mr huuuuuu Could you help me, when i click start to launch the dosbox 3ds thing it tells me "cant allocate memory of 16MB"

[@metrabyte03]

@@AdamProHecker do you have an old 3ds or a “new” one with the circle nub like mine?

[@AdamProHecker]

@@metrabyte03 i on an o2ds

[@AdamProHecker]

@@metrabyte03 but i fixed it so dw

[@amymagdaleneta]

Next step, change DOSBox's CPU emulation settings

[@metrabyte03]

I checked some of these settings just now on my pc and tested it. Oh my god I could have saved so much time by it not taking literal centuries to load

[@TheLastSheikah]

It's funny that you keep saying how badly the installation was going, when without seeing it in real time this looks ten times as successful as I would have expected

[@metrabyte03]

@@TheLastSheikah The hilarious reality is that there is 3-4 hours of uncut footage of it just sitting there loading and crashing lmao. It truly felt like insanity in the moment. The rush of happiness when it finally worked was something to behold

[@frokfrdk]

This is so oddly specific... good!

[@_lun4r_]

Hi This comment should be the top comment

[@Vuknovic_04]

Yo wsg

[@rayyanisgoated]

How did you install windows 11 on a windows phone

[@learnt2love]

The amount of effort put into this video is baffling. Painful amounts of effort and dedication. So much of this video is awe inspiring.

[@metrabyte03]

@@learnt2love thank you! :)

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

One thing that you did not realize is that it’s because in a real PC running Windows 95 you actually need the actual install DVD inserted in the optical disc drive in order to even run the program and make the options in the welcome to Windows 95 program work.

[@TehOneTrewIdjut]

Ummm, DVD? Nah. It was a CD. It also came on 13 or 14 floppy disks (I still have mine somewhere, the cd and the floppy disks). I think the first windows install to come on DVD was 7. No, no. It was definitely Vista, or as it was called in the early days before it was released, Longhorn. I’m getting old. Bear with me. Even then, you don’t need an actual CD or DVD, just software to emulate a CD or DVD or mount a disc image (pretty sure that’s what’s going on here. Even if it isn’t, we had folders on drives we’d plug into the parallel port in those days). Depends entirely on use case. Not picking on you, just sharing my ancient knowledge.

[@cathacker13]

I know what it means when it says that a program has done an illegal operation, but in my brain i still imagined that the screensaver stole someone's kidneys and ran away

[@metrabyte03]

Lmao that’s hilarious

[@grav3yardshawty]

i did not realize until i finished the video that i wasn’t on a channel with like 70k subs, great video

[@metrabyte03]

@@grav3yardshawty Thank you!!

[@pocketsizedweeb]

As somebody who daily drived a Linux install on the Switch for a few months, I appreciate these weird install videos.

[@metrabyte03]

@@pocketsizedweeb How did that even go? What distro did you put on it, steamos? Oh my god if I mod my switch I hope I can put steamos on it lmao (Edit) oh wait the switch is arm isn’t it?

[@cooolgamer-vanced]

I love to see people experimenting with the 3ds in 2024, keep it up! I really liked your video ^^

[@AutisticFloppa]

Me too!

[@AutumnGarnet]

Joystick adapters used to be integrated into the sound card, so that's why it installed alongside the Sound Blaster.

[@metrabyte03]

@@AutumnGarnet ahh.. forgot about that lol

[@SWISS-1337]

24k views with 500~ subs, nice. Good luck with your channel. I remember windows 95. I used to play about with it as well as windows 98 and XP as a child. I was born 1990 so although it was quite old by the time I was 8-10 I still remember installing Windows 95, hating it and trying windows 98, hating it less then moving back to XP. I also had the cleanest install of Windows XP on the planet, as I'd reinstall the OS whenever it started to get slow, which for me as the first Zoomer, it felt slow very quickly. I must have been one of the first kids to also play games on my PC whilst watching TV, which is the norm now. My kids watch KZbin in mini screen whilst playing games, so pretty normal now.

[@CheesE_BurgeR_MaN__]

this is the kinda stuff i wanna see in my yt rec

[@Pianarlton]

I love this concept!! I always thought about something like this and seeing it actually happen is so cool!

[@jadenpokemon8952]

Never thought I’d see a windows 95 blue screen of death on a 3ds xl.

[@skyshunts]

Putting windows on a 3ds is wild. You mad lad

[@metrabyte03]

@@skyshunts what’s even more wild is it is almost completely useless with how slow it is lmao. There are hours of footage of it just loading or booting up

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴ9]

@@metrabyte03 play minecraft on windows 95 plsss try man

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴ9]

@@metrabyte03 pls try minecraft on windos 95 pls i subbed

[@metrabyte03]

@@ٴٴٴٴٴٴ9 that’s a good idea! I have a plan to film a video doing that, or to at least try loll

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴ9]

@@metrabyte03 yay il watch it i betcha

[@jackrabbit1704]

I’m not sure how KZbin suggestions knew I needed this before even I knew I needed this. But it’s done me proud this time.

[@Andy.o52]

once every blue moon you find a video like this and its a gold mine

[@SraTacoMal]

Guy: "Copying files!" Windows: "Copying files..." Guy: "Copying... something!" For real, though, this vid made my day, and since it turned to 12 a.m. while I was watching, it made two of my days!

[@michaelh3588]

That blue desktop was nostalgic

[@AutisticFloppa]

Your content style is extremely entertaining keep it up dude it reminds me of bringus studios and micheal mjd!

[@metrabyte03]

@@AutisticFloppa thank you!! :) two of my favorite channels

[@Emeraldboy-rj5dx]

1:34 bro, sounds like Kermit

[@dude.tahts_crazy]

This guy is a descendant of DankPods, I swear. (subscribed)

[@ram10-]

And Michael MJD

[@TheGlitchyMario]

This is awesome! I’ve actually wanted to do this for a while! Gonna try getting Lego island working lol

[@metrabyte03]

@@TheGlitchyMario oh my god good luck lmao! I gotta see if I can even get doom running on here

[@TheGlitchyMario]

@@metrabyte03 I wish you luck! That would be cool if you can!

[@metrabyte03]

@@TheGlitchyMario thank you! I’m definitely posting a video if I can lol

[@turkey_sandwhich]

hi mattkc

[@dgan2304]

Kermit! 1:34

[@metrabyte03]

Its not easy being green

[@Eyclipse]

i knew i wasn’t the only one who heard that!

[@raisinmancereal]

I just found your comment. I just made a separate, same comment a few seconds ago. Totally enjoyed this video. I was hoping he’d try running Doom.

[@metrabyte03]

@@raisinmancereal I have plans for a part two of trying some games on here including doom. I’m sure it will run it at a blistering 3 fps!

[@saxophonescott94]

Just found this channel, awesome content keep up the good work!

[@metrabyte03]

@@saxophonescott94 thank you :)

[@Dylan_Lanckman]

that was the slowest session of Paint i've ever seen, and that includes my experience with early 2000's school computers 😂

[@metrabyte03]

@@Dylan_Lanckman ikr lmao

[@BanishforCost]

Underrated and undersubscribed ✅ keep up the good work!

[@metrabyte03]

@@BanishforCost thank you :)

[@SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff]

14:41 Nice Startup Sound

[@metrabyte03]

@@SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff Indeed, totally normal and not broken sound

[@SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff]

@@metrabyte03 lol

[@nexboygaming]

Jace this is one of the greatest music I ever heard

[@metrabyte03]

Thank you!

[@5stepsmusic]

Please also try FL Studio on this! 😂 (or "Fruity Loops" as it was called back then until Kellogs sent an angry letter lol) I bet it won't work either but it would still be fun to see how far it gets.

[@metrabyte03]

I'll add that to my part 2 list!

[@Tidus21Yuna]

damn, i forgot .. this brought memories..and nostalgia ..as i a kid in the 90s, this is what kind of pc i used back in the days, trying to do play Warcraft :D so nostalgic

[@TVFilmFriends]

Windows 7 on iOS / iPadOS kicks something in someone's behind.

[@metrabyte03]

@@TVFilmFriends I will most likely be installing windows on an iPhone eventually on this channel lol

[@TVFilmFriends]

@@metrabyte03 oh man, gosh darn it. That means I need to subscribe. Can't miss that. There's just no way. Edit (from 5 seconds into the future): Well, that's done. You're welcome. Thanks for the reply btw. Last I tried Windows 7 "Lite" it didn't work but in all fairness i was trying it on iPhone 8 which is "ancient".

[@metrabyte03]

Thank you :) I appreciate the sub! Oh great, I plan to do it on a 6s someone gave me lol. I can’t wait to burn my hands and wait for 7 hours

[@jacobgames3412]

Good quality video, it should be more popular

[@technautic-music]

Not sure what drove you to try this, but I love it!

[@desilul.9231]

When it starts yelling at you it sounds like it wants you to put your seat belt on

[@privatepuffy]

i remember those twilight cd's haha was pretty handy back in the day when internet wasn't really big yet

[@xSaintxSmithx]

This deserves more views!

[@metrabyte03]

@@xSaintxSmithx thank you :)

[@mateochannel523]

3:49 the 3DS went critical right when you said "lucky"

[@RichardVR45]

i might have to try this with my 3ds

[@garymf0ak170]

I came for the software shenanigans but stayed for the music - I'm assuming the tracks used are yours? Awesome! I need more.

[@metrabyte03]

Thank you!! Yes, all tracks used in these videos are made by me and more can be heard by searching "Jace Bray" on any music service :) The one you can hear the most in here should be in the description, content ID'd by KZbin lol. Some of the ones in this video aren't released yet though

[@sixmods]

now we're over here🔥

[@ultra98000]

underrated channel, i just subbed

[@metrabyte03]

@@ultra98000 thank you :)

[@greenknight9000]

I think I just found my newest obsession KZbinr...I'm gonna enjoy this series!

[@LogiDMA]

i bet this guy can do a mean kermit impression

[@metrabyte03]

I can lmao

[@_lun4r_]

0:43 this is DOSBox SVN, SVN refers to the fact that this is a Git version and should be newer than the release it was based upon

[@metrabyte03]

@@_lun4r_ Oh! Thank you for the info

[@thedungeondelver]

Greetings fellow Floridian. Glad you got power back - and have a subscription.

[@metrabyte03]

@@thedungeondelver Thank you :)

[@StrangelyIronic]

That amount of ram is fine for Win95; I've run it on a 386 with 8mb "just fine." Not ideal to say the least, but it looked like a Pentium compared to this, lol. Still love that boot track, even if it is crunchy.

[@gentuxable]

16:37 "Unableton to install."

[@xBrayL3]

Amazing video im interested to see where this channel goes

[@metrabyte03]

@@xBrayL3 thank you! I’m excited to see where this goes as well :) I plan to either put macOS on a steam deck next, or put windows 95 or 98 on my TV lol

[@5stepsmusic]

​@@metrabyte03 I like the TV idea lol Seems a bit more obscure and interesting imo.

[@zsideswapper6718]

The real Windows 95 Man.

[@CheeseZombieo]

In Windows 95, bit shifting would have been used in areas like memory management, hardware interfacing, and system-level operations where performance and efficiency were critical, especially given the hardware limitations of the era.

[@metrabyte03]

@@CheeseZombieo it unfortunately wouldnt even boot with the bit shifted versions of dosbox

[@tutacat]

You can use the builtin DOS. And you can use preinstalled windows images in DOSBox

[@hoteny]

Yay finally a video of this

[@Hiatric]

This is amazing. New subscriber right here!

[@metrabyte03]

@@Hiatric thank you!!

[@bootmii98]

It's gonna be fun making Guest Additions for the 3DS.

[@ddogg14]

elite-level content

[@mothcub]

incredible work

[@RamiCrafy]

Finally, from the creators of "Can I put linux on it" now we have "can I put windows on it". What's next? Mac?

[@rummik]

Funfact: you can hold alt and press the underlined letter instead of using tab repeatedly

[@metrabyte03]

I did actually know that but I don't think it was working properly at that moment of the video lol

[@johnathaan1]

Lmao it has a mouse button on the touch screen below the keyboard 😂

[@metrabyte03]

@@johnathaan1 That little middle button actually just shows the dosbox logo and shows and hides the tool bar down there

[@johnathaan1]

@@metrabyte03the button next to the keyboard button but below the space bar? Is a Dosbox button?????? The one that looks like a mouse….

[@johnathaan1]

@@metrabyte03I should probably mention I made that comment when you where navigating the install menus.

[@metrabyte03]

@@johnathaan1 ohhh yeah that’s a mouse button lol, it shows a track pad

[@johnathaan1]

@@metrabyte03 yeah lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@raisinmancereal]

1:34 hmm, almost Kermit the mounted…

[@xSKULLx90]

This video is amazing! You should try this with a modded Nintendo Switch if you have one.

[@metrabyte03]

@@xSKULLx90 thank you! I’ve definitely thought about it! I want to mod my switch so bad

[@ozzelot3349]

It installs the joypad driver because sound cards used to be the interface joypads connected through (with the Game Port).

[@metrabyte03]

@@ozzelot3349 ohh that’s right, completely slipped my mind lol

[@ozzelot3349]

@@metrabyte03 Also, I got a laptop here with 8MB of RAM and 95 runs fine on it, though I haven't tried Ableton (the laptop has no sound card, so there's not much of a point). I'm assuming the issue here is that the CPU emulated is either too weak, or the 3DS is too weak to emulate it well. (Probably the latter.)

[@metrabyte03]

@@ozzelot3349 that’s pretty cool! I think I’d like to get some real hardware and install windows 95 on it and actually get Ableton running. I think that would be interesting

[@WiiUGamePad]

DOSBox and Windows 95? Chaos.

[@Burgerman3455mc]

Nice vid. I subbed

[@RPGreg2600]

So funny to see Windows 95 in a 3DS.

[@Data4664]

Sick!

[@Its_ME_Nightmare]

Now do it on a Wii U also I just subbed love to see where you head.

[@metrabyte03]

@@Its_ME_Nightmare Thank you!! I think indows xp on a wii and windows 7 on a Wii U sounds like an interesting idea

[@Its_ME_Nightmare]

@@metrabyte03 Can you do linux on it maybe?

[@hippoheidinl]

ok but bubbles is my favorite win95 desktop background how dare you

[@LandonEmma]

Okay bro make a tutorial. We all need this

[@metrabyte03]

A guide I loosely followed can be found here: dosbox95.darktraveler.com/ but I may make a written guide in the future

[@LimusTG]

Turns out, hacking your 3ds is surprisingly easy to do.

[@bramble255]

I loved this video so much and I can't wait to see videos in the future of you putting win95 on other devices :D are you going to put it on the PSP or PS VITA at some point?

[@metrabyte03]

@@bramble255 thank you!! I will definitely give that a shot at some point. I think it would be even cooler to put windows 7 on the vita, but idk if that works yet lol

[@ZardoasLinux]

God work Warriors😊

[@LexiTurner-ec1bn]

18:30 best joke i heard today

[@hellohaveagoodday]

I love this stuff, please put your 3ds through more horror. I love the 3ds so much but since it can't run harvest moon gba i want it to suffer just a little bit

[@metrabyte03]

@@hellohaveagoodday there will absolutely be more 3ds suffering on this channel

[@Mrvideosandgames]

What's the Harvest Moon issue? Just about any GBA game should work when injected into Virtual Console, if you can get the save data configured correctly.

[@metrabyte03]

@@Mrvideosandgames Indeed

[@cherrybuds]

20x speed typing made me laugh out loud😂

[@jasong6501]

might be easier to read and a bit faster if set to lower res. this looked like it was drawing at a crazy high res. win95 was built with smaller low res displays in mind and should scale pretty well at something lower... unles you're already using I think 640x480 is official lowest

[@metrabyte03]

I sort of looked into trying to get it to go to a lower resolution, but gave up lol. It was actually running at 640x480 tho. The 3ds just has a super low res screen

[@reneablackheart9563]

13:56 It looks so concerned and afraid of what you're doing to the poor little guy

[@5speedfatty]

all the pain... all the suffering... every day we stray further and further from the tech gods... subbed, now lets see you get dsx86 to run 3.1 on an original ds phat EDIT: that noise is windows complaining about too many inputs... modern windows can be made to do it too... I.E. you are moving too fast for its tiny little brain to handle.

[@metrabyte03]

@@5speedfatty I do plan to mess with dsx86 on a dsi soon lol. That poor thing’s brain. And yeah, I figured about the sound lol. I’ve actually gotten my gaming pc to do that at some point.

[@5speedfatty]

Im here for it fam.

[@Margatroid]

You should try to find a way to render the Windows desktop in 3D, lol. Like with the windows nested behind one another. It would be a surreal experience!

[@JMFSpike]

Well, this is proof that it is at least *technically* possible. A guy could probably create a modified version of Windows 95 specifically for the 3DS if he really wanted to that would actually run well on it, but I don't think there are many people out there who'd be crazy enough to do it. But much like trying to connect a C64 to the internet, it's pretty much a waste of time. I mean, what are you going to do with Windows 95 on your 3DS? You'd show it off to your friends for 2 minutes to impress them and then never use it again.

[@metrabyte03]

Installing windows 95 on a 3ds is like plugging a monitor into a tree and expecting it to work lmao. It’s useless but funny. That being said, windows 98 is next

[@JMFSpike]

@@metrabyte03 LOL, I'll have to check it out. I would expect even more problems with that one, maybe even to the point where it's not even possible.

[@metrabyte03]

@@JMFSpike it will probably run the installer and that’s it lol

[@JMFSpike]

@@metrabyte03 I would try 3.0 after 98, because that one might actually run halfway decent. If it does, you should try some of the games like solitaire or 3D pinball space cadet.

[@metrabyte03]

@@JMFSpike that’s a great idea!

[@AGuyrandomstuff]

We got 3ds console running windows before GTA 6

[@HBP27]

1. Change cpu speed 2. Use w98 3. Use kernelex for """""modern""""""" support 4. Run minecraft

[@metrabyte03]

@@HBP27 I will look into this. Surely my 3ds won’t explode lmao

[@chumpycherry7332]

Best video ever !!!

[@jjasso75]

i am your 200 sub;]

[@metrabyte03]

@@jjasso75 WOOOO!! Woah that’s like 100 in day, thank you, and everyone else!!

[@lucarosania1358]

Yeah, now we can get Doom on 3DS!

[@AlejandroFerrariMc]

I love this!

[@metrabyte03]

@@AlejandroFerrariMc thank you :)

[@garyarmstrong7558]

nice content... thank you :-) 👽

[@metrabyte03]

@@garyarmstrong7558 thank you! :)

[@WinVisten]

Put it through hell. INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON IT.

[@metrabyte03]

IT WILL EXPLODE

[@joeofloath]

FWIW Sonic Foundry Acid works on Windows 95, I made quite a few bangers with it when I was a kid. (They were not bangers).

[@allansnelder3292]

subbed :)

[@metrabyte03]

Thank you! :)

[@garymerfdudegui9452]

Can you play doom on windows 95 on a Nintendo 3ds?

[@metrabyte03]

@@garymerfdudegui9452 good question. I gotta try this now lmao

[@Mercypac]

A

[@metrabyte03]

@@Mercypac AA

[@dirhi]

@@metrabyte03AAA