{"id":84873,"date":"2016-01-04T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84873"},"modified":"2016-01-04T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T10:48:58","slug":"windows-95-running-on-the-nintendo-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/84873-windows-95-running-on-the-nintendo-3ds","title":{"rendered":"Windows 95 running on the Nintendo 3DS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consoles are always jailbroken at some point, the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84467-the-ps4-may-have-just-been-jailbroken.html\" target=\"_blank\">PS4 being the most recent example<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers are always finding ways to exploit consoles, it&#8217;s an inevitability really, and one hacker in particular has managed to get Windows 95 to run on the Nintendo 3DS \u2013 in this case the New 3DS.<\/p>\n<p>Going by the name\u00a0shutterbug2000, what this hacker has essentially done is turn the Nintendo 3DS into a mini-PC of sorts, neat.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Windows 95 only runs on the New 3DS because the older model of the handheld doesn&#8217;t quite have the hardware to handle the operating system. Consider the New 3DS to be the critical mass required to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about how the whole process\u00a0works\u00a0by reading <a href=\"http:\/\/gbatemp.net\/threads\/windows-on-the-new-3ds.407756\/\" target=\"_blank\">this thread<\/a>, and for more updates you can take a look <a href=\"http:\/\/gbatemp.net\/threads\/windows-95-on-n3ds.407539\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The videos below include the 3DS running not only Windows 95 but also Windows 98 and Windows 3.1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZTwTeFj9Ps\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSoGx6h7P5w\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, given how popular ultra-small PCs are at the moment, everyone is going crazy over this development, especially on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1165155\" target=\"_blank\">NeoGAF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s partially because it very likely means pirated games are readily playable on the device, and soon.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about all these developments? 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