Windows 96 emulates the user interface of Windows 9x for those nostalgic for older versions of the operating system. Windows 96 runs entirely in a web browser. You can even install and play DOOM.
Windows 96 never existed between Windows 95 and Windows 98. However, Microsoft had indeed started working on the project which was then dubbed Windows Nashville. Ultimately, Windows 96 had been discontinued to make way for Windows 97 which became Windows 98. Nevertheless, this does not prevent Windows 96 from seeing the light of day today, 25 years later.
Two developers are behind this ambitious project. They created Windows 96 in JavaScript that runs entirely in a web browser. You can try it yourself by clicking this link. The site is free and you don’t have to download anything when using this fan-made Windows 96.
Windows 96 is the spiritual successor to Windows 93
This Windows 96 will surely please fans classic versions of Windows. Moreover, they will not all appreciate the new Windows 11 that you will not be able to install on an incompatible PC because of Microsoft. According to the creators, Windows 96 is a web-based operating system that emulates the Windows 9x user interface. The site was created by two people during a school theater performance and it was inspired by windows93.net “.
We had already introduced you to the version of Windows 93 which also ran online a few years ago. Windows 96 therefore uses the same principle with a little more modernity. It should also be remembered that Windows 96 remains above all a parody. You can open the start menu, documents, recycle bin and more, but that’s not all.
Installing and playing DOOM in Windows 96 is possible
Indeed, you can also use a Linux-style package manager to install programs and applications. There is for example the shareware version of DOOM, the demo of Half-Life: Uplink and even Windows 95 which you can emulate with DOSBox. The two developers have therefore in turn succeeded in the famous challenge “Can it run DOOM? “. Recently, a hacker played DOOM on a $10 IKEA smart light bulb.
So you can run Windows 95 which is a real operating system inside Windows 96 which is a fake OS, all inside Google Chrome. It’s a bit the same principle as the Minecraft mod that allows you to emulate Windows 95 and play DOOM on a PC block in the game.
Source : gaming pc
