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    La GameCube, on la connaît pour avoir fait tourner la meilleure version de Smash Bros et pour son look de petit cube vaguement "rectangulaire". Mais on ne la connait pas vraiment pour faire tourner un système d'exploitation de bureau du milieu des années 90. Et pourtant, une bande de bidouilleurs emmenée par Rairii (alias Wack0), épaulé par NTx86 et stonedDiscord, s'est amusée à virer les jeux pour loger un vrai Windows NT là-dedans. Oui, le vrai NT de Microsoft. Merveilleux non ? Et le plus be
     

Windows NT sur GameCube - Parce que pourquoi pas

19 juin 2026 à 03:29

La GameCube, on la connaît pour avoir fait tourner la meilleure version de Smash Bros et pour son look de petit cube vaguement "rectangulaire". Mais on ne la connait pas vraiment pour faire tourner un système d'exploitation de bureau du milieu des années 90.

Et pourtant, une bande de bidouilleurs emmenée par Rairii (alias Wack0), épaulé par NTx86 et stonedDiscord, s'est amusée à virer les jeux pour loger un vrai Windows NT là-dedans. Oui, le vrai NT de Microsoft.

Merveilleux non ?

Et le plus beau, c'est que ce n'est même pas de l'émulation, c'est carrément un portage natif. Le truc que j'ignorais, c'est qu'à une époque Microsoft avait sorti une version PowerPC de Windows NT, du temps où le système supportait encore des architectures un peu exotiques. Or la GameCube tourne justement sur un processeur PowerPC, le fameux Gekko.

Les deux étaient donc faits pour se rencontrer, et il ne manquait qu'un type assez taré pour les marier. Le projet s'appelle entii-for-workcubes , et il ne s'arrête pas à la GameCube. Vous pouvez aussi le booter sur une Wii, sur une Wii Mini (qui réclame quand même un petit hardmod pour la carte SD), et même dans le mode vWii de la Wii U.

Petit retour en arrière quand même pour les plus jeunes... Dans les années 90, Windows NT n'était pas du tout le truc Windows-x86-only qu'on connaît aujourd'hui. Il tournait sur MIPS, sur DEC Alpha, sur PowerPC, parce que Microsoft voulait un OS portable, qui ne soit pas marié à un seul fabricant de puces. L'histoire a tranché en faveur du x86 et tout le reste est tombé dans l'oubli. Sauf que ces vieux binaires PowerPC existent toujours, et c'est ce qui rend ce hack possible 25 ans plus tard.

Pour l'installer, vous balancez une image ISO de NT 3.51 ou 4.0 sur une carte SD, vous chargez le loader via Swiss sur GameCube ou via le Homebrew Channel sur Wii, et vous vous laissez guider par l'installeur de NT comme en 1996.

C'est une version assez dégradée, mais parfaitement fonctionnelle de l'expérience poste de travail d'époque. Le seul vrai casse-tête, c'est la saisie. La GameCube n'a jamais eu de clavier digne de ce nom, donc il faut ruser avec des méthodes de saisie à la manette. À moins de mettre la main sur une de ces rarissimes manettes GameCube qui planquaient un clavier complet en plein milieu. Oui oui, ça a vraiment existé.

Maintenant, ne vous attendez pas non plus à un miracle car tout ne fonctionne pas. Pas de réseau, pas de son non plus. Et le bus EXI est lent de fou, donc ça traîne franchement sur les accès disque côté GameCube. Le pilote graphique GDI tourne également avec du code pas optimisé pour un sou, le branchement à chaud de l'USB n'est pas géré, et le système peut planter au redémarrage de temps en temps. Bref, c'est un poste de travail des années 90 sur un jouet des années 2000, avec les compromis qui vont avec.

À noter d'ailleurs que ce hack n'est pas tout frais, la dernière version date de mars 2025. C'est juste qu'il refait surface en ce moment, et je pense qu'il le mérite. La Dreamcast affichait fièrement "Compatible with Microsoft Windows CE" imprimé sur sa coque, la GameCube vient de la rattraper par la petite porte. Et détourner une console pour lui faire avaler un OS qui n'a rien à y faire, ça reste un grand classique, avec le hack qui a fait tourner Linux sur la PS5 et tous ceux qui font tourner Half-Life sur un Nokia de 2007 ou un jeu Mega Drive depuis un vinyle ...

Évidemment, faire tourner Windows NT sur une GameCube ça ne sert strictement à rien, à part pour le challenge et la frime, ça présente donc peu d'intérêt, mais c'est rigolo de voir que ça reste possible. Et c'est pour ça aussi que j'adore ça !

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