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Dreamcast Woes

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by nathan19872009, Jul 12, 2009.

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  1. nathan19872009

    nathan19872009 Member

    Can anyone help? im trying to find a good dreamcast emulator? ive tried a few eg chankast, but i cant get any to work, ive got the plugins and bios etc but just cant seem to get it to run, i have other working emulators, no$gba, epsxe and pcsx2 if anyone can give me a hand id be grateful as i long for the days of sega gt and carrozeria lol :)
     
    nathan19872009, Jul 12, 2009
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  2. MadmanNero

    MadmanNero Well-Known Member

    Might be easier for you to locate the actual system and download the isos and burn them off.
     
    MadmanNero, Jul 12, 2009
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  3. MikeLanglois

    MikeLanglois Member

    You've got the bios for chankast? Where did you get them from? Iv looked everywhere lol

    You mean dc_bios.bin and dc_flash.bin right?
     
    MikeLanglois, Jul 12, 2009
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  4. nathan19872009

    nathan19872009 Member

    yea thats what i meant, ive got a dreamcast console but im not technically minded enough to figure out how to get the bios from it lol so any help in that dept too would be handy :) also why im here im stuck on zelda on ds, im using no$gba but i have to shut the ds lid to open a door, any thoughts? thanks guys!! (and gals!!) :)
     
    nathan19872009, Jul 15, 2009
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  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    just burn the image and play it on the dreamcast?
     
    Loonylion, Jul 16, 2009
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  6. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    only certain dc's can play them-and the games themselves are simerlar to gc games (need special burning methods)...

    What I heard is that a cd drive can't read all of the data off a dc game, but prehaps burning may be easier-I'd google it-though I kinda gave up on the whole dreamcast thing-though it would be worth it once you got it working :)



    Easy enough to find-google it-I even found a guide to turn the bios from pal to nstc XD
     
    mds64, Jul 16, 2009
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  7. Natewlie

    Natewlie A bag of tricks

    Actually playing DC games on a Dreamcast is almost as simple as burning the game on a disc and playing it on the Dreamcast. One of the easiest systems to pirate with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6OBP77YP4
    I think you need to burn a boot disc first, but still damn easy.

    Look around on torrent sites for nullDC. It's the most recently updated, and it'll come with the bios and flash. I might just put it up for you and host it so it works. The latest version does not support Joystick support so playing Jet Set Radio is a no. Here you go

    If you have a Dreamcast, follow the first method, playing with the actual console is always a million times better than playing it on an emulator.
     
    Natewlie, Jul 16, 2009
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    not true, you only need the special method to make the game self booting; and thats as simple as having the right program and a CD burner thats on the compatibility list for the program. Just about all DCs can play copied games without a chip.

    Not true, and again it is as simple as the right program and a compatible CD drive.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 16, 2009
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  9. insanecrazy07

    insanecrazy07 Well-Known Member

    All you need is Padus Discjuggler and specific burn settings, which can easily be looked up.
    You might need a boot disc for some games, but that's rare.
     
    insanecrazy07, Jul 16, 2009
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  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    You also need a CD writer drive on discjuggler's compatibility list. For people that dont have one and dont know which to get, the Lite-On LTR-52327S is compatible, cheap and a very nice CDRW drive.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 16, 2009
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