/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6901837
Playing Skies of Arcadia on the Redream now. Since the emulator doesn't support VMU display, will I be losing too much without it?

>>6901837
Why would you not?

>>6901839
Why Redream, it sucks. You should use the flycast core on Retroarch.

>>6901862
Redream runs better on my machine and I don't really like Retroarch. Also, the standalone version of flycast is kind of confusing. Nonetheless, it would be pointless to change now.

>>6901837
Assuming burning discs is a non-issue, is there any really good reason to go ODE vs old fashioned mil-cds? Are there any games where something worthwhile got cut or drastically gimped to fit in 700mb?

>>6901837
>that gjel plate
How do you do, russkiy fellow? Is retro good for you?

>>6901945
Sometimes but mostly it's just really cumbersome. There is no future in optical systems without a io solution, the only question is how long to wait.

>>6901837
Looks very gay. You should do it OP.

>>6901839
>being retarded now wut do?
An hero. Literally fucking why?

>>6901837
>Should I do this to my Dreamcast?
Keep your DC untouched as long as the disc drive works. Buy a cheap DC with a fucked disc drive and use that as your GDEmu sled.

That way you don't have to give up playing official games, and can prolong the life of your disc drive instead of wearing it down playing CD-Rs.

>>6902025
Glad I'm taking the right course of action.

>>6901837
I did it to mine and it works well but I would recommend sticking to cdrs until your laser dies.

>>6901984
>>being retarded now wut do?
>An hero. Literally fucking why?
I didn't knew :(

>>6901945
There are a couple games missing music and other assets you might miss if you are fond of the game. I went out of my way to buy Shenmue and Rush 2049 for that reason.

>>6901945
Who wants to burn 250 cds

>>6901837
Ooof literally just sold mine. Do it anon. It's the easiest hardware mod for anything i can think of and is so nice. Just remember to get a bunch of vmus

>>6902565
The biggest dreamcast game I've gotten on a burnt disc was skies of arcadia. Nothing seems taken out, all I can notice is the compressed music. Not sure about other games, I always assumed SoA was one of the bigger games for the dreamcast

>>6901839
Not really, the VMU does however beep whenever you get close to those things to rank up that one character fina(i think) has with her, also has that minigame pintaquest

>>6902778
*20 good GDs

Do these work with multidisc games? Is there any extra setup required for them?

>>6901945
>is there any really good reason to go ODE vs old fashioned mil-cds?
You don't wear down disc drives, and you can play games that don't otherwise need to cut content such as music tracks to fit on a CD.

>>6901837
just burn your cdr's like a man or dont bother. i see shit like this on my timeline and i immediately feel a disgusting hard pit in my stomach seeing people rape and desecrate their dreamcasts by removing their lasers. sd-cards and dreamcasts are like putting ketchup on an icecream cone.

>>6903705
There's something to be said for never having to buy old disks that will eventually fail and lasers that will fail far before that. Having a system with no moving parts that will last much longer and doesn't require cases of burned games and dealing with bad rips/compressed DC games that don't like to load correctly.

>>6901945
from greatest to least importance:
faster load times
adding more files to an SD card is more convenient than burning discs even if burning discs is trivial
you can find TOSEC rips of pretty much any game or software and it will just werk, if something ultra obscure doesn't have a CDI rip it's no problem
no more downsampled sound or videos, though most downsampled sound is passable over TV speakers
some game rips remove languages and have no rips with them intact, can be torture if you want to use non-english text or voices
web browsers included with games usually get ripped and they're fun to look through if you're autistic

>>6903705
>take out disc drive, which is held in with a few screws and connected with one plug
>set it aside in a cabinet
>could put it back whenever i wanted, would take less than 10 minutes to swap
my poor raped and desecrated dreamcast

>Playing Dreamcast but without the cd drive's noises
cringe

>>6903270
I think every ODE device for the Dreamcast will play most multi disc games without trouble. D2 used to be the only game ODEs struggled with. I'm unsure which ones now work. Setup depends on which device you get. the USB-GDROM and the upcoming MODE are drag-and-drop, while I'm pretty sure the GDEMU requires file name manipulation and the use of a program to get games onto it.

>>6901837
I'd pick up a second dreamcast with a dead laser and mod it instead.

>>6901945
I've got DC with no GDs and a bunch of CD-Rs. First CD-R that I burned was missing music entirely (Sega Rally 2). CD-Rs from a lot were missing some music, too.
For the price of chink GDEmu it really isn't big of a deal, when CDI are lottery.

>>6903819
i saw someone speculate D2's only problem was how quickly the GDEMU switched discs, which is configurable, but i never heard back if someone tried it with higher values.
i haven't played D2 because i don't play dub-only games, but when messing with the parameters i saw setting it too low broke disc switching in pop'n music games, but other uses of disc swapping still worked.

>>6903819
>I'm pretty sure the GDEMU requires file name manipulation and the use of a program to get games onto it
it requires name manipulation, but not a specific program, that program just automates the naming and mods the menu software to load faster.

>>6903884
Strange that you've had so many problems. I've burned a dozen or so using good quality discs and the only one I had any problems with was The Last Blade 2. Second copy of the game that I burned was fine.

>>6903898
I've decided on GDEmu before DC even got to me. Was even sort of glad to run into problems with CDIs immediately.

>>6903909
I like the idea of the GDEmu. I'm just too cheap to buy one.

>>6903920
They're like $35, just how cheap are you?

>>6903929
An actual GDemu is like $150.

>>6903920
Have you even seen the price?
Finding good quality CDs will be equal or more expensive.

just a reminder that a cheaper alternative exists. It's not perfect but you keep your disc reader.

>>6903937
Why the hell would you buy an official one? The chink clones work just as well for a quarter of the price.

>>6903937
If you tried to find one, then you'd knew there's no "actual". The "real" deal is forever out of stock and cost is autistic.
I'd say even the recent update don't worth that price.

>>6903940
Anon, this is are abomination and not an alternative.

>>6903943
Yeah but then I have to give chinks money. I hate giving chinks money.

>>6903951
Also, the cost in tools required will be a lot higher than even the real GDEmu.

>>6903956
Who cares who receives your money if you need something?
You are an idiot.

>>6903964
>Who cares who receives your money
I care because I hate chinks.

>>6903963
Blatant lie. If you already have a soldering iron and a spare IDE it literally cost nothing. Else nothing more than 20$.
Shut the fuck shill.

>>6903937
virtually everyone buys the chink clone not only because it works 99% the same, but because the creator showed his true colors as an anti-consumer cunt once the clones came out.
most people just care about the price, but the cuntiness is why you might see high-brow ecelebs that never use clones advocating for the clones. moralfags also don't object to the clones because despite their existence, the originals still consistently sell out in minutes.

>>6903986
>If you already have
Anon, you are an autistic.
Why general masses would have an solder iron, an ancient type of cable, and where will they even get experience with it? And you forgot you also need a drill.
Trying to find someone who'll make it for you will take so much more time and money, and also kill integrity of case of console, that it just not worth it.

GDEmu and 64/128GB card will cost pennies in comparison and result.

>>6903986
Did they ever fix CDDA?

>>6902025
It's not like you have to throw the drive away when you put the gdemu in. It doesn't even require soldering, you just unplug the old one and plug in the new one.

Do it. It's extremely convenient, let's you use actual game dumps instead of CDI dumps, and extremely easy to install/non destructive; you just unscrew and unplug the laser, plug in the ode.
>>6903705
I feel a disgusting hard pit in my stomach seeing people rape their lasers using CD-Rs to play inferior dumps. Just don't toss the old laser if you want to play official discs. But there's no reason not to use an ode over CD-Rs if you're already pirating shit.

>>6904002
> ancient type of cable
computer illiterate retard detected

>>6904201
The only detection here is your retardation in calculations of costs of GDEmu and IDE modification of DC.

GDEMU chad here.

Should I get one of those chink Pico PSUs? Any issues with them?

>>6903940
I’d like to know more about this option. Shame I passed on a sealed 500gb pata drive at the thrift shop last week.

>>6904364
Not if your's stock is still kicking.
Only get them if you have a mismatch in volts or stock is fried beyond repair. Bad caps isn't beyond.

>>6904367
Literally the same functions and speed wise.
128GB in GDEmu will be more than enough to have every worthwhile release on DC.
That drive will be more at home in PS2 or Xbox.

>>6904367
you solder the ide cable direcly on the gd drive or use a pcb for a cleaner job. Once done you install dreamshell on your HDD and boot either with a burned CD launcher or a flashed bios. The compatibility is great with the last gen of ide hard drives (size > 120GB) but as >>6904004 said the biggest drawback are CDDA games. Right now native CDDA features can't be called so an in memory software is used to emulate them. Works for some games but it is far from a stable solution.

Idk if its just me, but there really is no reason to install that shit. Unless y'know, your gonna play 10+ different games or do something else etcetera with it.

I already happened to have blank CDs laying around and even then I only burned like 5 discs for the dreamcast. Costed me nothing, just a bit of time.

>>6903938
Never bought any to burn, always just had some blanks around. Don't even know if their "good quality", they just work and thats good enough for me.

>>6904653
>but there really is no reason to install that shit.
ODE's are made so you can play your shit in the future, that gd-drive ain't gonna last another 20 years of abuse. If your drive works great, if it doesn't then ODE's exist and that's great.

>>6904370
>128GB in GDEmu will be more than enough to have every worthwhile release on DC.
What if anon isn't an EOP who only plays games he heard about on youtube?

>>6904653
Play 10+ different games on a console? Are there even that many Mario and Zelda games for the DC?

Everyone just ignore the zoomer tard, hopefully it will go away.

>>6905774
>What if anon isn't an EOP who only plays games he heard about on youtube?
Then why he would even need help?
And I'm sure you know many more worthwhile games not listed in picrelated.

>>6901837
What is the best emulator for Dreamcast?

>>6905825
D2 sucked and I'm sick of people hyping up that hack's games purely because they're obscure and he died a few years ago. Get a life holy shit.
>hey look at me i play super obscure lame games for hipster nerd cred
Christ. Fucking losers...

>>6905880
(You)

>>6905884
Take your shitpost back to /v/ where it belongs and bring your taste with you.

>>6905870
HKT-3030

>>6906037
I'm not going to buy a Dreamcast. It's way expensive on my country

>>6906039
How much are you speaking?

>>6906048
1k

>>6905880
>D2 sucked and I'm sick of people hyping up that hack's games purely because they're obscure and he died a few years ago. Get a life holy shit.
D2? No one talked about it.
>Christ. Fucking losers...
What are you trying to say here?

>>6906060
1k what?

>>6906068
On my currency. In dollars it would be like 100 US$. My best bet is to buy one in amazon

>>6906079
I'm sure you could haggle it lower in person.

>>6906093
Console is a big rarity in here. I don't think that would work. On amazon, however, I can get an american by half the price. But then again, corona is still thing, so I don't know how long would it take to deliver.

>>6901837
Enough about GD-EMU, children. Play some games

What's the best cable to use with an Ossc? I bought a generic vga one and it doesn't do too bad, but I would like something better.

>>6906272
https://retro-access.com/products/dreamcast-15khz-31khz-480i-480p-scart-cable

>>6906417
Thanks man! I've been looking around, but wasn't too sure what to get.

>>6903705
>destroy youre gd drive goyim

>>6901837
Been thinking about getting one of these now that the drive in my unit is going bad and I ain't replacing that shit again, but I heard that it's a huge problem ordering one and getting it through with the guy, and then a long wait to have it arrive.

Got a clone off ebay then complained it didn't work and the guy gave me half my money back so £17.50 ain't bad at all

>>6906427
That thing is forever out of stock.
VGA from chinks is flawless to my surprise.
For CRT I remade scart cable from chinks with better wires and made it use csync instead of composite.

>>6906631
The site lists exactly when it will be in stock. You just have to not miss the window.

>>6905825
Because knowing a second language doesn't magically make you know how to ghetto wire a HDD to a console? The fuck you smoking kid?

>>6901837
Not unless you have a model 2 system that can't read discs. Are there enough dreamcast exlucives to warrant this anymore?

>>6906724
what

>>6901837
lol it looks chinese

>>6903705
>timeline
go back

>>6906739

>>6901945
CD rips have degraded assets, usually most noticeable in audio samples/music but sometimes textures. a GD-ROM is around a GB so you're losing almost 300-400mb of space burning CDs. Regardless, GDemus are cheap as hell now, the only annoying thing is having to be sure to get a good rip of the library like tosec's

>>6901837
>tfw max payne was originally be released to the Dreamcast
Ugh, what could have been

>>6908259
a shit port like the PS2 one?

>>6909210
Just imagine

>>6903940
Can't say I'd recommend this, as a 3.5" HDD requires an extra 8 watts the power supply was not designed to handle. A 2.5" HDD uses less than half that BTW.

>>6901837
ODEs >>>>>>>>>>>>>> discs

>>6901837
Absolutely. Probably the single best thing you can get for your dreamcast.

>>6901837

I did it and it rules. Yes.

>>6903970
Then proceed to spend a lot of money for no reason other then your a racist prick

>>6903986
I have a suspicion more people own screwdrivers then soldering irons and ancient HDD cables