Dreamcast General

[Anonymous No.4702094]

News:
>Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver debug-menu-patch got released by japanese-cake. https://japanese-cake.livejournal.com/15587.html
>DreamPSU/SaturnPSU is available for preordering again! https://www.retropsu.com/store/
>GDEmu preorder was online for 3 minutes.
>USB-GDRom-Controller-seller is legit, albeit shady. You pay him, hear nothing and then receive your device.
>Opensource “iceGDRom”-board still in development. https://github.com/zeldin/iceGDROM/blob/master/README.md
>discussion thread https://assemblergames.com/threads/open-source-fpga-based-gdrom-emulator.62761/
>G1-ATA (IDE-Mod) has a questionable game compability.

Info:
Consoles with a “0” or a “1” are considered the best for playing burned backups.
>a vgabox isn’t needed, but makes switching between outputs easier, as some games don’t support VGA and can’t be forced to.
>Never plug in/pull out controllers while the console is on, you will damage the fuses in the controller ports and potentially kill it outright.
>be aware that the CMOS battery of your (newly bought) console probably will be dead. Not relevant for most of the games, a correct time setting makes playing games like seaman impossible. So either put in the date and time every time you start your console, or replace the battery with a new one. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Dreamcast+CMOS+Battery+Replacement/5020
>recommended program for burning games is Discjuggler.
>the image format for CD images is .cdi
>.gdi images are direct gd-rom dumps that can’t be burned to a CD.
>always use good dumps, like No-BS, for example, when burning.
>burned games are always region-free
>Every Dreamanon should get himself a DreamPi
>Setup guide: http://blog.kazade.co.uk/p/dreampi.html?m=1
>See who is online (and visible) here: http://dreamcast.online/now/

In other news:
>Stronghold 2 on Dreamcast was just an April fools joke https://youtu.be/ugBK8ktL77A [Open]

[Anonymous No.4702096]

Other useful links:
>pre-patched PSO for the sylverant-server
http://psopalace.sylverant.net/frameset.html
>DreamPi playtimes: http://www.dreamcastlive.net/mobile/schedule.html
>build your own pico-psu http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/dreamcast-psu-using-picopsu/
>add an internal VGA port to your Dreamcast http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/dreamcast-internal-vga-mod/
>add a regionfree bios to your Dreamcast, for playing legit imports or tricking legit games into VGA mode http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/sega-dreamcast-region-free-bios/
>get/build yourself a Serial-to-SD-Adapter for loading homebrew and (limited) games loading http://theisozone.com/tutorials/dreamcast/hardware-and-modding/how-to-buybuild-a-dreamcast-sandisk-adapter/
>How to download/burn yourself an utopia-bootdisc, to play out-of-region games on your console, without a bios-mod or flashchip https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/app.php/page/utopia
>recommended games with description
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Dreamcast

[Anonymous No.4702097]

[Anonymous No.4702102]

[Anonymous No.4702109]

OP is open to new ideas and/or requests.

[Anonymous No.4702129]

Objectively, if money doesn’t matter: Which one is better? The GDEmu or the USB-GDRom-Controller?

[Anonymous No.4702227]

>>4702109
I have a couple ideas that are old here but I guess are new to you
Limit your blogging to blog sites
Get your facts straight before posting

[Anonymous No.4702336]

This is probably a very stupid question but would it be possible to make the DC compatible with Saturn games?

[Anonymous No.4702357]

>>4702336
I imagine DC doesn't have much compatible hardware with Saturn. You'd have to write a saturn emulator for a DC if it doesn't already have one.

[Anonymous No.4702545]

>>4702227
>Get your facts straight before posting
Which facts aren’t?
>blogging
wat.jpg

[Anonymous No.4702747]

>>4702545
>Which facts aren’t?
The ones you got wrong silly
>wat.jpg
Blogging is what retarded attention whores do in the interwebs when they're limited to text mode. Case in point: your posts. It's the internets job to make fun of their failure. Not help them fix it so they can pretend to be less retarded next time. Case in point: my posts.

[Anonymous No.4702854]

>>4702129
the one you can actually order

[Anonymous No.4703310]

>>4702747
are you retarded, anon?

[Anonymous No.4703339]

>>4702094
>Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver debug-menu-patch got released by japanese-cake
Would it be possible to access the cut content or is that gone for god?

[Anonymous No.4703351]

>>4703339
Only fragments of planned content were included on the disc, and they were never fully complete, so it wouldn't really matter.

[Anonymous No.4703359]

>>4702336
That is a stupid question.

[Anonymous No.4703375]

Is there a retard's guide for burning Sega CD games? I apparently fucked up while burning Lunar and it hangs at cutscenes and nobody gives two fucking about the Sega CD so I don't know where to get help.

[Anonymous No.4703669]

Anyone here wanna buy an Akura hdmi box?

[Anonymous No.4703776]

>>4703310
I am not, reddit.

[Anonymous No.4703780]

>>4702094
>starting a dreamcast general
You're the reason why the rest of /vg/ wants dreamcast banned again. The dreamcast modding community is slow. Nothing ever goes on in these threads. It's mainly people asking "how is x ode?" "why is my music not playing on burned games?".
If people have a question about their dreamcast, they'll start a thread for it, or ask in a related thread already up. All you do by creating a general is attract people who want to feel special for owning the console. Why do you think there are no other regular console generals? Take the hint.

[Anonymous No.4703824]

>>4703780
Right now there's also a Saturn thread (which has been recurring and is similarly broad in scope to this one) and a fucking Wii thread (which is structured like a general, I don't know if it recurs though because I ignore such non-retro things).
I do think that they should stay away from calling this thread "Dreamcast General" though. Just say "Dreamcast thread" and paste the OP. Calling it a general is begging to piss someone (like you) off.

[Anonymous No.4703929]

>>4703780
You sound mad. I bet you have small hands.

[Anonymous No.4703942]

Just started to play shenmue 2. It asked me if i wanted to start a new game using a clear save file from shenmue 1. But it does not locate my cleared game file. Does the EU copy of shenmue 2 not read the save file of US shenmue 1?

[Anonymous No.4703971]

>>4702129
USB-GDRom

[Anonymous No.4704003]

>>4703824
Nah. They should just not post. We get enough ignorant kids parroting in every thread. We don't need that concentrated into one new thread for each console just so some faggot can tell his classmates he got hundreds of likes on the fourth channel.

[Anonymous No.4704020]

Dreamcast makes you gay. I haven't met a Dreamcast owner who wasn't gay, and now that I own one I struggle with being a faggot.

[Anonymous No.4704060]

>>4703942
Saves are normally region locked, but you can use Dream Explorer to hex edit the save's region flag and regenerate its internal checksum. There are guides online on how to do it.

It's pretty easy, but you're not missing anything if you don't carry a save over.

[Anonymous No.4704062]

>>4703971
USB-GDROM still has the ugly potato menu though. The gdemu menu fills me with jealousy.

I don't think he ever fixed disc swapping either, and my USB3 drive is never going to work properly with it. No major complaints other than those. I'm glad I got mine before he put the prices up though.

[Anonymous No.4704246]

So bit of a snag. Trying to burn DOA2LE and it's CDI over 700 megs.

[Anonymous No.4704250]

>>4704246

Forget I asked, it just worked

[Anonymous No.4704256]

>>4703780
Why are you so mad, anon-chan?

[Anonymous No.4704370]

>>4704256
Underage retards shitting up the board. The only one who's happy about that is the shitposter who starts the thread.

[Anonymous No.4704386]

>>4704370
You sound like a whiny faggot, anon-chan.

[Anonymous No.4704425]

>>4704060
Thanks. Guess nothing worth while rolls over or is unlocked?

[Anonymous No.4704541]

>>4702094
Aren't generals supposed to go in /vg/?

[Anonymous No.4704542]

>>4702129
usb gdrom. you can actually order it and it takes usb drives including real hard drives. sd cards are shit for holding several hundred gb of gdi or cdi images.

[Anonymous No.4704546]

>>4704256
>>4704386
You sound underage or, at least, crossboardery.

[Anonymous No.4704689]

>>4703375
literally any link from Google. racketboy has a guide.

[Anonymous No.4704702]

>>4704425
Just moves, items and money IIRC.

Oh yeah, the start date would also be something like three weeks after you finish the first game.

[Anonymous No.4704706]

>>4704542
>several hundred gb of gdi or cdi images

You're never going to play all that anon, just stick your favorites on and discard the crap. SD cards are pretty beefy now too actually.

[Anonymous No.4704742]

>>4704386
You sound assmad nobody was impressed by your shitpost of inaccurate parroting

[Anonymous No.4704962]

>>4704706
You can fit every US released game on a 512gb sd card

[Anonymous No.4705017]

>>4704962
and you are going to play them all?

[Anonymous No.4705042]

>>4705017
Plan on it. So far im doing pretty good.

[Anonymous No.4705480]

>>4704256
>>4704386
Does anybody know where these filenames come from? I swear, every poster with filenames structured like this are gigantic faggots on every board. I just want to call them out for being a shitter from whatever shithole website they hail from.

[Anonymous No.4706116]

Are there any good Saturn to DC controller converters?

[Anonymous No.4706191]

>>4705480
Not your moms basement, as these are mobile-filenames.

[Anonymous No.4706876]

>>4706116
No but Retro-bit announced a partnership with Sega and will begin making bluetooth Saturn and Dreamcast controllers (This may be one for the op)
http://segabits.com/blog/2018/01/10/retro-bit-sega-usb-and-bluetooth-genesis-saturn-and-dreamcast-accessories-revealed/

I am speculating that the Saturn and Dreamcast receiver may be cross compatible with both controls

[Anonymous No.4707056]

>>4706191
Must be iPhone then, android doesn't change filenames. That explains why that anon in particular is a trap loving anime faggot. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4707414]

>>4706876

well that's interesting. The big problem though is going to be VMU support.

[Anonymous No.4707549]

Anyone have a quality rip of Maken X that doesn't have Mono audio?

[Anonymous No.4707795]

>>4707549
I'd rather have a rip that doesn't halt after the first level/boss

[Anonymous No.4707828]

>>4702129

USB-GDRom. I heard all this talk about the seller being slow but I got it in no time at all and it's fantastic. The other one you can't even buy outside of a few hours of the year, so who gives a fuck?

>>4704062

Disc swapping has worked fine for me so far, I think it's just a couple games it bugs out with - D2 I know is one of them.

[Anonymous No.4708157]

Can I use my British power adapter on my Japanese Dreamcast?

[Anonymous No.4708303]

>>4705017
i dont get your mentality..

if i have every game on an hdd on my dreamcast and live another 30 years minimum i can play a majority of the games here and there

[Anonymous No.4708573]

>>4708303
lifetime is scarce, no point wasting it by playing shitty games

[Anonymous No.4708623]

>>4707549
I know i have it. But i haven't played it yet so i don't know whether is good or not

[Anonymous No.4708626]

>>4707414
Why is that? Wouldn't it just run power from the controller?

[Anonymous No.4708638]

>>4708626

Right but If I get a saturn one if they're cross compatable, the saturn one won't have a slot.

[Anonymous No.4708639]

>>4708638
How would the receiver be cross compatible with different controller ports between the 2 consoles? I would think they would have seperate ones.

[Anonymous No.4708647]

>>4708639

Blue tooth. Pay attention.

[Anonymous No.4708650]

>>4708647
No u.

[Anonymous No.4708753]

Why is there Akuras on ebay for over $200 when you can just get one from the website for $85 or whatever it is?

[Anonymous No.4709201]

>>4708753
Scalpers milking retards who want their device now.

[Anonymous No.4711119]

Bump. No dream niggas here today?

[Anonymous No.4711125]

just got skies of arcadia CIB for $13 is it any good?
Also are there good rips of Shenmue Disc 1? Mine's defective.

[Anonymous No.4711223]

>>4711119
Sadly not, it seems.
>>4711125
No idea about the first one, but there definetly are good rips of shenmue available. NoBs releases are said to be the best.

[Anonymous No.4711371]

Shenmue 1 +2 HD coming to PS4, Xbone and steam.

[Anonymous No.4711623]

>>4711371
time to sell the DC

[Anonymous No.4711627]

>>4711371

Well I just wasted a bunch of DVRs. Awesome.

[Anonymous No.4711657]

>>4711371
PC WINS AGAIN!! THANKS FOR BETA TESTING DREAMKEKS, THIS TIME IT ONLY TOOK 15 YEARS!!

[Anonymous No.4711714]

What do you guys think about the homebrew community?
Why is the DC so popular for homebrewing anyway?

[Anonymous No.4711726]

>>4711714
As someone who's tinkered with KallistiOS it's basically like programming a game for Windows 98 with OpenGL support.

[Anonymous No.4711747]

>>4711714
Like
>>4711726
said. You don't have to write a lot of your own compression and decompression code since KallistiOS supports all kinds of stuff like bz2 and png, and it has a version of OpenGL so you don't need to do a ton of your own video code. You can go high-level instead of dealing with ASM, you can easily burn your homebrew to test on real hardware, the console supports a modem, mouse, and keyboard natively, and there's even an open source 3D engine called Iris3D that can be used.

It's the most powerful retro console that is relatively easy to develop for thanks to the hardware and everything available. Odds are you won't need to worry about optimization since most homebrewers will never push the console to it's limits.

[Anonymous No.4711778]

>>4711726
>>4711747
Oh that changes everything and makes the psx developers making their own engines look more badass.
What kind of stuff did you guys tried to make anyway?
Can you guys recommend any homebrew games?

[Anonymous No.4712021]

>>4711778
>makes the psx developers making their own engines look more badass.
It just seems like unnecessary work to me. I mean making your own engine for PS1 developers who did it as a full time job made sense but a hobbyist doing it just seems like a waste of time that could be better served making a higher quality game in an established engine.

[Anonymous No.4712598]

>>4712021
The thing is that the psx doesn't have established 3d engines

[Anonymous No.4712614]

>>4712598
Which to me suggests they could probably make a better game on a console that does. Honestly I'm not really a fan of homebrew on older consoles in general.
>The famous flutings on the the famous columns—what are they there for? To hide the joints in the wood—when columns were made of wood, only these aren't, they're marble. The triglyphs, what are they? Wood. Wooden beams, the way they had to be laid when people began to build wooden shacks. Your Greeks took marble and they made copies of their wooden structures out of it, because others had done it that way. Then your masters of the Renaissance came along and made copies in plaster of copies in marble of copies in wood. Now here we are, making copies in steel and concrete of copies in plaster of copies in marble of copies in wood. Why?
I think some Dreamcast and Xbox homebrew was really cool but what is the point of making an game on an older system that is inferior to the same game made for more powerful systems.

[Anonymous No.4713658]

>>4712614
If its on an older system like Dreamcast it will stick out. If its released on anything new it will just blend in with the rest of the trash.

[Anonymous No.4713732]

>>4702094
>recommended program for burning games is Discjuggler.
I suggest using ImgBurn with the "Padus .CDI File Mounter v1.0.0.12" .dll from the official website download section. It burns Dreamcast games flawlessly. Discjuggler is old news.

[Anonymous No.4713925]

>>4713732
Not realky though, Imgburn sometimes picks audio cd instead of MODE1/2 makeing discs not work

[Anonymous No.4713963]

>>4713925
Actually not really

[Anonymous No.4714072]

>>4713732
>Discjuggler is old news
So is the Dreamcast. Where is the problem?

[Anonymous No.4714290]

>>4713925
I've never once has that happen, and I've been burning Dreamcast discs with ImgBurn for years.

>>4714072
Discjuggler isn't free, so you either have to buy it or illegally download it. It's also old and has not been updated in many years.

ImgBurn is free, continues to get updates, and works just as well. I don't see why you'd continue to use some old discontinued software when there's free software that's even better.

[Anonymous No.4714551]

>>4714290
>illegally download it
As if anyone who burns cdi images cares about that. Don’t tell me you rip your own games.

[Anonymous No.4714845]

Can someone recommend a 64GB sdcard for gdemu?

[Anonymous No.4715091]

>>4714290
>ImgBurn is free, continues to get updates
yeah, no.
>Latest version: 2.5.8.0 (June 13, 2013)

[Anonymous No.4715325]

>>4715091
>2013 is old
yeah ok

[Anonymous No.4715496]

>>4715091
ImgBurn is still active and could be updated. 2013 is fairly recent in terms of updates compared to Discjuggler, which hasn't had a release since 2006.

>>4714551
I'm just saying that it's easier to obtain ImgBurn than it is to get Discjuggler. Overall, ImgBurn is a much more flexible software and there's pretty much no reason to still be using discjuggler in 2018.

[Anonymous No.4715512]

>>4715325
Nearly5 years old in fact, in terms of software it’s fucking dead.

[Anonymous No.4716818]

Gdemu on the way. Sweet.

[Anonymous No.4716827]

>>4716818
Same here. Paid for it yesterday.

[Anonymous No.4717541]

>>4707828
Been waiting on my USB-GDRom for more than a month after I paid the invoice.

[Anonymous No.4718139]

Looking forward to modifying the shit out of my upcoming Dreamcast. I got one model that I'll keep OEM for playing burnt CD-Rs, but would like to have an ODE for less noise and more ease in switching between games.

Ordered:
>GDEmu (Shipped)
>DreamPSU (Waiting on shipping info)
>Toro Box (Shipped, I have both a FrameMeister and OSSC for analog to digital video conversions, so no need for Akura)
>CMOS Battery and holder (Already arrived)

Going to buy:
>2nd Dreamcast in Sega Sports Black, waiting for a good deal on one in good condition.
>Wallwart power adapter once the DreamPSU comes in.
>VMUs, maybe in variety of colors. I only have 1.
>Dreamcast transparent shell, either in blue or smoke grey, mixing matching shell pieces with Sega Sports Black.

Considering:
>PS2 Controller adaptors or the Retrobit bluetooth adapters, depending on build quality and latency. I've been a fan of 8bitdo's wireless adapters, controllers are hit or miss, but there's no shortage of good bluetooth controllers.
>White/Green Dreamcast arcade stick, and modifying it with Sanwa parts.
>Maybe Noctua fan mod, but it'd probably look like trash with translucent shell, and probably not necessary given DreamPSU and GDEmu removing most of the heat generating parts in the system.

[Anonymous No.4718606]

>>4718139
>>Maybe Noctua fan mod, but it'd probably look like trash with translucent shell, and probably not necessary given DreamPSU and GDEmu removing most of the heat generating parts in the system.
The fan-mod is mostly done for making the DC near conpletely silent.

[Anonymous No.4718650]

>>4718606
I might consider it.

I did some research on 40mm*40mm*10mm fans and I found one that would match shell color aesthetics, is quieter, and is slightly cheaper:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1YF-006S-00033

At the cost of moving less air, but I don't think that's a major concern.

Compared to:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAADY4B02535

Still $22.50 for a kit and no fan is kinda pricey.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dreamcast-Noctua-Fan-Mod-Kit-Fan-not-included-/273123081069

[Anonymous No.4718656]

>>4718650
If you know anyone with a 3D printer, you can make your own mounting kit for the noctua fan.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2308549

[Anonymous No.4718673]

>>4718656
I don't know anyone with a 3D printer. And even if I were to shop around and save on the cost of the 3D printed part(s), I can't really be guaranteed about the quality/accuracy of the print beforehand, and it still wouldn't come with the fan cable adapter, so I dunno. $22.50 is probably the most reasonable option, even if it's a little more expensive.

Thank you for the advice, however. I'll keep it on my to buy list for now.

[Anonymous No.4718849]

>>4718139
>toro
How long did they take to ship after payment? Also couldn't you just use akura to framemeister for less cable mess. It upscales hdmi input too.

[Anonymous No.4719190]

>>4718849
They gave shipping info 3 days after making payment. I imagine it'll be a while for it to ship from europe to US.

[Anonymous No.4719195]

>>4719190
Ok. My payment was completed on the 12th but i havent heard back yet.

[Anonymous No.4719201]

>>4719195
Yeah, give them a bit.

Also, the idea was having the option for playing back on CRT TV or CRT Monitor, which always looks best for 480p or lower content due to lower resolutions.

Akura doesn't do upscaling, if I read correctly, so it'd just be sending a 480p signal over HDMI, in which case I'd use it with the Framemeister for 720p/1080p upscale to bypass lower quality TV upscale.

Akura + Framemeister = Still only digital source playback.
Toro + Framemeister = Flexibility on playing back on CRT monitor or CRT TV or LCD.

[Anonymous No.4720125]

>>4719201
Got shipping notification earlier today. Looks like 3 bussiness days to ship is the norm. Nice. And yeah im assuming itll take a month or so to get here to the US.

[Anonymous No.4720962]

>recently got a Sega Sports Dreamcast with the controller
>the analog is a bit worn out but still usable
I can grab the stick and twist it around a bit. Is there any way of fixing this?

[Anonymous No.4721013]

>>4720962
By twist i assume you mean like a dial? Thats normal. All controllers do this.

[Anonymous No.4721019]

>>4720962
By twist i assume you mean like a dial? Thats normal. All controllers do this as far as i know. Itll twist both left and right just a bit.

[Anonymous No.4721023]

>>4720962
The analog parts on these things use a hall effect sensor. It's basically just a magnet on a piece of plastic with a spring inside.
Spring warn out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect

[Anonymous No.4721210]

What's a Dreamcast worth? Looking to purchase one to play since emulation for it is so shitty.

[Anonymous No.4721246]

>>4702102

I remember playing D2 when it came out.
I had got caught with marijuana in high school and had to stay home for three days.

I played this and beat it within one day. I was living in Colorado at the time, so the snow outside my window and in the game made for an interesting gaming day.

[Anonymous No.4721461]

>be me
>go to dentist in the big city
>afterward I go down to the old game store.
>Look at the old consoles. There's a handful of PSXs, 64s, and Saturns. Even a 32X.
>There's only one Dreamcast left behind the glass shelf.
>look thru the DC games.
>Crazy Taxi
>I scooped them up and bought them. $40 isn't so bad for both, and that includes both controllers and their VMUs.
>Get in the car
>Turn on the radio
>YA YA YA YA YA
>I legit shed tears
Today was a good day, /vr/.

[Anonymous No.4721503]

>>4721210

Like 20 bucks. I wouldn't pay more than 40 for a console complete with controller, cables, and VMU.

[Anonymous No.4721738]

>>4721503
I paid 60 for a Dreamcast, one controller, and cables. Did not come with a vmu...

[Anonymous No.4721741]

>>4721503
>>4721738
I paid 100 for one with 4 controllers, 1 mouse and keyboard and 4 vmus

[Anonymous No.4721747]

>>4721741
Forgot to mention that the controller had bad stick drift

[Anonymous No.4721753]

>>4721741
4 years ago I payed 100 for a console with 2 controllers, vmu and i think maybe 15 games. Most were shit but it had a few good ones like Confidential Mission and a couple others

[Anonymous No.4721765]

>>4719201
Where did you find a good scart to scart cable for your toro?. Trying to find a decent 6 foot cable but its proving difficult. Finding alot of short or retarded long ones.

[Anonymous No.4721771]

Sorry if this is a dumb question:

I recently got another dreamcast after selling mine about 10 years ago. Do burned games still damage the system?

[Anonymous No.4721813]

>>4721765
I haven't looked for one yet. My Toro hasn't arrived yet.

https://retro-access.com/collections/scart-to-scart-jp-21-to-scart-hookups-etc/products/copy-of-jp-21-to-scart-cable-pro-coaxial-multicore-for-switch-boxes

https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/scart-male-to-scart-male-21-pin-wired-euroscart-for-sale?search=scart%20to%20scart

I'm sure there's other options. You may want to look for lengths in terms of meters. A reminder that SCART is a European wiring standard, and in Europe they don't use customary units like feet. 1.5m = 5ft or so.

[Anonymous No.4721823]

>>4721771
They never really "damaged" the console, they just caused more wear on the gears that move the laser. It's only really an issue with older improperly converted images.

Most DC CD-R images out there these days are fine and have properly sorted files to avoid additional wear and tear, so it's not really something I'd worry about. If you're really paranoid about it, stick to the DCRES and Revive DC CD images, as they're generally very well done.

[Anonymous No.4721838]

>>4721771
Depending on how the game image is burned to the CD-R, yes and no.

GDROM disks are and the GDROM drive expects data to be found on the outside of the disk, as opposed to CDROM and CDROM drives normally writing first to the inside of the drive. The "damage" you're talking about is wear and tear on the motors that shifts the laser to the inner or outer edge of the disk read area.

A good game rip and burn will pad the inside of the disk and write to the outside edge. That way, whenever the GDROM drive goes from being idle to fetching new data, it doesn't have to move away much from its outer edge resting position.

Early Dreamcast rip/burn techniques and early Dreamcast homebrew scene didn't know this and assumed it functioned no differently from a CDROM drive. So if you have good rips and good burns, there literally shouldn't be anything to worry about, and as such it hasn't really been an issue.

Since then, people have developed a few ways to emulate the GDROM drive, known as ODE (Optical Drive Emulators), which you can store game files on flash media, interface with a menu (like a flash cart for other systems), pick a game, and play. But they're rarely produced since they're manufactured by a handful of dedicated individuals.

[Anonymous No.4721850]

>>4721813
Thanks anon. Thats fucking sweet that they offer a scart to jp21. Now i dont need to bother with a euro adapter (even though i already have one)My ps1 is hooked up through jp21 so it just makes it easier.

[Anonymous No.4721856]

>>4721823
>>4721838
cool thanks guys

[Anonymous No.4721869]

>>4703359
Don't be a dick.

[Anonymous No.4721871]

>>4703780
As someone who rarely visits /vr/ I want to say you can go fuck yourself.

I specifically only came right now to find a dreamcast thread.

[Anonymous No.4721879]

>>4721871
Dont worry. Hes just sone assblasted faggot who hates the dreamcast. Notice how he disreguards all the other generals in /vr/.

[Anonymous No.4721934]

>>4706116
A way to connect Saturn controllers to your Dreamcast? Play Asia stocks Total Control which does it perfectly.

[Anonymous No.4722249]

Hey /dg/,

I have a question. Can I use any microphone with the DC Microphone attachment? The attachment with a mic is nearly $70, can I use a third party mic with it? Want to play seaman again. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4722865]

>>4721838
>But they're rarely produced since they're manufactured by a handful of dedicated individuals.
and to keep the price high

[Anonymous No.4723065]

>>4722249
Not too sure but i know you can find a dreamcast mic for cheap. I got mine from Japan for only 20 bucks and it works great.

[Anonymous No.4723104]

>>4722865
Nice tinfoil hat.

[Anonymous No.4723417]

>>4722249
I believe you can, although I haven't tested it out myself. Try it.

[Anonymous No.4723695]

>>4722249
Supposedly yes, but the mic levels are very low, and reports of one user using a different microphone said that they just ended up screaming into their mic like they had tourettes just to play the Seaman game.

[Anonymous No.4724003]

>>4702102
Power Stone 1 & 2 are not Dreamcast exclusives. Think Power Stone Collection on the PSP!

[Anonymous No.4724040]

>>4724003
>not Dreamcast exclusives
They're much better on DC anyways, so it's a non-issue.

[Anonymous No.4724134]

>>4702102
Heavy metal geomatrix is a fighting game. It's not an action/adventure game

[Anonymous No.4724249]

>>4724003
Yeah games aren't exclusive because they got a shitty hanheld port years down the line. I hear the SNES doesn't have any exclusives either because its games all got ported to the GBA

[Anonymous No.4726261]

bump

[Anonymous No.4726291]

>>4704370
agreed. enough random console gens. but honestly not that big a deal and negligible.

[Anonymous No.4726442]

>>4726291
It's just a containment topic for Dreamcast console-specific discussion. Would you prefer a separate topic if some anon had a question on Beharbros box to get? Or how to format the SD card for GDEmu? Or other more available ODE options for the GDEmu? Or if the microphone for the Dreamcast microphone was replaceable by standard PC mics? etc?

The general thread format just organizes that information into one thread and prevents a lot of waste topics which wouldn't get seen and prunes other (potentially) useful topics out. There's literally no harm in having a containment topic for Dreamcast discussion.

Lastly, you're not forced to post here either if you want a different Dreamcast thread, either. /vr/ isn't forcibly moderated to only have topics structured as general threads. The problem you'll likely encounter if you want to take your discussion elsewhere from this general is that your discussion won't get seen, won't get replies, and it'll get pruned without satisfactory conversation, and you'll end up feeling like you wasted your time.

Do what you wish, though.

[Anonymous No.4726514]

>look on ebay for a gdemu
>$4-500
why the fuck would anyone pay this?
just wait or get the alternative.

[Anonymous No.4726583]

>>4726514
Because absolute retards. I think the wad one that sold for 900 of i recall right. You gotta be fucking stupid. Is not that hard. He literally post when he is going to list them. Read his page about 2 weeks ago. Waited and ordered one. Not hard.

[Anonymous No.4726926]

Hm, I imported a copy of Sega Rally 2 for my PAL Dreamcast but once I boot it up with Codebreaker I get mad interlacing flicker. Any way to fix this over Composhit to display to my CRT or do I need to go to VGA?

[Anonymous No.4726990]

>>4726926
using vga forces everything at 60hz no matter what

[Anonymous No.4727097]

>>4726990
So if you play the PAL version of Power Stone through VGA it gets forced to 60hz? I thought it could only be forced through a codebreaker.

[Anonymous No.4727104]

>>4727097
thats just how VGA works on the dreamcast
it makes PAL or NTSC not matter

[Anonymous No.4727119]

>>4727097
Most games work automatically with VGA including most CDI rips. Some legit games need a disc like codebreaker to force VGA, without the boot disc you just get an error. There are a handful of games that flat out don't work with VGA with any method, but not many.

Google "dreamcast vga compatibility list" and click on the epforums link. It has every NTSC/PAL game listed and which category they fall into.

[Anonymous No.4727309]

So is it true that usb-gdrom-controller has some bugs with games or is that just a myth?

[Anonymous No.4727663]

>>4727309
Bugs like..?

[Anonymous No.4727672]

>>4727119
My skies of arcadia .gdi will not support vga for disc 2. Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.4727682]

>>4727119
Yeah I looked, Power Stone is in the works on VGA natively list, but it's also in another list that says it only runs at 50hz without a codehack.

[Anonymous No.4728236]

>>4727663
Not sure. Someone doing a review just said they heard people say online games just had random bugs, but they never went into detail.
Also they mentioned something about it causing a airflow problem and making the dreamcast run hotter, but I didn't understand how they came to that conclusion.

[Anonymous No.4728238]

>>4728236
I phrased that horribly. I didn't mean online games. I meant that online people said random games had bugs.

[Anonymous No.4728326]

>>4728236
>>4728238
I see. I’ve never heard of any bugs in games caused by a usbgdrom or GDEmu.
But it’s true, that replacing the GD-Rom- drive with a GDEmu or USBGDROM causes the Dreamcast to run hotter. This has 2 (fixable) reasons:

1. The PSU in the Dreamcast wasn’t designed to run without a gdrom drive. The 12V rail is unused and the voltages goes up to 14v and creates lots of additional heat. One can fix this problem by removing the 12V rail completely, so there should be no unused energy causing additional heat. Another option would be replacing the PSU with a more modern picopsu or a (plug and play) solution like the DreamPSU. There should be links for them in the OP.

2. By removing the Gdromdrive the original airflow isn’t present anymore and doesn’t cool the console as good as it would with the drive present. One can fix this by using a 3D-printed drive insert which, somewhat restored the intended airflow. 3D printed solutions are available for gdemu and usbgdrom

[Anonymous No.4729147]

>>4728326
>One can fix this problem by removing the 12V rail completely, so there should be no unused energy causing additional heat.
Any guides on this?

[Anonymous No.4729315]

>>4729147
>https://m.imgur.com/gallery/5AtCG
Some googling might give you more details, if you need them

[Anonymous No.4729484]

>>4729147
Or just load the 12V rail with an appropriate resistor.

[Anonymous No.4729684]

>>4729147
If you're going through the trouble of modifying the Dreamcast to use an ODE replacement for the GDROM disk drive, then you should also just go through the trouble of replacing the PSU, too. PicoPSU and DreamPSU options are in the OP sticky.

I wouldn't (personally) recommend desoldering/soldering anything to the PSU as a novice, because in the worst case scenario, you're going to start a fire if you really don't know what you're doing. That being said, yeah if you're not retarded and follow a guide to the T, you can do it with little background knowledge. Still, the fact of the matter remains that if your GDEMU bricks for any reason, by not modifying the original PSU you can always put the original GDROM drive + PSU into the system and it still be functional. If you remove the 12V rail on the Dreamcast PSU for the GDEMU, and then your GDEMU gets fucked (for whatever reason), you can't plop in your GDROM drive anymore, because you literally removed the 12V rail on the PSU.

Just store the OEM PSU and GDROM drive and replace both if you want to go the ODE route.

[Anonymous No.4730040]

>>4729684
Probably the best route. Do this, anon.

[Anonymous No.4730270]

>>4729684
>>4730040
Thanks guys.