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Hello friends, I was gifted a Dreamcast with one controller and VMU but no games. Is there a way to play ROMs on it without resorting to buying hyper-inflated real copies of games from collectors?

>> No.8820229 [DELETED] 

>>8820221
Buy a chink GDEMU clone and look up how to install it. You literally just pop the disc drive out and put it in.

>> No.8820235

>>8820221
I think bleem has something to do with this but not sure

>> No.8820237
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8820237

>>8820229
This. Any ODE
>Optical Drive Emulator
Will do the trick. Some are better than others. The Chinese variants vary in quality so do your homework and lurk. There are plenty of threads about GDEMU and various other ODEs, almost daily.

>> No.8820240

>>8820235
DC Bleem is rarer. The Playstation Bleem is more common. DC Bleem would be ok I guess. But there are better ways I think. With the advent of odes and all.

>> No.8820245

>>8820221
early dreamcasts can run burned games with no modding, check your version

>> No.8820263

You can burn CD-Rs and it just werks, but as a long term solution you want to get a GDEMU clone.

>> No.8820265

>>8820245
just remember to burn them at 1x

>> No.8820270

>>8820265
gay

>> No.8820271
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8820271

Awesome thanks anons, I'm watching videos about GDEMU and its clones now. What a time to be alive!

>> No.8820275

+1 for GDEMU clone. It’s really the best option. Faster loading times, no disk swapping, no disk burning, and it’s easy to install.

>> No.8820279

>>8820229
Can you put the GD drive back in without damaging anything?

>> No.8820285

>>8820279
GDEMU is plug and play, for the most part.

>> No.8820298

>>8820279
yes easy to swap both ways.

>> No.8820505

>disc
>ROM

>> No.8820507

>>8820265
i burn them at 10x on Walmart Verbatim CDRs and they work fine

>> No.8820810

>>8820505
you can burn emus and roms to a cd and play them

>> No.8821442

>>8820810
only on certain models

>> No.8821754

>>8820245
>>8821442
Which models can use burned discs?

>> No.8821757

>>8821754
The ones with the numbers starting

>> No.8821870

>>8821754
>Unplug all the wires from your Dreamcast.
>Turn it upside down and look for the branding >sticker at the bottom of the console.
>Look for the model number on the sticker
>Dreamcast devices that were manufactured >before October 2000 can play burned games.
>If your device was manufactured after this date, >check out the forum if they have an update.

All devices manufactured red between September 1999 to October 2000 can play burned game CDs without any problem.

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8821927

>>8821870
What in here tells me when it was manufactutred?

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8821958

>>8821927
PAL is different than NTSC. Lurk More

>> No.8821973

>>8821927
it doesn't say in as much detail as on a burger console but it says it's VA1 so it will definitely play burned games. it's also compatible with the GDEMU if you get one of those later on.

>> No.8822081

>>8821958
>>8821973
Alright thanks.

>> No.8822160

>>8821973
based

>> No.8822169

>>8820221
no none its over give up

>> No.8822696

>>8821754
rather than tear your console down to find the version, just dl a game or tool and burn it like an image. the old utopia boot cd should be only a few mb. if it doesn't boot, go another route