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Last post by mrneo240
Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:42 pm
Has power, no output help! :(
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Rainwarner88 »
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:57 am
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Hi all hope youre all kepping well.
I was playing my DC last night, had abit of a long session on skies of arcadia. This morning ive gone to turn it...
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Hi all hope youre all kepping well.
I was playing my DC last night, had abit of a long session on skies of arcadia. This morning ive gone to turn it...
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Last post by Rainwarner88
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:58 am
Original PSU resistor?
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Stu1872 »
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:38 am
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As i have a GDEMU in my Dreamcast i have read that the power supply runs hot due to not using all of the voltage from the GD ROM drive.
I have read...
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If you are referring to me then yes i don't have much knowledge in electronics
I did not mean you, but the person who proposed this method
If...
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Last post by megavolt85
Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:22 am
4X Memory card not working!
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Stu1872 »
Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:56 am
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So i bought 2 4x memory card from FleaBay and they arrived today.
One of them seems to work fine and is recognized in the Dreamcast file menu. The...
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The one 4x memory card that worked is still working fine so far and all blocks are detected. I have contacted the seller and i am to receive a...
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Last post by Stu1872
Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:49 am
Dreamcast Full screen
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JC34 »
Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:35 pm
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Hey guys, I was wondering if getting a VGA cable would allow me to use my Dreamcast in full screen without distortion or other unforeseen...
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Ok, thanks. I guess I'll just have to wing it once I get my cable.
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Last post by JC34
Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:49 pm
Troubles with copy protected saves
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247 »
Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:41 am
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So, one of my vmu got corrupted and i can only see a quarter of the files there are inside
Luckily enough i can still see my pso savegame but seems...
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If you can load the save and play it in PSO, have both the original VMU and a second VMU in the DC pad, then while playing PSO just save the game to...
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Last post by DCGX
Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:06 pm
Is my GD-ROM unit dead?
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alechair »
Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:40 am
Hi,
I just took my dreamcast out and realized is not working anymore :(
The disc was spinning but not reading, so I decided to try to fix it using...
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Last post by alechair
Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:40 am
GD-IDE Mod
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sd_dracula »
Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:19 am
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Has anyone tried any of these plug-and-play IDe boards?
Looks like it just slots in the GD drive port (I think there are some that you can also...
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Makes sense, I eventually found out it is read-only.
Looks like dual bios is the only way without a gd drvie
Thanks
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Last post by sd_dracula
Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:44 am
Dreamcast High Definition cables/boxes
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JC34 »
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:55 pm
Hello,
I recently purchased a Dreamcast and would like to get some sort of high definition cable or box for it. Since I'm new to the Dreamcast, I...
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Last post by JC34
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:55 pm
GDEMU questions
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sd_dracula »
Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:10 pm
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Hi all,
Firstly, nice to be here and nice to see the DC scene is still alive and kicking :)
I am looking into purchasing a GDEMU device but have a...
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There should be another 3 of these pods around (if they survived since 2000) one for UK/France/Italy I think, I won the Irish leg of the ChuChu...
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Last post by sd_dracula
Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:01 am
GDEMU problem?
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Stu1872 »
Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:25 pm
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Hi, this is my first post on this forum.
I have owned and loved my Dreamcast which i bought at launch all those years ago. It is without doubt my...
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I am not sure it is a naming issue tbh as i have named my gdi's the exact same way on one 128gb card and again on two separate 64gb cards.
On the...
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Last post by Stu1872
Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:44 am
Newb Mod Help
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Freakmech »
Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:54 pm
Hey all, I have been reunited with the Dreamcast after 15+ years and couldn’t be happier. I’m looking for some help deciding on some mods. There are...
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Last post by Freakmech
Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:54 pm
Donald Duck Quack Attack - unplayable camera
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sundance »
Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:20 pm
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I've been recently playing Donald Duck Going Quakers, also known as Quack Attack, on our old-time PAL Dreamcast, using a VGA->HDMI cable.
My son...
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Playing games from an SD-card (ODE's aside) can be very trivial because the reading speed is way lower vs actual GD-ROMS. So basically it's not...
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Last post by Wombat
Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:04 pm
Code Veronica disc 2 problem (PAL Version)
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Kaboose »
Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:18 pm
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Hello!
I got my hands on a Dreamcast for the very first time and have had a blast with it so far. So as a new user for the hardware I don't know if...
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Hey dudes.
Did you guys find a solution to this problem?
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Last post by beanboy
Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:43 pm
GDEMU INI File
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WangTangvsFALCON »
Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:48 pm
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Whats up?
Anyone ever messed with their GDEMU .INI file? In paticular the high_speed = 0 or 1?
Everytime i try to turn it on I cant even get the...
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It depends on your SD card. When I enabled the high speed setting, games wouldn't boot, but I know Kasworon got it to work with his SD card.
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Last post by Aleron Ives
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:03 pm
Compressed ISO (*.cso) on DreamShell
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sundance »
Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:23 pm
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While playing with the DreamShell source code, I noticed that it includes support for the compressed ISO format *.cso .
This was also confirmed in a...
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Gains can be significant for some DreamCast ISO.
For example, GigaWing2 goes down from 1GB to 410MB using LZO compression.
zlib could go even...
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Last post by sundance
Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 am
Suddenly only one light on modem, nothing changed
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WarriorPoet897 »
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:55 pm
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Hey everyone. I bought a premise DreamPi that worked great out of the box with a wired connection. The other day I was online fine and had to go, so...
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Hey Altimira crashed but is fine now, everything should be good :)
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Last post by azel
Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:25 pm
How to compile DreamShell ?
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sundance »
Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:16 am
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Not sure if it's the right place to ask that question. If not, please redirect towards more appropriate.
I'm trying to compile DreamShell, which is...
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OK, thanks !
I couldn't find `g1_ata_max_lba()` in the normal KallistiOS, so I presumed it came from the modified KOS installation, carrying the...
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Last post by sundance
Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:35 pm
DreamShell and Region change
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sundance »
Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:29 pm
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I just acquired an SD Card reader on Serial port for my Dreamcast.
This is an unmodified PAL version of the Dreamcast, which works very well.
The...
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Thanks @megavolt85,
this answer seems to confirm that *.cso is a supported DreamShell feature, which is great !
Indeed, there is a trade-off to...
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Last post by sundance
Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:59 am
Hydro Thunder "All Stars" version VGA compatible?
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pcwzrd13 »
Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:31 am
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Does anyone have a copy of the All Stars version of Hydro Thunder to test in VGA? My copy simply refuses to work in VGA no matter what trick I use...
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Maaan! Just re-visited and works terrifically!
Beharbros Toro box, comedy! On a crummy flatscreen it reports 720x480 and Hydro Thunder is the one...
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Last post by mistamontiel
Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:45 pm
Segagaga English Translation
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DreamcastOriginal »
Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:07 am
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Has anyone heard any news about the Segagaga English translation that was supposed to be happening a few years back? I keep holding out hope that...
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Maybe getting some hype machine going in this forum can inspire the powers that be...
A boy can dream. This looks like such a trip of a game in a...
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Last post by areyareadyherewego
Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:59 pm
Japan VMU
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Doggo144 »
Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:09 pm
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Hey, I'm new here, and i'm currently in the process of buying a Dreamcast. It should be coming in the post, and i got batteries, 2 games, and a VMU!...
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IIRC all accessories are region free with the exception of the light gun which is region locked in some games.
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Last post by azel
Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:22 pm
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Last post by aldair
Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:27 pm
Using the Japanese keyboard
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azel »
Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:40 pm
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Does anyone have any experience with this? I bought the Japanese keyboard to save a bit of money but probably should have gotten a us keyboard. It's...
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The underscore isn't working, it's either a dash or the equal sign.
Hey whats wrong with the Titanium Studios quake port? I used to love it when...
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Last post by azel
Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:18 am
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Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:55 pm
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