ReviveDc Downloads

[BaffleBlend]

what is revivedc?

They're a group that sorted and optimized the files of games so that the burned copy would work with as little stress on the Dreamcast motor as possible; even less than the original GD-ROM in several cases.
Compare that to Echelon, who were the ones putting out game rips in ye oldene days; those were handled very inefficiently and actually did shorten a console's lifespan, perpetuating the myth that all burned games were doomed to do so. Groups like ReviveDC are out there to make sure Echelon's rips are no longer needed.

ReviveDC also put out a number of custom releases (Street Fighter III: Offline Edition adds music from the XBox Live Arcade rerelease, for example).

DCCM, NoBSDC, YZB, and DCRes, which are also in that spreadsheet, are different groups that do similar things.

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Also, I motion that we sticky this thread. The current ReviveDC sticky topic isn't accurate anymore, and I link to this spreadsheet as a resource fairly often.

[Raen]

Use DCRes only as a last option, his releases are far from perfect, including some files copied directly from echelon's rips, and outdated. ReviveDC and DCCM releases are far more superior.

[Sketcz]

Sorry to bump this, but I've been trying to search for answers.

The Revive-DC CDI files seem to be broken. I download EGG from CD Romance, part of the Revive-DC, and it boots to the Sega logo, with Revive-DC logo there too, and then it crashes to the DC menu screen.

I tried a Utopia boot disc and it doesn't even recognise it!

SO then I dug out my HDD which has some old Emu Paradise files before they shut down. Lo and behold, the EGG CDI file from Emu Paradise is self booting, does not have the Revive-DC logo, but actually functions.

Does anyone have an explanation for why the Revive-DC files are not working? Because right now they're not even worth the download, and they just make coasters.

I'm using legitimate Taiyo Yuden CDRs burned with ImgBurn.

The regular file from Paradise works, the Revive-DC files just crashes. It's trash as far as I'm concerned, but sadly every site I go on for Dreamcast games now seems to exclusively host this crap.

Has no one else tried burning their files and then complained afterwards when they simply do not function?

[dark]

I didn't try Egg specifically, but the handful of Revive DC releases I burned some years ago always worked. They were good releases that the group put effort into. Never heard anyone complain that their releases did not work.

[fraggle200]

Sorry to bump this, but I've been trying to search for answers.

The Revive-DC CDI files seem to be broken. I download EGG from CD Romance, part of the Revive-DC, and it boots to the Sega logo, with Revive-DC logo there too, and then it crashes to the DC menu screen.

I tried a Utopia boot disc and it doesn't even recognise it!

SO then I dug out my HDD which has some old Emu Paradise files before they shut down. Lo and behold, the EGG CDI file from Emu Paradise is self booting, does not have the Revive-DC logo, but actually functions.

Does anyone have an explanation for why the Revive-DC files are not working? Because right now they're not even worth the download, and they just make coasters.

I'm using legitimate Taiyo Yuden CDRs burned with ImgBurn.

The regular file from Paradise works, the Revive-DC files just crashes. It's trash as far as I'm concerned, but sadly every site I go on for Dreamcast games now seems to exclusively host this crap.

Has no one else tried burning their files and then complained afterwards when they simply do not function?

have you tried redownloading it or downloading it from every other source?

I would be surprised if every host that had the RDC rip was in on the conspiracy to have a broken game on their servers. Even if it's the same original rip, it doesn't mean that they're going to fail in the same way.... or at all. I've had the odd download here and there go a little funny on me. it's unzipped fine but for whatever reason its broken. I redownload it and it's then fine. things can corrupt, so its worth ruling out a bad d/l rather than just trashing the rip and people behind it. The guys that done the RDC stuff were so meticulous in their approach that I could never see them putting out a broken image and if they did, they'd have a repack out to correct the issue.

[Sketcz]

The download is fine. It gets to the Sega splash screen then crashes. A friend with USB-GD has the same problem with the same games. I tried different sites with their rips.

In the end I just got rips by other groups and they worked.

Is this maybe related to the fact I'm using a UK PAL system? Are the Revive rips intended only for NTSC perhaps?

[SMiTH]

rdc, i respect their work.
when i worked with comrade snarky on the shen undub mod, i can vouch that rdc was meticulous.
so much so that my mod did not really meet their standards.
they were a good group of ppl.

it was split amongst the group, each working on seperate projects.
rdc, dccm, atreyu, milf, irv, and comrade.
they really had the process down.
no-bs was a way to stop ego, focus on the isos without the need for recognition.

tux and dcres, i respect his work as well.
he helped write a program when i first attempted soa.
he got flack for checksums matching other files or maybe it was hex comparisons.
this could happen if you use methods already done by kalisto or echelon.
idk i get the golden rule stuff, but i don't think it was intentional.

most of this has somewhat tapered off due to gd-emu.
ppl prefer using perfect .gdi copies.
selfboot .cdi's are still going to be a thing, but nothing like it was in the past.
there are plenty of ppl making good stuff today.
check out shindouGo and mrneo240.

anyway i know this is tl;dr
point is rdc and dcres were both kick ass.

[fraggle200]

The download is fine. It gets to the Sega splash screen then crashes. A friend with USB-GD has the same problem with the same games. I tried different sites with their rips.

In the end I just got rips by other groups and they worked.

Is this maybe related to the fact I'm using a UK PAL system? Are the Revive rips intended only for NTSC perhaps?

I wouldn't have thought the region thing would have been an issue. It's a strange one for sure. Glad you got something to work.


Edit: FYI, out of curiosity I've just d/l the RDC EGG image from CDRomance and fired it up in my PAL DC with my MODE. all works fine. Not sure what the issue is at your end with this image as it all seems to be working ok here.

[Sketcz]

Edit: FYI, out of curiosity I've just d/l the RDC EGG image from CDRomance and fired it up in my PAL DC with my MODE. all works fine. Not sure what the issue is at your end with this image as it all seems to be working ok here.

Is that the one that shows RDC on the Sega splashscreen? CDromance recently updated the CDI image they had for EGG with the older CDI that I had, download from a place I cannot even remember. There was a little message stating so.

The reason I ask is, if you were using the earlier CDI file from CDRomance, the one which explicitly states RDC on the splashscreen, then I am surprised and curious as to how and why it worked on MODE.

Since getting back into the DC it's been surprising how many different solutions there are (in terms of ODE, burnable media, and archive file types), the incompatibility between them.

[fraggle200]

Edit: FYI, out of curiosity I've just d/l the RDC EGG image from CDRomance and fired it up in my PAL DC with my MODE. all works fine. Not sure what the issue is at your end with this image as it all seems to be working ok here.

Is that the one that shows RDC on the Sega splashscreen? CDromance recently updated the CDI image they had for EGG with the older CDI that I had, download from a place I cannot even remember. There was a little message stating so.

The reason I ask is, if you were using the earlier CDI file from CDRomance, the one which explicitly states RDC on the splashscreen, then I am surprised and curious as to how and why it worked on MODE.

Since getting back into the DC it's been surprising how many different solutions there are (in terms of ODE, burnable media, and archive file types), the incompatibility between them.

Yeah it had RDC on the Sega licence screen.

I know exactly what you mean. I remember the day the boot disc landed on the FTP's and it didn't seem real that you could just burn a game and play it. I ended up falling away from the scene for about 15 years but came back to it with a vengeance this year and so much has changed... all for the better though. An ODE is a godsend imo but there was a poll on here and it came out about 50/50 between ODE and CDR's so the burning scene is still very much alive. My DC is pimped to the max and out of everything I own it's the system I play every week now.