What boot disc forces VGA for backups.

[dirtydav]

I'm sure its been talked about over and over again but I cant find it.

Is there a boot disc that forces non vga games to vga?
I'm talking about backups not original games.
Is DCHakker what I'm looking for?

Thanks friends.

[Radkin]

I'm sure its been talked about over and over again but I cant find it.

Is there a boot disc that forces non vga games to vga?
I'm talking about backups not original games.
Is DCHakker what I'm looking for?

Thanks friends.

Thanks to mazonemayu:

http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=494

[dirtydav]

mazonemayu only mentions DC-X and I understand thats for real games not back ups.

In the same thread Gary_b says he used Code Breaker,Game Shark, and DC Hakker.

I read something about like swapping the cables but I cant find it.


I guess if a game can be patched for VGA then a boot disc would do the same thing?

[dirtydav]

Thanks for the info smith,

I guess Ill have to just re-burn a few games that are not patched.

I found this too,
http://www.snesorama.us/board/showthread.php?t=53152

I'm not scarred of a hex editor but it seems to simplify it.

[mazonemayu]

dcx works on backups too

[dirtydav]

ah, ok thanks mazonemayu,

Ill give it a try, i just got my VGA cord and noticed a few games don't work with it.
I was just trying to figure out what really forces it. I see if you can patch a game to work, that makes sense, but how does a boot disc force VGA? Does it do the same thing as patching a game?
Id like to know how it works. its a huge mystery to me. why aren't all games VGA already? I thought the hardware put out the VGA signal normally, all I needed was the wire? Hmm..

[cOcOoO]

Not true. DC-X doesn't work with backups, at least not the copy i have. If you want i can upload a video showing it doesn't work.

[mazonemayu]

it does over here. strange...

[cOcOoO]

Wait. Are you talking about "Gameshark CD-X" or the "DC-X Import Game Enabler"? The first one DOES work with backups, the latter doesn't.

[TuxTheWise]

Patching a game means that you mark the VGA-Box support flag in the boot sector, so the BIOS launches the game instead of showing the "A/V cable not supported" message. These launchers (Gameshark, etc) probably do a similar thing: they just launch the game without checking the flag. Some games won't output VGA signal after launched, so they won't work with VGA-Box at all. Fortunately they're few, and a lot of games will output VGA after launched, even if it was originally not compatible.