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Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 3:57 pm
by JomSpoons
Usually I don't care at all for repros, I prefer to either get the original game or just burn my own CD-Rs, but Dee Dee Planet is a rare exception for me. Since the game is official and complete with no retail copies in existence, I would really like to own a reproduction copy that I can put on the shelf alongside my other Dreamcast games. That said, I've not been able to find any good quality reproductions for Dee Dee Planet. I asked a couple Dreamcast repro sellers a while back but neither of them had made a Dee Dee Planet repro before. One of them offered to, but they were going to use
this admittedly poor packaging so I declined. Does anyone know where I could possibly get a good quality reproduction copy of Dee Dee Planet? Thank you!
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 6:38 pm
by Cjnuxoll
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 8:27 pm
by Jenkins
For which region do you need it?
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 9:30 pm
by mistamontiel
Be sure it's burnt from DC-Live so can play over DreamPi, also musics don't play on rev0 Dreamcast
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 10:11 pm
by OlivusPrime
Honestly if you can't find anyone who produces a decent reproduction of the game, you're probably better off making it yourself. With a CD burner, some Taiyo Yuden discs, and a decent printer with a disc tray, you can make a top-quality repro exactly how you want it, and you'll have all the kit to do the same for any future discs too.
I had a bad experience with a Dreamcast repro seller, where they used a sub-standard disc (Ritek I believe) and poor quality artwork on basic paper, and this was despite them having plenty of positive feedback. It encouraged me to buy all of the above gear, and its allowed me to produce some excellent quality reproductions of my own, not to mention it let me print my own box artwork for several of my Dreamcast games and my entire Saturn collection, thus saving me a fortune on games I simply can't afford and boxed Saturn games. It's a worthwhile investment!
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:52 am
by Stringer_bell
OlivusPrime wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 10:11 pm
Honestly if you can't find anyone who produces a decent reproduction of the game, you're probably better off making it yourself. With a CD burner, some Taiyo Yuden discs, and a decent printer with a disc tray, you can make a top-quality repro exactly how you want it, and you'll have all the kit to do the same for any future discs too.
I had a bad experience with a Dreamcast repro seller, where they used a sub-standard disc (Ritek I believe) and poor quality artwork on basic paper, and this was despite them having plenty of positive feedback. It encouraged me to buy all of the above gear, and its allowed me to produce some excellent quality reproductions of my own, not to mention it let me print my own box artwork for several of my Dreamcast games and my entire Saturn collection, thus saving me a fortune on games I simply can't afford and boxed Saturn games. It's a worthwhile investment!
Ritek discs aren't bad by any means.
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 2:18 am
by JomSpoons
OlivusPrime wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 10:11 pm
Honestly if you can't find anyone who produces a decent reproduction of the game, you're probably better off making it yourself. With a CD burner, some Taiyo Yuden discs, and a decent printer with a disc tray, you can make a top-quality repro exactly how you want it, and you'll have all the kit to do the same for any future discs too.
I had a bad experience with a Dreamcast repro seller, where they used a sub-standard disc (Ritek I believe) and poor quality artwork on basic paper, and this was despite them having plenty of positive feedback. It encouraged me to buy all of the above gear, and its allowed me to produce some excellent quality reproductions of my own, not to mention it let me print my own box artwork for several of my Dreamcast games and my entire Saturn collection, thus saving me a fortune on games I simply can't afford and boxed Saturn games. It's a worthwhile investment!
Never really considered getting a printer with a disc tray, not a bad suggestion! If you have any recommendations on a specific model of printer I will definitely take a look.
Jenkins wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:27 pm
For which region do you need it?
I have a US console but I'm looking for Japanese packaging for this particular game since we know what the cover of the Japanese release was gonna be at the very least. I'm not terribly picky though.
mistamontiel wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 9:30 pm
Be sure it's burnt from DC-Live so can play over DreamPi, also musics don't play on rev0 Dreamcast
Yep, I will for sure use the network patched version of the game.
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:00 pm
by OlivusPrime
JomSpoons wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 2:18 am
Never really considered getting a printer with a disc tray, not a bad suggestion! If you have any recommendations on a specific model of printer I will definitely take a look.
I use a Canon TS8351a printer, with the discs I use being a mix of silver Taiyo Yuden and white Verbatim DataLife Plus inkjet printable discs, depending upon how I want them to look (the silver Taiyo Yudens are a little closer to commercial Dreamcast discs, they're silver but not completely reflective). I then use Koala double-sided glossy photo paper for the case art (120gsm for DVD cases, 180gsm for jewel cases).
I've been very picky in the past with how my artwork turns out and the quality of the printer and materials used, and this setup produces superb results - I really couldn't be happier. Hopefully some or all of this is useful to you!
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:15 am
by Dreamcastnews
Some years ago there used to be a good few folk doing reproduction Dreamcast stuff, I remember getting a really brilliant quality Half-Life and Propellor Arena (in the box set with MIC!) from Assembler. It seems that since the GD-Emu, the call for repros has died down but I, like you would love a Japanese style 1:1 of Dee Dee Planet and also stuff like Doom 64, GTA III and Sonic Mania when they have final versions.
It's a shame that as a community here, we couldn't do a fund raiser of sorts where we all chip in and get a modest batch of discs printed up exclusively for here like Assembler did in 2012 for Geist Force.
Re: Any good Dee Dee Planet reproduction copies?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 5:36 am
by hadyn