Does the brand of CD-R matter?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:23 am
So I'm a noob to the whole burning games thing. I just bought a new Dreamcast a few weeks ago to replace my old broken one and decided to buy 50 blank Dynex CD-Rs so I could play some unreleased/freeware games on it. I downloaded Discjuggler and Alcohol 120% and burnt a few games.
First game I tried was Propeller Arena. My Dreamcast made horrible noises while trying to read the disc and after about 15 seconds gave up and went to the system dashboard.
Next I tried They Hunger. Same horrible noises, but this time the Dreamcast detected the disc as an audio CD with one 6-second long (empty) track. Not good, but I guess it's progress.
Then I decided to burn an audio CD and see if my Dreamcast could even read that. No dice. Straight to the dashboard again.
After that I decided to check if maybe it was the brand of CD-R that was the problem and found an old scratched-to-hell Sony CD-R mixtape under the seat of my car. Put it in my Dreamcast and sure enough it read the disc fine and was able to play the songs on it.
I think I might have just answered my own question, but is there any chance that these Dynex CD-Rs are just so low-quality that the Dreamcast can't even read them? I'm no expert on this kind of stuff, but I think the fact that I can basically see right through them probably isn't a good thing.
If it is indeed the discs I'm using that's the problem, what brands would be recommended for playing on the Dreamcast? I'd rather not spend any more money on useless CD-Rs that won't work...
Thanks.
First game I tried was Propeller Arena. My Dreamcast made horrible noises while trying to read the disc and after about 15 seconds gave up and went to the system dashboard.
Next I tried They Hunger. Same horrible noises, but this time the Dreamcast detected the disc as an audio CD with one 6-second long (empty) track. Not good, but I guess it's progress.
Then I decided to burn an audio CD and see if my Dreamcast could even read that. No dice. Straight to the dashboard again.
After that I decided to check if maybe it was the brand of CD-R that was the problem and found an old scratched-to-hell Sony CD-R mixtape under the seat of my car. Put it in my Dreamcast and sure enough it read the disc fine and was able to play the songs on it.
I think I might have just answered my own question, but is there any chance that these Dynex CD-Rs are just so low-quality that the Dreamcast can't even read them? I'm no expert on this kind of stuff, but I think the fact that I can basically see right through them probably isn't a good thing.
If it is indeed the discs I'm using that's the problem, what brands would be recommended for playing on the Dreamcast? I'd rather not spend any more money on useless CD-Rs that won't work...
Thanks.
