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hi all. i live in sweden and i bought a japanese dreamcast. all you guys know that the japanese one are both 50 and 60 Hz. but i use 50 ofc cuz i'm used to PAL.

but i can play japanese games and usa games and Eu games. usa nd eu are burned disc but i think they should work even if i buy the realy copyies or im i wrong? are this only cuz they are burend?

if not does all pll just buy all the versions of the Dreamcast cuz of collection or?

just wondering^^

and ofc ia hve not modded anything at all everything are normal as i should be no costum installs or anything.

it's because you're playing burned discs. DC is not region-free.

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No, the Dreamcast is not region free. Playing original import games directly on a non-chipped console won't work. You'll need to chip it, or alternatively use a boot disc. DC-X is very good to boot original import games, but won't work for backups. Utopia also works for backups. Check for the latest version for best compatibility.

Yes, you will be able to play most backups without a chip, simply because they are self-bootable. Meaning the security boot file is burnt on the disc with the game. Games that are not self-bootable require a boot disc like Utopia.

hmm ok. i see, i just thought its funny to play PAL games on A NTSC console. and all other going around and useing chips and mod there soft where and stuff. if this stuffs are not needed and you just need to burn a cd then why do ppl do this? cuz they are lazy to put in a cd and replace it whit the game or?

oo and sorry for bad spelling i have dyslexia and my webbrowser think i type swedish whits makes all english words turn red^^ hehehe^^

rullare wrote:hmm ok. i see, i just thought its funny to play PAL games on A NTSC console. and all other going around and useing chips and mod there soft where and stuff. if this stuffs are not needed and you just need to burn a cd then why do ppl do this? cuz they are lazy to put in a cd and replace it whit the game or?

because some of us really enjoy collecting actual legit games and playing those instead of downloading/burning everything.

Not sure if I understood correctly, but while the DC can reproduce selfboot discs or a boot disc to then boot burned or imported games, doesn't mean that the other consoles can do that too, that's why the need of using chips or other kinds of mods in those cases.

The Dreamcast is probably the only console in video game history that is capable of playing unlicensed games without any hardware or software modifications, and that functionality is arguably the Dreamcast's biggest design flaw.

hmm what i know. is this:

the only thing that made DC fall was that PS2 can play DVDs and it was cheaper to buy a PS2 instead of a DVD player. thats why DC fall. if i undersand it right.

rullare wrote:hmm what i know. is this:

the only thing that made DC fall was that PS2 can play DVDs and it was cheaper to buy a PS2 instead of a DVD player. thats why DC fall. if i undersand it right.

It's not that black and white. Things rarely are...