Hi, im a total newbie..please give me some advise...
 

Hi, i was thinking about buying a dc......if i wanted to play back up games wud i have to mod my console? or cud i just use one of those special disks??? and how easy is it to copy dream cast games using Nero? and how about all these emulators and divx stuff....how do i get them to run??? thanks for your help
jack :)

ok first of all congrats on your choice of console:D

Now to the answers to play backup games you have no need to get a mod chip for the dc. However you may need a bootdisc for some games (theres selfbooters and non selfbooters), you can find that at this webpage.

You cannont copy dreamcast games using your pc and nero, you need some extra hardware (coders cable or a bba (i think) and a knowledge of how to downsample all the files and stuff. So untill you learn some more just download the games.

For the emulators and dcdivx, dont get so excited it may be nice but there are only a few which run full speed, and dcdivx you have to most of the times downsample your divx files. However that said there is some good emulators around. For help with this goto either www.dcemulation.com or www.dcvision.com

I think thats it:) good luck and have fun.

THANKS FOR THE HELP!

oh erm wen u say off the net? where from and how big are they?

www.google.com is your friend buddy:D im not sure how much info you can give on this board as to where to find iso's so im playing it safe, sorry:)

As for the size it varies greatly, sometimes they can be as small as 18mb (ikaruga) or a full cd, however most of them come in at around 300mb mark.

cud anybody add me to msn....to talk about stuff we cant here please??? jackashton**********com