in need of assistance

GarbageWater · #1 15-09-2001, 20:47

I know that a normal self-booting game has 2 sessions- a CDDA and a CDXA session, and those games can be copied with discjuggler. Has anyone ever seen a copy which only registers as a single CDDA session, and is REALLY small (i mean less than a meg)? I try to make an image file from the cd, and I get a tiny useless image file. Any suggestions?

Wayne · #2 16-09-2001, 09:37

It sounds like you're trying to copy ORIGINAL Dreamcast (GD-ROM) discs with your CD Burner. This is ****IMPOSSIBLE****!!! The only way you can make copies of original Dreamcast game discs is to "RIP" them using a serial cable between your Dreamcast and PC. If you try to copy the game using a Burner, all you will get is the first little session (the boot session) and none of the data. If you look at a GD-ROM disc, you'll see a band between the inner and outer data areas. Anything toward the outside of this band is unreadable by a CD Burner. It'll only see what is near the center of the disc before the band.

GarbageWater · #3 16-09-2001, 18:37

no no no- I'm trying to copy already burned games. I have been successful with most of the games I've tried, but I'm telling you, there are some games that only register on my computer or through discjuggler as only a couple hundred kilobytes (I think shenmue, sonic shuffle, and vampire chronicle). Now these games actually work when I try them on my dc. I don't know if the guy who made these copies did some special tricks, but if anyone knows about it, please respond.

Wayne · #4 16-09-2001, 20:47

Is there any visible unburned gap between the data tracks if you look at the data area? If so, maybe someone has developed a method that mimmicks the GD-ROM format (possible, but I would think unlikely).