how do i burn dreamcast games?

PSXpirate · #1 27-04-2002, 23:07

i tried to burn them before but all i ever get it that audio track in the begining that has the warning thing if u put it in a cd player. i know how to burn psx games fine though. but i thought that dreamcast gd-roms werent burnable since the disc held i gig of data and cd rom drives cant read them. but since i have a dvd rom drive would it work? i just wanna know thanks. oh yeah, what program would i use to burn them? i use clone cd for psx and pc games.

Megalexxx · #2 28-04-2002, 04:34

You can't make a copy of your game by yourself. If you want to burn a game, you'll have to find an ISO or an already burnt game.
GDRoms and DVDRoms are not the same thing !!!

There's a really good tutorial here :
http://www.megagames.com/dc/dc_backup_faq.shtml

Megalexxx · #3 28-04-2002, 04:58

well you could just buy the game brand new for just 10$$ i know it takes all the fun out of it being illegal but hey, if it's less of a pain in the ass, im all for it.

Wayne · #4 28-04-2002, 06:50

...or you can learn how to RIP the game using a serial-slave cable attaching your Dreamcast to your PC via serial cable, then learn how to downsample the audio/video files, remove unnecessary files such as foreign language files, etc., and then figure out how to burn the resulting collection of files to a bootable CD-R disc...

It can be done, but it's a lot of work, and unless you have a Broadband adapter (which are "scarce as hens' teeth", and expensive as well), you'll have to wait at least overnight for your computer and Dreamcast to rip just one game. That is, unless your Dreamcast or PC lock up during the rip, after
which you have useless files that you'll have to delete and start all over again.

PSXpirate · #5 28-04-2002, 09:10

well "manglexxx" or whatever the hell your name is. im not talking about "metropolis street racer" that game really does cost ten dollars (which you so smoothly stole from one of my other posts, you dumb bitch). well anyways im talking about "shenmue 2" the japanese version. as you may know, that game costs 60 or 70 dollars and my friend has a copy that i want to burn.

Megalexxx · #6 28-04-2002, 09:28

Peace man, it was just a joke.

Now, to make a copy of an already burnt game, just use DiscJuggler. It works perfectly (CD reader to CD burner).

PSXpirate · #7 28-04-2002, 12:35

yeah, but how do i make the cdr copy from a original dreamcast disk? if they exist then there must be some way

Megalexxx · #8 28-04-2002, 13:35

As Wayne says, there's a way, but it's a hard work.
You need to link your DC to your PC, then use a specific software to rip your GDRom, then downsample your files so that everything fits on a standard CD, then hack all BIN files to removes protections and finaly, burn your game.

People who release games know their stuff. I can't help you more if you want to rip your own original. Sorry.