No need for selfboot or non-selfboot

[lexican]

I have a few burnt DC games , when i put them i the DC tells me i don't have a game in.. blah blah.. well I'm new and i don't have a utopia bootcd but well i put in what i call a start up game. kinda like the PSX swtch thingy. I'd wait for the DC to load up the regular game "fighting game" and then i'd open the DC while it was at the "Push start" menu and it'll go to the DC menu then i put in the burt game in and it'll run... or you can tunrn it off at the DC menu and turn it back on with the burn game in it ,, note: only after you did all of the above. now can some one tell me what all this really means? is a selfboot really needed? or a utopia cd..???