do new DCs play backups

[Wayne]

Just because you got one last week, it doesn't mean it's a NEW DREAMCAST (Anti-copy version).

You keep posting, implying that since you just got one and it works, everyone else with NEW machines must be doing something wrong... Check the label on the bottom of your machine. If the date is before OCTOBER 2000, that is the reason you can play everything without having to rebuild each game disc manually.

There *IS* a problem with machines produced "OCTOBER 2000" and later, where the current game backups won't work on them. The data files have to be extracted and the disc has to be rebuilt in a different format for them to work.