Broke my damn dreamcast *Tenchi's Dreamcast blog thread*
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Went ahead and copped. Gonna hook the old trusty DC back up
Lanny Piffo
Pro
Ordered mine. About to dust off Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue.
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
A nice lil come back to the beginning moment....
The whole reason I made this thread is because my original OG dreamcast I bought in 99 died....specifically I fukked around with the laser and damaged it. But ole bessy still works, turns on, main menu and everything. Just can't read discs
So I really wanna get her back up and running since she was with me since the beginning, so I've been looking into the GDEMU scene and did not realize how damn simple this is
Apparently some dudes on the dreamcast reddit found a new clone gdemu that is 100 bucks, and apparent increase in price but its got me interested in trying it out. Since Dreamcast lasers will die at some point to be able to completely remove this hurdle has me really interested. Think I'm gonna try this out.
jackdiy Sega DC Dreamcast optical drive simulation board GDEMU
The whole reason I made this thread is because my original OG dreamcast I bought in 99 died....specifically I fukked around with the laser and damaged it. But ole bessy still works, turns on, main menu and everything. Just can't read discs
So I really wanna get her back up and running since she was with me since the beginning, so I've been looking into the GDEMU scene and did not realize how damn simple this is
Apparently some dudes on the dreamcast reddit found a new clone gdemu that is 100 bucks, and apparent increase in price but its got me interested in trying it out. Since Dreamcast lasers will die at some point to be able to completely remove this hurdle has me really interested. Think I'm gonna try this out.
jackdiy Sega DC Dreamcast optical drive simulation board GDEMU
JahFocus CS
Get It How You Get It
I remember renting Skies or Arcadia from Blockbuster back in the day cuz I thought it had a cool cover
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
I remember renting Skies or Arcadia from Blockbuster back in the day cuz I thought it had a cool cover
I was playing Skies about an hour ago and its aged really well
Can someone please explain this to me in laymen's terms.
Sega PC Sale: Shenmue I & II, Yakuza 0, and Dreamcast Titles - Siliconera
Do you need to own a Steam acccoint and or machine in order to play these remastered games?
Sega PC Sale: Shenmue I & II, Yakuza 0, and Dreamcast Titles - Siliconera
Do you need to own a Steam acccoint and or machine in order to play these remastered games?
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Damn this thing is awesome
Took on my FightStick, PS4 Hori Fighting Commander and my PS3 Madcatz fight pad with ease, didn't break a sweat. And playing my 15 year old PSO save with a DS4 legit blew my mind....
Found a nice little work around for the lack of VMU support. Not all, but a nice portion of Dreamcast games don't require you to have a VMU in the first controller slot to load it, so a nice work around is plugging a VMU into a controller that's plugged into any other controller spot, I was using the 4th slot all the way on the end and out the way. Now for some games it works, some it dont...if I had to guess, the closer the game is to the end of dreamcast, the higher the chances. Street Fighter 3 Third strike had no issues loading save data from the 4th controller automatically while Street Fighter 3 Second Impact was not going and required you to have a VMU in the first controller.
Took on my FightStick, PS4 Hori Fighting Commander and my PS3 Madcatz fight pad with ease, didn't break a sweat. And playing my 15 year old PSO save with a DS4 legit blew my mind....
Found a nice little work around for the lack of VMU support. Not all, but a nice portion of Dreamcast games don't require you to have a VMU in the first controller slot to load it, so a nice work around is plugging a VMU into a controller that's plugged into any other controller spot, I was using the 4th slot all the way on the end and out the way. Now for some games it works, some it dont...if I had to guess, the closer the game is to the end of dreamcast, the higher the chances. Street Fighter 3 Third strike had no issues loading save data from the 4th controller automatically while Street Fighter 3 Second Impact was not going and required you to have a VMU in the first controller.
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Got the cable. My baby still works.Went ahead and copped. Gonna hook the old trusty DC back up
Can't find my converter to hook up my arcade stick, but MVC2 felt responsive in game mode, along with the other 2 or 3 games I found that work. Now, to download and burn some classics
Lanny Piffo
Pro
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Lanny Piffo
Pro
I gotta figure out how to setup that DreamPi. You can still cop new copies of Quake 3.
Take It In Blood
Banned
if there was a way to mod a dreamcast to play from a hdd or sd card i'd be interested
Would love to know if thats also possible for the PS1
Would love to know if thats also possible for the PS1
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Yep, what you want to look into is gdemu, it replaces the laser reader in the dreamcast for a SD card slot. And its dogshyt simple to install, literally just a swap of the unit with no soldiering required.
