Iso of DC's games.

davv · August 23rd, 2003

I made iso's from my ps games with alcohol program can it work with DC games that i have also? thanks I'm asking because i don't have that program anymore i don't want to buy it and waste money if it ain't going to work.

Regulus · August 23rd, 2003

No, it wont work. DC games cannot be read by a CD-Drive.

Galway no Sora · August 23rd, 2003

IIRC GD disc unreadable in PC CD ROM. Perhaps you need to try with DVD ROM.

KronoX · August 23rd, 2003

It won't work because DC games are not normal CD's. They are GD's and your cdrom can't read the GD. Basically there is no way of copying Dreamcast games with a computer unless you own a Dreamcast SDK with the GDROM Hardware or use a Dreamcast Coder's Cable to connect your Dreamcast to your PC along with some software to dump the image from the Dreamcast to your PC.

davv · August 23rd, 2003

Guess it don't matter then if i have a dvd drive in my pc then? So if we can't get the game in the harddrive and any pc can't read the disk then how are we to expect to ever play the emulater with games? I don't understand how it's going to work then.

**Chrono Archangel** · August 23rd, 2003

you can rip the game using cable IIRC. you dump the data of the GDrom to your pc

davv · August 23rd, 2003

Your not really answering my question how are most people going to play the emulater when it comes out? what method will be used do you think to play a game?

Regulus · August 23rd, 2003

They are going to hook their dreamcasts up to their computers, then download them from the DC to their computer using the BroadBand Adapter. Don't say its useless for most people. Everybody should own a DC.

Or.....they coud download the ISOs, but why would you want to do that?

davv · August 24th, 2003

Could you explain a little further how does a board band thing going to xfer games in what pc ports does it hook up too also what we need is a boarddband is that it do we need anything else wires of sorts where can i get info of how this works? thanks

Regulus · August 24th, 2003

basically, you set up a network between the DC and the PC. Im not sure how to do it, but IIRC, thats what the general Idea is

**n_w95482** · August 24th, 2003

I think you just get a crossover cable and hook up one end to a PC and the other end to the DC (broadband adapter is required for this method). Then you get some software that makes the DC stream the GD-ROM over the cable. Or you could get a coder's cable but it takes a LONG time that way (like 1-2 days or something around that).

Regulus · August 24th, 2003

think of downloading a 1 GB file over a 56k modem.....

TerrorShocked · August 25th, 2003

You can use a Crossover cable or BBA IIRC..... You should use the BBA though, I hear that the COders Cable takes FOREVER to dump.

Tony · August 26th, 2003

Some games are small enough to fit a normal CD. THOSE can be copied with a computer.

Regulus · August 26th, 2003

no. your wrong. even if they can fit, you CANNOT rip them.

**Kane** · August 26th, 2003

You can only copy them normally if you are using a pirated copy, ripped and resized to fit on 700Mb

davv · August 26th, 2003

Yesterday i went to this game store and the guy was playing MvsC 2 i was sorta watching him play. Then he took the game out of the DC i noticed it was a cdr based game and he then put other game in it cdr game again and it worked again games had sound everything just like the real thing i could not believe it. It is possilbe to do it but i'm not interested already own the real games.

**Kane** · August 26th, 2003

Those were both pirate discs then. DC games are released on GD roms regardless.

Regulus · August 26th, 2003

like I said. Just because a GD-ROM is less that 700 MB, it doesnt change the fact that its a different format.

S.SubZero · August 27th, 2003

Since this conversation is pretty much talking about ripping GD-ROMS which isn't exactly legal and nobody seems to be locking it, I might as well say that pretty much every DC game has already been previously ripped. If you can't rip your own, you might as well get one that's already done.

August 23rd, 2003	#1 (permalink)
davv Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 59	Iso of DC's games. I made iso's from my ps games with alcohol program can it work with DC games that i have also? thanks I'm asking because i don't have that program anymore i don't want to buy it and waste money if it ain't going to work.

August 23rd, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. No, it wont work. DC games cannot be read by a CD-Drive. __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 23rd, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,144	Re: Iso of DC's games. IIRC GD disc unreadable in PC CD ROM. Perhaps you need to try with DVD ROM. __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

August 23rd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
KronoX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 3	Re: Iso of DC's games. It won't work because DC games are not normal CD's. They are GD's and your cdrom can't read the GD. Basically there is no way of copying Dreamcast games with a computer unless you own a Dreamcast SDK with the GDROM Hardware or use a Dreamcast Coder's Cable to connect your Dreamcast to your PC along with some software to dump the image from the Dreamcast to your PC.

August 23rd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,070	Re: Iso of DC's games. you can rip the game using cable IIRC. you dump the data of the GDrom to your pc __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

August 23rd, 2003	#5 (permalink)
davv Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 59	Guess it don't matter then if i have a dvd drive in my pc then? So if we can't get the game in the harddrive and any pc can't read the disk then how are we to expect to ever play the emulater with games? I don't understand how it's going to work then.

August 23rd, 2003	#7 (permalink)
davv Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 59	Your not really answering my question how are most people going to play the emulater when it comes out? what method will be used do you think to play a game?

August 23rd, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. They are going to hook their dreamcasts up to their computers, then download them from the DC to their computer using the BroadBand Adapter. Don't say its useless for most people. Everybody should own a DC. Or.....they coud download the ISOs, but why would you want to do that? __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 24th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
davv Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 59	Could you explain a little further how does a board band thing going to xfer games in what pc ports does it hook up too also what we need is a boarddband is that it do we need anything else wires of sorts where can i get info of how this works? thanks

August 24th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. basically, you set up a network between the DC and the PC. Im not sure how to do it, but IIRC, thats what the general Idea is __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 24th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: Iso of DC's games. I think you just get a crossover cable and hook up one end to a PC and the other end to the DC (broadband adapter is required for this method). Then you get some software that makes the DC stream the GD-ROM over the cable. Or you could get a coder's cable but it takes a LONG time that way (like 1-2 days or something around that).

August 24th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. think of downloading a 1 GB file over a 56k modem..... __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 25th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
TerrorShocked Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 839	Re: Iso of DC's games. You can use a Crossover cable or BBA IIRC..... You should use the BBA though, I hear that the COders Cable takes FOREVER to dump. __________________ -- TerrorShocked.

August 26th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Tony The Whole F'n Show Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Between Misato's Melons...............Or Watering My Own............. Posts: 53	Re: Iso of DC's games. Some games are small enough to fit a normal CD. THOSE can be copied with a computer. __________________ Tony's Box AMD AthlonXP 3000+ 1GB PC2700 DDR RAM ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard XFX nVidia GeForce 6600GT Sound Blaster Live! 5.1+ Windows XP SP2 IBM Deskstar 60GB Hitachi Deskstar 60GB

August 26th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. no. your wrong. even if they can fit, you CANNOT rip them. __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 26th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Iso of DC's games. You can only copy them normally if you are using a pirated copy, ripped and resized to fit on 700Mb __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 26th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Iso of DC's games. Those were both pirate discs then. DC games are released on GD roms regardless. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 26th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
davv Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 59	Yesterday i went to this game store and the guy was playing MvsC 2 i was sorta watching him play. Then he took the game out of the DC i noticed it was a cdr based game and he then put other game in it cdr game again and it worked again games had sound everything just like the real thing i could not believe it. It is possilbe to do it but i'm not interested already own the real games.

August 26th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Iso of DC's games. like I said. Just because a GD-ROM is less that 700 MB, it doesnt change the fact that its a different format. __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

August 27th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
S.SubZero XP64 User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 988	Re: Iso of DC's games. Since this conversation is pretty much talking about ripping GD-ROMS which isn't exactly legal and nobody seems to be locking it, I might as well say that pretty much every DC game has already been previously ripped. If you can't rip your own, you might as well get one that's already done. __________________ -SSZ

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode