Gah! Frustrations!

zcal · July 6th, 2004, 06:16

Okay this is driving me nuts. Obviously, it's not terribly difficult to dump/flash your Dreamcast's BIOS, but games must be a different story. If normal CD/DVD drives can't read GD-ROMs, how are people managing to dump game info and create self-bootable images? Is it just as "simple" as ripping the Dreamcast's drive from the guts of the system and somehow managing to connect an IDE cable, and finally finding some way to get a PC to read that as a drive in order to get the data?

**fivefeet8** · July 6th, 2004, 06:39

It's done by using a cable which connects your Dreamcast to your Pc. Then using software to dump the game into an iso onto your HD. There are lots of information around the web on how to do it.

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zcal · July 6th, 2004, 07:09

Hmm...I guess I really didn't do my homework on this one huh? I suppose that's much easier, if not much less interesting than destroying the console and scrapping together some mutant of a drive for your PC.

Gingo17 · July 6th, 2004, 17:34

your computer wouldnt have drivers to read it anyway.

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zcal · July 6th, 2004, 20:10

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your computer wouldnt have drivers to read it anyway.

which is why...

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and finally finding some way to get a PC to read that

Vanit · July 7th, 2004, 05:03

If you have enough knowledge to make a mutant CDROM drive for your computer I think you would have enough to write a driver for it.

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zcal I am that merry wanderer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 326	Gah! Frustrations! Okay this is driving me nuts. Obviously, it's not terribly difficult to dump/flash your Dreamcast's BIOS, but games must be a different story. If normal CD/DVD drives can't read GD-ROMs, how are people managing to dump game info and create self-bootable images? Is it just as "simple" as ripping the Dreamcast's drive from the guts of the system and somehow managing to connect an IDE cable, and finally finding some way to get a PC to read that as a drive in order to get the data?

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July 6th, 2004, 06:39	#2
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 8,060	It's done by using a cable which connects your Dreamcast to your Pc. Then using software to dump the game into an iso onto your HD. There are lots of information around the web on how to do it. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel i7 2600k @4.4 ghz\|2x4 gb DDR3 1600\|Asrock Extreme7 Gen3\|EVGA GTX670 2GB\|EVGA GTX460 PhysX\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\| OCZ 240GB SSD SATA3 \|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Rosewill 1000 Watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/10" Sub\|Windows 7 64bit Ultimate\|\| SimplyBuyIt - Health&Nutrition

July 6th, 2004, 07:09	#3
zcal I am that merry wanderer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 326	Hmm...I guess I really didn't do my homework on this one huh? I suppose that's much easier, if not much less interesting than destroying the console and scrapping together some mutant of a drive for your PC.

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Gingo17 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 34	your computer wouldnt have drivers to read it anyway. __________________ Made by Me

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Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,764	If you have enough knowledge to make a mutant CDROM drive for your computer I think you would have enough to write a driver for it. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.