Modding Dreamcast?

[HappehLemons]

Is it possible to removed the need for a swap disc with non selfbooting DC backups by using some kind of mod chip?

Thanks!

[Gavica]

I've always played backups without need of a boot disc, no modding necesarry

[kupomogli]

Are you guys really using "backups?" Or is backups being used as a replacement for another set of words.

[HappehLemons]

I've always played backups without need of a boot disc, no modding necesarry

Most of the time that's the case, but that's because the game image is modified to run without using a boot disc. When a game is made like this it's called "selfboot", although since that's not how the game is originally dumped some games are not selfboot (Mainly earlier or less popular DC backups?) . Or at least this is my understanding of how it works.

[Kiddo]

All "selfboots" are, more or less, modified ISOs. They were in abundance a time ago because they were easy to play on unmodified Dreamcasts, but I believe now there's been a trend on going back to dump "pure/clean" data.

I do not recall anyone mentioning a way to modify Dreamcasts to read such data - probably because Dreamcast GD-Rs are practically collectible on their own as it is. IIRC the standard game software isn't designed to run normally on a CD-R (and most games would not fit into a CD-R anyway.)

[T2KFreeker]

Just buy a Japanese Dreamcast. You can get them for about $20.00 these days.