FREEWARE Game for PS2/Xbox/Dreamcast & PC!

[jonjandran]

Maybe his Dreamcast can't read CD-Rs.

According to dcemulation.com ALL Dreamcasts can read cd-r's if they use the proper self-boot images.
And this game uses the proper self-boot image.

[Retro Pro]

I've already gone through four disc and none of them work, so before I try this again, I have some random questions:

- Is there any way to reformat/erase CD-R discs?

- Are certain brands of CD-R discs incompatable with Dreamcast?

- Would CD-RW discs work in the Dreamcast?

- I read somewhere that Nero 5 can burn DC discs, but Nero 6 (the one currently on the Nero website) CANNOT. Is this true or not true?

Thanks!

[Ze_ro]

- Is there any way to reformat/erase CD-R discs?

No.

- Are certain brands of CD-R discs incompatable with Dreamcast?

Maybe... but I've been using the cheapest ones I can find (y'know, pack of 100, no spindle, silver on both sides), and they work perfectly fine for me, so my guess would be no.

- Would CD-RW discs work in the Dreamcast?

No. Supposedly, you can adjust the laser power to make it read CD-RW's, but that seems like an awful lot of work just for Beats of Rage... and supposedly, you have to undo the adjustments to be able to read normal CD's and GD's.

- I read somewhere that Nero 5 can burn DC discs, but Nero 6 (the one currently on the Nero website) CANNOT. Is this true or not true?

I never use Nero myself, but as was already mentioned, you can convert cdi images into nrg images, and then burn with Nero. Don't know if that would work for you or not.

According to dcemulation.com ALL Dreamcasts can read cd-r's if they use the proper self-boot images.

All Dreamcast's are capable of reading CD-R's... but a very small number of the later ones require a different setup to get them to boot. Almost all emulator images and such burn bootable Dreamcasts disk using a 3-second audio track at the beginning (Since it's a lot easier, and works with ~95% of the systems out there)... the later Dreamcasts don't work with this, and require some other method using two data tracks.

It IS possible that Retro Pro has one of these Dreamcasts. In that case, the only way you'd be able to get it working would be to grab the raw files, and burn the disk "manually" (ie, no Nero, Alcohol, Disk Juggler or any of that... you'd be doing a lot of mkisofs and cdrecord voodoo). I don't know the process of making a "data-data" disc off-hand, but if you search around on the internet, you should be able to find the information.

If you know anyone who has a Dreamcast locally, you might want to see if you can get any of the discs you've burned to work on their systems... if so, then it's your Dreamcast. If the disc doesn't work there, then something is wrong with the way you burned it. Perhaps you have a goofy burner that's doing things wrong? Have you ever managed to burn a bootable Dreamcast disc before? What speed are you burning at?

I think there's a Windows version of Beats of Rage on their website... it would be a lot easier to just play that instead. It's probably not worth all this hassle to get it on your Dreamcast.

--Zero

[Retro Pro]

Zero,

Thanks for your help. My DC can definitely read CD-R discs though. I have a few others with NES, Genesis, etc. emulators/roms on them (I didn't burn them myself).

If anyone knows the answer to my Nero question, let me know. Thanks.

[Retro Pro]

I forgot to respond to this part:

Perhaps you have a goofy burner that's doing things wrong? Have you ever managed to burn a bootable Dreamcast disc before? What speed are you burning at?

This is a new computer and I have never burned anything before. I am a complete newbie when it comes to burning. In Alcohol 120%, I've tried the "highest speed" option (that's what it's called - or something like that) and the 16x write option (the speed my burner can write). Neither work. Could it be the size of the disc perhaps? Mine are 700mb. That should be more than enough, shouldn't it?

[hydr0x]

always burn dc cd-r wih 8x or lower !!

[WiseSalesman]

In that case, the only way you'd be able to get it working would be to grab the raw files, and burn the disk "manually" (ie, no Nero, Alcohol, Disk Juggler or any of that... you'd be doing a lot of mkisofs and cdrecord voodoo). I don't know the process of making a "data-data" disc off-hand, but if you search around on the internet, you should be able to find the information.

Oh god....i did all this crap back when I had my old burner and wanted to make a DreamNES disc. God, it was so much more trouble than it was worth.

[jonjandran]

- I read somewhere that Nero 5 can burn DC discs, but Nero 6 (the one currently on the Nero website) CANNOT. Is this true or not true?

Thanks!

I have Nero 6 and I couldn't get it to burn a working disc .
I converted the image with cdi2nero and it still made coasters , so this could be true.

[Chingaling]

I just got both the Dreamcast and PS2 versions from the newsgroups.

If anyone has a place they would like them FTP'ed to, just let me know.

That offer still stand?

Edit: Nevermind,I got it.

[le geek]

Played the DC version over the weekend. Very nice! Got as far as the vertical platform stage.

Also tried out a bunch of the other homebrews making an SBI image. The breakout clone was pretty cool (let's you save level designs via VMU), but most other were fun to play once...

Cheers,
Ben

[Captain Wrong]

So what happens if SNK sees this and gets pissed that these guys ripped all the sprites out of King of Fighters? Maybe I'll download it now while I still can...

--Zero