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Dreamcast games worth running on your arcade cabinet?
brandon:
here's a nice simplified diagram of the VGA connection.
waveryder:
Most scene releases didnt include the dummy data. Personally I use autodummy (because im lazy) Its not too big an issue to do as most of the kalisto stuff wasnt ripped particularily well and needs to .be made to autoboot anyway. Dumming discs has nothing to do with breaking the GDRom drive it has to do with reducimg the stress on the drive. The original version of soulcalibur is a great example! Run that and listen to the drive go ApeSH**! Its about reducing stress. Lets face it if the drive goes you got to buy a whole new console to replace it. The db25 boxes are simple changeover switches you should have no probs as long as you do a decent solder connection to the plug. Never had a problem with mine. I have seen some info on this board about hacking a VGA box to out a 15khz signal. Not sure where as I have a VGA arcade monitor in my cab ;)
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: waveryder on November 20, 2007, 04:07:04 pm ---Dumming discs has nothing to do with breaking the GDRom drive it has to do with reducimg the stress on the drive. The original version of soulcalibur is a great example! Run that and listen to the drive go ApeSH**! Its about reducing stress.
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Okay i guess thats what i was referring to then when i said using homebrew in a dc could be bad for the drive.
I think you should check out the consoles section for the vga to arcade monitor info. Forget the guy's name but he connected a dc to a monitor.
brandon:
check it out! it seems our very own RandyT sell Scart cables for Dreamcast! I've never done anything with Scart but there are TONS of info on them and since its basically RGB I think it would be a straight forward hack to an arcade monitor.
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=180&zenid=4d272241d1e66e34a40ca86e1e756430
EDIT: RGB actually might be the better route because not all DC games support VGA right? If you have a multisync then RGB would work fine as well.. I suppose you could connect both.. RGB for 15khz games, VGA for 31khz.. hmm..
Red:
brandon,
Check your PM.
Red