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Title: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: Timoe on May 20, 2005, 04:07:31 pm

I have 8 or 9 old dreamcast discs in a drawer.  Can anyone tell me how to make ISO's from them?

Thanks for any help.

Title: Re: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: cholin on May 20, 2005, 04:12:33 pm

Make a copy with NERO or some other disk copier.  I dont know if they have protection or anything, but anything that can copy raw disks.  When you select a location or something, tell it to save to an ISO file.

Title: Re: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: Timoe on May 20, 2005, 04:24:01 pm

Have you tried this with Dreamcast Discs?

Title: Re: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: JoyMonkey on May 20, 2005, 04:41:59 pm

You need extra hardware to rip Dreamcast ISO's because they're not standard CD-ROMs. They're a kind of hybrid that Sega developed called GD-Roms and they hold more data than a standard CD-ROM; this data is stored in areas of the disc that are inaccessible by standaed CD drives. I think you need one of those rare Dreamcast network adapters to be able to rip them.

Title: Re: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: pointdablame on May 20, 2005, 06:07:53 pm

JoyMonkey is correct.. you can't just rip a game like any other game on CD/DVD.

As simple as it is to run a backed up game on Dreamcast, its a bit** to rip an ISO

Title: Re: How do I make ISOs from My Dreamcast Discs?
Post by: jcrouse on May 20, 2005, 06:14:24 pm

Yes, somewhere I found a website that gave a VERY extenvise explination and tutorial. Google is your friend.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/menace-59/gd-rom_stuff/

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John