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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: Generic Eric on March 30, 2015, 10:48:57 am
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I thought there was a DC emulator thar played real discs? Is that true? Or am I wrong?
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I think you can do that in NullDC?
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I think you can do that in NullDC?
Thanks. I wasn't sure if I was imagining that or if that was a feature that may or may not have been dropped.
I also seem to remember that you could mount the iso with alcohol 120% and have it play too. I could never get anywhere with the emus though.
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From what I used to know, the dreamcast used GD-ROM?
a non-standard disc size but you could back-up the discs to CD-rom using your dreamcast & a serial cable connected to the PC and one of the emulators made the connection.
Then you could burn it to CD & play it on the dreamcast.
If it took up the whole dreamcast disc you had to use a boot disc to run the game first because those files had to be moved off in order to fit the game.
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Yep, i don't think any emulator can run original DC discs.
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Normal PC disc drives can't read original Dreamcast discs because they're in the proprietary GD-ROM format.... I think there was someone who found certain model drives that can be modified (both hardware and firmware) to read them for ripping purposes but that seems like a lot of work for emulation.
Any Emulator that is able to run mounted ISOs should be able to read backup discs directly from the drive though.
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Normal PC disc drives can't read original Dreamcast discs because they're in the proprietary GD-ROM format.... I think there was someone who found certain model drives that can be modified (both hardware and firmware) to read them for ripping purposes but that seems like a lot of work for emulation.
This is most likely what I was thinking. I definitely remember updating firmware being a thing.
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Normal PC disc drives can't read original Dreamcast discs because they're in the proprietary GD-ROM format.... I think there was someone who found certain model drives that can be modified (both hardware and firmware) to read them for ripping purposes but that seems like a lot of work for emulation.
Any Emulator that is able to run mounted ISOs should be able to read backup discs directly from the drive though.
LG made that drive, I have one, however, I have it installed in an external enclosure so unless I need to tear it all apart, I can't get the model number... its the same drive the Wii disc need to be read...