Games with region protections

Discussion in 'Sega Dreamcast Development and Research' started by japanese_cake, Aug 26, 2015.

  1. japanese_cake

    japanese_cake Spirited Member

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    Thanks for the feedback ;)

    I know there are only two options. I was just saying that according to my experience trying to get through that holly check, I might have identified some parts/parameters of the algo (as sometimes I can "predict" whether the bios is going to pass the check before flashing it).

    Anyway, thanks for the reminder
     
  2. MetalliC

    MetalliC Spirited Member

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    can you share yours thoughts and method of prediction please ? (in PM)
    such info can be valuable start point for some other people with strong math knowledge.
     
  3. japanese_cake

    japanese_cake Spirited Member

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    I'm sorry but I am not going to share anything at the moment. Nothing personal, I just want to prepare my next bios release, using my new insights, to validate/invalidate my feelings. But no worries I will share whatever I find. I just want to work on it before saying any bullshit ;)
     
  4. shengoro86

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    Thanks for your BIOS files!
    Question: Are we able to make custom boot images or are they hardcoded? The dev boot image/animation is nice though!
     
  5. japanese_cake

    japanese_cake Spirited Member

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    It depends on what you mean by custom and hardcoded. If you mean being able to customize some of the bios aspects/behaviours once it has been flashed, so far no bios does it. But I may release something new that will give some customization options ;)
     
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  6. shengoro86

    shengoro86 Active Member

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    Thanks!! I'll be keeping my eye out :)
    Specifically if I could take some sort of image and replace the Dreamcast symbol with it, that would be great. I'm not too keen on how this works so I do not know if it is even possible.
     
  7. Alessio

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    I have your BIOS in my Dreamcast from yesterday night... It s great to know you r working on a new release
     
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