"Let's make GD ROM emulation happen" Facebook group.

Discussion in 'Sega Dreamcast Development and Research' started by sonicdude10, Jun 18, 2012.

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  1. fathertime

    fathertime Rapidly Rising Member

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    Virtua Cop 2 is a CDDA + WinCE game. That would be a great test - if you get that working you can be sure 99.9 of titles will work.

    Also try any of the "El Dorado Gate" series to see if the copy protection is passed.


    Well done cybdyn on getting it booting. And of course to Ozone too.

    Will this be released at some point? If not, would you have a parts list that we could purchase and a guide we could attempt to DIY?
     
  2. sonicdude10

    sonicdude10 So long AG and thanks for all the fish!

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    Amen to that.
     
  3. -=FamilyGuy=-

    -=FamilyGuy=- Site Supporter 2049

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    WinCE + CDDA can indeed be a bitch, but it's possible to fix it. I haven't done it since years thoug, there's no WinCE games I like enought for the hassle!
     
  4. sonicdude10

    sonicdude10 So long AG and thanks for all the fish!

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    Someone should look into this. We need 100% compatibility on it like the Everdrive 64 now has.
     
  5. -=FamilyGuy=-

    -=FamilyGuy=- Site Supporter 2049

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    For cybdyn this is not a problem, as he emulates a gd-rom disk. The hacking is only needed while booting from a cd-rom!
     
  6. Mattb26

    Mattb26 Newly Registered

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    Incredible news, there's been lots of people try and do this but nobody succeeded until now, great work!
     
  7. cybdyn

    cybdyn Embedded developer (MCU & FPGA)

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    sonic adventure works.
     
  8. EmuSentai

    EmuSentai Active Member

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    You're great and I think I love you too much for doing this. I wonder how Shenmue works?
     
  9. sonicdude10

    sonicdude10 So long AG and thanks for all the fish!

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    Now that this concept has proven to be working there has been a few blurbs about it on the net. someone blurbed it on Reddit and Retro Collect ran a short article. They all point back to this thread. I've also had a major rise in new members over on the Facebook side of things. 20 new members in the last 48 hours or so. That lines up with the time Retro Collect ran the article and someone blurbed it on Reddit.

    Well done cybdyn. Well done.
     
  10. cybdyn

    cybdyn Embedded developer (MCU & FPGA)

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    Shenmue1 works.

    vitual cop 2 - doesnt. but it's for JP area. need a hack of IP.bin))
     
  11. jse

    jse Active Member

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    Are you going to produce these at some point in the future? or maybe list the parts and a guide for diy modders?
     
  12. madsheep

    madsheep Peppy Member

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    You need one of this to try

    Action Replay CDX
    GameShark CDX
    Pro Action Replay or DC PAR

    OR Action Replay CDX Demo Version

    The demo Version is legal to use :D
     
  13. cybdyn

    cybdyn Embedded developer (MCU & FPGA)

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    it works only w/ GDI images. cd doesnt work. i tryed find the reason....

    i plan make device for sell.
     
  14. EmuSentai

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    I'm wondering, would it be possible to run Bleemed games?
     
  15. madsheep

    madsheep Peppy Member

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    yes if cybdyn make it load CD images yes we can load everything...
     
  16. coal stepping

    coal stepping Site Supporter 2014

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    Awesome work I still have my official vga box
     
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  17. Anthony817

    Anthony817 Familiar Face

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    You got my support! Make this a reality man! A hdd on a Dreamcast would be great with a hacked up Dreamcast karaoke unit and a recycled PC zip drive to make a good concealed case for a 1tb hdd to fit in much like this user created mod.

    [​IMG]
     
  18. Fandangos

    Fandangos <B>Site Supporter 2013</B>

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    Holy holy!!

    This seems like a rooster and a chicken doing it.
     
  19. -=FamilyGuy=-

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    Remove the optical drive and you'll have enough room to fit any 2.5" hdd in there! Heck the dc is full of void, you could probably fit an HDD without even removing the gd-rom drive! Just replace the psu by a pico-psu or something!
     
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  20. smoke monster

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    I'm late to the game and just found out about your project through a post on another forum. I just wanted to congratulate you on getting this working, and to say that once these are for sale, I'd buy two or three :)
     
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