GD-ROM Discs to cease being produced

[Mozgus]

I wasn't even aware that Sega was the only company who can and does manufacture them.

http://forums.segaxtreme.net/showthread.php?t=15180

If GD-ROM production is discontinued, this means:

* No more NAOMI arcade games
* No more NAOMI ports to Dreamcast (Recent NAOMI ports include Under Defeat and Radirgy)
* Trigger Heart Exelica (February 2007) and Karous (March 2007) will unexpectedly be the final official Dreamcast games.

[racketboy]

Why would they stop if there is still a demand?

[Mozgus]

Why would they stop if there is still a demand?

Because it's Sega. They have my name on post-it notes all over their offices, with a message written in red sharpie:

"Piss this guy off at least once a week by doing something retarded!"

[ImportBoy]

Ashame if they follow through...I don't see why they would stop if the demand was still there.

Am I only one who actually wants to see GD-ROM burning drives for the PC and GD-R media? I would think Sega would make a few dollars. Heck, if Sega was smart they should sell an IDE GD-ROM drive bundled with a Dreamcast emulator for Windows! I'd buy it in an instant.

[metaleggman]

Ashame if they follow through...I don't see why they would stop if the demand was still there.

Am I only one who actually wants to see GD-ROM burning drives for the PC and GD-R media? I would think Sega would make a few dollars. Heck, if Sega was smart they should sell an IDE GD-ROM drive bundled with a Dreamcast emulator for Windows! I'd buy it in an instant.

no, it'd be better to make a DVD+-RW DL Drive that is compatable with GD-ROM. That way you don't have a practically useless drive taking one of your only Drive slots. While everyone would wish for GD-R, it's quite unlikely sincce SEGA will think it promotes piracy, which it could, but could also do legit back-ups as well.

[nick944]

Though the GD-R was never officially announced as stopping production. SEGA themselves have not said in any way at all that it will be discontinued. It was a rumor started by one site and then spread. G.Rev just did a reprint of Border Down this January too.

[HoboJoe]

Wow...way to revive a dead topic....if people hadn't realized the fact that GD-ROMs r still in production a year after this post was made...then they probably have little to no interest in them anyway.

[peace4myheart]

I thought they announce this last year. I think the reprint for Border Down was due to some companies having their own machine to make copies of GD-ROM and it is not hard to find left over blank disks around.

[CantStrafeRight]

I thought they announce this last year.

This is and old thread

and it was just a rumour.