Dreamcast Backups - Advice Needed

Post by **Leaf** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:31 pm

Hey everyone, I'd really like some advice here. There's someone on eBay selling a Dreamcast with 40 backup games and... a backup enabling disc. Is this seriously all I need to be able to play them all? I won't have to melt the console into a fine paste, burn things or download stuff off the internet? I can just play them all as soon as they arrive?

Thanks for your help!

Post by **GagaMan** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:07 pm

Don't see why not. The Dreamcast can play CD-R's without any modding needed, and in 9o% of cases it doesn't even need a boot disc.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:56 pm

If it says it comes with a "Backup enabling disc", they might be rips from like 6 years ago that require it. Anyways, those are all worthless, self booting or not, you could just get them all at UG Gamer or something. Chances are you're not into a good part of them.

Post by **Leaf** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:26 pm

Pullmyfinger wrote:Anyways, those are all worthless, self booting or not, you could just get them all at UG Gamer or something.

Ah, but see the thing is I have no experience burning games and I don't have any equipment to do so (that I know of). With that in mind, would you encourage me just to get all these pre-made back ups? Certainly would save a lot of hassle like...

Post by **tHePhAnToM!??!** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:29 pm

http://www.racketboy.com/guides/burn-dr ... images.htm

you do not need anything special i believe.

Post by **Leaf** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:07 am

Wow, does sound pretty simple. Thanks tHePhAnToM!??!, I should just make my own instead of getting 150 random ones (most of them probably being games I don't want).

Hey, I need to buy a certain type of CD to burn these thing onto, right? Could you recommend me ones I could go for?

Also, does all of this still work for PAL gamers? Sorry for all the questions.

Edit - Hang on a minute, do I have to pay for this DiscJuggler?

Post by **tHePhAnToM!??!** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:29 am

just use regualr cd-r's i believe. and just use the demo version of the disc juggler.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:29 am

the demo will force you to burn at the slowest possible speed but that's ok, for dc games, the slower the better

Post by **Leaf** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:23 am

Ah, thanks a bunch you guys. I've just downloaded it.

tHePhAnToM!??! wrote:just use regualr cd-r's i believe.

I've got my eye on some Fuji CD-Rs that says it "store's up to 700MB of data". Should that be sufficient to cover the Dreamcast games?

Post by **tHePhAnToM!??!** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:43 pm

well i dont know the size of the files so just check that out first. then you are all set. and i dont know how to put 3 dc games on one disc but i should learn dammit.