Dreamcast Question

Post by **kgcarini** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:39 am

I got my dreamcast at EB games around the Christmas of 2002. On the bottom it says that it was manufactured in October of 1999. It will not boot Utopia or play any emulation like Nester. Does anybody know why?

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:49 am

Well, it could be possible that they aren't burned correctly.
Where did you get the disc images and how did you burn them?

Post by **kgcarini** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:58 am

I just burned them onto a CD-R. The disks aways worked on my friend's dreamcast but not mine!

BTW: I've really been enjoying your site!

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:24 am

oh! But regular games work fine on yours?
(and I'm glad you've enjoyed the site!)

Post by **samratty** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:07 am

try redoing them at a lower speed.

it could be the laser wearing out, or something. you might have to buy a new one.

Post by **Integrity** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:49 pm

what program have you been using to burn the images?

Post by **retro_gammer79** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:13 pm

Here is a good test. Burn an Audio cd and put it in your Dreamcast and put up. If it is able to play music then your Dreamcast can read CDR's and you are doing some thing wrong in the burn process. If not then your DC is not bale to read CDR's.

Post by **ubelaffe** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:14 pm

also check the discs your burning to, they could be less than desirable.

Post by **HeavyMetalMe** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:22 pm

It's always a good idea to use better media. I used to use these awful CompUSA discs and they failed a lot.

Post by **kgcarini** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:45 pm

retro_gammer79 wrote:Here is a good test. Burn an Audio cd and put it in your Dreamcast and put up. If it is able to play music then your Dreamcast can read CDR's and you are doing some thing wrong in the burn process. If not then your DC is not bale to read CDR's.

Thanks for the good advice. I'll try this out shortly!