Dreamcast Question

[kgcarini]

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

Regular games and regular music CD's work fine.

[Mozgus]

I read quite a few times back in the day that all the DCs that couldn't read backups simply needed the pot tweak adjustment. Personally, I've never come across a DC that couldn't read one, but I know someone online who swears his never could.

[kgcarini]

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.

I just tried it and it worked! My dreamcast does play music CD-Rs. I guess I'm burning them too fast. My dreamcast may just be finicky compared to my friends dreamcast.

[kgcarini]

Slowing the speed down still did not work! Can someone direct me to a site that tells you exactly how to burn CD-Rs for a dreamcast?

[Pullmyfinger]

what software are you using to burn?

you can try dcforums.co.uk, that's where I learned to burn, that was years ago though

[tdinc-Paul]

After many trial and error attempts to burn high quality Dreamcast games. I would like to post the way that works for me.

The most important and #1 thing is to have high quality media CD-R

Taiyo Yuden Silver Thermal Lacquer 52X CD-R are the best. I would not use any other media.

#2 is to get a copy of Discjuggler - search the net and you will find it.

#3 - Many dreamcast games come in two standard formats .cdi images or .bin & .cue files.
.cdi images are bootable and are the standard for Dreamcast games. Try and stick with the .cdi images.

#4 to burn use the tutorial http://www.racketboy.com/guides/burn-dr ... images.htm

if you have any issues let me know and I can walk you through it.