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Gen
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Red Carpet Executive Member
"please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 11:31
Is there a Dreamcast Boot Disc that will let us play all Japanese VGA compatable games with a U.S. Dreamcast hooked to a VGA monitor? Thanks in advance
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Fro Boy11
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Red Carpet Executive Member
"Re(1):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 11:37
quote: Is there a Dreamcast Boot Disc that will let us play all Japanese VGA compatable games with a U.S. Dreamcast hooked to a VGA monitor? Thanks in advance
I have one, but I forgot the name of it and I'm not in my room right now, but I'll get on later and tell you what it is.
All I know is that it's in a DVD case and the box is orange. It lets you play Japanese VGA compatible games (CvS2 for example) on a US Dreamcast hooked to a VGA monitor. I just forgot the name of the product. It's not DC-X either. If you can wait for a few hours I can tell you then.
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Porcellino 1th Post
New Customer
"Re(1):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 11:41
quote: Is there a Dreamcast Boot Disc that will let us play all Japanese VGA compatable games with a U.S. Dreamcast hooked to a VGA monitor? Thanks in advance
Not quite sure about US compatibility but european friends who bought a VGABox had to fix it for avoiding that kind of problems with japanese games. Have a look at www.gamefreax.de for some info about modifying your VGAbox (just one or two solders needed).
Is this what you asked for?
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Grave 145th Post
Regular Customer
"Re(1):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 15:33
quote: Is there a Dreamcast Boot Disc that will let us play all Japanese VGA compatable games with a U.S. Dreamcast hooked to a VGA monitor? Thanks in advance
I don't know if there's VGA conflicts between the two systems, but a good boot disc is the Utopia one. It's extremely small to download, and I used it to play US games on my Japanese DC for quite a long time. Only Sonic Adventure 2 thwarted my swapping, and that's because it had a copy protection mechanism that got set off by swapping. I don't know of any Japanese games with a similar method, but it worked fine when I used my legit US copy on a US system I bought... but anyway!
quote: I don't know if there's VGA conflicts between the two systems, but a good boot disc is the Utopia one. It's extremely small to download, and I used it to play US games on my Japanese DC for quite a long time. Only Sonic Adventure 2 thwarted my swapping, and that's because it had a copy protection mechanism that got set off by swapping. I don't know of any Japanese games with a similar method, but it worked fine when I used my legit US copy on a US system I bought... but anyway!
I was thinking Utopia too, although I don't know either if it has VGA problems.
Kaepora 108th Post
Regular Customer
"Re(3):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 17:46
Last I checked, Utopia doesn't support VGA at all.
I tried it out because my DC-X wouldn't work anymore. DC-X hasn't failed me since I used the Utopia disc once, so I never bothered to check up on it after that.
Regarding the orange-box disc, I recall seeing one by Innovation (I think) in a Babbages once upon a time. It was more of a white design with orange highlights, but perhaps it's what you're thinking of?
Fro Boy11
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Red Carpet Executive Member
"Re(4):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 22:44
quote: Last I checked, Utopia doesn't support VGA at all.
I tried it out because my DC-X wouldn't work anymore. DC-X hasn't failed me since I used the Utopia disc once, so I never bothered to check up on it after that.
Regarding the orange-box disc, I recall seeing one by Innovation (I think) in a Babbages once upon a time. It was more of a white design with orange highlights, but perhaps it's what you're thinking of?
That's it. It's Innovation. Yeah your right
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Gen
1276th Post
Red Carpet Executive Member
"Re(5):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Mon 10 Feb 23:05
I was looking for information on the boot discs, but that info on the VGA box might be handy too.
I'm using what may be the 2nd release of Utopia boot disc. So far it always works for running Japanese games, but for VGA it rarely works. It seems bizarre and tedius to get Japanese VGA games to display.
One thing I have learned that no one will tell you, is that if you start in TV mode, the game will stay in TV mode and can't be switched to VGA. Also, if you start in VGA mode you can't switch to TV. The product discription of the VGA box I have made it sound like you could freely switch between the two durring a game. It would have been nice to know this from the begining.
But that still doesn't help sertain games. It seems like I have to tinker to get U.S. Gunbird, along with several Japanese VGA games, to work. The only game that works consistantly is U.S. Mark of the Wolves. Some of the problem may not be the boot disc, but I'd think that it's possible for a boot disc to smooth out atleast a little of the problem.
I'll check out the Innovation one.
tweleve 120th Post
Regular Customer
"Re(6):please recommend a Dreamcast Boot Disc"
, posted Tue 11 Feb 13:38
The XPloder by Blaze works perfectly for me. I play Japanese games on a PAL DC and vice versa. It works for every VGA compatible game I have. So you should have no problems using Japanese games with a US DC and vice versa.
I think the XPloder and DC-X are basically the same and have the same compatibility.
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