I just bought a dreamcast!!

[impur1ty]

I was wondering about online play too, I'll need a broadband adaptor I think because I don't have a land line, but Phantasy Star Portable would be the only game I'd want to play, not really into sports games. What's the process for playing this on third party servers?

You might want to give online play a miss, Broadband adapter costs about $80 and the process is very complicated. If you want to play PSO, go with the PC version (Blue Burst) which is easier and cheaper ($0).

 

[dreamcast]

man you should have bought one at launch when everyone was online. have fun with the console

 

[wolffangalchemist]

just got my Dreamcast today from a local flea market all plugs and a controller no VMU!

but meh what can you do it was $20 and i'll just order that online.
MFD was july 2000 and it plays my JGR .cdi burn fine but my utopia boot cd won't boot so no crazy taxi for the moment till i get some more cd-r's.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Hmm, I'll be looking on those flea markets in Turkey for a Dreamcast, maybe I'll even find one.

 

[wolffangalchemist]

got to be careful about what .cdi images you download i accidentally got the pal version of Soul Calibur luckily it has a video mode selector.

 

[Bloodgod]

Mine is at Richmond now. But it got there to late to make the mailman runs today. So I will get it monday.

@wolffangalchemist I think we got the same CDi file. You got that from a Dreamcast batch torrent huh?

 

[wolffangalchemist]

@wolffangalchemist I think we got the same CDi file. You got that from a Dreamcast batch torrent huh?

yep sure did also just noticed the voice overs are the original Japanese ones.

 

[toguro_max]

About playing online: most of the servers are shut down, that's the fact. However, there are some private servers you can lon into to play online. Phantasy Star Online is one game you have, to my info, 2 options of private servers to play (since i don't know whether I can link'em or not, I won't post the link).
There a good site called Online Consoles where you can find more info about which servers are still up.
Btw, you can use your Dreamcast moden to connect to your PC so you can shere your connection, although it's not easy...

Suddenly i got the nostalgia feeling of when i've spent hours playing PSO

 

[cupajoe]

I never said it was a bad console. But with everything out now that can emulate it perfectly, well, to me, it just seems to be a waste of $42

No not really, emulation is never the same.

True gamers know this.

Whatever your loss is our gain.

You're right. I just bought a SNES because I was sick of emulating, and it is a much more genuine experience.

 

[wolffangalchemist]

so i can conect my dreamcast 56k moden up throgh my unused land line jacks in imy pc and share my internet with it regardless of where i get it fr4om (eg usb wifi adapter, ethernet, G3 network adapter)?
if so nice! if i need the Ethernet modem well that suck

 

[toguro_max]

Yes, you can! ?
But, you need to use some software to manage this connection... Search for Dreamcast PC connection...

 

[wolffangalchemist]

thanks! and found a article on it! =]
http://www.dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/ph...s_pcdcwin98.php

 

[wolffangalchemist]

wait can't i just use a majick jack? srsly anyone ever tried it?

 

[MAD_BOY]

Get DiscJuggler, select RAW write and overburn. Then burn the .cdi image file. Easy.

The only DCs that can't boot backups etc. is the Sakura Wars JP special ed. as far as I'm aware.

And DC's post October 2001 can't run backups either...I happen to have one of those

What I said is true, it's likely you are burning your discs wrong, or you laser must be faulty.

It's only on NTSC DC's though, all PAL DC's can read backups just fine.

 

[Hadrian]

What is great is that Sega still give away their web browser disc, DreamKey for free. You just have to go to the support part on their website and ask. I got one back in February.

Ok you can just download one and burn it but at least they still post them to you for nothing.

 

[antonkan]

What is great is that Sega still give away their web browser disc, DreamKey for free. You just have to go to the support part on their website and ask. I got one back in February.

Ok you can just download one and burn it but at least they still post them to you for nothing.

Does it have Flash? Supporting images? Does it have Java?

 

[blueskies]

Picked up Skies of Arcadia retail today. I've heard it's one of the best rpgs for the dreamcast, and the nfo on the rip made it seem like a pain to play the copy.. it's split into 4 discs, and you can't backtrack or visit certain areas from disc 1a if you're playing disc 1b. Seemed like it would be worth it to just buy a copy, even if it cost almost as much as I paid for the console.

 

[Bloodgod]

has anyone tried to boot up that Gameshark CDX CDi file floating around?

 

[impur1ty]

Picked up Skies of Arcadia retail today. I've heard it's one of the best rpgs for the dreamcast, and the nfo on the rip made it seem like a pain to play the copy.. it's split into 4 discs, and you can't backtrack or visit certain areas from disc 1a if you're playing disc 1b. Seemed like it would be worth it to just buy a copy, even if it cost almost as much as I paid for the console.

There is a 2 Disc version of Skies of Arcadia floating around the net somewhere. That is how it comes retail. Most people say either that or Grandia II is the best JRPG on DC. Not many made it out of Japan unfortunately.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Picked up Skies of Arcadia retail today. I've heard it's one of the best rpgs for the dreamcast, and the nfo on the rip made it seem like a pain to play the copy.. it's split into 4 discs, and you can't backtrack or visit certain areas from disc 1a if you're playing disc 1b. Seemed like it would be worth it to just buy a copy, even if it cost almost as much as I paid for the console.

There is a 2 Disc version of Skies of Arcadia floating around the net somewhere. That is how it comes retail. Most people say either that or Grandia II is the best JRPG on DC. Not many made it out of Japan unfortunately.

There's a few DC games that have similar problems when running the copies. Crazy Taxi 2 doesn't stream quite fast enough and sometimes the textures/details don't show up quite as quickly as they should. Can't remember what the others are offhand but there's quite a few with downsampled video as well. It's definitely one of those consoles where you're better off owning originals of alot of games rather than copies. There's a few games that go for silly money but most can be picked up for a couple of quid/bucks on ebay.