Chanka
July 23rd, 2004, 21:06
K, look, my computer doesn't have a burner and i needed to burn those emus on another computer but i couldnt send myself the info because my e mail account wasnt working :'( so i thought "HEY! why not sending it on the wonderful forums of dcemu?" ;D so i did dat.. so here's the info :-[ :-[ :-[ (i really feel stupid)
http://mc.pp.se/dc/dreamsnes/#inst - Dreamsnes intructions
http://www.dcemulation.com/dcemu-dcgnuboy.htm - GNUBOY
Here's some help for you and all who's interested. Let's start using DreamSNES as example to this tutorial I will give you.
1. I use DC Factory to burn most of the emulators for DC. Go to dcemulation.com Needed Tools section to download the program. It contains a setup wizard. Just Install it and keep your online service open. After install the program, open it and will search automatically the web to download updates.
2. When you start DC Factory you will see Dr. Robotnik showing the name of the product and you will see at the bottom window the downloading process. After that, a screen with a guide appears. It contains 4 buttons. The first one says "news"; the others, in this order, "tasks", "scripts"and "exit".
3. Click on the "scripts"button to access the script updates. It allows you to create your selfboot image with the latests versions of the emulators available for Dreamcast. This screen is very intuitive. Explore it.
4. When everything's done in the script section, click on the "tasks" button on the toolbar. You will see a screen with all the emulators that the DC Factory support. At the bottom of this screen you will see the buttons "perform task"and "download". The "download"button allows you to get the emulator version used by the program to create the appropiate selfboot image. DC Factory will tell you before starting the image process if the ZIP files are the ones required or not.
5. Let's select DreamSNES. Click "perform task". A Wizard will guide you to the selfbooting process. It ask you for the emulator, the ROMs, Special Features of the emulator (if any) and what kind of image you want to make and where it will be placed on your Local Disk.
6. This is the tricky part. You can make a CDI image or NERO image file. The NERO file that DC Factory makes is probably a DAO image. I used CDI image. I never make Nero images. You can try if you want. CDI images can be burned with Discjuggler or Alcohol 120. After selecting the image type, click the button on the Wizard to start the process. It'll take a while. Just be patient.
7. When the process finished, you will see a progress bar fill from beginning to end and the button "close" will appear. Click it and close DC Factory.
8. Now find on your Local Disk (for example, C:) the disk image. If you made a CDI image, you can find some good tutorials on how to burn images on dcemulation.com or on dcemu.co.uk.
9. This is the last and most important part. Once the image is burned, you can test the CD on your DC. You will be surprised with the results. Another thing. Sega manufactured some Dreamcasts with a BIOS modification in order to not run CDs. Most of those models were manufactured from July 2000 and later. To check the date, simply turn your DC upside down and read the silver label. Hope yours are not from those dates. Anyways, don't give up and make some testing.
((EMULATOR (( SYSTEM (( MISC.
((NesterDC, (nes) -is very good, full speed, sound,
game genie, state/game
saving.
((Dreamsnes (snes)
-is all most full speed 90%
((SMS PlusDC (MS) best MS emu for the DC
((NeoCD/SDL DC (NeoGeo CD) -fullspeed on most games
(why would i want this?)
http://mc.pp.se/dc/dreamsnes/#inst - Dreamsnes intructions
http://www.dcemulation.com/dcemu-dcgnuboy.htm - GNUBOY
Here's some help for you and all who's interested. Let's start using DreamSNES as example to this tutorial I will give you.
1. I use DC Factory to burn most of the emulators for DC. Go to dcemulation.com Needed Tools section to download the program. It contains a setup wizard. Just Install it and keep your online service open. After install the program, open it and will search automatically the web to download updates.
2. When you start DC Factory you will see Dr. Robotnik showing the name of the product and you will see at the bottom window the downloading process. After that, a screen with a guide appears. It contains 4 buttons. The first one says "news"; the others, in this order, "tasks", "scripts"and "exit".
3. Click on the "scripts"button to access the script updates. It allows you to create your selfboot image with the latests versions of the emulators available for Dreamcast. This screen is very intuitive. Explore it.
4. When everything's done in the script section, click on the "tasks" button on the toolbar. You will see a screen with all the emulators that the DC Factory support. At the bottom of this screen you will see the buttons "perform task"and "download". The "download"button allows you to get the emulator version used by the program to create the appropiate selfboot image. DC Factory will tell you before starting the image process if the ZIP files are the ones required or not.
5. Let's select DreamSNES. Click "perform task". A Wizard will guide you to the selfbooting process. It ask you for the emulator, the ROMs, Special Features of the emulator (if any) and what kind of image you want to make and where it will be placed on your Local Disk.
6. This is the tricky part. You can make a CDI image or NERO image file. The NERO file that DC Factory makes is probably a DAO image. I used CDI image. I never make Nero images. You can try if you want. CDI images can be burned with Discjuggler or Alcohol 120. After selecting the image type, click the button on the Wizard to start the process. It'll take a while. Just be patient.
7. When the process finished, you will see a progress bar fill from beginning to end and the button "close" will appear. Click it and close DC Factory.
8. Now find on your Local Disk (for example, C:) the disk image. If you made a CDI image, you can find some good tutorials on how to burn images on dcemulation.com or on dcemu.co.uk.
9. This is the last and most important part. Once the image is burned, you can test the CD on your DC. You will be surprised with the results. Another thing. Sega manufactured some Dreamcasts with a BIOS modification in order to not run CDs. Most of those models were manufactured from July 2000 and later. To check the date, simply turn your DC upside down and read the silver label. Hope yours are not from those dates. Anyways, don't give up and make some testing.
((EMULATOR (( SYSTEM (( MISC.
((NesterDC, (nes) -is very good, full speed, sound,
game genie, state/game
saving.
((Dreamsnes (snes)
-is all most full speed 90%
((SMS PlusDC (MS) best MS emu for the DC
((NeoCD/SDL DC (NeoGeo CD) -fullspeed on most games
(why would i want this?)