nullDC status report (Dreamcast Emulator for Windows)

***wraggster*** · August 26th, 2006, 10:37

Bobbi posted this news:

Some of you might still remember this announcement from early this year talking about a new dreamcast emulator called nullDC. Now, half a year later, we're happy to bring you a status update on this emulator today with some screenshots showing the great progress which has been made.

But let's start with some real facts directly from the authors this time: The authors are ZeZu, known from the never released Icarus project, and drk||Raziel. The emu, unlike mentioned in some other news posts, will not be open source. It uses plugins for emulating video / sound / input and gdrom functionality, so other authors will be able to contribute to the project easily.

During the development, the authors decided to set compatibility above speed. This resulted in a nice compatibility, but requires better hardware to emulate the games at full speed (an Athlon64 3000+ with a GeForce 6600 produces great results). As you can see on the screenshots, games such as Dead or Alive 2LE and Toy Commander are already playable and compatibility becomes better every day.

Watch this space for further informations on this emulator. A release date hasn't been set but shouldn't be too far away any more; don't ask for a specific date please.

Screens Via Comments

**Zion** · August 26th, 2006, 12:44

WOW, I cant wait for this

Easier than setting up my dreamcast

**SiZiOUS** · August 26th, 2006, 12:44

Very sweet news. nullDC seems to be very powerful now. Congrats to ZeZu and Raziel.

**JKKDARK** · August 26th, 2006, 12:49

Yeah, amazing news

**Christuserloeser** · August 26th, 2006, 13:35

Originally Posted by Zion

Easier than setting up my dreamcast

Heh, I highly doubt it, but this still is good news

**SSaxdude** · August 26th, 2006, 14:16

Sweet, I hope this has near 100% compatibility.

**Runefox** · August 26th, 2006, 21:29

Despite the fact that it's very almost necessary to download hacked CD images of the DC games (since GD-ROM's cannot (reliably) be read under any circumstances by a standard CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive), the concept of (even near) fullspeed Dreamcast emulation with a high compatibility rate sounds like a supremely neat thing to look forward to.

***quzar*** · August 26th, 2006, 23:01

Originally Posted by Runefox

Despite the fact that it's very almost necessary to download hacked CD images of the DC games (since GD-ROM's cannot (reliably) be read under any circumstances by a standard CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive), the concept of (even near) fullspeed Dreamcast emulation with a high compatibility rate sounds like a supremely neat thing to look forward to.

You can make full GD-Rom images by using a DC with a BBA or coders cable.