Mod Your Dreamcast At Home

[wraggster]

via kotaku

For the half dozen Sega Dreamcast owners out there who haven't burned or bought themselves a boot disc nor had their Saturn-successor professionally modded, what the hell are you waiting for? The console is rich with fantastic imports from all regions, meaning a single-region Dreamcast is an unrealized potential Dreamcast.

If you're the kind of gamer who likes to get your hands a little dirty, why not try out the simple, do-it-yourself region switching mod? It requires little more than a soldering iron, some wire and a CD-burner. I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but it's still worth mentioning if you're tired of disc swapping prior to sessions of Ikaruga or Shenmue II.

The process looks fairly straightforward, simple enough to warrant a back-up Dreamcast purchase and an hour of your time.

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[Christuserloeser]

Nice newspost.

I'm really not sure if SWAT's region changer did get the attention it deserved. It's such a fantastic thing.

One thing though: I don't think you can make your Dreamcast multi-region with SWAT's tool, but you can set it from one region to another (from PAL to PAL 60, from EU/US to JP, etc.).

Here's some additional info on the subject:
http://dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=89863

[joesnose]

i think my pal dreamcast already plays imports, no swap trick or boot disc, am i wrong?

[The King]

nice i could use this info to mod my dream cast wich i havent touched in ages

[Gizmo356]

nice i could use this info to mod my dream cast wich i havent touched in ages

Because its not in the states.

[Christuserloeser]

i think my pal dreamcast already plays imports, no swap trick or boot disc, am i wrong?

No, all Dreamcasts do play bootlegs on CDR such as Half-Life, Propeller Arena, etc., but if you buy a Japanese/US game, you won't be able to boot it without a bootdisc like DC-X, GameShark, Utopia, etc.

[joesnose]

No, all Dreamcasts do play bootlegs on CDR such as Half-Life, Propeller Arena, etc., but if you buy a Japanese/US game, you won't be able to boot it without a bootdisc like DC-X, GameShark, Utopia, etc.

thanks for clearing that up for me.

[jwilds73]

You can count me among the Sega Retro Gamers. I currently have a Sega Genesis with CD addon and 32x, Saturn modchiped, Dreamcast, Nomad and Game Gear.