New to dreamcast here

GodRMK · Post by **GodRMK** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:17 pm

I have a problem with the Dreamsnes games that I have borrowed from a friend that he says work on the DC, but I read somewhere that these games only work with a DC made on or before a specific date. Is this true?

finite · Post by **finite** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:53 am

As far as I know, US Dreamcasts made after 1999 don't have MIL-CD support, so they can't read CD-Rs. So if you have one of these, you won't be able to play DreamSNES or any other Homebrew apps. Here's a page with more info: clicky.

frogcoin · Post by **frogcoin** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:53 pm

well still my dreamcast is from june 2000 and it still works very well and read cd-r's

finite · Post by **finite** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:28 am

Yeah, as the site says, it's December 2000 and later dreamcasts that are the problem, but people generally say post-1999 just to be safe.

jjoepr · Post by **jjoepr** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:21 am

I have a DEC 2000 DC and It works just fine

finite · Post by **finite** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:51 am

Is it a US NTSC DC? None of the PAL Dreamcasts have said problem. If it's an NTSC one and works then, I dunno, maybe it really isn't a problem. I'm only reporting what I've read from the aforementioned site.

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 12:23 pm

I have a september 2000 DC, and it plays all burned CD-R's perfect

jjoepr · Post by **jjoepr** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:11 pm

There may be a few that may not work as SEGA used three types of GD-ROM drives from different manufacturers. So far all I've tested work but if I find one that doesn't work. I wouldn't be surprised. As one Dreamcast I had would boot up NESTER and DREAMSNES but it would not boot up the UTOPIA to play IKARUGA. I'd say 95% work and 5% don't.