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Modchip?

Post by daisukejigen »

Anyone know where to get Dreamcast modchips these days? Having trouble finding a site that still sells them.
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Post by WarGames »

word, i've been trying to find a reliable source as well, i've been interested in looking at the code and seeing what it does, recreating it etc.

http://dchelp.dcemulation.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=799
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Former member Nick used to sell them (thats where I bought mine). Dunno if he still has any, though.
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Post by JKKDARK »

why a modchip when you can use a boot disc like utopia or gameshark?
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JKKDARK wrote:why a modchip when you can use a boot disc like utopia or gameshark?
why a boot disc when you can use a modchip?
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Post by Christuserloeser »

Why a bootdisc or modchip if you could use region changer 1.5 :)
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Post by |darc| »

Christuserloeser wrote:Why a bootdisc or modchip if you could use region changer 1.5 :)
Because that's more of a pain in the ass than swapping discs is :P
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|darc| wrote:
JKKDARK wrote:why a modchip when you can use a boot disc like utopia or gameshark?
why a boot disc when you can use a modchip?
because you don't need to touch your dreamcast hardware :p
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Post by daisukejigen »

JKKDARK wrote:why a modchip when you can use a boot disc like utopia or gameshark?
Cause it would be nice not to have to swap discs when I want to play games. Boot discs are inconvenient.
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Post by |darc| »

JKKDARK wrote:
|darc| wrote:
JKKDARK wrote:why a modchip when you can use a boot disc like utopia or gameshark?
why a boot disc when you can use a modchip?
because you don't need to touch your dreamcast hardware :p
It's a simple mod with little risk. If you blow up your Dreamcast, just buy a new one. And not all boot discs are 100% compatible.
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Post by Skynet »

It's a simple mod with little risk. If you blow up your Dreamcast, just buy a new one
Not so easy for some of us folks. It's not as easy to come by a DC around here, well the last time I looked anyway. And they tend to go for crazy prices that aren't worth it. :?
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this is the end of the world, I'm agree with
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Post by daisukejigen »

Skynet wrote:
It's a simple mod with little risk. If you blow up your Dreamcast, just buy a new one
Not so easy for some of us folks. It's not as easy to come by a DC around here, well the last time I looked anyway. And they tend to go for crazy prices that aren't worth it. :?
Quite true. Its been over a year since I've seen Dreamcasts for sale around me. Last time I saw them they were going for $15, but now they want $60.
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JKKDARK wrote:this is the end of the world, I'm agree with
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Skynet wrote:
It's a simple mod with little risk. If you blow up your Dreamcast, just buy a new one
Not so easy for some of us folks. It's not as easy to come by a DC around here, well the last time I looked anyway. And they tend to go for crazy prices that aren't worth it. :?
If you take a half hour to practice soldering on old electronics, you can install the Dreamcast modchip. It's a simple mod. Once installed, a modchip is the best way to play games region free. If you'd rather not do it because you can use a boot disc, that's fine, but stay out of threads where people who are willing to do the mods are trying to discuss it. This is the hardware modification forum, why are you here if you're just going to try to deter people from doing hardware modification?
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Post by Skynet »

Don't get all preachy to me darc. I was merely stating that you said:
If you blow up your Dreamcast, just buy a new one
I explained that it's not that easy for everyone. JKKDARK first mentioned boot discs, he/she lives in Munich and Dreamcasts might not be all that easy to come by there, I have no idea. I live in Australia, the last time I looked they were still relatively expensive and you haven't been able to buy them in shops for about the last 5 years except for one, Cash Converters. I have no problem with people putting in modchips if I could I probably would. It might mean I'd play Seaman a bit more. I might also play NiGHTS on my Saturn more if it were chipped. However, you saying you can just buy a new one is what I was going after. Not the use of modchips. :roll:
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Post by |darc| »

When I say "it's a simple mod" and you quote that and respond "it's not so easy for us folks" what do you think I'm going to assume?
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Post by Skynet »

Considering I never once mentioned the mod was hard to do or anything like that and my entire post was referring to purchasing a dreamcast, it doesn't seem so hard to figure out. Just because I quoted your entire post doesn't mean I was referring to the mod part, it was all to do with the availability of the Dreamcast in Australia.
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Skynet wrote:
JKKDARK wrote:this is the end of the world, I'm agree with
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Being that I am indeed Skynet, it was going to be the end of the worl anyway. :twisted:
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