Ok, I have a VERY n00bish question...!

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 6:51 pm

Ok, I have a DreamCast (Will work I looked at list of DCs that work), A CD-Burner and Blank CD-Rs...Now what do I do to play SNES, PSX, GameBoy and whatever games on it? Like...What are all the things I need to do and DL? I looked at the home page but there was a ton of stuff and I didn't understand it. PLease help! Thanks.

DoomDan · Post by **DoomDan** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 6:54 pm

http://www.dcemulation.org/newbies.htm

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:10 pm

Thanks. But can I just make a Utopia CD then make a CD with a ROM on it? Like, I'm really new (Duh!). I heard somewhere you can just put in the Utopia CD then it says to put in the ROM CD or something..Thanks again!

EverStoned · Post by **EverStoned** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:23 pm

No.

Specific types of games need specific emulators - Utopia is not an emulator.

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:43 pm

So what is Utopia? Lol, I just put in my Utopia CD and it worked and came up with this like moose/deer thingy, And it said to insert a CD. So what do I put on a CD to play a game?

Rambozo · Post by **Rambozo** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:53 pm

You seem a bit too dumb for this. I recommend you get a PS2.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:06 pm

OK... here's what I recommend. Others may disagree, but I find it's the easiest way to do emu/homebrew on the DC. I'm gonna go step by step here:

1) Throw away your Utopia Disc. It's technically 'illegal' anyway.

2) Download Selfboot Inducer2. It's like Selfboot Inducer (the old version) only better and super easy to use. Get it at http://www.consolevision.com/dreamcast/burnsbis

3) Double-click on the sbinducr.exe archive to install it. I suggest you just go with the default installation path of c:\sbinducr

4) Download sbi packs for your emulators. These are available from http://www.dcemulation.org and http://www.consolevision.com/members/burnero and http://dipacks.cjb.net and probably other places too. Save them in c:\sbinducr\sbi

5) open the folder c:\sbinducr

6) double-click on sbinducr.exe

7) double-click on the barcode.

7a) if you're using an emulator, then now is the time to put your ROMS where they go. For DreamSNES, they should go in ROMS, for NesterDC they should go in GAMES, etc. If you're selfbooting Wolfenstein, Doom, or Quake, you may need to put game files on the disc for these as well. The site with the sbi packs should list all of the info you need as far as where ROMS go.

double-click on one of the buttons under step-2.

9) have fun.

Any problems with that, burnerO was nice enough to include a tutorial with the download, but he was also good enough to make the use of the program pretty self-explanatory.

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:32 am

Rambozo wrote:You seem a bit too dumb for this. I recommend you get a PS2.

Lol, Yea I'd say so

And OneThirty8, Thanks for that. That's what I was looking for. but I have 1 question..And it will be another stupid one. What are SBI paks?

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:51 am

Ok, I made a disc with like 4 games on it and it worked

Now, I'm guessing SBI is like a game? So is there a place to get more games? Because on this site there isn't that much:( 2 more questions. Will a CD-RW work and how do I use one of those theme setting thingys? Thanks a ton!

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:00 am

To answer your first question, SBI packs are emulators that have been repackaged to work with a unique program called Selfboot Inducer, which allows you to put multiple emulators, media players and homebrew games on one disc. These can be obtained from the official site: http://www.consolevision.com/members/burnero or from an unnoficial site here: http://dipacks.cjb.net

And no, CD-RWs will not work without modifying your Dreamcast.

butters · Post by **butters** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:15 am

DoomDan wrote:http://www.dcemulation.org/newbies.htm

Talk about needing an update. Someone needs to update the info in the pages linked by it also.

http://www.dcemulation.org/help/faqemu.htm wrote:Is Bleemcast out yet?
Will be out 9th May 2001 hopefully

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 11:41 am

a word of advice. I would start by burning the Nero/Diskjuggler( I reccomend Nero ) Images of the emulator b.c it is very easy, and then make a disk with the roms. Then when you start the emu you just swap CD's and you have your roms. Thats how I started out when I was first learning to do all this stuff. Just my two cents.

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 11:41 am

Yea, I made another CD...All my FPS don't work..Like Hexan, Doom, Doom 2..

Speeddemon · Post by **Speeddemon** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:06 pm

sigh a lot of explaining needed here