Dreamcast Development GD-Writer + 1 GD-R on eBay

Mark30001 · Post by **Mark30001** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:24 pm

There's currently on eBay a Sega Dreamcast Katana GD-Writer + 1 GD-R.

I thought some people on these boards might be interested. Moderators, if I have violated a forum rule then I apologize.

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:31 am

Ross L. wrote:I hope MetaFox wins this. It would be cool to press all of the homebrew onto GD-R...

That'd be neat. But you'd need a system 2 disc to boot the GD-R on a standard Dreamcast, so it would be a little useless.

Though, Mil-CD possibly could work on a GD-R, but that would kind of spoil the point.

fatheadpi · Post by **fatheadpi** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:25 am

Why would you need a system 2 disc? I was never clear on that...

Post by **Quzar** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:49 am

Simply the way the development burners work. When you burn the contents with the official stuff it leaves you with a disc that is not self booting.

Mark30001 · Post by **Mark30001** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:10 am

Hey there,

There is a "swap disc" method to read GD-Rs on any retail Dreamcast unit. Of course the region of the unit has to be the same region as the data burned on the GD-R, but that should be of no problem.

Here is a method I have done which has worked for me:

1. Remove screws from the DC and remove the cover.
2. Hold down the lid sensor the entire time.
3. Power your retail DC to the CD player menu.
4. Load any DC game (I used an NTSC-U Sonic Adventure).
5. Play Track 2.
6. Track 2 would probably stop and the screen would remain at the play menu.
7. Remove the DC game and load the GD-R (While it is still spinning and while the lid senor is still tied down).
8. Now go back to the menu and the GD-R should boot, voila!

Method which has worked for me!

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:32 am

2. Hold down the lid sensor the entire time.

That would be a bit of a pain, if do mean to physically hold it. Why not do something like with the PS and Saturn swap method and stick the switch down some how. Blu-tac has always worked with my consoles.

Post by **Quzar** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:33 pm

warez?

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:21 pm

Quzar wrote:warez?

Not necessarily - there is homebrew available for the PSOne after all.

Mark30001 · Post by **Mark30001** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:23 pm

Skynet wrote:
2. Hold down the lid sensor the entire time.
That would be a bit of a pain, if do mean to physically hold it. Why not do something like with the PS and Saturn swap method and stick the switch down some how. Blu-tac has always worked with my consoles.

Yeah, that's similar to what I did. I took same screwdriver that I used to remove the top half of the DC case and placed it on the lid sensor. It sure would've been one hell of a job to swap the disc while it was running and holding down the sensor at the same time...