Bought a dreamcast today, help with mod

[Kyrue]

Hello, I'm new to the dreamcast scene and would like to ask a few questions.

1) If I want to play burned games, do I have to install a modchip?

2) Is there a way to soft mod a dreamcast?

3) What exact kind of discs should I use to burn the games?

[Ko.]

Hello, I'm new to the dreamcast scene and would like to ask a few questions.

1) If I want to play burned games, do I have to install a modchip?

2) Is there a way to soft mod a dreamcast?

3) What exact kind of discs should I use to burn the games?

Well... I just used a normal CD-r. Most likely the DC should play backups without any mods... Mine did anyway :p

[ScottR]

no mod required
700mb CD-r for most rips.
900mb for the latest
most should be self boot others will need a bootdisk

insert disk with power off otherwise the machine will hardboot and thats just not nice

further info here http://www.megagames.com/dc/dc_backup_faq.shtml#6.1

[Synlor]

Please read the rules, no warez discussion is allowed, including talking about backups.

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