The Modern Guide to Sega Dreamcast Disc Burning

[olaf]

Well, I've officially created my first guide for anything video game related: The Modern Guide to Sega Dreamcast Disc Burning. Why would I create this, you ask? Many of the guides I've found across the Internet are often out-dated and use old programs that I can no longer find or some other problem. Through trial and error/researching I've come up with a Dreamcast burning/booting solution that works for me and is thoroughly tested. It borrows from 1Emulation's very own Shibathedog's guides and gives it a much needed update, hence the: Modern.

 

You can read the guide here, and that'll be its permanent homepage for future reference. All needed programs are hosted there and I will update the guide and/or links if need be.

[Robert]

Thanks Olaf for the work you put into it.

[ken_cinder]

I'd like to add that the "Manufactured Before September 2000" thing is one big ass myth. ALL units will run backups.

 

It's also very easy to tell a selfbooting image from a non-selfbooting one. Selfbooting images contain 2 sessions. Either 2 Data, or an Audio and Data session. Bin/Cue and ISO are NEVER self booting as they don't support multi-session.

 

You can also tell if an image is correct or not, by running a scan on it in Isobuster and programs like Nero will show either "?" or something odd beside a track in disc info if it's incorrect. (I don't use Discjuggler, it's quite problematic for some people)

 

There's more to know, as I've got nearly a complete US collection and I've had to selfboot several of my own. Daemon Tools will suffice for any image you wish to burn, with any software as long as it supports Disc Copy.

[olaf]

I'd like to add that the "Manufactured Before September 2000" thing is one big ass myth. ALL units will run backups.

 

It's also very easy to tell a selfbooting image from a non-selfbooting one. Selfbooting images contain 2 sessions. Either 2 Data, or an Audio and Data session. Bin/Cue and ISO are NEVER self booting as they don't support multi-session.

 

You can also tell if an image is correct or not, by running a scan on it in Isobuster and programs like Nero will show either "?" or something odd beside a track in disc info if it's incorrect. (I don't use Discjuggler, it's quite problematic for some people)

 

There's more to know, as I've got nearly a complete US collection and I've had to selfboot several of my own. Daemon Tools will suffice for any image you wish to burn, with any software as long as it supports Disc Copy.

I updated the guide to reflect what you've said.

[ken_cinder]

To further back up my point see http://dcemulation.com/article-supported.htm

See the "Non working models" section.

 

It was at one time thought true, but through community testing and input, NO model blocks out backups. ZERO

[olaf]

Alright, I completely took it out of the guide.