As we all know, the most used bios for Chankast that was released is a PAL/(Span)ish BIOS. Many people have said it is the only annoying thing with Chankast since most people including us were not able to find a NTSC/(Eng)lish BIOS or we couldn't flash it from our own DreamCast's.

We have now found a way to modify your preexisting PAL/Spanish BIOS to a normal NTSC/English BIOS, better yet, any combination you want with even more languages to choose from!!

Before you continue: Remember, 1Emulation.Com and it's servers to do not host any BIOS's and we do not condone any illegal activities or material. So please, own a dreamcast if your going to use this guide with a DreamCast BIOS.

I. What you need:

- Hex Editor (Choose Between: Hex WorkShop | XVI32)

II. Unzip Sega DreamCast Bios

Unzip the Sega DreamCast Bios if you haven't before (If you have already done this step if you played Chankast already, skip this step, if this is your first time with it all, keep reading) using WinRAR.

III. Open the Hex Editor (either Hex Workshop or XVI32 is best)

Open dc_flash.bin, then Search down through the file for "211Dreamcast" (its about 4/5 of the way into the file, just before a list of the japanese developers' names). Change that 211Dreamcast to 121Dreamcast. That string appears twice. That string appears twice. It worked with just one changed, but its probably a good idea to change both instances.

IV. Save the DreamCast Bios

Save the bios over the prexesiting original, we also recommend you keep a backup of the original just incase you mess up.

V. Congratulations!

Your bios is now a normal NTSC (with the Red Swirl, PAL is with the Blue Swirl) and it's in English too! If you would like to request a different language or combination, reply to this post and we can help you out.

Notes: To change it to other languages yourself, you have to change the second digit to other numbers (either with the prexisting PAL combination or NTSC combination). Feel free to play around with it. We can't guarentee if this won't screw up playability with other games or make it any better, so try it out both ways (original and your own) and see how it is.

Credits: Sultan, view the original post here @ This Link!

PS: Please do not copy and paste this tutorial and post it on another website.

Please link to this tutorial instead, thank you.

Emulatronia has released this picture of Shenmue running on Chankast! It has been said that it will be playable in the next version soon as well as many more games. It looks like we will have to update the Compatibility List once the new version is released as well. You can see the screenshot below..

»» Credits: Emulatronia.com

»» HomePage: www.Chanka.org

Many people have been asking me where to find and download dreamcast iso's so they can have backups of their dreamcast games? The best place to get it is Direct Connect, it has just about every single dreamcast game there for download. Most people say the speeds are even much better than Bit-Torrent. You can't find Dreamcast games off of Kazaa either, you may find 1 or 2, but they'll most likely have problems or be a virus knowing your luck with Kazaa. Direct Connect and 1Emulation has it's own world.

We have the BIGGEST Emulation Network of Direct Connect Hub's on the entire internet. It is called €mü-Ñëtwø®k, we have more than 2,000 - 3,000 users a day downloading backup's for their games and helping others over our live chat room. It is so easy to work with Direct Connect that you will be wondering why you never tried it in the first place.

You can find virtually just about every DreamCast game ever released!

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Here is a Tutorial on Downloading Roms/Isos's on Direct Connect...

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PLEASE NOTE : 1Emulation InterActive and it's servers do not host any of the direct connect hubs. Each hub is hosted by a seperate individual user and we do not host or condone any roms, isos, or any illegal material. Use these direct connect hub's at your own risk and please own the game if you download it.

After so many years programmers have been on hold to make their own dreamcast emulator because they all waited on Icarus, finally someone has stepped up and made their own dreamcast emulator! This emulator is now called Chankast (before it was just Chanka). You will need the Sega Dreamcast Bios (link can be found below) and of course the emulator. There are 3 different kinds of releases. I suggest the first release for beginners. Have Fun & Reply to this thread for any comments or questions because this is the offical thread.

»» Download the Chankast DreamCast Emulator (Choose between the 3 releases)

»» Sega DreamCast Bios {Tested With Chankast} (Need this to run Chankast)

»» The Official Chankast v.01 Compatibility List Thread (Updated!! - 5/31/04)

»» Chankast Author Site

NOTE: The Sega DreamCast Bios Link is NOT HOSTED By 1Emulation.Com's Servers, we do not condone any illegal activity here on 1Emulation. Use at your own risk.

PS: The Sega DreamCast Bios link and the author site link is now fixed as well.