Please Define bootable and non bootable

[Aoshi]

I'm kinda of confused here.

I know that they are bootable and non bootable games

but do certain games have bootable and non bootable verion of itself, example does mvc2 have a non bootable verion of itself or all versions of mvc2 bootable and if so why? and if so how could i tell the difference between the two.

And yes i search the forums and no i did not find the appropriatwe answer.

[Wizard]

Try using them in Chankast or use a CD-RW.

 

Most times they are labled if they are or not.

[Agozer]

Non-selfboot games need a bootdisc in order to work on a Dreamcast console. Selfboot games work "on the fly". Shiba can correct me if I'm wrong.

[Aoshi]

Yeah ok,

but are all games originally non bootable and then were made bootable , meaning are there mutliple versions of the same game that are bootable and non bootable?

[Wizard]

Not all. But these days you'll see maybe 3 or 4 non-bootable games. As most have been converted to being bootable.

[Shibathedog]

Well its really Selfboot and Non Selfboot

 

Selfboot- Put it in and play

 

Anything else - You need a boot disc

 

Most everything is Selfboot now. There are usually Selfboot and non selfboot versions of every game, but the newer games tend to only have selfboot versions.

 

it will usually say if its selfboot or not, i would just download it and a boot disc and if it doesnt boot try the bootdisc and if it still doesnt work check if you burned it right.