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i decided that i would buy a dreamcast..but long time ago. someone said that there is a specific type of dreamcast..(newer versions) in which you can't play backup'ed games..so which one am i suppose to buy?..this it eh one i was about to buy..

 

CPU: Hitachi SH-4:

 

* 200MHz clock rate

* 360 MIPS (millions of instructions per second)

* 1.4 GigaFLOPS (floating-point operations per second)

* 128-bit 3D calculations

* 64-bit data bus

* 800+ MBytes/second bus bandwidth

 

Graphics Core: NEC PowerVRSG:

 

* 3 million polygons/second peak rendering rate

* Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping

* Point, Bilinear, Trilinear and Anisotropic Mip-map filtering

* Gouraud shading 32-bit z-buffer

* Colored light sourcing

* Full scene anti-aliasing

* Hardware-based Fog

* Bump mapping

* 24-bit color

* Hardware-based texture compression

* Shadow and Light volumes

* Super sampling

 

Memory :

 

* 16 MB main RAM

* 8 MB video RAM

* 2 MB sound RAM

 

Sound: Yamaha Audio Core:

 

* 32-bit RISC CPU

* DSP for real-time effects

* 64 sound channels

* Full 3D sound support

* Hardware-based audio compression

 

Storage Media: CD-ROM:

 

* 1 Gbyte data storage

* 12x speed CAV drive

 

Dreamcast Control Pad:

 

* Digital and analog directional controls

* Dual analog triggers

* Virtual Memory System data save unit

 

Expansion Options: Modem:

 

* 56Kb per second transfer rate

* Upgradable

 

could anyone tell me if this is ther ight one?

Posted

Oh god...all the specs for all Dreamcasts are the same. It's just the model number that you have be wary off. Don't get the HKT-3030, get the HKT-3020.

Posted (edited)
Err....is there a difference?

 

Ofcourse there's a difference, you think they would give it different name for the hell of it!?

 

The HKT-3030 doesn't read CD-Rs. It's the firmware update to the HKT-3020. The 3030s were made around the end of the Dreamcast. According to Cominus, anything before Nov. 2000 is safe and is almost 100% HKT-3020.

Edited by GryphonKlaw
Posted

Ah ha, I see.

But it seems that they do this to combat piracy.

Although it is easily rectify with a bootdisk :blink:

Posted

Dude, how are you going to use a bootdisc when it won't read CD-R's? That's why the 3030's are useless for playing backups.

Posted

I dun know. Our local dealers are all using bootdisk when they are still selling DC.

Some I know modeify the DC :blink:

Posted
I dun know. Our local dealers are all using bootdisk when they are still selling DC.

Some I know modeify the DC :blink:

Those are probably the earlier models. There are more models that read CD-Rs than those that don't.

Posted

Practically any system model made in 2000 works i hear.

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