Are the Discs Of Homebrew Games (the paid ones) Burnt to GDI

[alvin777]

Hi. Mil-CDs, damage the Dreamcast lens faster they say. Would anyone know if the paid homebrew games like the upcoming Slave (or Sturmwind) are burned to GDI discs (maybe using a Katana Dev Kit) or they're just high quality CD-Rs from Taiyo Yuden, making them Mil-CDs too?

Thank you in advance. God bless, Rev. 21:4

[Wombat]

It's not MIL-CD's damaging the laser, but data burned on recordable discs. For a laser (any laser) it's harder to read the data from a burned disc, then a pressed disc. Also certain copied games have a shitty sort-order of the files on disc, stressing the laser even more (that being said, there are also a couple of original games out there with a highly unoptimized order).

To answer your question, ALL paid homebrew / indie games for Dreamcast have been released as a pressed disc on a CD-ROM (instead of SEGA's proprietary GD-R disc).

Also don't confuse .GDI (raw dumps of GD-R discs) with the type of disc GD-R (GigaByte Rom)

[alvin777]

Thanks for the clarification. What brand would you guess, do homebrew creators (paid) use, hopefully the Taiyo Yuden so it lasts.

[Wombat]

They don't use recordable media, but get their projects pressed on actual CD's.

[Mr357]

Unfortunately, no one has GD-ROM's anymore, not even Sega.