USB-Gdrom is down to Final Stock

[Xiden]

Mnemo has announced he is down to his last 110 connectors for his usbgdrom drive. Unless he's able to source more connectors this could be the end of production for the USB-Gdrom. If you were considering buying a USB-Gdrom, now is the time!

http://3do-renovation.ru/How_to_buy.htm

[fafadou]

If he is talking about G1 ATA connector, I think he can find some, there are others pcbs still building with it.

[Xiden]

If he is talking about G1 ATA connector, I think he can find some, there are others pcbs still building with it.

Do you know where they are sourced from? I could pass the word on

[megavolt85]

I think mnemo is a bully, just cheap Chinese GDEMU clones have filled the market and USB-GDROM has stopped buying

fafadou talk about this progect

[Xiden]

problem is Chinese gdemu clones dont work with all Dreamcast games. Disc swap sucks and D2 disc swap is broken, Skies of Arcadia freezes

[megavolt85]

It would be a problem if the price difference was $10-15
At the current price difference people are ready not to play 5-6 games, but pay several times less

[areyareadyherewego]

problem is Chinese gdemu clones dont work with all Dreamcast games. Disc swap sucks and D2 disc swap is broken, Skies of Arcadia freezes

Isnt it just the Skies intro video freezes if you don't press start button and let it loop?

That's hardly a game breaking bug.

But you have a point about game compatibility with spotty disc swap process, and Code Veronica being broken

[Xiden]

problem is Chinese gdemu clones dont work with all Dreamcast games. Disc swap sucks and D2 disc swap is broken, Skies of Arcadia freezes

Isnt it just the Skies intro video freezes if you don't press start button and let it loop?

That's hardly a game breaking bug.

But you have a point about game compatibility with spotty disc swap process, and Code Veronica being broken

That's just what I've been told. But yeah the disc swapping with game shark for example would be a nightmare.

[Anthony817]

Just what you have been told? Hardly the gospel truth there then. The Chinese clones are 100% identical performing to the official ones. Only problem is it doesn't have a way to update the firmware, which doesn't matter because it is on an updated one from 2 releases ago, and Japanese_Cake was working on removing all protections from the retail Bleemcast discs making it a requirement to update for them to support it null.

I speak from experience, I have had mine for over a year and a half at this point and couldn't be happier with it. No issues with any games on my end.

The great thing is that mrneo240 decompiled GDMENU and anybody can use the code to help make their own menu. This means there is ways for other competing menu's to be released. A feature that was shown off in GDMENU was built in code support. Unfortunately, the files for the code menu is in the current released version, but not able to be enabled. Neuroacid has been M.I.A. since at least 2 years ago in 2017.

Also, mrneo240 is working on his own GDEMU menu. It will have a lot of great features like custom cover art, possibility for built in game shark cheat codes, game descriptions and a lot more.

[Xiden]

Just what you have been told? Hardly the gospel truth there then. The Chinese clones are 100% identical performing to the official ones. Only problem is it doesn't have a way to update the firmware, which doesn't matter because it is on an updated one from 2 releases ago, and Japanese_Cake was working on removing all protections from the retail Bleemcast discs making it a requirement to update for them to support it null.

I speak from experience, I have had mine for over a year and a half at this point and couldn't be happier with it. No issues with any games on my end.

The great thing is that mrneo240 decompiled GDMENU and anybody can use the code to help make their own menu. This means there is ways for other competing menu's to be released. A feature that was shown off in GDMENU was built in code support. Unfortunately, the files for the code menu is in the current released version, but not able to be enabled. Neuroacid has been M.I.A. since at least 2 years ago in 2017.

Also, mrneo240 is working on his own GDEMU menu. It will have a lot of great features like custom cover art, possibility for built in game shark cheat codes, game descriptions and a lot more.

What about the D2 Disc swap? Did they ever get that fixed?