New player from the US!

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TrainwreckX
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New player from the US!

Post#1 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:00 am

Hi All,

I have owned my Dreamcast since 9-9-99. Pre-ordered it and a handful of games that I have all today. I'm starting to build up my collection and also modernize my setup a bit. I just got an Akura and I need to learn about boot discs to force the non-VGA games to boot in VGA mode (all legit discs, I don't personally burn games). That search brought me here!

I'm also going to dig in to figuring out how to get my Dreamcast online as I see the growing online community on Dreamcast!

beanboy
Wazza
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#2 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:10 pm

Aye. Welcome to the forum and community dude. :D

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Ian Micheal
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#3 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:39 pm

Welcome :) Not all games can be forced to vga just so your know.. some of the other would need you to burn them and hack the bin file to do so small number to patch the bin file..

247
Sega RPG
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#4 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:33 pm

Welcome, waiting for you online then

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Gocha
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#5 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:26 pm

Have fun here! if you have the chance get your dreamcast online, we are always happy to see more players!

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Bob Dobbs
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#6 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:53 am

Welcome! I hope you enjoy your time here!
Regards,
Bob Dobbs

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Anonymouse
Outtrigger
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#7 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:13 am

Welcome to the boards. I hope you are considering a DreamPi setup at some point.
Dreamcast: Blue Swirl, 60hz, White LED, Removable battery holder, Internal SD card reader, BBA, DreamPi, RGB Scart

TrainwreckX
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#8 » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:36 pm

Anonymouse wrote:Welcome to the boards. I hope you are considering a DreamPi setup at some point.


Yes I am definitely considering it. Is there a guide you'd recommend? I believe I saw it works with the dail-up modem and I don't need to get the broadband adapter to use it on modern broadband?

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deluxux
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Re: New player from the US!

Post#9 » Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:36 am

Guides to get online are here:
https://www.dreamcastlive.net/connection-guide
http://blog.kazade.co.uk/p/dreampi.html
https://youtu.be/VgRLnj2YR3s

You need a computer and a specific USB modem modded with a Line Voltage Inducer.
Using a Pi is the easiest plug/play method.
You can buy a ready to go Pi and modem here: https://www.dreamcastlive.net/shop
It can be cheaper to make LVI yourself and use a VirtualBox PC-DC server.

All the info is around here a few clicks away its really simple compared to only 5 years ago.

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