Hello!
I recently aqquired a Hello kitty Dreamcast which i'd like to use as my main unit,
i'd like to put the motherboard from my previous Dreamcast in it which has a region free BIOS, however it's got the PAL boot animation.
I'd like to re-flash the BIOS with a region free one with the retail orange swirl animation.
I have only come across the Japanese cake one which for a few reasons isn't really ideal for me.
Would anyone happen to have one or know where to get one that meets these requirements?
All i can find are pre flashed chips which i'm not really in need of.
Thanks!
Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
- Coughdrop
- noob
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- Coughdrop
- noob
- Posts: 3
- Dreamcast Games you play Online: None but i like Space Channel 5
Re: Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
Would there perhaps be a way to change the color of the swirl without flashing the bios? it seems like my bios might not be flashable since it's apparently a read only chip, even though it is region free.
- fafadou
- Leonard Nimoy
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Re: Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
try dragoncity sometimes he has some :
https://dragoncity17.wordpress.com/cate ... dreamcast/
https://dragoncity17.wordpress.com/cate ... dreamcast/
- megavolt85
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Re: Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
the color of the spiral is the responsibility of the console region, which is specified in flashromCoughdrop wrote:Would there perhaps be a way to change the color of the swirl without flashing the bios? it seems like my bios might not be flashable since it's apparently a read only chip, even though it is region free.
change the region to US or JP and the spiral turns orange
- Coughdrop
- noob
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- Dreamcast Games you play Online: None but i like Space Channel 5
Re: Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
Would i be able to do that whilst still keeping the region free side unchanged? I've since leart you can enable write access on the flashrom by soldering a wire and changing it in region changer in Dreamshell, it seems like exactly what i need i'm just worried that if i change it i'll make the flash mod not work anymore. Thus losing the most important part of this Dreamcast.megavolt85 wrote:the color of the spiral is the responsibility of the console region, which is specified in flashromCoughdrop wrote:Would there perhaps be a way to change the color of the swirl without flashing the bios? it seems like my bios might not be flashable since it's apparently a read only chip, even though it is region free.
change the region to US or JP and the spiral turns orange
- megavolt85
- Developer
- Posts: 2184
Re: Anyone have a Dreamcast region free bios to flash?
solder the wire through the button, apply 12V power only at the time of recording
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