Some Japanese Dreamcast Games Don't Work For Me via DC-X?

[daveiguess]

I recently bought a japanese dreamcast game (Sengoku Turb FanFan) and using DC-X to play it on my Pal console, I put in the Game and the Disc seems to load but only to a the Sega screen then a black screen before the Dreamcast restarts. I've had sometihng similar with a Japanese Dreamcast game loading to a black screen then turning off before.

Does anyone else have this problem? Is it the game or Dc-x that isn't working? I know some games won't show properly with the wrong video settings, but I didn't think It would cause the Dreamcast to restart.

I know also that there are two Sengoku Turb games
, I was wondering if pherhaps this game is an expansion disc or something for the first and thats why it doesn't work

If anyone can help, thanks in advance, David

[Comrade Snarky]

I don't really know too much about what DC-X really does…

But, I know there's some games that, at least when ripping them, won't work on a PAL console without hacking the binary.

Just as an example, the US version of Silver checks the region of the console after the game has been running for a while. Once it gets past the company logos, IIRC. I have the PAL BIOS on my US Dreamcast and my NTSC-U copy of Silver won't work on it. I also have a mod chip in my Dreamcast so I don't have to bother with region stuff and boot discs, but it still happens.

I'd recommend either…

A) Finding another boot disc online, maybe give Utopia a shot.

B) Just downloading a CDI of the game and seeing if it works on your console. It sucks that you bought the game, but this may be your only way to play it.

[CD AGES]

A) Finding another boot disc online, maybe give Utopia a shot.

Give Gameshark disc (or it's PAL equivalent) or Cheats n' Codes disc a shot. They usually provide better results than Utopia.

[noiseredux]

A) Finding another boot disc online, maybe give Utopia a shot.

Give Gameshark disc (or it's PAL equivalent) or Cheats n' Codes disc a shot. They usually provide better results than Utopia.

yeah I use Cheats N Codes myself and have never run into a game that wouldn't boot for me.