>buy Dreamcast >tfw

pretty sure that number thing about (2)s not playing burned games is a meme. I've never, ever seen a DC that wouldn't boot burned discs.

>>3815364

none of this makes sense

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Also I bought it as a broken system because the dude said it didn't read discs, he included the disc he'd been using.
Is it simply scratched beyond reading or is it my laser?

>>3815380
Well it doesn't play CDs so isn't that the big red flag?

>>3815386
That disc looks like absolute shit, I would seriously bet it's to blame.

>>3815380
>pretty sure that number thing about (2)s not playing burned games is a meme.

That (2) means that it is a VA2 model, and those all had a different BIOS that had the mil-cd compatibility removed, making it impossible for them to play burned games unless you do modifications (modchip or bios replacement).

>>3815392
Yeah that's what I figured so I'm gonna get another game over the weekend.
If it doesn't read I'm hoping I just have that issue with the disc lid not latching.

Why didn't you just ask him?

>>3815395
I stand corrected; are they just way less common than (1) models? I've owned 3-4 DCs and I guess none of them have ever been VA2s.

dreamcasts are really easy to repair, as just need to swap the parts out

>>3815428
I have never seen one in person and I've probably bought and sold at least 10 since 2000. Seen a few 0s even but never a 2.

>>3815462
Neat, thanks for setting me straight, anon.

>>3815462
Same here so I can only confirm that I've read (2) don't play burned games OP is pretty (un)lucky to have found such a late revision.

>>3815398
If the lid's closing, it should show you a different screen in the bios as it attempts to read.

>>3815364
You're just very unlucky to have received this one, as it's very rare.

What are you supposed to do when your VA1 Dreamcast's laser dies?

Is it possible to replace the DC's laser assembly with a CD-ROM drive unit, losing access to factory pressed games but allowing you to play your burned backups?

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>>3815493

>>3815364
>Throw your Dreamcast away
>Get a PS2

Has all the worthwhile games ported and cheaper.
>inb4 muh Power Stone

>>3815428
They are less common since they were manufactured from late 00, and they stopped making DCs in early 2001.

Do the VA2 dreamcasts have better components/lasers in them? or Did they just remove the ability of the system itself to read CD's?

It would be nice if they at least had better parts.

>>3815521

too bad these things are NEVER on sale.

>>3815521
I don't like mods which require modding the body itself.

>>3815557

You dont have to actually, they have one where it puts USB ports in the cutout where the laser of the GD-Rom would read the disc, so you can have the USB drive inside the dreamcast under the lid.

Although looking around at some of the various GD-ROM replacements, don't they cause excessive heat from the power supply? I seem to remember something about since the gd-rom isn't pulling power anymore, it might cause heat to build up or some shit. maybe that was with another loader like the SD-Card one though.

>>3815530
Shenmue
D2
Draconus
E.G.G.
Frame Gride
Records of Lodos War
Toy Commander
Super Magnetic Neo
Time Stalkers

>>3815530
>playing inferior ports

>>3815579
Also these:
Illbleed
Blue Stinger
Maken X
Gundam Side Story: Rise from the Ashes
Sega Marine Fishing
Cannon Spike
Bangai-O
Zero Gunner 2
Border Down

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>>3815530
The PS2 is a trash box, and horribly suited for playing DC games.

>>3815554
15$ sd card reader from china

>>3815612
Those ones plug into the network port so you lose network connectivity plus the real deal breaker is you have to boot the software to read it from the optical drive so it's not really a replacement.

>>3815380
>>3815428
You wouldn't be European would you? Cus the that reveision never came out here in pal land

>>3815604
>he's still posting the japanese launch version of DOA2
>the one that Itagaki said only had a few months development and was literally published before it was ready

>>3815625
Nah, US; I've just never run into a revision 2 system in the wild. I've owned quite a few DCs, I genuinely thought that shit about mil-CDs was a myth, but I've been busted, as they say.
>>3815634
>doesn't refute that the PS2 is a trash box

I stand by my statement, regardless of the meme image.

>>3815386
Might just need to adjust the lasers potentiometer if it still can't read discs. Lot of Dreamcast lasers are getting weaker so that might just be it.

>>3815591
>Illbleed
i've shit with fear

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>>3815364
>buying a Dreamcast in current year when Demul can play every DC game well

>>3815741

Demul and NullDC are both crap right now.

>>3815428
Yeah they only made them from November 2000 to production's end after March 2001.

>>3815791
Demul even runs naomi games. Try running those on your dreamcast.

>>3815634
And yet Oatmeal Cookie abandoned the PS2 for the Xbox.

>>3815794
It's kind of crazy that they even bothered

>>3815741
Try to play Blue Stinger on an emulator.
Go on. I dare you.

>>3815612

Can't play a fucking thing, nobody do this.

>>3815562

That's the USB/HDD loader and yeah, it apparently gets pretty hot. Putting in the metal casing of your GD-rom drive helps somewhat but it still doesn't solve it. Haven't heard of any consoles frying themselves yet at least.

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>>3816097
>Oh yeah right so you can play most DC games well. But what about that one rare DC game few care about??? Hahaha checkmate emufags. Emulators eternally BTFO never paying my money for an emulator again

>>3815386
The GD-ROM laser can usually be fixed really easily by tweaking the potentiometer (pot tweak).
Its essentially just turning a small screw on the bottom of the drive assembly (close to where the ribbon cable connects to the mainboard) 90 degreesclockwise with a TINY flathead screwdriver (I do not recommend pliers, eyeglasses screwdrivers work best)

Might as well lubricate the drive heads (metal rods in the drive assembly that the laser moves along) and clean the pins of the power supply unit with isopropyl alcohol while you are at it.

By the way, if you ever replace the CR2032 battery for the clock, be careful. the pins that hold it in place are paper thin and will easily snap.

>>3816163
what if like, someone wants to play really old, slow emulators, or even games with the sound turned off?

>>3815386
is that a dog?

>>3815382
>manufactured in december 2000
This means no burned discs

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>>3816174
>Hahaha checkmate emufags.

>>3816174
it isn't even a good game

>>3816174
All these good replies about adjusting the potentiometer, listing good games and people talking about how and why a 2 is rare. Then there's this faggot.