Dreamcast roms

is there a way to convert a dreamcast file into an iso cause i downloaded sonic adventure for my chankast emu and every time I load sonic it just says to insert a disc..., ive checked multiple dreamcast rom comments and whenever som1 asked they just get called a moron.

What exactly is the file extension?While I have never used that emulator, I'm aware some can read the image (iso, etc) as they are.And like the gamecube (gcm) it might be "gdi" format.You may need a virtual driver linked to the emulator....from my past experience, it may need daemon tools but a specific version...Problem with that one is...it fails to work on vista...So just to help a tad-what OS are you using?

im using xp home edition and i already have daemon tools but its lite so maybe i need manager and the file extension is bin

Replying to #3

Bin should work....My guess is you have the wrong version of daemon tools.I forgot the version number, but it's....2.90...or near that number.I'll dig around for you but many of the links I had found may be dead-so all I could do is find out the name.
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Um...what version of chancast are you using?From what I'm reading, any virtual iso driver should work.You also need a system bios (need the correct region-the roms are american-i unfortunatly forgot which is which-but a blue or red swirl would let you know.)And did you "mount" the bin file thru the virtual driver?

yes ive mounted the bin file and i have the bios files for all regions and im using the latest chankast version, and the only reason im using chankast is because i couldnt even get nulldc to run, i had no idea how to load a rom with it and i couldnt use my controller for controls

Hrm, I had the same issues...What colour is the start up swirl on the emu?

black, shouldnt it be red?

Hrm.Try the red swirl-ethier way you need to do something different.(forgot which region the blue is).

how do i switch the swirl color?

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You will require a different bios.I have read a guide...forget where it was-that taught you how to "hack" the current one.Problem is...it's hex editing-it took 4 hours to do and the worse part is I can't find it :(Just google "NSTC dreamcast bios" or something, or even "american" instead of NSTC.Also...I have no idea if the games for dreamcast here are self booting or not-that is sometimes the issue.

im trying my best to get this thing to work cause if i cant it was a waste of 681 points for the game

Just asking have you got games working on the emu before or your first time?Because I have heard about how difficult dreamcast emu's are I just grabbed the smallest game and attempted to get that working...It didn't sadly-prehaps my altered bios failed.WHat game was it may I ask-I may be able to refer you to another simerlar game...sure you wasted some points...but they will come back-just gotta wait...(I'm out of advice-if you want to make sure you get your points worth, it may be best to keep watch until someone who has one ansers...I'll be watching myself-my 2 dreamcast games that I got a year ago depend on this :( )

the game is sonic adventure

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Do you have a gc by anychance?Sonic adventure dx-it's an upgraded port apparently.But that may cost another big pile pof points-not sure if the gc emu would let it work ethier...I know my chipped gc would run it just fine XD(To the mods-is the game in question self boot-it may help him out :) )

if its a .bin file it will not be self booting.