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3 years ago This will come in handy for new Retro Dream Users, i recommend just sticking to pal versions of games: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i4zpnJkf5mlEeypdcN-ve9Fm7euKOH7Lwerzq9_LdP8/edit#gid=1719450497
I also highly recommend Batch GDI Optimiser, drag the GDI game and its contents into the GDI Folder and then click Optimise.Bat and press any keyboard key when finished. If its possible to do this on the Dreamcast as an app on RetroDream/Dreamshell, that would be great. http://dragoncity17.free.fr/Dreamcast/Batch%20GDI%20OPT.rar
If the other Game Settings don’t work try this: Dreamshel/RetroDream Game Settings
List of parameters:
102 Dálmatas – Async 8, 0x8c004000 18 Wheeler – Async 1, 0x8cfe0000 Advanced Wars 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Alien Front Online – Async 1, 0x8c000100 Alone In The Dark IV – 0x8cfe0000 Another World – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Aqua GT – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Blue Stinger – Async 16, 0x8cef8000 Bomber He He – Async 8, 0x8c004000 BomberMan Online – Async 0, 0x8cef8000 Buggy Heat – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Cannon Spike – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Capcom vs Snk 1 – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Capcom vs Snk 2 – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Carrier – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Cave Story – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Charge And Blast – Async 4, 0x8c004000 Chicken Run – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Chu Chu Rocket! – Async 16, 0x8cfe8000, CDDA Crazy Taxi – Async 16, 0x8cfe8000 Crazy Taxi 2 – Async 2, 0x8c004000 Dangerous Toys – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Daytona USA – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Dead Or Alive 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Deadly Skies – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Dino Crisis – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Divi Dead – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Doom Collection – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Draconus – Async 8, 0x8c004000 DUX – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Dynamite Cop – CDDA, 0x8cfe8000 Ecco The Dolphin – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Elemental Gimmick Gear – Async 8, 0x8c000100 Evil Dead Hail To The King – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Evil Twin – Async 2, 0x8c000100 Evolution The World of Sacred Device – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Exhibiton of speed – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Expendable – Async 16, 0x8cfe8000, CDDA European SuperLeague – Async 8, 0x8c004000 F355 Challenge – Async1, 8x8cfe0000 Fighting Force 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Fighting Vipers – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Final Fight Apocalypse – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Flag to Flag – Async 16, 0x8cef8000, CDDA Flashback – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Frame Gride – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Gaunlet Legends – Async 8, 0x8c004000 GTA 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Head Hunter – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Heavy Metal Geomatrix – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Jedi Power Battles – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Jet Set Radio – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Last Blade 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Maken X – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Monaco Grand Prix 2 Online – Async 16, 0x8cfe8000 Mars Matrix – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Marvel vs Capcom 2 – Async 1, 0x8cff6000 Mortal Kombat Gold – Async 16, 0x8cef8000, CDDA Mr. Driller – Async 8, 0x8c004000 MTV SkateBoarding – Async 8, 0x8c004000 NBA Hoopz – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Nomad Soul – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Pen Pen Triathlon – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Phantasy Star Online v2 – Async 1, 0x8cef8000 Planet Ring – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Power Stone 2 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Project Justice – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Propeller Arena – 0x8cfd0000 Quake 3 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Quake – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Record Of Lodoss War – 0x8cfe0000 Red Dog – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Resident Evil 3 – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Resident Evil Code Veronica – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Rippin Riders – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Rise Of The Triad – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Roadsters – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Sega GT – Async 4, 0x8c004000 Shenmue 1 – Async 1, 0x8cfe80000 Silver – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Skies Of Arcadia – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Snow Surfers – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Sonic Adventure – Async 1, 0x8cfe0000 Sonic Adventure 2 – Async 8, 0x8cef8000 Soul Fighter – Async 8, 0x8c004000 South Park Rally – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Spawn – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Spec Ops II – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Speed Devils – Async 8, 0x8c004000, CDDA Spiderman– Async 8, 0x8c004000 Star Wars Racer – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Super Magnetic Neo – Async 4, 0x8c004000 Surf Rocket Racers – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Suzuki Alstare – Async 8, 0x8c004000, CDDA Sword Of the Berserk – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Test Drive Le Mans 24h – Async 4, 0x8c004000 Time Stalkers – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Tokio Xtreme Challenge 2 – Async 4, 0x8c004000 Tokio Xtreme Challenge – CDDA, 0xc0000100 Toy Commander – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Toy Racer – Async 8, 0x8c004000, NO CDDA TrickStyle – Async 8, 0x8c004000, CDDA Unreal Tournoument – Async 8, 0x8c004000 Virtua Striker 2 – Async 1, 0x8cfe0000 Virtua Tennis 2 – Async 1, 0x8c004000 Zombie Revenge – Async 16, 0x8cfe8000, CDDA Zusar vu – Async 8, 0x8c004000
I tested some of the online games using DreamShell + SD Card, here is what I found:
Phantasy Star Online ver 2 - Works really well online but there is an issue where you can't revive other players. Monaco Grand Prix 2 Online - Works great online, without CDDA. Quake 3 Arena - Works great online, without CDDA. Planet Ring - Connects but you can't find other players, the games are always full. Toy Racer - Connects, you can chat but It freezes when you start a game. Chu Chu Rocket - Connects, you can chat but when you start a game you go back to the lobby.
Windows CE games don't work on the SD Card, I have to test the online ones on ide.
Had to switch over to the Pal versions of those games. Sonic Adventure 2 Truck scene video cuts out black screen even on my other two tv's. The game is still running despite the black screen both in VGA and DCHDMI. Sometimes it happens earlier and i'm using solid-state storage such as a CF Card. The same problem occurred on the hard drive but it cuts off earlier. On the CF Crazy Taxi 2 10 Minute mode with 4 minutes left video cuts out. The problem does not occur on the disc. Jet Grind Radio half an hour into the game, loaded from CF card, the video cuts out. Overall RetroDream is still lacking in the compatibility department, especially when compared to ODE's. Would like to see further testing with more bug fixes such as for these US versions of games. The Pal version doesn't have these problems. Also, can i get homebrew CDI games to work? As well as the recently ported AtomisWave games? I managed to get some of the Atomiswave games to load up but games like Dolphin Blue don’t work. Would also like to see an automatic config settings option when loading games as a lot of these Game Setting options are very confusing without the compatibility list. As there is no explanation on what these settings do. Would like to see a manual loaded into the firmware. When pulling up the Game Config Settings. And is there a homebutton configuration? I would like to go back to the menu without hitting the off button.
My console has no faults with the hardware as i've gone over all of my mods, have a lot of soldering experience with high-quality equipment with no cold solder joints DCHDMI no shorts, firmware updated 5V A4x10 Noctua Fan 1.5mm Arctic Thermal Pads Dragon Ctity's DUALBOOT BIOS mod with 2 rewritable bios's Dreamboot, Region Free Bios, and no shorts Dragon City GDR IDE Board no shorts CF Adaptor removed cold solder joints with higher quality shiny joints that is on these generic adaptors Pico PSU also had to remove the cold solder joint with high-quality joints. No more random resets and restarts
So all that is ruled out. Which leaves me with RetroDream. Hopefully, RetroDream's compatibility one day becomes more seamless, more UI friendly like that of ODE's. And by UI friendly I'm referring to the game settings options with no explanations and no auto-config option. If there are further incompatibilities. I would like to see integrated notifications such as this game is not compatible, or may not run properly built into the firmware.