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GameCop mentioned in the Chankast Compatibility thread that Cosmic Smash "Functions perfect". I recently bought the GDROM (what the heck, it's only $10
) and downloaded the JAP version.I performed the Echelon 2000 "burn 2 CD'S" procedure to make a self boot CD (which I've done successfully with 3 other games ) and tried it on Chankast. The game didn't boot and I got the CD Player screen.
So I tried the DOA2 LE technique (the one i posted a tutorial on) and tested that self boot image. Chankast just hanged after displaying the SEGA logo.
Has anybody got this game running? and if they did how ?
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I think I meant Street Fighter EX3, not Rival Schools 3. Wasn't paying attention there.
I pointed out Project Justice 2 on the DC because it's not a huge improvement gameplay wise from the PSX version.
The site lists a great selection of games Sane. Just what I was looking for.
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Tested a new game with the DOA2 LE fix:
Trickstyle
Compatibility / Speed:
Boots and runs successfully after applying DOA2 LE fix.
Speed goes up to 35fps when I reduce CPU speed to 85%.
Major graphical glitch makes game unplayable: only one light source in-game and that is over the player.
Also textures are messed up.
EDIT:
Turns out the glitches were from my PC over heating!
After restarting the system, I found that the game actually has no gfx glitches and runs at a steady 35 fps.
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What about Zombie Revenge ?
Reading the old reviews and there is some praise for the game.
Virtua Fighter 3 was amazing at the arcades but how is VF3 TB on the Dreamcast ?
Can't believe AM2 released a crap game! I'm referring to Virtua Striker 2.
And the first one was one of my favourites
How about fighting Vipers 2 ? worth it ?
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Let's go through the process Hiroshi..
STEP 1
Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder.
That means: take the original cd image you downloaded, mount it on daemon tools. open the drive from 'My Computer' and copy all the game's files to the fastboot\data\ folder.
STEP 2
Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder
(so that you don't mess with the original file).
Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.
Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder.
You have to hex edit 1ST_READ.BIN for DOA2 LE. No way around that
What you need to watch out for: the original 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN are supposed to be copied from the game cd. If you don't have them on your game CD you're supposed to make your own (which is very complicated).
akito20 posted 1st_read.bin and ip.bin files and their links are:
I guess you know the rest from here....
STEP 3
Run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Type:
1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binary
IP.BIN for the name of bootsector
0,0 for the msinfo value
FINAL STEP
Run b2b_game.bat
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How could I forget Jet Grind Radio ?
Maybe just wanted to keep the statement "Are There More Than 10 Good Dc Games ?"
All the games you listed are great GryphonKlaw except one: Project Justice.
It's a good game but the dreamcast version wasn't overly unique, just cleaner gfx. Nothing wrong with that except PS2 has games like Rival Schools 3 which are cleaned up versions of the arcade games but then the PS2 has 1000's of games like that.
I'm trying to see if there was a large enough number of cool Dreamcast only games or games with features that were unique to the Dreamcast.
Don't know about Powerstone 2 but I'll take your word that it's a good game.
So now the number is bumped up to 17
The list up till now:
Sonic Adventure
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Sword of the Berserk
Ecco the Dolphin
Crazy Taxi
Soul Caliber
Jet Grind Radio
House of The Dead 2
Dead or Alive 2
Shenmue
Shenmue II
Sonic Adventure 2
SFIII:TS
Capcom vs. SNK 2
Virtua Tennis 2K2
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Power Stone 2
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(1998)
Back in the day when the Dreamcast first came out there were a few titles that made the system a must-have:
Sonic Adventure
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Sword of the Berserk
Ecco the Dolphin
Crazy Taxi
And then there were the upcoming titles...
Soul Caliber
House of The Dead 2
Dead or Alive 2
Shenmue and Shenmue II
Reading reviews about these games on the net and looking at pics made me feel that the Dreamcast had a ton of original games (at the time). Ofcourse, not having the financial ability to buy the DC back then made it into an enigma until the PS2 came and the DC disappeared without a trace.
(2004)
Now with Chankast I can go back and see what i missed. So i head over to the shops and look up the old DC titles... and I don't find much!!
Were there only 10 great games on the Dreamcast? Or were there more?
Who's got memories of a great DC game?
Nothing from SNK guys, those are ports and some are available even on the PSX.
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Do i have to do somethin with this bins? Copy to the Datafile or somewhat?
The final 1ST_READ.BIN should be in the main fastboot folder, and the IP.BIN should be in the fastboot\data folder. So for example in my pc it would look like this:
1ST_READ.BIN - in d:\fastboot\ folder
IP.BIN - in d:\fastboot\data\ folder
Tested both, with and without these bin files, Soul Calibur2 won´t boot.I tried this method with soul caliber and it won't boot either
. There is another method to turn a Soul Caliber cd image into a self-boot image and that is using the self-boot hack by Echelon 2000. Use that one.Did you say Soul Calibur 2 ??!!
And is the Hex Editing correct? Everytime, and with every game, deleting the same range of data?As far as i understand it, you should delete the same range for all games. In akito20's post DOA2:LE worked by deleting in that range. I tried the same Hex editing with Virtua Striker 2 and it worked. Don't know of any other ranges so you should stick with the one mentioned until something new comes up.
Since the explanation is so long, here's a summary:
STEP 1
Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder
STEP 2
Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder
(so that you don't mess with the original file).
Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.
Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder.
STEP 3
Run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Type:
1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binary
IP.BIN for the name of bootsector
0,0 for the msinfo value
FINAL STEP
Run b2b_game.bat
b2b_game.bat creates a cd image called 'image.cdi'. Use daemon tools to mount the image and test in Chankast
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Dead Or Alive 2 Limited Edition Fix
(originally by akito20 at emutalk.net forums)
WARNING! For very advanced users!!!
First, you need to download a few programs:
Since the explanation is so long, here's a summary:STEP 1
Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder
STEP 2
Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder
(so that you don't mess with the original file).
Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.
Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder.
STEP 3
Run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Type:
1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binary
IP.BIN for the name of bootsector
0,0 for the msinfo value
FINAL STEP
Run b2b_game.bat
b2b_game.bat creates a cd image called 'image.cdi'. Use daemon tools to mount the image and test in Chankast
After installing Daemon Tools, Free Hex Editor and extracting fastboot utils to a folder we can begin.
I extracted the fastboot utils in "D:\fastboot\". You can use whatever directory you wish.
STEP 1
-Have a non-bootable image (iso,cdi,nrg) of your game ready.
-Using daemon tools, set up a virtual CD drive and mount the image of your game (if you don't know how
this is done in daemon tools search the internet for tutorials).
-Open your fastboot util folder.
(You'll find a folder within the fastboot directory called 'Data'.)
-Open up the directory of the (virtual) dreamcast game cd drive. Copy all the contents of the virtual
cd onto the 'Data' folder.
STEP 2
-Now you should have all the game files in the fastboot\data directory. Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN file
found in the data folder to another location outside the fastboot util folder. You will edit this file
with the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
-Open 1ST_READ.BIN with the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
- Click on Edit->Select Block (or Ctrl+E with the keyboard). In the dailog box, leave the first text box
(start selection value) as it is and type xEFFFF in the second text box (end selection value) then press
OK.
-You will find that some of the entries are highlighted yellow. Now press the delete button (on your keyboard)
and press OK on the dialog box that appears. Save the file and exit the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
STEP 3
-Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN file you edited back to the main fastboot directory (NOT the data directory).
-Now run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Now type:
1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binary
IP.BIN for the name of bootsector
0,0 for the msinfo value
If all goes well the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN files should be patched.
FINAL STEP
-Run b2b_game.bat and wait. b2b_game.bat creates an image file called 'image.cdi'.
-Test this file by mounting it on your virtual daemon tools drive, selecting the drive letter in chankast
and running chankast. You then cross your fingers
This method works for Dead Or Alive 2: Limited Edition and Virtua Striker 2.
Both these games wouldn't run otherwise and are listed as not working in compatibility lists.
Virtua Strikers 2 is listed as a non-working game yet i'm playing it on my pc:
It hasn't been tested on other non-working games but there is no harm in trying
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I was just referring to the site k'dash! It's a great achievement considering the state of some emu sites.
Didn't mention the chankast team so I will now: Great work guys. Chankast rocks!
Just wanted to say that the emutalk.net site has gone down so nobody will be able to check out the fix for DOA2:LE
I'll post a tutorial soon. The fix might make other games that won't boot work. It worked for Virtua Striker 2, so who knows maybe Ferrari F335 challenge might be playable ?
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Chankast v0.2a test report
Hi.
Just wanted to give my thoughts on this AMAZING emulator!
My system:
2.4GHZ Pentium 4 533MHz fsb
512MB DDR RAM
GEFORCE 4 MX440
MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER FREESTYLE PRO GAMEPAD (USB)
USB 10-BUTTON PAD
Games tested:
IKARUGA
SOUL CALIBER
VIRTUA STRIKER 2
Game Compatibility / speed:
IKARUGA:
Playable with 35-45 fps.
SOUL CALIBER:
Playable with 20-35 fps. Player shadows missing.
VIRTUA STRIKER 2:
Needs "Dead Or Alive 2: Limited Edition" fix to run (see DOA2:LE FIX for more info and instructions for fix).
EDIT: emutalk.net is down for now so i posted a tutorial here
Playable with 30-35 fps. Texture glitches after prolonged play.
My Most wanted features in Chankast:
Good control configuration (done!
)Easy program setup & configuration (done!
)Fullscreen option
Ability to save configuration in a portable file.
Save states.
More consistent gameplay speed with less fluctuation (though it's great as it is)
Hats off to the 1emulation.com team for a great effort. Been a regular visitor since i first saw the site
Problem With Cosmic Smash Jap
in DreamCast & Saturn Emulators [/pc/dc+saturn]
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What version did you have? PAL NTSC JAP ?
The weird thing is that after the SEGA logo appears, the whole emulator freezes - the menus don't respond, the fps counter stops.
I'm using daemon tools 3.33 to mount the image, what are you using ?
Could be daemon tools...