werezwolf

I had the same problem. After hours of frustration I finally figured out my problem. It was the dreamcast bios I had downloaded. You probably got the one I did from http://bioshouse.free.fr/. Out of the various ones to choose from, I forget which one I downloaded, but it doesn't matter because it didn't work. To fix this just go to http://www.filemirrors.com and type "dreamcast" into the Search box. I used the one from emunova and it worked great. You'll note they include the flash and vms bin files, too, though I am not sure why. As soon as I replaced the old dc_bios.bin I got Ikaruga and every other ISO I had mounted to play. On mine, the DC logo at bootup had changed from red to blue, then the game loaded fine, no probs. I also did NOT have to enter in the date/time twice like i had to do before. That's cuz the games are directly booting like they are supposed to. With the old DC bios, it went into the DC's bios/setup menu, which is what you see when no game is inserted and you turn the console on. Sorry If I posted anything I wasn't supposed to. If the links are removed, just PM me and I can send the files I am using. Good luck, it worked for me.