Jjangthekid Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 i decided that i would buy a dreamcast..but long time ago. someone said that there is a specific type of dreamcast..(newer versions) in which you can't play backup'ed games..so which one am i suppose to buy?..this it eh one i was about to buy.. CPU: Hitachi SH-4: * 200MHz clock rate * 360 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) * 1.4 GigaFLOPS (floating-point operations per second) * 128-bit 3D calculations * 64-bit data bus * 800+ MBytes/second bus bandwidth Graphics Core: NEC PowerVRSG: * 3 million polygons/second peak rendering rate * Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping * Point, Bilinear, Trilinear and Anisotropic Mip-map filtering * Gouraud shading 32-bit z-buffer * Colored light sourcing * Full scene anti-aliasing * Hardware-based Fog * Bump mapping * 24-bit color * Hardware-based texture compression * Shadow and Light volumes * Super sampling Memory : * 16 MB main RAM * 8 MB video RAM * 2 MB sound RAM Sound: Yamaha Audio Core: * 32-bit RISC CPU * DSP for real-time effects * 64 sound channels * Full 3D sound support * Hardware-based audio compression Storage Media: CD-ROM: * 1 Gbyte data storage * 12x speed CAV drive Dreamcast Control Pad: * Digital and analog directional controls * Dual analog triggers * Virtual Memory System data save unit Expansion Options: Modem: * 56Kb per second transfer rate * Upgradable could anyone tell me if this is ther ight one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Oh god...all the specs for all Dreamcasts are the same. It's just the model number that you have be wary off. Don't get the HKT-3030, get the HKT-3020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Err....is there a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 (edited) Err....is there a difference? Ofcourse there's a difference, you think they would give it different name for the hell of it!? The HKT-3030 doesn't read CD-Rs. It's the firmware update to the HKT-3020. The 3030s were made around the end of the Dreamcast. According to Cominus, anything before Nov. 2000 is safe and is almost 100% HKT-3020. Edited June 4, 2004 by GryphonKlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Ah ha, I see.But it seems that they do this to combat piracy.Although it is easily rectify with a bootdisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffynnon Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Dude, how are you going to use a bootdisc when it won't read CD-R's? That's why the 3030's are useless for playing backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 That's what I was wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 I dun know. Our local dealers are all using bootdisk when they are still selling DC.Some I know modeify the DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 I dun know. Our local dealers are all using bootdisk when they are still selling DC.Some I know modeify the DC Those are probably the earlier models. There are more models that read CD-Rs than those that don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Practically any system model made in 2000 works i hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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