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Welcome New DC enthusiast!!!
FIRST... you are new here, or a N00B... if anyone is addressing you as
such, it isn't an insult,
just some of us get tired of barrages of questions... be patient,
someone will help you if they
can. Dreamcast lovers should stick together... SECOND... read this
through fully, and follow
the directions! You will have some classic games in
your possession by the
time you are done here! So... let's get started...
Okay... first you must have
WinZip, Also
need to have tool is WinRAR. They
are both available as freeware at
Download.com. These tools
compress data, so it takes less room. When trading games online, smaller
files get across faster, leaving less time for a server to crash, or anything else, not to
mention just getting your
games sent/received faster... it is kinda rude to trade games without
compressing them one way
or the other first.
SECOND... I am a big advocate of Nero Burning Rom.
Click here for
TRAIL VERSION.
You will be using it to burn your data to CD. Whenever a duplicate of
any CD is made, the
computer makes an "Image" that it uses to copy the original to a new
disk. So when you read
image, think of it as a perfect negative for a picture, that can then be
printed as many times
as needed. There are 2 major image types you will see in trading. The
first is NRG. These are
Nero format images. Nero will burn them perfectly unless they are a bad
image, every time. The
second is CDI format. The software that creates these images is called
Disk Juggler. For
this
tutorial, we will only use Nero.
The third tool is called CDI2Nero. It will convert the CDI images to a
Nero image, so only 1 of
the 2 tools will be needed. Click Here for CDI2NERO.
NOTE: You do not need to convert the CDI
images to NERO images if you don`t want to - Its just that a lot of
users feel comfortable using Nero rather than Disc Juggler.
Download -->> DC-Legend
Of Zelda CDI Format
Download -->>
DC-Legend Of Zelda 2 CDI Format
Download -->>
Atari Emulator + 506 roms CDI Format
Some Extra games:
Download -->> Phoenix - Arcade
Classic CDI Format
Download -->> Doom CDI Format
And that's all you need, except for IMAGES! The first one you should
unzip is DC_Legend of Zelda.
It is in the CDI format. First unzip it to a folder you can keep track
of, or create a new
folder just for this. Next, unzip the CDI2Nero to the same folder
(sometimes called a directory)
. Now, click the CDI2Nero to activate it. Browse to the DC_Legend of
Zelda.cdi... and click the
open button... then name the new file (DC_Legend of Zelda) and click
save... now you will get
a perfect Nero Image of it...
Next, install the trial of Nero . Once
installed, restart your machine, just to make sure that your machine is
all set from the
install. Then open your Nero, and start Nero Express... the bottom
option is called Disk
Image or Saved Project... click it. It will open a browser window. Find
the DC_Legend of
Zelda.NRG... and click it. Now, if you have the option, turn your burn
speed down.... WAY
down... 4X is the speed I burn my own... slower is A LOT more reliable.
After the burn is
finished, simply use a sharpie to write the title on the CD, and drop it
into your DC! It
is that simple!
Now, try it again with DC_Legend Of Zelda 2. Make your Nero image from
it, then burn it to
CD. And test it of course. If that works, then go to the next and LAST
project...
FINALLY, let's get a real DC game running! Unzip DC_Atari Emu.
Use Nero to burn it at slow speed. Give it a test! Now, delete the
zipped Atari Emu from your
HD. Last quick lesson, how to get them ready for trade. Right click on
the nero image of Atari Emu. Click add to zip. Give it a few moments (Depending on your
machine extracting and
zipping might be the longest parts of any of this, patience will pay
off). After the image
is zipped, you have a game ready to trade over any file-sharing
software!
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