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In Topic: Month of Dreamcast Rev0s - Blind Luck
Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:58 PM
OldSchoolRetroGamer, on Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:34 PM, said:
What is the purpose / advantages of this and how is it done?
It gives me a couple of big advantages and I'm sure a few smaller ones that I'm not aware of. The reasons I have it are to be able to natively boot any region games and to not need a boot disk to use burns (really the same thing, but I have a lot of imports so I treat them as separate advantages). I believe the bios will let you do a few other things with the SD card readers, but I've never tried it.
I had a guy on AssemblerGames mod mine for me, but from what I understand, he just added a second bios (stacked on top of the original) and set the mobo to use the new chip instead of the old. The bios is link83, so you can google for more info. I'll say it's well worth the cost (minimal) or effort if you enjoy imports.
DaytonaUSA, on Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:39 PM, said:
Great man! Maybe some of the launch systems were Rev 0s then, unlike we previously thought. Every other person I've talked to with a launch Dreamcast has it starting with Rev 1. So this is kinda interesting. Keep it! They're little tanks and will last you a long time! All launch day Japanese systems were Rev 0s, but the design was changed long before they ever were released in the US. So it's interesting your launch system had this architecture.
If there is any info I can offer off of mine, let me know. I'm 100% sure it's the one I bought at retail and has never been messed with.
In Topic: Month of Dreamcast Rev0s - Blind Luck
Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:08 PM
16-bit, on Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:15 PM, said:
It's awesome to hear something Dreamcast related that I never knew about. I've always been a huge Dreamcast fan.
What's even better though is this post made me go look at my Dreamcast and it's a Rev0. Thanks for the heads up
What's even better though is this post made me go look at my Dreamcast and it's a Rev0. Thanks for the heads up
Same here. I still have my original system that I pre-ordered and picked up at launch. As luck would have it, it's a Rev 0 and I still have all of the box/packing/docs that came with it.
I don't use it anymore, due to having a custom one with the katana bios loaded in it, but good to know I have a sturdy backup if I ever need it.
In Topic: What is the first RPG you beat? Ever?
Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:22 PM
riffraff, on Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:59 AM, said:
Metal Jesus, on Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:03 AM, said:
That would be Pool of Radiance on the C64 for me. Loved that game!
Epic, Epic game. That damned Lich near the end was hard as hell. I loved this game, you could fail a battle many times if you didn't use the right strategy/get lucky. Paralyze spell was the best. I hated not being able to level your characters past level 10 or whatever the max was.
This one for me as well. I got all the way to the final battle without resorting to cheating, but had to cheat to finish it out. What I wouldn't give for my save game disk back...
In Topic: 2012 Midwest Gaming Classic March 24-25
Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:30 PM
Clint Thompson, on Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:16 AM, said:
Anyone here pick up that Sharp X68000 CZ-603C that was boxed at one of the vendor tables or find out if they ever hooked it up to see if they got it running?
I've never seen one in person and was completely fascinated with it.
I've never seen one in person and was completely fascinated with it.
We (Mad Gear) took it down to the museum and fired it up. It came up and prompted for a disk, so it appears to at least work that far. There were no 5.25 disks available to test it any further though.
