Posting links in a comment cause youtube keeps ruining the ones in the description. Maybe these will work. Tools: GDEMU_SD to copy images and create menu: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/518776906670145566/754958542829518909/GDEMU_SD.rar RebuildGDI to resize images: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/518776906670145566/754958605698072597/RebuildGDI.zip Guiformat to format to FAT32: www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm GDMENU Builder: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/518776906670145566/754958555916009472/GDMENU_Builder.rar

Great video, I learned a lot. Waiting for mine to arrive but you pointed out a lot of gotcha's that weren't mentioned anywhere else I saw. (Off to watch the sept 2020 follow-up one now!)

I just ordered one of these; i'm sure that you just saved me hours of time and headaches. Thanks for the video!!!

Great informative video!!! Many thanks for this!!!!

Thanks for all the effort of explaining it saves me a lot of time

Great help, thank you so much!

More info that isn’t common knowledge: You actually CAN install GDEMU on a VA0 Dreamcast. You just have to swap 7 resistors to drop the voltage from 5v to 3.3v. I had no intention going back to the dead ODD, so I didn’t feel bad removing the 12v regulator.

Any human doing Anything with a Dreamcast is considered a patron saint in my book! Then showing others..... well we're all just lucky I'm not the Pope. Thanks man! Finding these videos after my laser(s on BOTH my dreamcast)went out might be the high point of my year.

Sorry about the messy disc swap showcase, it is hard to edit videos recorded on my phone, so I keep it to a minimum.

512GB cards will work, just as long as you format in fat32

Thanks for the resistor/PSU idea I really didn't want to remove parts of the PSU. I only have a 470 Ohm resistor, but I think it would be fine.

Are you ummm... a God? Thanks a Bunch!

I own a dreamcast v1 model and am thinking of getting myself a gdemu plus maybe an insert with a sd extender.

thanks for the video, it was very helpful. do you know how to get homebrew working properly cause i cant seem to get them working. for example, i found the doom mod collection and it boots to the main screen where you choose the mod you want but it freezes there, any solutions you know of?

Mod Idea : A 12v line adapter for plugging in an additional Noctura fan with a 3D printed top half of the case to not only line up with a GDEMU SD insert, but to also have a fan mount that pushes up through the lid as well to take that power and use it for cooling.

GOOD WORKING

Is this mod region free? Can you do it on NTSC and PAL systems as well? If yes which version number should you look for on an NTSC system?

Nice. What about the famous red jewel glitch in Resident Evil?

My button is set to reset it, but doesn't work when i try to use it to disc swap? Any help would be appreciated. I was told I can 'swap discs' from the GDEMU menu, but not sure how that's done w/o it cancelling the current game being played?

I have no idea why there is not a design for the VA0 with a stepdown transformer or something or even an add-in chip upgrade.

The PAL games aren't that different, most have options for 50Hz AND 60Hz in PAL mode anyway. PAL 60Hz is actually more vivid than both NTSC 60 and PAL 50. and both NTSC 60Hz and PAL 60Hz run at the same speed, just don't choose 50Hz unless your display doesn't do 60. (Though unless your Display is completely archaic, it probably supports 60Hz PAL or otherwise, just don't use SECAM because that's dumb.)

The link for the "Guiformat to Format to FAT32" isn't working

Some of the games what they did as a anti-piracy measure is make a dummy file on the disc that it would check for. Only a rare few games did that. I am honestly not pro-gdmu unless it can keep the disc drive, primary because I play the disc based homebrew games that I pay for, yes I am aware of the myth that "pirated" games will burn out your laser faster. But the only research I find around that myth is a few popular youtubers repeating what anti-emulation people claim. I find that a lot of them do not seem to understand that the greatest failure rate on the sega saturn was the laser. I do have a sega saturn as well, and I have had to replace the laser on that, and I have not seen too many mods for the saturn. On the dreamcast it is the very thin ribbon cables that are easy to break while modding or even just cleaning the system. I have tried dreamshell sd card reader through the serial port as a option and the only images I have been able to play are ones that I rip using the ripping tools. I heavily suspect that the download sources I use modify it with a custom bootloader which causes dreamshell to not load it. I also have been struggling with the dreamcast sdk that is out there, but its mostly because it depends on codeblocks which almost always gives me problems on windows but works fine on linux. I have not tried the sdk on linux but codeblocks for windows has been garbage for the last 15 years or so. What is overheating on that dreamcast is the GDMU chips is over heating and so is the power supply, but you address that and don't use dreamPU because it has power issues as well with not giving the system enough power.

Thanks for the informative video. I have kind of a interesting personal story about this game. The first time I played this game I watched the intro and of course your plain gets hijacked and goes down. That night I had a dream I was on a airplane and it got hijacked. That was on 9-11-01 about 5 hours before everything bad went down.

how do you put games on sd card if there more than one disc do you put them all in same folder?

The left hand side of my DC gets very hot now after installing a GDEMU.

could i theoretically put in a 12v fan as an intake at the back to keep the 12v rail busy like you did? Could this be a permenant heat solution? like a really small fan that fits in the case?

hello . I got few months ago japan import (hkt 3000) with ic bd katana VA0 . I out of luck with gdemu mod or is there any mod to mod the gdemu mod :D Any hep or advice would be great . CD unit runs fine but it wont read anythig i burn for it .

15:40 After installing GDEMU, the Noctura Mod, and the GDEMU tray insert I noticed my Dreamcast noticeably warmer after extended play. Especially on the bottom. So I took a laptop fan, put a piece of wood under two legs so it sits level, and it remains cool. In a test I left it running for 48 hours (didn't turn it off when I went to bed, but played during day) and the only warmth was on the top and only if I kept the lid down. Sadly, the little indent in the tray is too shallow for a spare SD card. I thought it would be nice to have only a single game on a small card so it boots straight to a game I'm playing more of, and it works, but no place to slip it. I also figured out that ejecting the SD card let's you access system menu, and apparently if the SD card has a lock switch locking the card somehow causes games to freeze in the start menu. Not sure why. I use GDEMU to play Phantasy Star Online actually online with a Broadband adapter using an official serial number and GDEMU made it so easy to get a modified disc image with improvements. It's way more convenient than using the Disc drive. That said, it's a real shame I can't use my overclock setting on my Dreamcast while gdemu is inserted. I have to use the actual disk drive. It would have been nice if there was an overclocked variant of gdemu for overclocked consoles.

I have one Dreamcast with model v1 and board va01, it is compatible with this gdemu?

“Meaning that the sticker on the bottom of the Dreamcast should say ‘1’ in a circle” This is not common with all VA1 dreamcasts. Depending on where your Dreamcast originates from, the VA1’s won’t have an indication. Some regions make it clear via the first 3 characters on the barcode, which correspond to the month and year of manufacturing. Mine had neither, but listed the name of the manufacturer, which only built Dreamcasts in 1999, which was the VA1 model year. I was thankful to find a Dreamcast forum and a fellow who had a LONG LIST of Dreamcast manufacturers, and the years they were manufacturing the console. VA1’s can also be found out by testing to see if it’ll play a burned CD, but if you’re looking into a GDemu, chances are that’s not an option for you anymore.

I went through a ton of work to get bin/cue dumps rebuilt to gdi with cover art and made a 200+ GB image for GDemu but I am running into a problem list of games similar to the one you have posted. What is the recommended fix? IIRC I opted to patch them for VGA, could that be the cause of the problem? I tried to turn off “Force VGA” in gd menu, but still experiencing crashes on the same games.

I just got this today am not a tech guy managed to get the gdemu set up but it wouldnt recognise any game i dowloaded so formatted my sd card to start again and am totally stumped and unable to do anything with it

Nowadays you can buy it around 30$ plus shipping from Ali.

If there are GDEMU clones, how do you know if you're buying a legitimate one that can accept firmware updates.

como puedo comprar uno aquí en la sudad de México

I used the SD maker app in windows 10 and it worked but I got weird error messages after it ran (Acer predator Helios 300). All games loaded fine but there was no decrease in load times. Maybe it's just mine but for me it all depends on SD card size, and 32gb seems to be the sweet spot as I went to 16gb fully loaded was about the same as a 32gb fully loaded. I also tried 128gb and 256gb. 128gb was reasonable (about a minute), but 256gb sandisk was hella slow I didn't even fill it up completely. 128gb holds all my most wanted games and I keep 32gb cards for quick play with family. I used the gui format app for fat32 with the largest cluster setting.

hello OC Workshop :-) Hey any Video You Would Recommend Showing how to Add GDI As Well As CDI Game Files? I Thought i Saw a You Link before i Started Mine but Cant Find that Video NOW :/ :- :-) And Good Video LINKS Help On That? THANK YOU In Advance :-)

Hi Do you know if there is a Chinese clone disc emulation device like this for Sega Saturn? If so, what name & model should I be searching for? I know there’s TerraOnion stuff, but I can’t afford that 😩😝

I was looking for a broken DC to mod like this, and damn they have gotten way more expensive than when I bought my working one. I rather keep one that runs discs and one that could run without discs but might just gut my working one if I don't source another before too long.

Can you use v0 Dreamcast if you replace the PSU?

The GDEMU_SD to copy images and create menu link does not work, it says Website is no longer available The authors have deleted this site.

Here is a follow up to this video where I correct a thing I've said in this video and detail the setup procedure for SD cards. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5OGd61iqJ6qXY0.html

i want to know.. can u use the code breaker.. or action replay or gamshark iso ? then load cheats then load the game???? or is that option not working ?

Привет! Значит если консоль pal региона,то и образы gdemu нужно качать того же региона?я думал любые подойдут

I just bought mine and have been having game crash issues lately. I've been able to get the games to run for about an hour, but theres a 60% chance they'll crash 10 minutes into playing. Anybody have any idea of how to fix this?

How do you set the Cluster Size to 64? All I see is sector size and the smallest is 512k.

I have a clone and 128gb sd card in fat 32 format (there's a guy selling them and swears they work) but start up is intermittent, sometimes it freezes on the dreamcast logo and stutters the sound. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Can you test skies of arcadia?

What's the difference between this v5.5,v5.15 and v5.15b?

I just did mine about a month ago. My menu doesn't load that fast. I used the same program to format and set the cluster size. I first used a 128gb that takes about a minute to load. I tried a different card with the same results. Everything works once setup but switching games is slow so I put my favorites on a 32gb card and it boots in under 20 seconds but yours is like instant. I would love to use a 256gb as it would fit every game I could ever want.

I have PNY, Toshiba, SanDisk cards. None work in my GDEMU clone. I’m getting exhausted buying different cards.

im going to buy one of these on ebay a 5.15 ver b , were do i download the files for the sd card thanks

if your games dont work its because of a bad ripp !

REMOVE 12V regulator. its supposed to be for GD ROM drive but since it's not installed it's overheating. alternatively I think you can throw resistor on it I think

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IS THAT A REALLY BAD S.A ACCENT BTW ?

there's a million of these things for sale right now, but they're all at minimum double price. i'm not even going to bother thinking about it til the price comes back down. first one under 60 gets my money.

could i theoretically put in a 12v fan as an intake at the back to keep the 12v rail busy like you did? Could this be a permenant heat solution? like a really small fan that fits in the case?