Homebrew RELEASE reicast [Dreamcast emulator] for Switch/Horizon [Alpha]

[CrashMidnick]

Except some gliches, Sturmwind is full speed and fully playable You made my day !

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

Nice but it is not great console at all. I guess I will wait for it to get better first. There are very few that I would liked to try and that's about it. Most games sucks, to be honest.

What games in your opinion sucked on it? I think the the same for the Nintendo Gamecube

 

[dormeus]

I’ve downloaded Shenmue because I’ve never played it, in the zip there’s two disc 3’s one labelled 1s the other 2s, what does this mean? :/

 

[Mchi5]

So, if anyone is still having trouble running the emulator, here's how I solved mine.

1. Put reicast.nro in Switch folder
2. Make a 'reicast' folder in the main SD card folder.
3. Make a 'data' folder in the reicast folder that you just created.

Now You need Dreamcast BIOS files, just search 'dreamcast BIOS' in google and download those two files from any site.

4. Put those two files (dc_boot.bin AND dc_flash.bin) in data folder.
5. Now make another folder in reicast, called Games
6. Put all your ROMS in Games folder.

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7. At main Switch screen launch any game while holding R trigger and it will end up on your homebrew menu.
8. Now launch reicast app and go to settings (B button is select button in reicast and A is back).
7. Go to settings and select your Games directory as default 'Content Location' (second last option under General menu)
8. Now when you select Done, it will show you all the ROMS which you can play.
The (-)minus button is your menu button while inside the game.

Hope it helps you. Took me a while to figure it out.

I tried this on a fat32 card and it still keeps having system crashes every 2-3 min. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

I’m on SX OS. Does that make a difference ?

 

[CrashMidnick]

I’ve downloaded Shenmue because I’ve never played it, in the zip there’s two disc 3’s one labelled 1s the other 2s, what does this mean? :/

Begin with disc 1, later in the game you will be asked to swap with disc 2, same for disc 3. It was too large in terms of data to use only 1 disc.

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

I’ve downloaded Shenmue because I’ve never played it, in the zip there’s two disc 3’s one labelled 1s the other 2s, what does this mean? :/

I believe it was how the pirate groups ripped the discs at the time, Shenmue was a pretty huge file to compress i believe (650MB Blank CDs were the norm before the 700MB - 950MB "rare" upgrades and better compression techniques later on after it's death)

 

[ignare]

Is reicast able to handle disc switching yet?

 

[CrashMidnick]

Begin with disc 1, later in the game you will be asked to swap with disc 2, same for disc 3. It was too large in terms of data to use only 1 disc.

When you reach disc 2, no need to boot again with disc 1. All 3 discs have the boot title menu.

 

[cucholix]

What's more reliable cdi or gdi?

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

What's more reliable cdi or gdi?

CDI is basically smaller file size while GDI is the standard dreamcast file size (1.2gb)

as for what runs better, i definitely say gdi but if you want a perfect version of the game while having a smaller compact file size than the standard 1.2gb ones than CDI is the much better solution, just be on the look out for most games done by scene group ReviveDC

 

[dormeus]

I believe it was how the pirate groups ripped the discs at the time, Shenmue was a pretty huge file to compress i believe (650MB Blank CDs were the norm before the 700MB - 950MB "rare" upgrades and better compression techniques later on after it's death)

I’m not sure that’s the case here as all the discs are .gdi and are all over a gig in size :/

 

[notimp]

chd compression works in this as well.

gdi is "better" as cdi is almost always a modified iso (usually to save space).

 

[spotanjo3]

What games in your opinion sucked on it? I think the the same for the Nintendo Gamecube

Right. Nintendo GameCube games sucks too.. I liked only Mario and Zelda and anything else doesn't mean anything to me. The same for Dreamcast.. Not sure what games I liked. I saw a few and most doesn't interested me at all.

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

I’m not sure that’s the case here as all the discs are .gdi and are all over a gig in size :/

oh.. i thought you meant cdi

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Right. Nintendo GameCube games sucks too.. I liked only Mario and Zelda and anything else doesn't mean anything to me. The same for Dreamcast.. Not sure what games I liked. I saw a few and most doesn't interested me at all.

to each their own, but i still do agree about the gamecube games

 

[Rikuddo]

I tried this on a fat32 card and it still keeps having system crashes every 2-3 min. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

I’m on SX OS. Does that make a difference ?

It shouldn't make any difference. Although can't say about FAT32 thing. The emulator is in alpha state state so maybe it'll improve upon compatibility with FAT32 and various games. Which games did you try it on?

 

[cucholix]

chd compression works in this as well.

gdi is "better" as cdi is almost a modified iso (usually to save space).

chd is the lord of compression

 

[gbazone]

@davidgf, this is an incredible first release. Thank you so much! I've been playing Tony Hawk 2.

 

[SilverWah]

Capcom VS SNK 2 on Switch let's go!
Gotta get converters for me and my friends sticks and hope it isn't too laggy.

 

[EmulateLife]

I tried this on a fat32 card and it still keeps having system crashes every 2-3 min. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

I’m on SX OS. Does that make a difference ?

SX OS is fine, but you need to start a switch game while holding R and access reicast from there to get the extra ram. I didn't do that and had crashing, and haven't had one crash since I started doing that.

 

[Esppiral]

others and I have created a ton of widescreen hex patches for Dreamcast games that will allow you to play in full widescreen without artifacts (unlike reicast built it widescreen option) it also works on real hardware check it out here and enjoy Dreamcast games on your switch in full glory

https://assemblergames.com/threads/dreamcast-widescreen-hacks.58620/