Dreamcast USB Loader Coming Soon

[cvskid]

Buy a Playstation TV, it can play PSP games on your TV. I think the PowerStone collection is available in the Playstation Store (it is in the Asian store).

If he still has his psp he also has the option of connecting it to a TV itself and playing it on a bigger screen if it is a 2000 model on up.

 

[mickcris]

MNEMO has sold some already. If you want more information from some users that have it already, they have been posting about it here:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...e-GD-ROM-emulation-happen-quot-Facebook-group

i have the GDEMU (sd loader) that has been out a bit longer and it works great. MNEMOs looks nice too.

 

[cdoty]

If he still has his psp he also has the option of connecting it to a TV itself and playing it on a bigger screen if it is a 2000 model on up.

Yep, those cables should be cheap.

 

[Magnus87]

Next Step! Sega Saturn!

 

[mickcris]

Next Step! Sega Saturn!

Denuan is fairly close to finishing his:
http://gdemu.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/cool-features/

 

[Foxi4]

Whats the compatibility like then these days? As when I tried it a few years back it was quite hit and miss with what it worked with and a fair few games I tried were quite glitchy. I'd say my success rate was about 80% at best previously. Cant remember what I used though HD loader or something but it wasn't much good.

Very high. HDD loading is almost perfect, SMB is a close second, USB comes last due to slow transfer speed. I use SMB and so far I only found two games that didn't work and two that had issues, which is a good result considering the fact that I went through 200+ GB's of games on my Slim.

 

[chr0m]

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There was an attempt at a Dreamcast SD card loader earlier. It turned out not to be very good. The big downside to this is that it altogether replaces the disc drive in a Dreamcast. This is great for units with broken drives, of which there are plenty. Also noteworthy is that it doesn't appear to reduce load times much. It's probably going to be super expensive and Stone Age Gamer kind of sucks.

I have the SD based GDEMU and it is awesome, what are you on about? The only downside is the size of SD cards. I've got a 64GB in mine and have over 50 games on it, which is more than enough on a single card. It sure beats CDRs anyway.
It also improves the loads dramatically over discs.


I'll probably get one of these for my other Dreamcast if it's not crazy expensive, but Stoneage gamer usually is.

 

[trumpet-205]

Very interesting. So now we have 3 announced GD drive replacement toward Dreamcast: GDEmu, DCIO, and this USB loader.

I'm eager to see how this loader pans out. I agree that DC emulation as of right now is far from ideal. You have to juggle between 3 DC emulators in order to cover most of DC library.

Someone mentioned PS2 having a USB loader as well, and I agree too. While PS2 has many options for backup loading, each one has some sort of shortcoming (HDD is limied to FAT and SCPH-70xxx, SMB will only have the best performance from direct connection / no router, ESR still runs on disc, etc). Plus PS1 game on PS2 right now is limited to disc swapping, modchip, or emulation via PS2PSXe (very crappy).

 

[endoverend]

Does Dreamshell via SD serial adapter have good compatibility? They are sold here for 30$ which I would be willing to pay if games play as well as CD-R's.

 

[mickcris]

I have the SD based GDEMU and it is awesome, what are you on about? The only downside is the size of SD cards. I've got a 64GB in mine and have over 50 games on it, which is more than enough on a single card. It sure beats CDRs anyway.
It also improves the loads dramatically over discs.


I'll probably get one of these for my other Dreamcast if it's not crazy expensive, but Stoneage gamer usually is.

i think he's talking about the sd loader for dreamshell that attaches to the serial port. That is pretty slow and not as compatable.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Buy a Playstation TV, it can play PSP games on your TV. I think the PowerStone collection is available in the Playstation Store (it is in the Asian store).

I already own a physical copy of the game so I wouldn't be buying it again especially a digital format edition.

There's always PSPgo which can connect to a TV and use a DualShock 3 controller...

 

[chr0m]

i think he's talking about the sd loader for dreamshell that attaches to the serial port. That is pretty slow and not as compatable.

Ahhh ok, that makes sense

 

[Sterling]

Nice, but it looks like I would have to desolder and move the Usb socket, I'd prefer just to keep it inside the console at all times. instead of it sticking out, and having to cut the case.

If you're worried about aesthetics, get a slim USB drive.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digi...13968445&sr=8-1&keywords=32+gb+slim+usb+drive

 

[Thomas83Lin]

If you're worried about aesthetics, get a slim USB drive.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-32GB-DataTraveler-DTMCK/dp/B009CMN3V0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413968445&sr=8-1&keywords=32 gb slim usb drive

my main concern was cutting a hole in the case, but yes that's the kind of drive I had in mind

 

[FAST6191]

my main concern was cutting a hole in the case.

Get a small drill bit and a reamer. Makes this sort of thing a doddle.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Get a small drill bit and a reamer. Makes this sort of thing a doddle.

Yea was thinking about getting a dremel just for this. Or I may just hide the usb socket altogether. depends

 

[FAST6191]

I seem to have an increasingly large collection of dremels/rotary tools.

Anyway what about something like
http://www.dx.com/p/vojo-flat-micro...arging-cable-for-samsung-miui-htc-grey-293304

I am struggling to find a proper right angled, low profile, flat cable, flat male insert/shieldless/canless/PCB only USB extension cable but each of the others exists so I imagine this does too.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Very high. HDD loading is almost perfect, SMB is a close second, USB comes last due to slow transfer speed. I use SMB and so far I only found two games that didn't work and two that had issues, which is a good result considering the fact that I went through 200+ GB's of games on my Slim.

While it's true than a large number of games works even better than with disc(faster loading times and such) some others have issues with audio/video streaming, Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil is one of those as well as the later Pop'n Music games(9 or 10 onward, can't remember exactly).
I know that the issue with the Pop'n Music games is resolved on the latest versions of OPL or if you used the good'ol HDLoader, but Klonoa 2 is still present on every form of backup loading that isn't disc based.
and that's why I got a PS2 fat with a working(and original matrix chipped) DVD drive and a nice 200GB HDD with PS2OSD mod installed, I don't even need a memory card to play from the HDD(of course I still need it to save).

 

[trumpet-205]

I already own a physical copy of the game so I wouldn't be buying it again especially a digital format edition.

There's always PSPgo which can connect to a TV and use a DualShock 3 controller...

A big problem with PSP and PSP Go TV out is that they are letter boxed with slightly offed aspect ratio. More and more TV these days cannot fully zoom in the letter box PSP are using.

Vita TV does not have these problems.

 

[codezer0]

If this works as nicely as it looks, it would be worth picking one up, and a 1TB external hard drive... and have the complete collection readily available.