This thread is designed to give you step-by-step instructions on how to burn emulators and ROM disks to play in the Sega DreamCast.
I know there's other tutorial sites out there, but I'm recommending my own methods for doing it because these have been tested and are guranteed to work (provided they are done correctly).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is how to get NesterDC, the great NES emulator, and Gnuboy (Game Boy emulator) running on the DreamCast and booting from the same disc.
NES & GameBoy Emulator
Requirements
1 computer
1 CD-r burning drive
1-5 CD-r's
Self-boot Inducer (Dream Inducer v.4)
Theme.sbt
NesterDC.sbi (NES)
Gnuboy.sbi (GBC)
NES Roms
Game Boy/ GBC RomsFirst, install
Self-boot Inducer v.4. directly to your "
C/" directory if you haven't yet (remember it won't work in any directory with SPACES in the name). Be sure to name the folder something like "Inducer4" or "SBI4" or whatever, but NO SPACES.
- Download the
Nesfiles.sbt (Self-Booting Theme).
- Download the NES emulator,
NesterDC.sbi (
NTSC -
PAL) and
Gnuboy.sbi (GBC emulator) file from
www.sbiffy.com and put them in a convenient place.
(NOTE If you have
Spybot: Search & Destroy installed on your computer, the SBI files may automatically be associated with it because apparently, the SBI extension is also used for Spybot apps. This won't affect anything though.)
- Open the "
Inducer4" (or whatever you named it) folder.
- Now open the "
Sbi" folder and place
Theme.sbt (if you downloaded the one above, it should be named "
Nesfiles.sbt") and both the
NesterDC.sbi and
Gnuboy.sbi in it.
- Click and RUN the
Sbinducr.exe. A small grey window with buttons on it and a black command line window should appear. You should see some text to the right of the grey window.
- Check to see if the NesterDC.sbi and Gnuboy.sbi is loaded. Look at the text on the right and make sure it has a [+] next to it.
It should read -
[+] NesterDC_6.0_NTSC/PAL and
[+] Gnuboy_1.0.3 or close to that.
- Go to "
Select Menu Type" and choose "
Single Menu".
- Click the "
Extract Sbi" icon (the first one, that looks like a UPC symbol).
The command line window should show the contents as they're being extracted. Wait until it says "completed".
- Now go back into your "
Inducer4" folder (
DO NOT EXIT SELF-BOOT INDUCER!), and go in the folder titled "
Inducer".
This folder is where you can check the contents of what you've extracted and make changes.
(OPTIONAL I made some custom pics for the NES emulator to display on the menu screens. It includes the necessary DXL file for the changes and ReadMe.txt files for further instructions as well. All you really have to do is replace the files that are currently extracted in your Inducer folder. The file names are the same as the default's.
This is purely "optional", but mandatory if you like Karnov ...and liking Karnov IS mandatory!)
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NesterDC Custom Pics- Next, place whatever Nintendo (NES) ROMS you have in the "
Nes" folder and the Game Boy ROMS in the "
Gb" folder. You can fit a ton of games for these systems, but if necessary, you can use "disc swap" to play ROMS from a separate "DATA disc".
Once you're finished adding the ROMs, go back into
Self-boot Inducer, which should still be running.
Let's burn the emulators!
(NOTE If you are having problems burning the disc with "CD Record", you can try using "Disc Juggler" instead. If you choose to do this, click on the 2ND ICON (snake) to make a CDI image and follow the instructions here...
Burning emulator with Disc JugglerSpecial thanks to A_Childs_Mom for the help.)
The following instructions explain how to burn the emulator using "CD Record".
- Click on the FIFTH ICON (it looks like a CD and case). This is called "
CD Record". It is a free burning program that automatically completes the multisession burn for you.
- Click on "
Scanbus". You will see information on your available disk drives. Find the drive you're burning with and enter the three-digit number in the field next to it.
[EXAMPLE - [
1,0,0] Be sure to enter it exactly and use the "commas" (,).
- Go to where it says "
Burn" and enter "
4" in the text field.
Important! The disk must be burned at a speed no greater than "
4" to avoid errors.
Now click "
Burn".
This will burn the first session, adding the sound file to the CD which is necessary for the DreamCast to be able to "read it". Wait until "complete".
- Click the "
Msinfo" button (according to the built-in tutorial, you should only have to do this the first time).
- Next, name the disk if desired (or just leave it as the default name "INDUCER").
- Click "
Make Iso". This will make the Iso. You can watch progress in the command line window and it might take a while depending on how much content you're putting on the disk.
Wait until "complete".
- Finally, click the "
Burn" button (after setting the speed to "
4") under where it says "
Burn Second Session". This will complete the disk. (Again, it may take a long time if there's a lot of data.)
The disk will eject itself upon completion.
- Try it out in your DreamCast.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Here's instructions on how to get DreamSNES- the Super Nintendo emulator to work.
DreamSNES
Ingredients
1 computer
1 CD-r burning drive
1-5 CD-r's
Self-boot Inducer v.4 (Dream Inducer v.4)
DreamSNES.sbi
SNES RomsFirst thing to get (I'm assuming you've got the first three ingredients covered) is to download [URL=h
http://www.playthenes.com
