Sega Dreamcast Flash Cart! GDEMU Play Games From SD Card - Install And Setup
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, we take a look at the GDEMU Basically a Flash Cart for the Sega Dreamcast that allows you to play games from an SD card!
I show you how to install the GDEMU and set up your SD card. In my opinion, this is the best mod you can do to the Dreamcast!
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"NOTE" Leave Sega licensing and Boot Intro on.
If you turn it off you will run into some loading issues from time to time on certain Dreamcast titles and glitches can and will occur.
I'd heard of this mod! amazed how easy the install appears to be, no soldering or anything like that. definitely looking into checking out this mod for my system!
So glad you are doing a video on this. I've been wondering what the hype with these GDEMU's was all about.
Wow, this was the last video I expected from you. Do more flashcarts
Dreamcast is one of my all time favorite consoles. Awesome video man.
This is such a awesome alternative since nowadays most Dreamcast games are rare and expensive to get
Please add more videos about gdemu & Dreamcast: thumbnails, power supply, battery change...
Great job as always
So getting this for my model 1 dreamcast. Looks awesome to being able to have the library on a memory card and no more noise!
You're the man! Almost considered spending a few racks on Chinese retro emulators, now that I've seen this will definitely be injecting more life into my beloved Dreamcast!
This is super cool and almost makes me want to dust off my Dreamcast but I can barely spare enough time to play the new games I want to.
Let’s see more stuff like this!! Awesome!!
Thank You for this presentation :) it costs more than I spent on a used dreamcast I recently bought..
Great video buddy, going to link your video to mine ;)
If people want to make there own GDemu Dreamcast system.
I got a faulty Dreamcast, $20 with defective optical drive, with one of these I'm very happy with the investment for access to the entire Dreamcast library (and a bunch of SNES games I found on a GD image online) what a treat
Where?
One of my favorite channels making a video on my favorite console? Yes please. So two notes. Theres an application that sets up the SD card for you. Also, its recommended that you get a 3d printed holder for this. With the disk drive gone, the fan is now blowing air into the empty slace where it used to be. This can cause the power supply to start to overheat with longer play sessions. Id recommend getting a cheap 3d holder for it off ebay.
Dreamcast: Digital Edition*
High level video, I can finally play Rival Schools 2 again.
I would love to see a video of further mods you can do with a DreamCast.
After going through my third laser, I'm sick of replacing them so I'm gonna go with a GDEMU. Thanks for showing this off!
How do you get hold of a new laser? I have two DCs, and I'd love to try and replace the laser in the one that isn't working
@@JamesW81 eBay is full of them because everyone is removing them for GDEMU now. No guaranty they won't be tired, but they are not expensive.
This is amazing, I need to get me one of these. For now ill just play them on my pc.
thanks great explanation just what i needed to work how to set up SD card using a mac
Just what i need, my DC laser is dead and i don't want to spend money and time to find a working laser unit, this will solve the problem, great video!
Yea disc drives r annoying. We need that for every disc based old consoles
Lol you will spend more money and more time buying and installing the gdemu. Replacement dreamcast to take out gd drive = $35. GDEMU $65. Time to swap out gd drive = about 20 min. Time to install GDEMU and setup sd card through software = about 2 hours. I love my gdemu but don't buy it thinking you're going to save money and time over just installing a replacement gd drive.
@@chigimonky I would think you would save time not loading from optical media
I cannot recommend Redream on android enough! I'd you have a Shield it's a dream!
Luxor Cephren I have a Shield Portable and am using Reicast r7. Not sure if Redream would work well on older Android systems such as lollipop?
DUDE THANK YOU! I've been on the fence about buying one of the clones for so long, and none of the reviews I found A) did I trust very much. B) did they mention it being a clone or original. This is the review / tutorial I've been waiting for! You're the man ETA.
I went the USB-GDROM route for my dreamcast but I have a Phoebe for the Saturn and both are fantastic!
I had no idea Chinese knockoffs that actually work exist! I just bought one thanks to you ETA Prime :D
Still working okay?
really awesome, thanks!
Awesome work, thx
I bought one of these off of a guy selling his here in the Philippines. I was about to take a flight to Japan to hunt a lot of this stuff down; until I research the BONKERS prices. I'm emulating my collections all the way now. Between this and my KINHAWK I'm very happy replaying the old glory days!
Man just got this done finally at 4:30AM...
Excelente tutorial. Assistindo aqui no Brasil.
This is amazing
Nice work.
Nice to see a Dreamcast Mod. I also thougt about the GDEMU but for me but its just to expansive. even with the clones one.
Maybe when my laser starts to failing.
And everyone who has a Dreamcast and don´t use the 480p VGA output. You have to use it. The quality is amazing.
For the moment, my Dreamcast run very well, but the day the laser will stop working, I will consider this solution, thanks for this video.
Hey merry Christmas thanks for all of the great videos this year. Do u know if there is a max size sd card that works
Muito bom seu tutorial, obrigado amigo.
Hey great Vid. Definitely saved this one. Any thought on the extra power problem that the DC will have because the cd drive was removed? Overheating? Thanks!!
Holy shit, this is amazing.
A quiet Dreamcast would be truly something to behold in person
Sorprendente! Gracias por compartir;
+ETA PRIME
Just two things to note which would be worth mentioning in the description. Your Dreamcast needs to be VA1 for this board to work. If you have one that is VA2, it won't work. Quickest way to know is to look at the label at the bottom of the DC - there is a circle with 0, 1 or 2 and of course, it's 1 you want. I think the vast majority of Dreamcasts are 1 and only later models have 2. You also can't play burned games with a VA2 model either but even with VA1, you can only burn a CD sized game (or a game with lower quality audio or removed content to fit on a CD (remember, GDRom is bigger than CDRom and there are few (if any) CD drives for PC that can rip them). Thankfully, these GDEmus (and their clones) resolve that.
If you ever see a clone for the Rhea (The Saturn equivalent of this), let me know where. I'd love to grab one but the guy who makes them (and the authentic GDEmu) is quite difficult to deal with.
Thanks for the video. Do in-game loading times improve with this mod?
Hi ETA first of all, great video,.thanks for the info. Any slowdowns or cons to doing it this way? I ask because I've tried doing this with GameCube using my action replay with as launcher and have a lot of slowdowns, glitches crashes etc. Do you have a GameCube solution also? Thanks
Going To try this. I own 2 dreamcasts and both disc lens are worn out. Great alternative
I also use an sd card extended lead it makes swapping out the sd card so much easier
have you experienced any overheating from this mod? according to retro RGB because the ODE doesn’t use 12v on the GD-Rom drive, it’s safer to remove it from the power supply. I don't have soldering experience and would prefer to not do it if it doesn't affect the dreamcast
I was wondering when you were going to start covering stuff like this.
Ah man, the disc drive of my Dreamcast is so incredibly loud. This sounds like a great solution to that! :P
I plan to get this, replace the PSU with that new smaller one and do a noctua fan mod. Maybe a DCHDMI to top it off but I'd rather just continue using an OSSC, but that mod would be nice for travel. My dreamcast is gonna be uncomfortably silent after all this lmao
It's possible to quieten the stock drive down a bit by lubricating it - it will also likely stave off some fairly rare failure modes.
I for sure will miss the optical drive noises when i upgrade to GDEmu. I don't want them to be loud but i love hearing them that they are there.
You 'n me both man, mine sounds like a car crash while playing Phantasy Star
@@JayZero4 I've gotten used to it, and it just sounds authentic to the system. I got my first Dreamcast I think in 2011 and it was overwhelming lol First Dreamcast's disc drive eventually quit working entirely so I got another one about a year or two later and it's still kicking, but I just adjusted the pot recently so it may be time to get a GDEMU and store its original drive as a backup.
@@JayZero4 Yep, that's the game I play on the DC the most. It's that loud, I'm can't play it late at night as I'm sure it would annoy the neighbours
Have you looked into a power supply mod or a fan mod? Removing the gdrom drive makes the power supply run hot. Also while you're in there you can replace the hard soldered battery with a cheap mount so you can replace it in the future.
Removing the laser assembly supposedly causes the unit to run hot. It hasn't been confirmed if it is hazardous to leave the voltage regulator for the 12v rail in. But heat is electronic's worst enemy. However nothing uses the 12v after the GDEMU is installed so it is safer to remove. VGA output confirmed still working.
My scart & VGA works just fine without the voltage regulator for the 12v rail. Ps: And an even easier way would be just pick up a Pico PSU for Dreamcast between $25 and $50.
@@crashtfa it would be easier for the average person because it's just plug-in play. You don't have to put any thought into it. As for the cost, hell NO! It's not cheaper. I never said it was. The average person doesn't understand what a resistor is much less how to use it. People prefer to purchase something that's a thoughtless quick fix to something they feel is a "problem".
How does reducing the current demand cause it to run hotter? If anything it should run cooler without the demand of the laser and stepper motors. Maybe the cheaper knockoff boards are causing it?
@@A_Man_In_His_Van Also look at it this way if the voltage regulator gets too hot because the powers not being consumed, it could cause it to fail or provide inconsistent power. And what do you mean by Cheap knock-off boards? I don't understand what you're talkin about.
what model of this screen are you using with dreamcast?! thanks man, nice video
Subcribed. Want to know if u have tried Shenmue, Shenmue 2 on this and if so how does it run. Still my fav game 👍🏾
Nice video why did you have to rename the file folders disc?
Might have to do this with one of my two dreamcast, especially since the GDEMU board is 55 dollars on amazon
i would recommend using the SD CARD MAKER for GDEmu 1.10 by MadSheep rather than doing it manually like this, especially if you are adding a lot of games and it makes loading the menu instant.
i have a 512gb sd card in mine with the entire dreamcast collection on there in gdi format and it loads instantly and runs amazing.
Excellent video!! I’ve been looking to resuscitate my DC for years now and have access to my games (one of them being mvc2) 3 quick questions: 1) using mvc2 for example, would this mod have access to the saved data in your memory card? Bc I have stored so much progress in there.
2) do you have a link that would show how to burn/copy your own disc game into your cpu?
3) where would I be able to access a large DC games library online to download?
Any help is much appreciated, you def have my like and follow my guy!!
That's perfection 😍are Jet set radio work fine on this without issues? 👀
I'd heard something about putting resistors on the power supply to make up for removing the power-draw of the optical drive?
Very cool!!!
The dreamcast is so cleanly assembled.
My 2nd Dreamcast in the last year broke this morning. It makes a lot of noise when reading the discs during certain points in the game, I think I would benefit from making this switch.
For the past couple of months I've got back online with a DreamPi and been playing Phantasy Star Online ver 2 which has been amazing! Would love to see those covered on your channel.
Would games work off the SD card gdemu and playing online? I’m considering getting the gdemu and setting up a dreampi to play chu chu rocket 🚀
@@galeofdarkNES
I was struggling to get online with the sd card, but the guy who revamped my DC said he’d take a look at it.... just since that time I moved on to a break from video games and now to Warcraft 3.
The GDMU worked great otherwise.
If using the GDemu i'd recommend replacing the PSU with a Pico PSU. When you replace the GDrom unit you reduce the power usage of the Dreamcast and don't use one of the power rails... this leads to a LOT of excess heat being produced and the unit can get very hot. This isn't helped by the lack of GDrom unit disrupting the air flow from the fan. I'd especially recommend if using a clone as the quality of those isn't close to a real unit and they are more vulnerable to the heat.
The best part about this is that you don't hear the drive anymore, not that it ever bothered me in the first place.
Love your videos man! This little thing rocks. Is there any way to put them in alphabet order though?
Question. So u must create a numbered folder for each game? So potentially folder 100 etc etc ? Don’t need a zero in front ?
Do you need a specific type of Dreamcast or will any be compatible? I saw another video and they mentioned there needed to be a “1” on the back of the console?
Was very sceptical about getting a clone, plus i've brought from GDEMU/Denuan before so i would rather support him directly... HOWEVER, I always seem to miss the windows for GDEMU pre-orders so i guess my only option is to pick up a clone ODE instead.
Thank you for the demo ETA PRIME!
Question about the Pound cable. I ordered one and it appears that the console image is offset to the left by 5-10px, so for example the DC home menu is sliced slightly and in Rez, the first power up unit space is cut off. Is that the same with yours? Trade off full-screen picture for some digital quality? Thanks!
Sounds like something I could use. While I have a couple of functioning DCs, my original launch DC's laser is dead. I could replace the drive with this thing and continue to use it.
Oh god, this is a dream setup. Unfortunately it's too expensive to import one unit to my country :(
You should be able to use GDI also. The only reason to use CDI is cause they can be put on a CD-r. Plus GDI would not have any compressed files or sounds missing.
Yes, but every GDI takes up more then a gb. A lot of dc games don't even use that much and are ripped to cdi without any compression. So if u use cdi for those kind of games, you'll be saving a lot of space. You can check the ripping details in the note that comes with ripped cdi's and seenif anything had to be ripped.
Swole Calibur yeah I have cdi ‘s now and they are great. I was just saying you can use both. The G in GDI stands for gigabyte so it not much more. 300mb to be exact but it does add up.
But then what do you do with the Bin Cue files?
@@Nickachuuu just leave them be only the .gdi or .cdi file needs to be named disc
I still have a Brand New in Box never used Dreamcast somewhere, got it for $99 when a electronic shop closed down about 8 years ago
Might be time to find it, Cheers ETA
Hi ETA Prime what is the lcd display you are using here?
Good sir, could you see if resident evil: code veronica works with this? I also believe it's a2 part game so seeing how to switch disks would be great as well. Love the channel, still waiting for the announcement of a device that plays psp, gamecube, dreamcast, Sega Saturn and everything before it with the size of a raspberry pi or playstation classic.
Hey man I really live your videos, but could you go over a tutorial of how to import save files into dcemulation like redream or any other software
What version gdemu did you install? Looks like there is a newer clone version out with the newest firmware v5.20.3
After downloading the correct folder containing all the files needed for the sd card, my file is not named GDEMU.ini it only says GDEMU. Is there an issue or will this be fine. Also do multi disc games all get their own folder? And when u get to the double digits with game folders, are they named like this "010" or "10" so essentially keep a zero on the front of the specified number of the folder or just continue counting up without the zero. Thanks for the help :)
Is there a big difference between the one ETA used and the more expensive model? Does anyone know?
Instructions: unscrew disc drive, plug in sd drive. Nice! Would Dreamshell work with this?
Which version of the mod have you got? Seems like there are lots of different brands. Which ones was this?
All ways wanted one of theses. But they costs so much. Happy to hear there are cheap versions out there.
There is a 3D printed cover with a SD extender for easier access for 15 bucks in the ebay too
that link for the guiformater doesn't seem to work anymore , any safe suggestion for an alternative ?
Holly shiz 😳 somthing needs to be done with the sega saturn also that would be class
Does it improve load times at all? Shenmue would be a good game to test out for load times.
the folder must necessarily be named with numbers or even at will?
Does the GDemu have any video adjustments such as scanlines or anything else?
Where do you recommend for game downloads for the console and will other download able games play on the dreamcast.
Oh great!
I hope they do something like this for PS1 and PS2 as well.
Ps1 already has one using the serial port.
Christian G. Castillo they already do for the Ps2
Just softmod the PS2 and play the PS1 and PS2 games on that from a hard disk or a USB card reader or thumb drive. Optical drive emulation on either system seems completely unnecessary.
DUde. Get a free mcboot memery card. You can make it your self with a modded ps2 or gameshark but it's harder. Order from ebay or something just make sure it's a good seller then make your own with a bigger card like the max memory card. The network sata mod is easy to do just order the parts. Or that star adapter works but the one doing yourself is better and get network support. A terabyte sata drive is cheep these days. 2 terabytes works but needs more work.
Hard drive and FMCB is so worth it. Pain in the ass when you start but once you figure everything our its great
Does this work for multi-disc games like Shenmue, or do you just have to save at the end of each disc and boot the following one from GDEMU?
Yes. It has a button to swap disc by the sd card.
I must buy this !! my dreamcast makes a lot of noise.. with this I think it would be so quite.
I have seen some videos where the power invertor was taken out to keep the system from overheating since it no longer needs 12 volt to the optical drive. Is their a reason you did not do this
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Will this work for multi disk based games like Shenmue?
I'd like to see if Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party have any audio issues. My PAL Dreamcast won't even boot my Original Worms Armageddon disk, so I have to run a burned copy. And that has issues loading the background music when in a match. I'd be curious to see if this GD Emu can get around that problem. Especially since I've been thinking about getting one of these recently.
@detroit retro gamer drg313 And the background music was cycling correctly? When playing my disk I find that the BGM will play a few tracks and will then be silent for 10+ minutes until sudden death triggers and the disk is accessed again.
This looks amazing but can you still use game shark with it ?.?
A dreamcast mini with blutooth or usb controller options would be a big seller.
I just ordered one off amazon prime, it was about 100 a little higher than eBay but if there’s an issue easy return. I’m just waiting on the file transfers then I’ll test it out. Used all the instructions got my fingers crossed. Sadly it seems a majority of sources I found have bin cue vs cdi/iso files. Looking at conversions for them and still trying out other sources. Got about 45 cdi files to play with most of what I want. Thanks for the play by play.
One thing I noticed was the instructions stated that it has to be a model one or zero as model 2s psu will supposedly fry the GDEMU. Might want to addendum that, or not. Luckily of the three Dreamcast I had lying around 2 were model ones.
Ok it works but I had to switch from the pound cable to standard vga as I just wasn’t getting a picture. All images worked except crazy taxi 1 going to try again later. Might see if the pound cable needs extra power to that plug? Otherwise it works great. I checked and the cable works fine on my other cd based Dreamcast not sure what gives, menu says its set to VGA.
Ok last comment, adding power via an apple usb iPhone power adapter made the pound cable work fine. It works unpowered with a regular cd version guess the GDEMU power draw causes issues or whatever.
bastante sencillo, me gusto la idea....
Do you need a specific model of Dreamcast? I thought you needed the model 1
I just got mine yesterday. used a 64gb sd card, formatted to FAT32, add the files, add Sonic Adventure, gave it a test.
1st I tried .gdi & apparently .gdi files don't seem to work. So I manage to get .cdi file, tested out & worked perfectly!
I put a text file in the sub folders with the title of the game so when I put the SD back into the PC to add or remove games, I know what they are. :)
Excellent idea :)
You dont need to rename the files...:)
Bruno Vilela I never tried with the original but these knock off ones you do
I got a knock off,and all my games are with the real name,and i dont have any issue with that...mine is v5.15b...