Dreamcast not showing up

[jadamcyk]

Hi, i'm running a RPI4 and Recalbox 8 and just added roms to the Dreamcast folder but the system is not showing up in the menu or in the bios menu. Is there something i'm missing to make this run?

[Alvin]

@jadamcyk
For Information about Dreamcast look here
https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/emulators/consoles/dreamcast/libretro-flycast

1, Did you chose the right Emulator ?
Libretro Flycast is the only one which will work on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Recalbox 8

2. Did you have the right BIOS ?
   Not only by Name but by MD5 Checksum ?
   You can check it in the Main Menu of Recalbox

3. Did your ROMs have the right File Extension and did you put them in the right Folder ?
   Check with the Link above

4. Did you refresh your Gamelist in Recalbox ?
   Main Menu -> UI Settings -> Refresh Gamelist

[Scavy]

@jadamcyk @Alvin hello
The system appears if at last one rom with the required extension is in the folder. The readme file contains infos about the extensions. The bios doesn't allow the system to appear.
You can also check if the gamelist only option is enable or disable.
If enable, the system only reads the gamelist file and only the games included in the gamelist file will appear.

[jadamcyk]

@scavy its showing up now, but roms for DC and Naomi arent loading. It is saying the MD5 isn't matching?

Do you know what I need to do? see below.

Dreamcast
- Dc_flash.bin doesn’t match md5
Naomi
- Missing naomi.zip
- Airlbios.zip doesn’t match md5
- Hod2bios.zip doesn’t match md5

[Scavy]

@jadamcyk if the bios md5 signature is not matching, that means this is not the right bios. Look for the one with the good md5, and verify that is is well named.

[jadamcyk]

@scavy This is my first time doing this. How do I find the one with a good md5 and how do I verify the name?

[Zing]

@jadamcyk BIOS are copyrighted, which is why they are not distributed with Recalbox, and similarly why it is not allowed to request or distribute links to BIOS or ROMS here on the forum.

You should get the BIOS yourself, I'm sure most of them you can find on google searching for MD5.

To help you:
https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/basic-usage/features/bios-manager

[Alvin]

@jadamcyk
Like Zing said you must search for the BIOS by yourself.

Here
https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/emulators/consoles/dreamcast/libretro-flycast
are the MD5 Checksums for the BIOS listed.

If you want to check the MD5 Checksum you can use this Tool
https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/md5_checksum.html

[jadamcyk]

@alvin Do you have a link for roms that work?

[Pitch64]

We do not provide any rom link, please do not ask for it. Thanks

[Alvin]

@jadamcyk

Sorry, but Pitch64 is right, you have to search for yourself !

[jadamcyk]

@alvin Bios are correct and green check mark, roms loaded but they won't start. I've tried several different from packs but nothing working.

[Scavy]

@jadamcyk check dreamcast roms coming from the redump romset.