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    • coldmantis
      coldmantis last edited by

      Hi Everyone, I'm new here and I'm struggling to get Dreamcast to load games, I put in the correct bios that matchs the checksum in the bios folder, I even tried the region free one (also matches checksum) when I try to load any game it loads into black screen and then goes back into the game list. Same with neogeo but I can't seem to find the correct checksum bios for that one.

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      • abunille
        abunille @coldmantis last edited by abunille

        @coldmantis

        Hi,

        please give us more details about your game files for Dreamcast.
        Which Hardware?
        have you "first" use the search function in the Forum?

        EDIT:
        For neogeo:
        I hope you know that the neogeo.zip BIOS must be placed in the neogeo rom folder and NOT in the bios folder.

        Wenn ihre Frage beantwortet wurde:
        Themen-Werkzeuge -> ask as question + Themen-Werkzeuge -> mark as Solved

        Bei hilfreichen Antworten darf man den jeweiligen Beitrag auch gerne positiv bewerten ;)

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        • coldmantis
          coldmantis last edited by coldmantis

          @abunille thanks for the response, yes I have use search/google/reddit/discord. I still have this issue, the games files are "name of game", space, "(region)" then it ends with .cdi.

          As for neogeo bios I must of tried at least 6-8 of them, I put them in the neogeo folder which didn't work, then I also copied them into mame, FB and bios folders. It does the same just loads to black screen and back to game list. Due note that I cannot find the Correct Checksum number that matches the wiki for the neogeo bios, the DC however matches both the bios regular and region free.

          Opps forgot my hardware I don't recall the hardware since I'm not home I believe it's a Lenovo T440 i7 for sure 8gb of ram, and maybe intel HD 4400 graphics. Recalbox and roms are located on 2.5" 500GB Hardrive connected with a sata to usb adapter (active not passive).

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          • paradadf
            paradadf Staff @coldmantis last edited by

            @coldmantis you need the correct bios depending on the required romset version, so don‘t worry about the md5 checksum shown on the wiki for arcade systems.

            If your question was answered, please mark it as solved: Topic Tools -> Ask a question + Topic Tools -> Mark as Solved

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            • coldmantis
              coldmantis @paradadf last edited by

              @paradadf

              ok that makes sense we are talking about neogeo right? not about dreamcast roms. It's been a long time since I play emulators, I recall there was like a program where you can load your rom directory and it checks a dat file or something, It's been so long that I don't recall the name of the program or where to start? any advise?

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              • paradadf
                paradadf Staff @coldmantis last edited by

                @coldmantis read the wiki, look for the word „arcade“

                If your question was answered, please mark it as solved: Topic Tools -> Ask a question + Topic Tools -> Mark as Solved

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                • Quemandoacromo
                  Quemandoacromo last edited by Quemandoacromo

                  Check hashes (BIOS region free):

                  • dc_boot.bin > d552d8b577faa079e580659cd3517f86
                  • dc_flash.bin > 74e3f69c2bb92bc1fc5d9a53dcf6ffe2

                  Put those 2 files in the BIOS folder (/share/bios),move your games files (*.cdi or *.gdi) to the Dreamcast folder (/share/roms/dreamcast) and everything should work without problems

                  Proof:
                  Power Stone with glitchs
                  (Power Stone.gdi + extra files)

                  MvsC2 with glitchs
                  (Marvel vs. Capcom 2.cdi)

                  @coldmantis

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                  • jorgemagana
                    jorgemagana @Quemandoacromo last edited by

                    @quemandoacromo said in Dreamcast pulling my hair out.:

                    Check hashes (BIOS region free):

                    • dc_boot.bin > d552d8b577faa079e580659cd3517f86
                    • dc_flash.bin > 74e3f69c2bb92bc1fc5d9a53dcf6ffe2

                    Put those 2 files in the BIOS folder (/share/bios),move your games files (*.cdi or *.gdi) to the Dreamcast folder (/share/roms/dreamcast) and everything should work without problems

                    Proof:
                    Power Stone with glitchs
                    (Power Stone.gdi + extra files)

                    MvsC2 with glitchs
                    (Marvel vs. Capcom 2.cdi)

                    @coldmantis

                    @quemandoacromo said in Dreamcast pulling my hair out.:

                    Check hashes (BIOS region free):

                    • dc_boot.bin > d552d8b577faa079e580659cd3517f86
                    • dc_flash.bin > 74e3f69c2bb92bc1fc5d9a53dcf6ffe2

                    Put those 2 files in the BIOS folder (/share/bios),move your games files (*.cdi or *.gdi) to the Dreamcast folder (/share/roms/dreamcast) and everything should work without problems

                    Proof:
                    Power Stone with glitchs
                    (Power Stone.gdi + extra files)

                    MvsC2 with glitchs
                    (Marvel vs. Capcom 2.cdi)

                    @coldmantis

                    Can you listen the music in main menu in mvsc2?

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                    • Quemandoacromo
                      Quemandoacromo @jorgemagana last edited by

                      @jorgemagana Yes,I can listen to the music in the screen of selection mode

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                      • jorgemagana
                        jorgemagana @Quemandoacromo last edited by

                        @quemandoacromo thanks, I can not, I do not know what I am doing wrong.

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                        • Jaladhjin
                          Jaladhjin last edited by paradadf

                          Do not ask for copyrighted content!!!

                          I have found some downloads but they are not working with Recalbox 😞

                          Probably because they are not the exact MD5s

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