Japanese games on us dreamcast?

[guitarbro6530]

I know you need the Utopia boot disk for original games, but what about selfboot copies?

[Inferno.]

Pirated DC games are region free.

[Slacker Magician]

Pirated DC games are region free.

If you have real other region games you can use the Gameshark to boot them .

[Potatosiris]

For me so far, all pirated self boot copies work for me, no boot disk or anything needed. Though, take a look on the bottom of you DreamCast and look for a number 1, or a number 2. If you have a number 2, it's possible you'll need a boot disk even for the self booters. If it's a number 1, jump right into the game.

[Zorlon]

There would be more issues with PAL games that don't have 60Hz supported but most do anyway

If you are wanting info on Dreamcast models, there is a guide to what Dreamcast will work with selfbooting CD's (Mil-CD's) over at http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?t=54893

The guide will tell you what type of selfboots work with your dreamcast

there are 2 types of selfboot/mil-cd, though if your dreamcast can run Utopia it should be able to run Mil-CD's as Utopia is a Mil-CD, though there is more than one type of Mil-CD