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    Default Half-Life Gold for DC wont work

    No matter how I burn this game I can't get it to boot up. Even with a boot disc it still wont work. I've tried burning it every way I know. Please help. How to I manage to play this game on my DC?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cabose117 View Post
    No matter how I burn this game I can't get it to boot up. Even with a boot disc it still wont work. I've tried burning it every way I know. Please help. How to I manage to play this game on my DC?
    As far as I know, there's no nuked versions out there. Burn with Alcohol 120%, use RAW/DAO as a burn setting, and burn at the slowest speed possible (preferably 4X).

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    Well, when I check the image's contents it has an exe file. I thought the DC can't run exe files.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cabose117 View Post
    Well, when I check the image's contents it has an exe file. I thought the DC can't run exe files.
    What is the file extension of the image?

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    well its the one from this site.

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    Please, tell us what files do you get once you extract the compresed files, or post a pic showing them.

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    Dreamcast does launch exe files, through WindowsCE.


    You're doing it wrong!!11

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    Well its a CDI file type image, and I mounted it with Daemon Tools so I could get a preview of the contents.
    Here's a snap of the contents:

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    Burn the CDI image with DiscJuggler or Alcohol 120% at 4x using RAW/DAO settings.

    Is your Dreamcast old enough to play CDR's?

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    Yes it is.
    Usually I use Discjuggler with the following settings for DC games:
    Mode: Mode 1/DVD Offset: 0 Bytes
    Block: 2352 TOC: CD-ROM/DVD
    And Add post-gap to 3rd party images is off.
    All at 4X
    These settings have always worked for me.

    But have the other settings suggested work?

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    Toc: Cd-xa
    mounting and browsing the files isn't going to help at all.

    ... Try DiscJuggler on CD-XA. If that doesn't work get the Alcohol 120% 30 day trial, and burn it in RAW/DAO at 4x.

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    Actually, I got it to work. These were the settings i used:
    Mode: Mode 1/DVD Offset: 0 Bytes
    Block: 2352 TOC: CD-ROM/DVD
    Add post-gap to 3rd party images is off. And RAW Write was on
    All at 4X
    It worked great! Thanks for your guys' help!

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