[TUTORIAL] How to create + burn a Beats of Rage CD for your Dreamcast

[CE]

Here's a guide on how to create + burn a Beats of Rage CD for your Dreamcast. All you need is a blank CD-R. CD-RWs or other types of media are not supported.



1. Download BootDreams from here: http://dchelp.dcemulation.org/?BootDreams

2. Install it to C:\BootDreams\

3. Create a folder for OpenBoR: C:\BootDreams\OpenBoR\

4. Download the latest dev build of OpenBoR for Dreamcast from here: [Download] (read the release comments)

5. Extract the archive with WinRAR: http://www.winrar-rog.com/eindex.html

6. Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN to C:\BootDreams\OpenBoR\

7. Copy your mod (.pak) to C:\BootDreams\OpenBoR\

8. Rename it to BOR.PAK

9. Start BootDreams, choose CDRecord and point it to C:\BootDreams\OpenBoR\
 - I use the following setting: DATA/DATA format, 8x speed

10. Click on "Burn to blank media"
 - If BootDreams asks you to create an IP.BIN click on YES
 - Same if it asks to scramble your 1ST_READ.BIN


That's it. Have fun

[CE]

Updated the link to OpenBoR v2.1022. Those of you that had problems with previous versions and newer OpenBoR mods should give this one a try.

[CE]

Updated the link to OpenBOR v2.1134 which is a truly excellent release for Dreamcast users.

[tennismaster]

on step 9, can I choose Alchohol 120% to burn instead of cdrecord (i don't have it installed)?

[CE]

It comes with BootDreams.

[losinggeneration]

How about Linux? (I'll go ahead at fill it in  )
1. Get cdrecord, unrar, and genisoimage (formerly mkisofs) from your distribution.
2. Download "IP Creator" (aka makeip) and "1ST_READ.BIN scrambler" (aka scrambler) from http://mc.pp.se/dc/sw.html
3. Extract and compile makeip
4. Change the last two lines in ip.txt to

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SW Maker Name : Senile Team
Game Title    : Open Beats of Rage
5. Run ./makeip ip.txt IP.BIN
6. Make a folder ~/openbor and copy IP.BIN into it.
7. Compile scrambler.
8. Download the latest dev build of OpenBoR for the Dreamcast.
9. Unrar DC/OpenBOR/NTSC/1ST_READ.bin into ~/openbor stripping out the leading directories.
10. Run scrambler 1ST_READ.bin 1ST_READ.BIN then remove 1ST_READ.bin (since it will create 1ST_READ.BIN.)
11. Copy BOR.PAK to ~/openbor
12. Copy this script into your path

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#!/bin/sh
# I prefer a slower burns. On some drives it seems to make better burns.
# Feel free to up the speed if you like. 4, 8, 16, & 24 are all good
# choices.
# Change dev= as needed. Run `cdrecord -scanbus` to find out what you should use
CDRECORD="cdrecord speed=2 dev=/dev/hdc"
GENISOIMAGE="genisoimage"

if [ ! "$(which $CDRECORD)" ]; then
        echo "No cdrecod?"
        exit 1
fi

if [ ! "$(which $GENISOIMAGE)" ]; then
        echo "No genisoimage?"
        echo "Trying older mkisofs..."
        GENISOIMAGE="mkisofs"
        if [ ! "$(which $GENISOIMAGE)" ]; then
                echo "No mkisofs either!"
                exit 1
        fi
fi


if test x$1 = "x" -o x$2 = "x" ; then
        echo -e "\\033[0;31mUsage: $0 IP.BIN filename."
        echo -e "filename may be a current directory.\\033[0;37m"
        exit 1
fi

# Note to self, check if bs=2352 is right to use.
dd if=/dev/zero bs=2352 count=300 | $CDRECORD -tao -v -multi -audio - || exit 1

# New kernels give an annoying warning that doesn't need to be shown
echo -e "\\033[0;34mWrote audio track.\\033[0;37m"
MSINFO=`$CDRECORD -msinfo 2> /dev/null`

if test $MSINFO = ""; then
        echo "CD was removed from drive after first track was written!"
        exit 1
fi
echo -e "\\033[0;34mNow writting the data portion.\\033[0;37m"
# Change -xa as needed
# my version of cdrecord uses -xa to write XA mode 2 form 1 - 2048 bytes
# which must be used. Check `cdrecord --help` to make sure that's
# right for you
$GENISOIMAGE -r -C $MSINFO $2 \
        | ( cat $1 ; dd bs=2048 skip=16 ) \
        | $CDRECORD -tao -v -multi -xa -eject -13. Check that cdrecord -xa is correct (check the comment in the script for what it should be, and change the last line's -xa if needed.) Also, check the first comment about changing the dev= portion since that is system dependent.
14. Put in the a blank CD, and go into ~/openbor
15. Run the script

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dc-mkcd.sh IP.BIN .
After you have the initial setup it really does go much faster.
1. Download the latest build.
2. Unrar it to an empty directory.
3. Copy IP.BIN to the directory.
4. Copy BOR.PAK to the directory.
5. Run dc-mkcd.sh on the directory.

Hopefully I didn't screw anything up too bad on this tutorial/my first post.

[CE]

Updated with link to current working beta version.

[CE]

Updated with link to latest release.

[eternalunderdog]

hey I'm having some trouble with this, I followed the instructions here but when i put the cd in my dreamcast it just hangs on a black screen that says loading. are there some paks that do not work with this method?

[SX]

How about Linux?

I use a similar technique for generating the Image on my mac, except I also generate dummy data to keep the mod on the outer portion of the disc.

You can check out my version here (make-cd): Click Me!

[805GameBoy]

Can I use these instructions to burn Double Dragon Extreme.Pak for Sega Dream cast? I really want to play Double Dragon Extreme on my Sega Dream Cast. & what about burning it so that it plays in Windows 7 or XBox. Can that be done?

[CountRaven]

Hello, this is my first post in here. I am new to OpenBOR and I am getting more and more excited with it.

Wanted to ask this simple question:

I guess that using this simple Tutorial we can burn a mod per CD for DC right?

I mean if I want to play three different games I got to go through the described process three times and burn three different CDs one for each game. Right?

EDIT: Well sad to point that this did not worked. I followed all the instructions 100%, tested with the latest OpenBOR build and the one provided on the download link of the tutorial. My DC keeps om detecting the burned CD as a music one (!), doing nothing of course.

The only -key?- difference is that I downloaded BootDreams from here:

http://www.dcisozone.com/downloads/789/BootDreams-106.html

but is this the same version with the one of the tutorial?

If not please guide me straight to the correct version. I coul;d not find any BootDreams file on the link provided on the tutorial or at least it was not named that -or a similar- way.

Thanks in advance.

chris


Is there a way to burn a few mods in the same CD and select which one to play?

[Mad Daimond]

Hello, this is my first post in here. I am new to OpenBOR and I am getting more and more excited with it.

Wanted to ask this simple question:

I guess that using this simple Tutorial we can burn a mod per CD for DC right?

I mean if I want to play three different games I got to go through the described process three times and burn three different CDs one for each game. Right?

EDIT: Well sad to point that this did not worked. I followed all the instructions 100%, tested with the latest OpenBOR build and the one provided on the download link of the tutorial. My DC keeps om detecting the burned CD as a music one (!), doing nothing of course.

The only -key?- difference is that I downloaded BootDreams from here:

http://www.dcisozone.com/downloads/789/BootDreams-106.html

but is this the same version with the one of the tutorial?

If not please guide me straight to the correct version. I coul;d not find any BootDreams file on the link provided on the tutorial or at least it was not named that -or a similar- way.

Thanks in advance.

chris


Is there a way to burn a few mods in the same CD and select which one to play?

Hello man! Welcome to forum.
1) You can use this tutorial, to burn 1 (one) mod per disk.
2) Version of BootDreams is correct.
3) Yes, the way to play many mods at 1 disc is exist, but i dont use this  before. My only advice is - try to find "Eazyboot v3.2.4 "Next Level"" and manuals for this program.

[CountRaven]

Ok I will stick to the one game per disc.

But can someone please explain why the disc is not booting? I followed all the instructions step by step but no luck in my DC.

I tried Dungeons and Dragons is there a known problem with this game?

Are there anywhere pre-burned games on .CDI format that I can download and test?

[Mad Daimond]

1) http://lavalit.com:8080/index.php/topic,5648.0.html - this is Dreamcast compatibilty list (not full)
2) You can find some .cdi games here - http://www.dcisozone.com/homebrew-games.html