Snagged it on eBay a couple of minutes ago. It's CIB, from what I can tell.
Anyone have one of these? Wiki says they can be damaged by long periods of play due to poor heat dissipation.I may toss a fan inside the case if that's true.
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Snagged it on eBay a couple of minutes ago. It's CIB, from what I can tell.
Anyone have one of these? Wiki says they can be damaged by long periods of play due to poor heat dissipation.I may toss a fan inside the case if that's true.
It is indeed true, and the load times are awful. I have a CDZ, and truth be told, I kinda keep it shelved and instead opt to play my Neo Geo CD games on my dreamcast using that excellent NGCD emulator instead. Quicker load times, and I don't have to worry about killing a rare system.
I had no idea there was a NGCD emulator available. Oh well, if I'm unhappy with it, I can always sell it off elsewhere. Thanks for the heads up.
Take a spin over to DCEmulation and look around for it. It supports cart emulation, but the real treat is being able to pop a real Neo Geo CD game into your dreamcast and have it run full speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lastcallhall
I got my CDZ mainly for collecting reasons, I personally see no real reason to actually use it when the dreamcast does an admirable job. The only downside - you don't get to use that incredible mini-thumbstick on the dreamcast.
Is it Neo4All? Man, last time I checked in on that project, it took about 15 minutes to just boot up a Neo Geo ROM. It looks like they've made some outstanding progress here. :) I wonder how their MAME4all project runs in real time. Do you happen to know if the Carts tend to run slower than the CDs in game, or are they about the same? Thanks. :)
A heads up, though. Like all neo geo controllers, the CDZ controller is incredibly easy to modify, with each pin on the connection plug mapping to a single button. So, if you're handy with a soldering iron, it'd be a snap to build a converter to let you use it with a PC or something similar. I'm not sure if one exists, but if you can find an IPAC for the Dreamcast, building an adapter for the CDZ controller to the dreamcast would be trivial.
I believe it is indeed Neo4all. The carts take a long time to load because, naturally, they're huge, but Neo Geo CDZ games run just like they do on the system, albeit with faster loading times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lastcallhall
I'm not too sure if the carts run slower in-game than CDZ games on the dreamcast, as I never really used the thing for cart games. If you mean in general, then no, aside from load times, in-game speed will be identical between carts and CD.
Nice! I'll have to give it a shot tonight. It's amazing to see all the work that can be done on a DC with minimal effort. Now if they'd just optimize the SD loader software for the DC (namely when it comes to reading .gdi images), I'd be in heaven.
Ah, well it seems you returned the favor because I had no idea they had SD card support for the dreamcast now; I haven't really been into the DC homebrew scene for years. I'm gonna have to check that out!
Yeah, IIRC, it's an internal mod that's pretty simple from what I've seen. I actually have an extra DC I could tear apart if time and money permit... good luck! :)
You could kill your Dreamcast faster than your NGCD by emulating with burned discs. Well, the laser, that is; fastest way to murder your Dreamcast.
My dreamcast is a launch unit (says manufactured August 1999) and I've already had to replace the fuse on the controller board a few times, so I might pick up another DC and test this mod out. Appreciate the info!
Using a CD-R, yes. But he has a real Neo Geo CDZ, with real CDZ discs I assume, and the actual discs won't destroy your laser any more than playing an audio cd will.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
EDIT: Not to mention that a dreamcast is much more common to find than a CDZ, and cheaper, too.
EDIT AGAIN: Also, using CD-Rs on a CDZ will also destroy that machine's laser. So... tl;dr: CD-Rs are bad for game consoles.
If I remember correctly though the SD loader mod does have some bad compatibility issues. Specifically from games that stream data off the disc. I remember seeing Dead or Alive 2 running off an SD card and it was a laggy, glitchy mess.
I was comparing using burned discs on the Dreamcast versus playing your regular Neo Geo CD games on the Neo Geo CD. Say what you will, your Neo Geo CD will last longer by itself playing its own games than a Dreamcast would playing burned games. But I guess the OP had a point, the NGCDz is a rarer system, and I too would minimize my gameplay on it (but I'd still play my NGCD games on original hardware, especially if I had the faster NGCDz to play them with ;)).Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard