A Guide Created by JT Newman

JT Newman has put together a nice user’s manual for all Macintosh users. This guide goes through many different processes that a Macintosh user might need to understand in order to get things working on their Dreamcast.

Note: This tutorial was written by JTNewman around 2005, and has not been updated since then. Some of the more obvious broken links have been fixed, but there are still more than likely quite a few broken links included in the tutorial (for instance, the entire section about SBIffy!com). Please realize that we did not write this tutorial, and that we have no way of verifying the information contained within. Read the rest of this entry »

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following items:

• MacPack 4.0-(Iso Fix 1.3)
• Mkisofs (1.1 or 1.1.3)-Pre-compiled for OSX
• Toast Titanium

This method requires OS X because of the unix Terminal program.

This method supports up to 31 character file / folder names. Read the rest of this entry »

Selfboot was one of the first projects developed by burnerO. Selfboot is a handy little application that automates the process of creating a selfbooting disc image for use on your Dreamcast. Selfboot uses the plain files packages that are available from many Dreamcast-related sites. Selfboot is not compatible with commercial products, and will only successfully create a selfbooting image of packages developed with the free, open-source KallistiOS (KOS) development kit. Read the rest of this entry »

This tutorial was originally available on DCHomebrew. It has been edited and updated by Curtiss Grymala for use on DCHelp. Unfortunately, due to the age of this tutorial, it mentions bero’s DCVCD player specifically. However, it is possible that this method will work with other VCD players for the Dreamcast. Read the rest of this entry »

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following items:

• Selfboot or Selfboot Inducer

This tutorial is designed to help people use CDRecord within the Selfboot or Selfboot Inducer v3 GUI. This tutorial does not cover using CDRecord to burn any type of disc other than selfbooting Dreamcast homebrew discs. It does not cover using CDRecord as a command-line utility.
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To follow this tutorial, you will need the following items:

• A CDI or NRG image of a homebrew project
• A compatible burning or ripping program
  • Alcohol 120%
  • Nero
  • DiscJuggler
  • BootDreams
  • CDRecord
  • ISOBuster
  • Daemon Tools

If you download a CDI or NRG image from DCEmulation, DCHomebrew, ConsoleVision, or anywhere else, you have two choices on what to do with those images, and quite a few methods through which to accomplish your goal. Read the rest of this entry »

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• SBILinux – This is a Linux port of SBInducer. This is a command-line tool, intended to run under WinE.
• Selfboot Inducer v4 – this is version 4 of burnerO’s incredible proggie. Check it out. There are lots of great new features.
• Selfboot – an application designed to help you burn plain files onto a selfbooting disc for use in your Dreamcast.
• Selfboot Inducer v3 – an application designed to help you burn multiple emulators, applications, demos, homebrew games and ported games onto one selfbooting disc for use in your Dreamcast.
• Dir2Boot – this is basically an early version of Selfboot. It has a slightly simpler interface than Selfboot, but only offers the option to create CDI and Disc-At-Once NRG images. There is no CDRecord GUI built in, nor is there the option to create a Track-At-Once NRG image (which is now required in order to burn things with newer versions of Nero). It’s still a handy, fast little program for people using old versions of Nero, Alcohol 120% or DiscJuggler to burn their projects.
• IP Patch 1.2 – This is a neat little tool for patching IP.bin files.