
When the games are modified to fit on a CD-ROM, the audio and video are often compressed, the code is modified (sometimes resulting in crashes even on real hardware) and the metadata stored on each disc which is used to provide cover art and cheats inside Redream is altered.Īs a result of these modifications, CDI images can sometimes be less than 100 MB in size, In contrast, since each GD-ROM was 1 GB in size, GDI and BIN/CUE images will always be 1 GB in size as they are exact copies of the original game. However, not all images are created equal and we strongly advise against using CDI images.ĬDI images take the original 1 GB GD-ROM and modify it to fit on a ~700 MB CD-ROM in order to be burned and used on a real Dreamcast. Redream supports any GDI, BIN/CUE, CHD or CDI disc image. Would also consider converting a CHD to CDI, but would rather have the CDI come straight from the GDI.How do I run games? What formats are supported? GDI image in Windows ( any version of Windows, running machines with XP, 7 and 10 ) then 'RIP' the disc into a CDI file? Or, more likely, just convert a GDI to CDI. Would anyone know of such a program that would allow me to mount a. It would be a 1:1 copy, in theory, of the game, just in a different format. However, because none of them are going to be burned to a physical disc, there wouldn't need to be any ripping or compression or extraction of data. What I would love to do, is take all of my. Works great in the emulators, GDEMU, unsupported / empty disc. They all work in emulators, but on the GDEMU, not so much. Can't tell you who dumped them, as they've been downloaded for over 15 years. Here's my question, and it was somewhat asked elsewhere a different way, but no real answer was given. Now that they can be played on the original system, it's just fantastic. The other is a v2, so I'm hosed on that one.Īnywho, I have been collecting these games for years, using emulators. I happened to see the GDEMU, and was able to put it in 3 of my 4 systems. Played the crap out of it, but over the last 20 or so years, it got pushed to the back of a lot of things. I've had my Dreamcast ( now have 4 of them ) since House of the Dead 2 came out.
