Dreamcast Upgrades - GDEmu and PicoPSU install - Ultimate SEGA setup?

[@viprk24OC]

Who else misses RGT? Lets get his attention. Show em with the "thumbs up!"

[@Rufio1617]

I’m hoping he comes Back one day and he’s doing ok.

[@raduluk]

I can't believe it's been more than a year since this video was posted. Really miss your videos man!

[@JuanD817]

It's been 3 long years, this channel made me get into repairing consoles as a hobby

[@SimmyBassline]

We all miss your videos man! Please upload some more in the future!

[@JohnDoe-xj6mf]

You got me through my nights working the front desk at a hotel in 2016. Part of what got me through, but I hope you're well. I recently posted on reddit about this same mod on my sega sports dreamcast.

[@TomChucklehead]

Good to see you back on KZbin Martin. Definitely missed your videos.

[@every-istand-ophobe6320]

Can't believe it's been a year since my favorite KZbin game repair channel has made a video

[@HeadsetHistorian]

Please come back!!!

[@retroarcadia9345]

Cool video as always, missing your content but happy to see you again, man!

[@mr_Mmph]

Man I've missed these videos. Great to see you back in action!

[@madmax2069]

Years ago I already had to replace the spindle motor in my Dreamcast. When I was playing a game I started hearing this horrible noise, and the disc tried but refused to spin, and the spindle had a lot of resistance to move. I replaced it and opened the original, one of the brushes was bent backwards. I've mainly been emulating Dreamcast just to keep from tearing up my original unit.

[@luu7025]

Welcome back RGT! Years later, and I’m still enjoying your content. Hope life is treating you well 😊

[@GadgetUK164]

Great video =D Lovely mods to the Dreamcast there! Such a nice console!

[@MrNineties]

So jealous of your black console! -- Looks like you made great progress with carving yourself a great work space. Would love a quick peak around at the space in your next vid, if you're willing of course!

[@phil_law]

Nice. I done the GDEMU mod a few months ago. I did get a 3D printed extended SD card tray to make swapping SD cards and access easier Also added a Noctua fan in place of the standard fan and it is much quieter. Definitely worth doing! Really good to see you back on here mate!

[@nikkowhite7732]

Did you replace the power supply or left it as is , and did you experience any problems if you left in the original power supply?

[@driftyprince]

i discovered your channel years back when i was going through a very very rough patch in life and your videos were my escape from reality. Alhamdolilah im doing way better now but every now and then I check back to see if you are back!

[@JohnDoe-xj6mf]

I just checked back... and ditto. Had a big rough change a not quite 2 years ago, and randomly he popped in my head so I left a comment on this video. Then I read your comment

[@SupahLinkio]

Good to see you back! I had no idea those GDEmu boards were so easy to install, I thought it needed soldering and stuff, which I'm really not very good at... I could've saved tearing my bloody hair out trying to play Powerstone a while ago and the poor old laser just wasn't having it.

[@MisterPezz82]

The dreamcast is a great system to mod, I have done a blue Led, DreamPSU, DChdmi, official GDemu with 3d printed mounts, noctua fan, rechargeable battery holder,

[@stardustman420]

Hey, man. Are you still alive? Really enjoy your content and I was wondering if you'll come back some day. If you're busy that's ok, hope you're doing fine with this covid stuff.

[@n1njahawk]

Me too

[@Kistopika12]

So good to see Your videos again Martin. I love all Your videos, hopefully we will hear Your voice more frequently from now on. Don't forget that We all missed You, Our favourite Scottis man! Keep up the good work! Cheers!

[@raysquingini5814]

Whenever I think of this channel you always seem to upload after a long time just at that moment. Happy to see you back on here man

[@xiMoshyx]

Had a quick google of this, an you popped up! My word it's been a while since I've watched one of your videos! Long long time viewer. Hope your well

[@t2vjohnson]

Your voice gets me excited for every video! Keep posting when you can, we will be here.

[@TheSoapBar23]

You’re like prodigal son. You leave for a while but god damn are we happy to see you when you get back.

[@RosheruCell]

I hope you and your family are doing well, RGT.

[@stardustman420]

You need to come back, man!

[@neoinfinity]

I forgot how noisy the fan was in the Dreamcast, I think you can retrofit a Noctua in there but requires some modding I believe.

[@GadgetUK164]

Missing your videos =/ I hope you return soon!

[@reddsy1275]

my gdemu comes in a few days^^ im a scottish dreamcast modifier too, loved your video, the dev kit opening is still fascinating!!

[@crackedlemonade]

This was an unexpected pleasant surprise. I definitely missed your videos

[@sketchgamer6147]

Very cool Dreamcast is by far the best console off all time IMO great video welcome back!

[@haloman48081]

And he’s gone again

[@michaelrobinson1870]

Great to have you back looking forward to more videos

[@matt4193]

Oooh man YOU ARE BACK!!! glad to see you again!!

[@animeman1000]

Yo!! Where you at man? Haven't seen you in awhile

[@tuesday13th]

"... and I'll catch you again 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻" sounds really promising. I hope it's true.

[@superamario6464]

Gaun yersel big man! What a dancer of a video! Welcome back

[@zExoRandArcade]

I kmow your last video you said you were busy life, im so happy to see your back!

[@OneMore1UP]

Missing your videos :(

[@mackjeez]

You were ahead of your time with these videos, too bad you no longer upload, if you continued you would have more than a million subscribers by now.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Lol no..

[@PocketsUkePlays]

we miss you.

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks! I miss making videos and all the familiar faces in the comments! It's been so long and I'd love to get back to making more. I just can't seem to get a moment right now. But I have a few fun ideas I'm going to try and put together this year. 👍

[@delta_cosmic]

@@RetroGameTech it's good to see you around though. Maybe hitting 100K subscribers would be a great achievement for this year.

[@pocketsuke]

awesome stuff! I shall pick one of these gdemu up. :)

[@TechAddictSimon]

Yes, it’s been so long. I was so happy to see a new video in my feed.

[@Ryan-bn6kq]

OMFG! I'm so happy you're back dude!

[@TarnishPrower]

I found the discs are sometimes more problematic than the drive itself, but either way, drive or discs, this solves the problem for sure.

[@streetwisehercules9956]

In the last 3 days, all the long dormant dudes came back

[@dreamcastfan]

Damn, I hadn’t realised how much better the GDEMU is over the USB-GDROM. I’ve got a USB-GDROM in mine at the moment but it’s always been a bit flakey, I’ll have to upgrade.

[@DaveSimonH]

I love my Dreamcast, so the disc drive failing on my old system is definitely a worry (still have my original console, from I think Christmas 2000). I picked up the 'Shenmue 1&2' PS4 port, so the Dreamcast won't have to run those 2 games again, those alone probably account for most of my Dreamcast play time. I'd prefer to keep my Dreamcast stock, but I imagine the disc drive will eventually fail, so it's good to know its a relatively straightforward 'plug&play' replacement. The only remaining hurdle would be working out how to rip my games.

[@rotor13]

DaveSimonH As long as you have a legitimate copy of the games, you can just find the ISOs online. There are quite a few batches of ISOs - all combined for the entire DC library is about 250-300GB. Ripping the games is a bit complex using your own Dreamcast and not really advisable especially if your drive is already showing signs of a slow death. If you still want to rip your own games, you’ll need to find an actual GD-ROM drive used for development, which is already expensive as hell.

[@ganf]

I'm so glad, that you're actually uploading again :)

[@WesNG]

Luuverly! What I'd miss most though with these mods is the weight and the feel of sturdiness of the original console, do you know what I mean? Anyways, great to see you back!

[@chimpsy5627]

Great to see your back making awesome content

[@Skandha_]

Always a nice surprise to see you on my feed 👌

[@luke9511]

dude welcome back! another awesome video!

[@darkarch757]

Would the stand offs not go into the existing holes in the dreamcast and then you screw in the GDEmu on to those? Not that I'd imagine it would matter much unless you were traveling with your dreamcast a lot

[@tamagoxi]

Yep. The way he applied them only put stress on the connector, and he felt it, thus he removed the one closest to the connection.

[@agentorange8530]

hmm, I don't see any holes that matches up though. Maybe the one in the back.

[@runicskaiser8942]

Awesome this will bring life back to my broken Dreamcast!

[@cjtoronto8190]

Always great to see you make a new video, dude :)

[@killerskull4205]

I wish there was new uploads. I miss this youtube channel.

[@JuicyJakeRepairs]

Awesome retro upgrades 😀

[@sonixthatsme]

I highly recommend a fan mod and a adaptor to extend the SD card. But both of those mods require a 3d printer. But it makes life a lot easier.

[@nicholasmack554]

Welcome back Martin

[@delta_cosmic]

Is he gonna do a yearly upload now?

[@marcusin3061]

Nice to see you back

[@nickhenley8040]

Great to see you back!

[@madfinntech]

Appreciated, wouldn't mind having more uploads from you though.

[@GjpRion]

I miss you my dude :(

[@HeadsetHistorian]

I love this channel so much.

[@suavebob]

Welcome back officially and hellooooooooooooooo from East Ayrshire ;)

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

I miss this channel

[@UTO0O0B]

I would be interested to know which eBay seller you got the GDEMU from, as I can’t find one for £35. Thanks.

[@suavebob]

No offence but did you really look? Out of curiosity, I typed gdemu in to ebay and it was the second item that came up £35.70.

[@UTO0O0B]

Suave Bob fair point. I searched for “GDEMU 5.15B” which is the revision shown in the video and the reason why the £35 board didn’t show up in the results. You’re right - if I search for just “GDEMU” I get the same result as you. However this listings description doesn’t definitively say the version of the board on sale and the images provided show a v5.15b AND a v5.5. Unfortunately I dont know enough about the boards to know if there’s a discernible difference. Maybe someone can enlighten me. I do appreciate you pointing out where to £35 listing was though. Thank you.

[@suavebob]

@@UTO0O0B Either way if its 5.15b then its the same as retrogametechs and if its 5.5 then its an even newer version - Either or would suffice. The Dreamcast back catalogue is about 250gb so get it on download in advance. Just type dreamcast rom set into google.

[@UTO0O0B]

Suave Bob nice one! Thanks for the advice. 👍

[@LanzTV_]

Hey man, you should drop another video!

[@KevinTwiner]

Happy new year 2022 old friend !

[@mcant17]

Love seeing you post dude

[@adamwbc863]

Was your dreamcast a sega sports edition? Or just a plain black one?

[@tomsafail]

miss your vids man :( anywhere on the internet we can find you?

[@Kelvin5378]

He has Instagram and Twitter you can find the links in the channel info but he doesn't post on Twitter he's more active on Instagram

[@henfjo]

I’m looking forward to the day where someone makes a mod capable of reading both discs and from an sd card on the same unit

[@shinjiikarir]

you can use the sd reader on the back but speed will be terrible

[@AvengeTheTECH]

Amen finally a SEGA channel God bless you

[@finaltheorygames1781]

Where do you buy the GDEmu part? Thanks.

[@bbandthesv]

Miss you man

[@jeffkhan9563]

Hiya, did you use proper board or a chinese clone board? Do you know how reliable the clones are?

[@hazy33]

They are absolutely fine. There's no moving parts so no reason they'd ever break. And at a 5th of the price a bargain.

[@WRKFLO]

please upload more videos

[@roc6d]

Glad to see u back!

[@daxor483]

Yes, our lord and master is back !!! Joke Aside, glad to see u making video again 👍

[@K31R616]

Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@warmowed]

Great to have another video from you :D

[@TheRealACEB32]

been over a year since this video it makes me sad because i thought he was going to be making videos again :(

[@code2146]

Where u at man

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

How’d I miss this? Ahh well I found it now. Great mods! I wonder if it’s possible to remove the dust sucking evil noisy fan now the heat of the power supply and GDROM are gone?

[@BlockABoots]

Is the fan even need anymore if using a pico power supply??

[@SockyNoob]

Honestly I'd put the dev kit BIOS on my Dreamcast just for the awesome startup sound tbh

[@Jakeman302]

*the return of the king*

[@refractionpcsx2]

Nice mods :) I'm curious though, since it looks like the new PSU doesn't actually do any of the voltage conversion from 240v to 12v or what have you, what power supply do you end up using now?

[@R2D2trashcan]

RefractionPCSX2 surely any external brick 240v to 12v power supply.

[@refractionpcsx2]

@@R2D2trashcan Maybe, but I wanted to check to be sure in case there was some voltage regulation shenanigans going on

[@darkond3523]

I just dont trust it to wobble around like that so I would put a little hotglue on each leg to keep it secure.

[@Joolz1982]

Cheers for this seems very plug and play. Good in case my Japanese Dreamcast Drive ever bites the dust which sounds like it will. I hear it can handle very big SD cards is the only issue with GDEmu.

[@ThePsychoFox]

Great video, I need a GD EMU! What was the name of the program that converts the ISOs? Cheers and have a great weekend.

[@RoomerJ]

Hey m8, I have been looking to grab a Neo Geo pocket color and doing the back lit lcd mod for one and thought that might be something you would be interested in doing. I know you're a big Neo Geo fan and the handheld isn't that expensive, neither is the mod kit. Hey maybe find a "as is" or "broken" one off ebay and have a go repairing one. I've never tried working on a neo Geo pocket color and would love to see your way of doing it. Plus the neo Geo is rocks. Oh and make sure to get Snk vs Capcom. The handheld is region free and you don't need to understand Japanese to play the much cheaper Japanese version. Just an idea. Hope to see more from you soon man!

[@mykeb1557]

3 long years no RGT :(

[@MrTechnoSqueek]

very nice! been wanting to do the gdemu on one of mine

[@TheChronoGamer]

He's alive! Refreshing to see a video from you!

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

I hope you come back one day :(

[@dallase1]

You didn't replace the hairdryer. I replaced mine with a noctua NF-A4x10 40x10 mm 5V FAN.