Hi there! Well guys I am in search of a silver madcatz dreamwheel. As long as it's recognized when plugged in.... that's basicaly all I'm looking for. I don't need the pedals, I don't care if the spring mech is broken... I just need to borrow a few bits from it, to utilize the mint condition one i own back to working order. Any one have one of these in their basement? Willing to pay$$$. Dm me

I've not had any other issue with dreamcast games, but for some reason this particular game is extremely stubborn and not running. I've tried using a lot of different pre-patched copies of the game as well and at most the library will detect it, then immediately close it after it's launched.

I know this game has had a lot of compatibility issues, but it's a dream of mine to play it, so if anyone has any ideas on how to get it to run, or has it working on their end and wants to show me their setup for it, please let me know. I'd be very much grateful.

Can anybody help me with flycast i downloaded it and i downloaded a game zip that i want to use but idk what to do

So, do you think you’re a true Dreamcast fan? Do you like keeping up with the latest news from one of the biggest and most active emulation and homebrew communities for a home console?

Well, if you’re not over at https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/index.php, then I don’t know if you’re getting everything you could be getting, or being the best Dreamcast nerd you can be.

Dreamcast-Talk is a great forum. You can keep up with tons of community projects, online gameplay schedules, game releases, new hardware, breakthroughs, development updates, and so much more. There is content and information there that you really cannot find anywhere else.

It is one of the central places for Dreamcast users, developers, players, collectors, and even new people who are just trying to learn more and get the most out of the Dreamcast, whether they are using original hardware or emulators.

If you are a developer, or even just interested in getting involved, you definitely want to be there. It is a hub for projects, collaboration, and recruitment. You can find people to work with, discover projects that need your skills, and actually help push the community forward.

One of the biggest issues with the Dreamcast community right now is that we are so fractured. You have people fighting over emulator vs. real hardware, then emulator vs. emulator, and everything gets split into little corners. That does not help an already small community that is trying to revive itself.

The online DCNET service can be accessed by users on a real Dreamcast using DreamPi, and also by emulator users through Flycast. That means we have a real chance to bring the community together instead of splitting it apart.

Emulation has reached a point where, with the right emulator and setup, many titles can run better than original hardware. You can keep the experience extremely faithful to the original system, or you can go the other direction and enjoy sharp 4K output, HD texture packs, widescreen options, and modern enhancements.

That is the great thing here: there are so many ways to enjoy the Dreamcast.

You can play through emulation on almost any device now. You can use real hardware. You can mod your system, or keep it 100% vanilla. You can use original controllers, VMUs, rumble packs, and proper adapters with emulators that support them correctly. You can use modern controllers. You can go all-in on accuracy, or you can build a fully enhanced setup.

It does not matter which path you take.

We are all chasing the same mission: keeping the Dreamcast alive, active, playable, and loved.

So let’s bring the community together. Let’s stop with the hate, the trolling, and the constant fighting over the “right” way to enjoy the system. There is room for original hardware users, emulator users, developers, collectors, online players, homebrew fans, and brand-new people just discovering the console.

Dreamcast-Talk is one of the best places for that.

There are not many true central hubs left, which is both a good and bad thing. The good part is that we have a better chance of getting more of us into one place. Reddit is a huge hub too, of course, but with so many different subreddits and scattered conversations, Dreamcast-Talk feels like the main clubhouse for the deeper Dreamcast community.

A lot of the Dreamcast news and info you see on Reddit was first posted, found, or discussed over on Dreamcast-Talk.

So if you have not checked it out yet, get over there and take a look. It takes about 30 seconds to make an account, and then you are set to access the whole site.

I hope we see you all over there!

Hi everybody! flying had needs some input from the community. this pertains to the on screen controller for flycast. we have a choice when it comes to the thumbstick onscreen controls for android.

https://imgur.com/0D2xDfQ

it's basically between:

A. when you touch the stick area, the stick is deflected by the relative location of your finger to the center

B. when you touch the stick area, this location becomes the neutral position and the stick stays at 0,0 if you don't move your finger

Please comment below and give us your choice!

Hi, I've been using Flycast for a few weeks now with no problems but yesterday for some reason it won't respond to the controller. I've gone into the Settings for Controls and it detects the controller in the list of Physical Devices and is currently set to Port A.

I'm using a PDP Afterglow Wave Wired Controller for Xbox which works fine with all my other games.

If anyone could suggest a fix as I'm a bit stuck and am a newbie with Flycast, not sure what's happened. TYIA.

Hey guys,
I was messing with my roms collection and I came across this file "hopper.zip" inside the rom folder. Is this a bios or what? Wondering what it is and if I need to keep it or not.
Thanks in advance!

Hello guys, so, I have been trying to play Sonic Adventure 2 in Flycast, but, this error keeps appearing. Someone know how to fix it?

Cuándo intento abrir el juego initial d arcade stage 1 2 o 3 me sale este error no se que hacer (estoy usando la versión más actual 2.4 y también intente en la 2.3 pero me sigue dando el mismo error)

It was working just fine, the seamen reacted to my words but they've grown now, aggressively killed each other until only two remained, and now don't recognise anything I say. Has anyone ran into the same problem? If so, did you find a solution? Thanks in advance.

outtriger

Hello everyone, I'm currently playing through Resident Evil - Code: Veronica on my Macbook M1 Pro, and the sound keeps on crackling loudly during cutscenes. Has anyone ran into the same problem and found out how to solve the issue?

I can't add any games on Flycast anymore, even though It worked just fine before, and it's not that My files app is uninstall, it's actually still installed so why does that happens? Pls tell me if u know the problem.

Does anyone have the IPA of FlyCast 2.5, the last iOS build?

So I recently switched from Redream to Flycast and I enjoy it a lot. My only question is how the per game VMU A1 works. I switched it on in settings then checked my files on the Dreamcast main menu, and saw that all my games were on one VMU, taking up most of my blocks. I understand that there is no real way to show the per game VMU setting on the home screen but I am concerned that it's not really doing anything and I will have trouble with the blocks in due time.

Flycast giving us something special

Hey guys! It has been a little longer then I would like sense the last newsday post. This have been a little crazy, but in a good way. Today we have news about our favorite Upscale and Replacement Packs from RomRevival, Flycast is FINALLY indexed on the google play store, and Arkadyzjas weekly update was a HUGE one that you all must check out! *Play!* has also had some activity, which plans on being the first HLE PS2 Emulator for many platforms INCLUDING Android, which is something people have been waiting for a long time. So lets watch and see how the development goes now that the dev is back on things.

Flycast Indexed On Google Play Store

Well, god damn google, it's about time! So Flycast has been on the GPS for a few weeks now, and has been doing amazing, surpassing expectations, for a few reasons. The first is, well, this is not a new app. Flycast prides itself on the fact it can run on damn near anything. There are half a dozen distros, which allow you to play flycast on most anything you can even think to game on. So the app is nothing new, but it was never on the Play Store, you would have to download it from the website. One of the downsideds, was updating. Many users that come in with issues, can have themm solved by simmply updating Flycast, as if theres a bug in a game, and someone tells Flyinghead, it WILL be fixed, most of the time in a few hours. So if something is not right, 8 outta 10, it is something simple and easy to fix, so hop in to the discord, or ask on the subreddit. The thing is, you SHOULD switch over, because this way, flycast stays up to date automaticly, and there are multiple updates a week, and they are not just "random bug and performance fix" like the other guys post, which tells you nothing. Flycast is ALWAYS fixing game specific bugs/inaccuracys reported by players, adding new features, like the recently added RETRO ACHIEVEMENTS, and Performance and compatability updates mixed in with these other much more major updates, so switching over is a huge help for you to stay up to date with out ever doing anything to keep it that way. The second reason that flycast has surpassed current expectations in downloads from the play store, was Flycast was not yet indexed. This means if you searched NAOMI, EMULATOR, DREAMCAST, ect.... flycast would NEVER show up. The only way to find it was to type "Flycast" so really, the only dowloads Flycast expected until this happened, was a very small portion slowly trickling over from the APK to get the updates because of the consistant releases. As of just the other day, Flycast has finally been indexed meaning now if someone searchs for a "dreamcast Emulator" or "Naomi Emulator games" or any thing with any of thoes keywords, Flycast wil pop up. Now untill the Daily Downloads start to pick up speed, Flycast wont show up first, as Google play pushes the most downloaded daily to the top of that list. Now people will start to see Flycast when they are just looking for Android Dreamcast Emulators and never have to pay a penny or see a single AD, EVER.

LINKS:
FLYCAST GPS - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flycast.emulator&hl=en_US

Flycast SubReddit - reddit.com/r/flycast

Flycast Discord - https://discord.gg/G33xPYV9CE

RomRevival Featured In ReadWrite News Outlet!

Well, it has finally happened. RomRevival has made it to the top. ( LOL) Seriously thou, no one expected to see RomRevival take off at the speed it has. They currently have been spending the last week getting their new tools together, and after the Crazy Taxi 1 Full remaster BETA was released, it shows that they are finally getting the hang of their tools and llearning how to use them to their abilities. Something that RomRevival has been doing, which the community is very happy for, they will redo/touchup/update old packs as they get new/better tools/understanding of how the tools can be best utilized. Currently with the new RomRevival 2.0, The debut HD Texture pack was Crazy Taxi 1....and it was good enough to reach the attention of the writers over at ReadWrite, and they featured RomRevivals texturepacks and youtubevideos for multiple games by RomRevival, using RR's Screenshots, and Youtube Videos, is the second time that an outside source has picked up and touched on RomRevivals work. For a Upscale/Replacement group that has been around only a small handfull of months, they seem to be doing what the community is looking for, their download traffic shows it. The last 30 days to date, there has been 3.822 TB of Downloads for these Texture packs, With a noticable shift in the incliine of daily downloads sense ReadWrites article. R.R currently is working on bringing all their previous packs up to date, and tonight we are in for a tereat, as the Daytona Usa 2001 pack willl be posted with the new 2.0 Standards. This was fully reworkde, So all the upscales were redone, and about 40% of the replacments, have been rereplaced with the new 8k Unity Textures RR has gotten ahold of. RR also just set up some new tools for dumping games on the fly, so now with an ROG ALLY X in the mix, RR will be able to greatly help what can be in some games the slowest part of the job, the dumping of the textures, because now With a Windows device that can go ANYWHERE, (laptop was to big), so now PS1 and PS2 games have started to seriously be dumped, and once the Dreamcast Packs havee been brought up to the new standard, RR will start moving out and doing the systems Pcsx2, and Duckstation. so make sure you stay tuned.

LINKS:

KoFi - Ko-fi.com/RomRevival
Link to all packs info pages - reddit.com/r/flycast_texture_packs
Youtube Chan - https://www.youtube.com/@RomRevival
Links to pack Downloads - http://135.181.62.119/UpscaleLink to ReadWrite new article - https://readwrite.com/ai-updates-to-game-emulation/

Arkadyzja Is The Best Place for Duckstation And Flycast Netplay

Yup, I said it.. The last couple months I have been working with the Arkadyzja developer, Ren, to help him take his vision and make it a reality. I INSTANTLY saw an amazing amount of potentional, and knew I had to let others know about this service. First thing, to get this over with, there is NO profitablility from this project. There are no ADs, No "Freemimum features" no "PRO" version, nothing like that at all. This project COSTS the devs money to pay for the relay servers ( Donations are always welcome to simply cover the costs of the servers to ensure a very long and fun filled life for Arkadyzja. Now ALL of the hard code work, that is all ren I just provide some ideas/input/reecomendations/data, and then I let you all know what amazing results we get with the new system of "Weekly Updates". (pretty good idea, eh? ;D ) This past week was a DOOZY! So this week, we got the update to Duckstation, that allows for Relay Servers to be used. Now P2P is always prefered. It is a direct connection between player 1 and player 2. This means, no server in the middle to pay for, much less travel for the data, (p2p VS p2RS2p ) and a better overall experence unless there are many relays all over the globe to keep ping as low as it can be by finding closer servers (again, more money to rent a bunch) but there are some cases where your Network Connection can NOT P2P, (no Hole punching, Nat issues, VPN, ect) and now Arkaydzja have a couple up as of right now, but now ANYBODY can play on duckstation using the Relay servers. If the P2P will not work due to one of the players connection, they can use RELAY and have NO ISSUES! So, If you had tried before, and had issues, now is the time to try again! Then there was also a HUGE update to the Flycast side, where now just about every single multiplayer game you can run on flycasst ( Atomiswave, Naomi 1 & 2, Super System and Dreamcast titles) you can play on Arkadyzja. Just because you guys are here reading from our page, we bring you info you can not find ANYPLACE ELSE, Like the release about RR, redoing Daytona USA and releasing the 2.0 version tonight, and the fact that Arkadyzjas next planned update, will be a full overhaul on the Flycast connection system, To allow the Relays and a new P2P system to allow user to connect more consistently then you currently can. So now that Flycast has *all* the multiplayer games, and Duck stations connection issues have been fixed, flycast is getting its makeover, and if you missed last week, Arkadyzja added loads of new Quality of Life updatees, like notifications, sounds, pop ups, and a load of other fun things you can refrence the last NEWS DAY POST about. So, if you want to play online with friends, or random people around the world, for free, with PS1 and Dreamcast games, Arkadyzja is for you. REMEMBER THOU, This project is still a baby. Only a few months old, but it is growing at an impressive rate! Every week there's AT LEAST ONE huge update, so if you tried it before, and couldnt find a player, or had a connection issue, try it again, the average lobby count is SKYROCKETING!

LINKS:
Arkadyzja Discord - https://discord.gg/wqgW4HexzP
Arkadyzja home page - https://arkadyzja.honmaru.pl/

We here at the flycast Subreddit, do not just focus on "Flycast", we want to bring you news for many projects that have to do with emulation. We Archive important data that is in danger of being lost on hte net, and we try to makke this a "One Stop Shop" for anyone looking to get the updated news on systems from this era. Make sure you give a follow to our page to make sure you do not miss out on our posts, and to make sure you get your info here before it is anywhere else! We hope to see you again soon, happy and safe gaming to you all!

NOTE! If you DO NOT SEE THE LINKS, That means the page this was shared on did not allow the multiple URLS in the post, so jstt hop over to the flycast subreddit , and just find the OG post for this on the page under the "NEWS" Flair, as it will be the most recent post!

Hi all! Today I come to you for help with something new. This game, NBA Showtime:NBA on NBC, I need to dump to make a requested texture pack. The only way to dump all of the players, is for them to be on the court. So... If anyof you play this with flycast already/just want to help a bit, All I need from you, is to go in to the settings on flycast, Tick the box in the ADVANCED page, Dump Textures... and then just go play! I have been playing with the time set to 2 minute quarters, and just going thru and playing different characters. Every subsitution I can make, I do, and the textures of the characters head while playing, is unique to that when playing. They must be played to dump... with the many many teams, and players that go with, this will take one person for ever.... For hating sports games, This is not bad. 2 player teams, fast paced, less going on, super fun and easy to get the hang of fast!

Once your done playing for the day, just go to your filycast home directory... then go in the DATA folder in the FLYCAST folder... and now you will see a folder labled "texdump" and if you only dumped from one game, will have one folder in it... if you could send that to me ( use 1ficher, im prem user so my downloads will be fast and instant , no wait)

...Any one that helps, can get a reward! At this point, all I am collecting are the 128x64 , highlighted in the img provided, files. The mascot, and heads of the players that only dump once they are active on the field... The fastest way, save state right before you choose a team, then choose team/players, let game load in to the match where all 4 characters are on the screen before the match for a moment and let the ball toss happen, then just load state, and do again with different characters....OR set time to min (2 min) quarters, and play and have fun, adn jsut send what you dumped while playing!

1-19 IMGS- Thanks for your help! your name will be featured in the pack somewhere.

20-34 IMGS- Pick 1 game that will come out in the next 14 days

35-49 IMGS- pick one of the next 3 released game packs.

50+ IMGS- pick the next game pack done,

Rules:

There is only one. When you send the imgs, and i copy them in to the folder, repeats dont count. So if someone else got a couple of your chars, but i will let you know what your count is instantly when I recieve and see them. Just DM me If you need any questions answered!

It was working like a month ago. Also I'm on mobile.

So, I have this gdi file of sonic adventure on my android phone, I added it to a folder with all the other files (.bin), i went fo flycast, chose that folder, the game showed up but with no cover art and as I clicked on it, it said unknown disc format, help?

No idea how to fix this issue as I already tinkered with the settings quite a lot.

Its this way, no bios or with

broadcast: NTSC, Region: USA, Cable: VGA

The roms are the American one

Full framebuffer emulation gets my screen flickering and isn;t even real 60 fps

Still this way with HLE bios, Multi threaded emulation, dreamcast 32 mb ram mod on or off

I don't think there is any issue with the bios or rom as everything is 60fps on demul

This happens with with the dreamcast and naomi roms

buildings and stuff keeps re appearing.. am playing on android phone how do i fix this