Burning TG Game CDs

[Lost Monkey]

Actually I made a mistake, it was a CUE file and a single ISO file.... Is that good too? And I didn't rip it myself... in case that's what you mean by "Always do a single BIN and CUE"...I downloaded it.

But why could the "redump" images fail to verify since the burning completes without issue?

Use TurboRip to make a dump of your original and then use ImgBurn to make a disc from that dump...

[PCEngineTrev]

Are burned games likely to damage your Duo though?

I use them on my PCE Duo with no issues, but I keep hearing that older drives (such as the PCEs/Turbos) have trouble reading burned discs, leading to shorter working lifespans. Any truth to this?

[crazydean]

I think some people need to feel justified in buying real games.

[Black Tiger]

Are burned games likely to damage your Duo though?

I use them on my PCE Duo with no issues, but I keep hearing that older drives (such as the PCEs/Turbos) have trouble reading burned discs, leading to shorter working lifespans. Any truth to this?

It is a proven fact that playing cdrs, playing original discs and not using your consoles at all, all leads to everything than can break down breaking down.

[Keith Courage]

Some CD-rs can be harder for a lens to read. I would try to stay away from light scribe discs for sure.

In my personal experience I find that Sony CD-Rs are the best but I'm sure everyone else has their favorite brand to use. Normal CD-R memorex and Verbatim are some of the cheaper(crappier brands) but most drives should still read them okay. However the inkjet printable verbatim discs are very high quality.

The cost and rarity of some of these games easily outweighs the risk of lens damage.

[PCEngineTrev]

Thanks for the responses. Ive had problems with Dreamcasts reading burned discs, even when it does it successfully you can hear the lens jumping around like crazy.

Perhaps older console drives that only spin at 1X speed are less susceptible to wear then later 4-8-12X + drives.

[Lost Monkey]

Dreamcast is a different animal. There are some poorly laid out rips that cause a lot of seeking.  Look for DCRes releases.

Most DC problems that people think are from the use of CDr are actually caused by the shitty lid switch.

[Black Tiger]

DC games were GD-ROMs. Even if a particular rip was small enough to fit on a cdr wuthout being hacked down, you shouldn't expect them to run as well as the real thing.

[tbone3969]

If you get a high quality re-worked DC image they should run perfectly.  Some people say they can, theoretically, even run better as some original images were not optimized properly with data scattered all over the place or had filler data to fill up the disc because the image was so small.  I only use Revive DC (RDC) images when I burn my DC games and they play wonderfully.  PM if you need any.  I heard NO-BS images are good too.