Error: Please insert game disc (Can you you original game disks?)

Hello,

I recently found out about the great concept of DC emulation! Wow is all I can say... I can't wait to play all my old games I thought I might as well throw away... anyway, I have the latest version of Chankast and I have the binary files.. but when I try to run the original game disk such as SanFrancisco Rush 2049 or Crazy Taxi (yes, I read the compatiblity list) it simply brings up the audio player in the dreamcast... then... if I exit that and press "Play" on the DC's menu I get a "Please insert game disc" as if I have an invalid disk in the drive.

I'm running Windows XP Pro and I have tried all available cd-rom settings as well as 2 different cd-rom drives. Can you play Dreamcast games from the original disks with the emulator? If not, what program should I use to rip them to ISO and use a virtual drive to load from?

Please... any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

Well that ruins it for me I guess. All I wanted this to work for was San Francisco Rush 2049 its the only reason I got a dreamcast... it appears I'll have to buy a "backup copy" for a game I already own... thats great..

Anyway, thanks for the input.

Trotterwatch said:

You can't run original disks in a PC drive I'm afraid.

You can extract the files, but I believe you need a coders cable/network adaptor in your dreamcast and to connect that to your PC. There is no way to do so using the disk in your PC I am afraid.

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