didn't know that forum was banned
anyway, here's what was in the post:
Dead Or Alive 2 Limited Edition Fix
(originally by akito20 at emutalk.net forums)
WARNING! For very advanced users!!!
First, you need to download a few programs:
Free Hex Editor (FreeHED)
FastBoot utils
Daemon Tools
EDIT:
Try to get Daemon Tools v 3.29 or less. Newer versions of Daemon Tools give errors on patched images.
YOU CAN GET DAEMON TOOLS 3.29 HERE
Found out about the Daemon tools bug kinda late.
Since the explanation is so long, here's a summary:
STEP 1
Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder.
That means: take the original cd image you downloaded, mount it on daemon tools. open the drive from 'My Computer' and copy all the game's files to the fastboot\data\ folder.
STEP 2
Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder
(so that you don't mess with the original file).
Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.
Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder.
You have to hex edit 1ST_READ.BIN for DOA2 LE. No way around that
What you need to watch out for: the original 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN are supposed to be copied from the game cd. If you don't have them on your game CD you're supposed to make your own (which is very complicated).
akito20 posted 1st_read.bin and ip.bin files and their links are:
1ST_READ.BIN
IP.BIN
FINAL STEP
Run b2b_game.bat
b2b_game.bat creates a cd image called 'image.cdi'. Use daemon tools to mount the image and test in Chankast
After installing Daemon Tools, Free Hex Editor and extracting fastboot utils to a folder we can begin.
I extracted the fastboot utils in
"D:\fastboot\". You can use whatever directory you wish.
STEP 1
-Have a non-bootable image (iso,cdi,nrg) of your game ready.
-Using daemon tools, set up a virtual CD drive and mount the image of your game (if you don't know how
this is done in daemon tools search the internet for tutorials).
-Open your fastboot util folder.
(You'll find a folder within the fastboot directory called 'Data'.)
-Open up the directory of the (virtual) dreamcast game cd drive. Copy all the contents of the virtual
cd onto the 'Data' folder.
STEP 2
-Now you should have all the game files in the fastboot\data directory. Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN file
found in the data folder to another location outside the fastboot util folder. You will edit this file
with the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
-Open 1ST_READ.BIN with the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
- Click on Edit->Select Block (or Ctrl+E with the keyboard). In the dailog box, leave the first text box
(start selection value) as it is and type xEFFFF in the second text box (end selection value) then press
OK.
-You will find that some of the entries are highlighted yellow. Now press the delete button (on your keyboard)
and press OK on the dialog box that appears. Save the file and exit the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.
STEP 3
-Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN file you edited back to the main fastboot directory (NOT the data directory).
-Now run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Now type:
1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binary
IP.BIN for the name of bootsector
0,0 for the msinfo value
If all goes well the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN files should be patched.
FINAL STEP
-Run b2b_game.bat and wait. b2b_game.bat creates an image file called 'image.cdi'.
-Test this file by mounting it on your virtual daemon tools drive, selecting the drive letter in chankast
and running chankast. You then cross your fingers
This method works for Dead Or Alive 2: Limited Edition and Virtua Striker 2.
Both these games wouldn't run otherwise and are listed as not working in compatibility lists.
Virtua Strikers 2 is listed as a non-working game yet i'm playing it on my pc:
It hasn't been tested on other non-working games but there is no harm in trying
