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Post by termis on Apr 23, 2009 10:41:40 GMT
Ah hah. Thanks for the confirmation. Perhaps hacking the US/EU CD to to include the MPEG clips (from the JP CD) and having the game might be fun little side project...
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Post by Madroms on Apr 23, 2009 21:42:08 GMT
Confirmed: MPEG clip only on JPN version of Gungriffon. Ah hah. Thanks for the confirmation. Perhaps hacking the US/EU CD to to include the MPEG clips (from the JP CD) and having the game might be fun little side project... good luck as you need to modify the structure of the iso, as MPEG is stored on mode2 data track and not directly on the 1st mode1 data track. This is harder than only added one file to the data track then hack the files.
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Post by chillywilly on Jun 21, 2009 8:01:54 GMT
The Japan only Hitachi card gives the best video quality. I have official cards from Sega, Victor, and Hitachi. You really can see a difference. But it was only sold with HiSaturns, so it's quite rare. If you want one, just buy a HiSaturn system, it should have the card inside. I just got my Saturn and coincidentally, all the "extra" stuff I ordered from consolegoods at the same time. One of the things I bought from consolegoods was a Hitachi VCD card. It doesn't work with my US Saturn... when it's plugged in, I just get a gray screen and it never goes to the BIOS screen (or AR screen when the AR is plugged in). Is this the "Japan-only" Hitachi card? It does say HiSaturn on the label. I read on another page found via google that such a card requires the region hardware mod to work. Does anyone know if that's correct, or do I need a Japanese Saturn for this? I do plan to get another Saturn as I need two for network testing for my homebrew. I could always just get a Japanese model instead of another US model.
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Post by termis on Jun 22, 2009 5:03:47 GMT
Hmm.. I have the JVC one and my saturn will at least boot no matter what region my saturn is set in (I have the region-switch hard-modded in there). For example, when I have the region switched to US mode, I can run US games without taking the card out at all.
With the AR cart, I read that you boot up first with the cart, then exit into the CD menu, THEN you can play the VCD. I figure for MPEG games, it'll just boot with the AR cart in there.
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Post by chillywilly on Jun 22, 2009 7:28:48 GMT
That's why I was wondering if it is the Japanese-only card, or just bad. I figured that even if it didn't play anything, it should at least get to the boot screen like normal... which it doesn't.
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Post by termis on Jun 23, 2009 9:15:19 GMT
I've never heard anything about these cards not booting because it's in a particular region model of the Saturn.
I'd try the card on another saturn out there just to make sure your card is not faulty.
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Post by syn on Jun 23, 2009 18:52:06 GMT
I have a Japan MPEG card in my US saturn and it works fine. I only have a few vcd's Star Wars Trilogy (4-6), Total Recall and a bunch of Ultraman. No region coding that I've noticed with the card. I've checked it out on multiple US Saturns.
Just my two cents.
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Post by saturnworship on Jul 6, 2009 7:23:40 GMT
I have one question right now..
If the EUROPEAN VCD card is NOT COMPATIBLE with PHOTO CD....why sega released a PAL version of PHOTO CD operator'??
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Post by termis on Jul 6, 2009 12:38:29 GMT
As far as I know, non of the official Sega released MPEG (VCD) cards had photo CD compatibility built in. The only one I know that had both MPEG, VCD and PhotoCD all in one was the JVC Twin Operator card.
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Post by saturnworship on Jul 6, 2009 18:46:54 GMT
yes now i understand..today i received my pal photocd....and now i know how it works.
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