Sega Mega Cd Iso

Does anyone know what cd's give the most reliable copies? I don't think cd-rw discs work? Saw a thread on the web where someone mentioned how cd-rw discs are incompatible with mega cd.

Before finding that out I tried a couple of games with philips cw7d2nj10/00 and got nothing. I've tried using sony cdq80n5, but its really temperamental. I tried an iso image file with one of these discs and can get to the game menu (just about) when used with the imgburn software, takes a long time to load. Before this I tried an nrg file with nero and it boots the game logos but gets no further. I'm trying to burn at a low speed although my drive won't allow to burn at low speeds. May need to try replacing the drive with another one that I have around. Think the lowest I can burn at is 8x currently using laptop and destop optical drives.also when burning an iso of a mega cd game I notice the file has the audio as separate files which accompany it, am I supposed to burn these to disc too?

The appropriate response to this is 'you have a working megacd?' I would not be surprised to see RWs fail (they are subtly different) and normal CDRs are harder to read than pressed discs so you may be seeing the results of the laser slowly shuffling off this mortal coil (I refer back to the first sentence).

I am not sure about a pot tweak for the megacd and how you might set about that, even if I did not know how to do it for this system I am not sure how advisable it is.If you are not familiar with the concept of a pot tweak then most optical media drives will have a small variable resistor/potentiometer in with the circuit for the laser. Owing to basic electrical equations a lower resistance allows more current to flow and thus you get a brighter laser, or returning your laser to factory settings. The appropriate response to this is 'you have a working megacd?' I would not be surprised to see RWs fail (they are subtly different) and normal CDRs are harder to read than pressed discs so you may be seeing the results of the laser slowly shuffling off this mortal coil (I refer back to the first sentence). I am not sure about a pot tweak for the megacd and how you might set about that, even if I did not know how to do it for this system I am not sure how advisable it is.If you are not familiar with the concept of a pot tweak then most optical media drives will have a small variable resistor/potentiometer in with the circuit for the laser. Owing to basic electrical equations a lower resistance allows more current to flow and thus you get a brighter laser, or returning your laser to factory settings.

Click to expand.you know, the thought did cross my mind that the hardware is playing up. I have some original discs around and although it has trouble reading them (due to scuffs and scratches) I always assumed this was why it took so long to read the game discs and boot properly. Now i'm wondering if the hardware inside the mega cd is the problem?

I have heard though that since they are quite old they have a hard time reading cds and so its best to minimise the work it has to do by making sure its a good burned disc or clean.in terms of load times, the first burn of the nrg file loaded the sega logo quite quick within about 20 seconds, the konami logo along with some data about the game popped up within a minute. The iso file disc took about twice as long to load it all.

The furthest i've got with either is the start menu and it took a couple of minutes to get there. After that, no response, black screen, no sound from the cd drive.

It attempts something, can hear it whir, but stops after a while. I left it in that state for a good 5 minutes to see if anything came up while doing other bits and bobs.thanks for the info about write speeds and audio. I was given some spindles of. I have tried them on PS1, Xbox, PS2, and DC and they have worked very well overall. But TDK and Verbatim usually have the best feedback of budget media. Taiyo Yuden and Ritek/Ridata are two top premium choices. No matter what media you choose to get make sure you read recent reviews from people who bought them from the same store.

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The integrity of the same media can vary between different batches - sometimes greatly. This can help you avoid problematic media.And as Fast said: Don't burn slow even if it seems to be counter-intuitive. This practice was only useful back before burners could pause burning until the buffer refilled after it ran out completely. Looks like I have a faulty mega cd, just tried two verbatim cds burned at 8x one with nero and one with imgburn. The resulting discs are performing worse than the sony ones, it doesn't even load up the game logos. Its stuck on the default sega cd animation with the sound of the cd trying to be read;youtubeGR2wnBhzI0E/youtube.sighso what do I have to do to sort this? Buy a new laser?

That would be simpler for a novice to do than trying to fix a faulty one? Am I gonna need a soldering kit?the nero burn was using the nrg file which didn't include any music files or a cue file. The other one I burned was an iso file, I tried to add both the iso and cue file to the list of tasks when burning a cd but it wouldn't burn a cue file as well as an iso onto one disc.edit;just tried burning the cue file, its basically just made me an audio cd. So i'm guessing the reason that music files are bundled with an iso is incase someone wants to make a separate audio cd of the soundtrack? Its actually quite a decent soundtrack, so I think i'll keep that.as a last ditch attempt to try and get things working, I just swapped over the optical drives and tried burning the iso at x4. The copy it produced managed to get some response inside the mega cd.

The mega cd logo paused and it seemed like it was going to go into booting the game logo up or that loading progress was about to start? 3 minutes later nothing is happening apart from the cd making noises as its trying to be read and the screen is still stuck paused on the start up with the music suspended.so this is weird because from all my tests it seems as though the sony cds are better than the verbatim ones. I am not getting anything from the verbatim discs. They appear (in my case) to be worse quality for being read inside the mega cd.

Regardless of whether or not I have a faulty mega cd from tests the sony cds are performing better. Check your local pound/99p store as you will sometimes get a little bottle of lens cleaning fluid/isopropyl 'rubbing' alcohol with a cd/dvd lens cleaning kit. If you can't find it there, try to look for a 90+% solution but IMO it's certainly not worth paying more than £2 for it just in case it doesn't work. Apply a small amount to some cotton wool rolled into a small ball/pad. Very gently wipe 'over' the lens a few times (ensuring that you don't use so much pressure as to move the lens while wiping) then use a clean cotton wall ball to dry off the lens.

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I know we could charge money, but then we couldn’t achieve our mission. To bring the best, most trustworthy information to every internet reader. The Great Library for all. We need your help. If you find our site useful, please chip in.— Brewster Kahle, Founder, Internet Archive. Special items included: Prototypes, unreleased titles, titles not in English (but only if they are easy enough to play without knowing the language), and English-patched translationsItems removed: Non-working dumps, duplicates, versions not in English when English is available, games not in English that require proficiency in that language to play, and homebrew titlesFile count (uncompressed): 413File size (uncompressed): 85.37 GBFormat:.bin/.cuePlease note: All but 6 games are.bin/.cue pairs. Those remaining games are.iso/.cue sets with the required files included.

Games in this collection: 174. A solid collection of games. Much better than a complete set since it's all games you can understand. Now, the files are all loose. I went through and put everything in its own game folder manually, but that's not necessary.

I did see multiple cues for the same game (Star strike and midnight raiders which was named megadrive game special to name a couple) and and I had 25 track files left over that I couldn't figure out where they belong, but a great upload. Maybe use folders tho:PEDIT: Figured out star strike's loose cues and track files were for super strike trilogy.