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Dreamcast

BiNMaNBiNMaN
edited September 2009 in Chit chat
Can anyone reccomend a reliable dreamcast repairers? I've got 2 out of 3 that have defective drives. One spins up and loads now and again and one that won't at all. Can't remeber but one of 'em will load if you flip it on it's lid.

I've only got one that loads and me and the eldest have to fight over it (she hasn't realised I've nicked it out of her bedroom ssssshhhhh!)
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  • 1980-20..1980-20..
    edited September 2009
    Oh dreamcast with your faulty drive why did i turn my back on you and sell all my games,where are you now idont know all i have left is your empty box.

    I think i must of chucked it but i dont remember but ive still got all the pads and leads dont no why i did it.

    Why why why why did i sell the games and to game of all people stupid stupid stupid.
  • CornervizionCornervizion
    edited September 2009
    I think there's a way to correctly re-align the laser but it's purely a trial and error process. There's a few sites that shows you how to do it. Maybe that could be the problem. And once mastered can easily be re-aligined. Hope that helps.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited September 2009
    You could try Telegames based in Leicester. They've been around for donkeys years (I bought my imported Jap megadrive from them in '89) and still stock old consoles so they may be worth a try.

    http://www.telegames.co.uk/contact_us.php
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • beanzbeanz
    edited September 2009
    Surely cheaper to buy another off Ebay than get it repaired no?

    But...I've bought lasers only off Ebay before for like $11 with shipping.....but again...you can pick DCs up for $10 or so...
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited September 2009
    Maybe he wants to play PSO on it. In an utterly retarded fashion you can only use your characters on a specific VMU on the console the save files were created on, so if you switch the console you are f*cked.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited September 2009
    beanz wrote: »
    Surely cheaper to buy another off Ebay than get it repaired no?

    But...I've bought lasers only off Ebay before for like $11 with shipping.....but again...you can pick DCs up for $10 or so...
    if i remember mine was ?10 but minus a lead...which i kindly got sent online :)
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited September 2009
    1980-20.. wrote: »
    Oh dreamcast with your faulty drive why did i turn my back on you and sell all my games,where are you now idont know all i have left is your empty box.

    I think i must of chucked it but i dont remember but ive still got all the pads and leads dont no why i did it.

    Why why why why did i sell the games and to game of all people stupid stupid stupid.

    save the box and pads i might by em later on.........if you wanna sell :P
    i dont have a box, and only 1 pad
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited September 2009
    Ah yeah, good memories of the DC. I liked it a lot. PSO was the first proper online game I ever played at my own home (not counting trying out stuff like CS at friends' places) but it wasn't very successful outside of Japan, where it was quite big.

    I remember when the DC ended its commercial life so early as it had well and truly lost to the PS2 and was on its way out, some stores were flogging all the equipment to clear their DC stocks. Picked up a bunch of Sega controllers for 5 ? each, 3rd party VMUs/Rumble packs for 3 ? and the DC mouse for 10 ? ... think the huge joy board also was 10 ? ... nice bargains. Games were also damn cheap on the whole.

    Best thing happend probably in about 2002, I went to some kind of small Dreamcast forum gamer meeting with only a few dozen atendees in a nearby city, and for some reason a woman affiliated with Sega turned up - don't remember any details about that affiliation, but she gave out copies of various games (Crazy Taxi and a few others) as well as the Dreamcast keyboard - for absolutely ZILCH!
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited September 2009
    i only have these dreamy games

    Chu chu rocket
    ECW hardcore revolution
    House of the dead 2
    MSR (Metropolis street racer)
    Resident evil:code veronica
    Shadowman
    Soul calibur
    WF attitude

    i also have a boxed keyboard and lightgun that i found ina charity shop once :)
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited September 2009
    I've been told you can tweek the frequecy of laser that may do the trick

    I've got 3 dreamcasts
    1 keyboard
    1 mouse
    1 lightgun
    1 tv lead
    1 scart lead
    4 joypads each with a vmu and rumble pack
    loads of games I love shmups especially under defeat

    (keep it under your hat I've got half life as well)

    I've got a Saturn as well with a scart lead and 1 joypad with the extra memory cartridge and a few games. It was left on a doorstep for two weeks in a row in the snow, one winter. The next time we emptied the bins my mate had it away then gave it to me.

    It's the same way I built up a lot of my speccy collection (I daren't list what speccy and 64 stuff I swapped for a pc engine and both parts of r-type) you wouldn't beleive the amount of sinclair and 64 stuff that was being dumped around 10 years ago.
  • 1980-20..1980-20..
    edited September 2009
    you guys are driving me crazy with this dreamcast talk so much so ive had a root through my bits and bobs to see whats left

    here gos.

    Tings i still have.

    2x pads
    1x keyboard
    1x mouse
    1x thirdparty mu no screen
    2x official vmu grey
    2x official vmu blue (think these are us as they have the orange logo on box)
    1x fission fishing rod (think ill ebay this)

    and while i was looking i even found a few games that escaped the kull mostly dross though.

    ufc
    msr
    worms armagedon
    record of lodoss war (thats going on ebay)
    virtua athlete 2k
    urban chaos
    hehe just found disc one for skies of arcadia bet game were well miffed when they tried to sell that ooops.

    List of stuff i sold off damn it.


    house of dead and light gun
    skies of arcadia
    evolution
    grandia
    shenmu 1and2
    jet set radio
    quake
    outrigger
    resi code v
    dead or alive
    capcom vs snk milenium
    soul calibur
    good and evil
    pso think i had both versions (there were two werent there?)
    confidential mission
    stupid invaders
    crazy taxi
    worms world party.
    power stone
    sonic adventure

    phew think thats it,who said the dc dint have tons of quality titles those are all thriller and no filler in my book. I may have missed some.
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