Hi, longer ago I got the SD Card Adapter, so I can store my game-saves from the Dreamcast. Game-saves that go way back to the early 2000s. Now I have 11 VMS game-saves and don't know what to do with them. I bought my Dreamcast in 1999 when it came out. I guess that makes me a true Dreamcast OG! 😄 The days of the Dreamcast hardware are numbered though. Even if you stash it away and hardly ever use it. I have an HDMI cable too, but using the Dreamcast hardware is just clunky and impractical. Compared to....an emulator like redream. I discovered redream a while ago. I think it's a masterpiece! How easy and flawless it works. This is literally keeping the Dreamcast alive. I bought me a Xbox controller in Robot White, reminiscent of the original Dreamcast controller. 🙂 The frustrating downside of redream is, that I have no idea how to load a game-save. Loading a game-save would be so important. Thumbs up for the videos with your gaming expertise. 🙂👍
You’re welcome! I did a quick video on the setup and running isos on it, and I’m still playing with all the other features and will likely do a couple more videos soon!
Will this method enable me to move the locked phantasy star online 2 main save data from one vmu to another? Then i can copy over the guild card to the new vmu and restore my character using the new vmu?
Hey so I actually have a GameCube related question and didn’t know the best way to reach out to find answers but here’s nothin! So with a Japanese GameCube that has a GC-Loader already in it, would you have to put a region switch in it to save Japanese games to a memory card since Japanese saves differently that American saves do or since the GC-Loader is region free do I not need to region switch my GameCube?
No problem! You won’t have any issues with game saves regardless of what region console you’re running, wit you will need a separate memory cards for each region, so one for Japanese and one for US saves. Just make sure you keep track of which is which and have the right one in your console for the region of game you’re playing. If you get an SD2SP2 and install that as well, it’ll allow you to use the virtual memory card feature and will create separate virtual memory cards for each region that will auto load when you pick your game, so that’s super straight forward (I did a video on that a while ago). Hope that helps, give me a shout if you have any other questions!
That or gdemu actually having a virtual memory card that saves on the sd card. The Everdrive 64 is a great example of that with its "backup" feature - i.e. it dumps the whole Memory Pak before loading a game, it restores the previous save for that game, it loads the game and that's it, when you play any game it is like having a brand new Memory Pak full of free space. You have also OPL on PS2 that emulates a memory card, which works okay. The point is, we should be entitiled to have only one VMU and that's it.
@@RottenMuLoT finally someone talks about that. I thought of the same. There has to be a way. And I don't care about the display or the GameBoy functions as long as you get endless saves. You can have the "VMU Pro" on the second port and use a normal VMU on the first port to get the display functions. 8bitmods did it before with the MemCard Pro and that blew my mind. They really should do a VMU next.
@@Shrednoise321 You’ll need to create an .iso file of the Dreamshell disc and load it onto your GDEMU SD card the same way you would with a game and it’ll boot the same way. Hope that helps!
Cheers for this I will try this later to tidy up my VMU saves.
You’re welcome! It definitely comes in useful!
Hi, longer ago I got the SD Card Adapter, so I can store my game-saves from the Dreamcast. Game-saves that go way back to the early 2000s.
Now I have 11 VMS game-saves and don't know what to do with them.
I bought my Dreamcast in 1999 when it came out. I guess that makes me a true Dreamcast OG! 😄
The days of the Dreamcast hardware are numbered though. Even if you stash it away and hardly ever use it. I have an HDMI cable too, but using the Dreamcast hardware is just clunky and impractical.
Compared to....an emulator like redream. I discovered redream a while ago. I think it's a masterpiece! How easy and flawless it works. This is literally keeping the Dreamcast alive. I bought me a Xbox controller in Robot White, reminiscent of the original Dreamcast controller. 🙂
The frustrating downside of redream is, that I have no idea how to load a game-save. Loading a game-save would be so important.
Thumbs up for the videos with your gaming expertise. 🙂👍
Thanks for the video and links. It would be interesting to see some of the other options available with the serial adapter.
You’re welcome! I did a quick video on the setup and running isos on it, and I’m still playing with all the other features and will likely do a couple more videos soon!
Does this also work on DLC files? I got several but i dont known how to get them into the VMU.
I have 2 questions.
1. Can you export vmu saves in a folder in the sd card?
2. Can you put .vmi files onto the vmu from the sd card?
Thanks.
Will this method enable me to move the locked phantasy star online 2 main save data from one vmu to another? Then i can copy over the guild card to the new vmu and restore my character using the new vmu?
I haven’t tested it with Phantasy Star specifically, but it should allow you to do that, yes. Hope that helps!
@@HalfCircleForward thanks!
@@studiomg3212 You’re welcome!
Can still also do this process transferring game saves if you have a GDEMU installed on your dreamcast..?
You sure can! All you’ll need to do is add the DreamShell iso to your GDEMU and it will boot exactly the same way as the disc. Hope that helps!
@@HalfCircleForward oh okay i will try that thank u sir...😊👍🏼
@@arwinlacre1672 You’re welcome!
Can gdemu use the save files?
Is there a way to install VMU games on the VMU using the same method ?
Hey so I actually have a GameCube related question and didn’t know the best way to reach out to find answers but here’s nothin! So with a Japanese GameCube that has a GC-Loader already in it, would you have to put a region switch in it to save Japanese games to a memory card since Japanese saves differently that American saves do or since the GC-Loader is region free do I not need to region switch my GameCube?
No problem! You won’t have any issues with game saves regardless of what region console you’re running, wit you will need a separate memory cards for each region, so one for Japanese and one for US saves. Just make sure you keep track of which is which and have the right one in your console for the region of game you’re playing. If you get an SD2SP2 and install that as well, it’ll allow you to use the virtual memory card feature and will create separate virtual memory cards for each region that will auto load when you pick your game, so that’s super straight forward (I did a video on that a while ago). Hope that helps, give me a shout if you have any other questions!
Thank you so much!!!! That helps greatly, thank you!!!!!!! 😁
I hope someone, one Day.
a modder makes an SD Card VMU. with or without the screen. better than getting the X4 memory card that's mostly incompatible.
Now that’s something I’d spend good money on!
What do you mean about the X4 memory card being "mostly incompatible? As far as I know its only incompatible with like 5 games.
@@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm385 and funny enough. those are also the games i have
That or gdemu actually having a virtual memory card that saves on the sd card.
The Everdrive 64 is a great example of that with its "backup" feature - i.e. it dumps the whole Memory Pak before loading a game, it restores the previous save for that game, it loads the game and that's it, when you play any game it is like having a brand new Memory Pak full of free space.
You have also OPL on PS2 that emulates a memory card, which works okay.
The point is, we should be entitiled to have only one VMU and that's it.
@@RottenMuLoT finally someone talks about that. I thought of the same. There has to be a way. And I don't care about the display or the GameBoy functions as long as you get endless saves. You can have the "VMU Pro" on the second port and use a normal VMU on the first port to get the display functions. 8bitmods did it before with the MemCard Pro and that blew my mind. They really should do a VMU next.
how do you start dreamshell when you have GDEMU?
Put the CDI on your GDEMU's SD card
Exactly this! Thanks for sharing!
What was the reply? Because I’m here for the same answer….
@@Shrednoise321 You’ll need to create an .iso file of the Dreamshell disc and load it onto your GDEMU SD card the same way you would with a game and it’ll boot the same way. Hope that helps!
@@HalfCircleForward awesome!!! Thank you so much for the reply. I will definitely be trying this.
Is it possible to select all saves with one or two button presses or do you have to copy each one individually?
Can you use that BIOS flashing option to flash Japanese Cake's custom BIOS?