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This was also done before on the Dreamcast - it had a "BBA" (broadband adapter) peripheral that could also be used to read / write disc images to / from network
by moepstar 4y ago
This was also done before on the Dreamcast - it had a "BBA" (broadband adapter) peripheral that could also be used to read / write disc images to / from network locations iirc... so that was around 22 years ago :)
- johnwalkr 4y agoI think you are remembering Gamecube, which could load disc images using an exploit in Phantasy Star Online (PSO). You could point it to your local PC instead of Sega's servers, where a server could inject code (in this case to load games over ethernet). It wasn't a good experience for any game that had CD audio streaming or FMV (so most games). Funnily, this exploit was based on a previous exploit in PSO for Dreamcast, which was used for cheating. Back in the day a serial cable was used to rip dreamcast games, and people removed copy protection and FMV to get games working on CDRs (dreamcast discs held more than a CD but the drive could read both types). Someone also got the BBA for dreamcast working to rip and load games, but I think this was only about 10 years ago.
- moepstar 4y agoAFAIK, this has been the go-to method by scene groups to do their rips - this thread goes back to at least 2007: https://dcemulation.org/dumpcast/viewtopic.php?t=153 https://dcemulation.org/dumpcast/viewtopic.php?t=153 Edit: but yeah, you're probably right about the early dumping ways...
- johnwalkr 4y agoOh cool, goes back farther than I thought!