@mitu said in Using external DVD drive to play original game (not ripped): Dreamcast uses GD-ROM as disc format and I don't think it's supported right now by RetroArch I confirm it's not supported, in the first place no normal CD-ROM drive can read them.

Just saying that if you're playing this on a pi4, explicitly disabling threaded video and reducing resolution to 720p will help with overheating and the CPU getting slammed. Still a fun game to play with the kids :)

Thank you. That was it. I forgot it :-D

For me I still have my original SNES with games and a Sega genesis new in [slightly abused] box with a large pile of games I picked up on ebay for $32. Both are sitting in a box in a closet, along with an Intellivision, N64, and a brand new Colecovision still in the box. (Plan on eventually getting an n64 everdrive) I ultimately want to have a game room where I can display them on a shelf with a CRT and other gaming "paraphernalia" as @ClassicGMR has mentioned. (Along with a full size Virtual Pinball Cabinet I dream of building) What I do have set up is an early run Dreamcast, which is capable of playing burned games on a CD-Rs (which I eventually want to upgrade to GDEMU) Xbox360 which I installed custom DVD drive FW to allow playing backup discs Hacked Wii U - a very underrated system Wii U contains the entire content of the Wii board for backwards compatibility, including wii's ability to play gamecube discs. Since the Wii U's laser will not read gamecube games, that core is disabled. Wii U and Wii must be hacked seperately as they are 2 different system. The Wii U part is unlocked to play all backups directly from an external hard drive. The wii partition, using Nintendon't, will unlock the gamecube core, and allow games to be read from disc images. It also has an awesome, graphical custom loader which will natively launch wii and Gamecube games stored on a USB thumb drive! 3 Generations of Nintendo all playing Natively one one system, plus nearly all N64 games playable great using Virtual Console Nintendo Switch is the latest console I have - modded of course ;) I know the list contains a lot of newer systems, but for me, those are the ones that benefit most from playing them natively. Especially with how buggy Dreamcast, Gamecube and N64 emulation can be. The older systems I really want more for nostalgic / collectable reasons.

@ulao Very nice. It looks like the Bliss-Box is shaping up to be the de facto adapter solution.

Thanks for the replies gents- I'm in the UK so it would be to far to post. I will have a think... on which way to go. One thing I didn't check are the new classic nes and mega drive variants the same and on Usb?

I have also now got Kodi installed onto it so its my home media center to! :)

@obsidianspider Of course who could forget the whole stealing RetroArch code thing: https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-license-violations/

@sfc_k i can comfirm that all of raphnets adapters work. I have used all of his usb boards and adapters and his wii adapters too.