Question about reicast and region Dreamcast bios affecting games loading (RESOLVED)
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And no, the question isn't "where to find them"!
I am trying to play Zero Gunner 2 (Japan) on the reicast on my RPi 3 B with the Retropie 4.2 latest build.
All of my library, except for this game, on the RPi3 are US games and they load great using the US bios (which I assume it is b/c the logo is red when the thing boots).
When I load zero gunner 2 (which, according to the DC compatibility guide, its in green which means it runs good for RPi3), the US bios loads up, I set the time/date (not an issue with other games running), and run the game. Then I get a black screen and freezes the RPi3 and I have to reset the board (I can't even escape out back into the retropie gui ugh).
MY QUESTION: Do I need to use a Japan bios to run Japanese Dreamcast games within reicast?
The bios in the wiki says this is the Japanese bios reicast plays nice with in Retropie:
dc_flash.bin MD5: 69c036adfca4ebea0b0c6fa4acfc8538 CRC32: 5f92bf76
EDIT: Figured this out; I had to match the corresponding bios (MD5: d552d8b577faa079e580659cd3517f86) with the flash file above. I was using a different bios with a different MD than that one. I put in that one, and the game now works!
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