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http://www.dchomebrew.org/dchexen.shtml
http://www.dchomebrew.org/hexen2.shtml
http://www.dchomebrew.org/wolf3ddc.shtml
http://www.dchomebrew.org/doombero.shtml

i have been trying to download and burn these games since  7:00 this morning.  (its 9.30 here).  i am starting to get very mad, because i cannot create a .cdi file.  for some reason, it will not work! could somebody please help me?  maybe even, make the .cdi file and email it to me (ganonbanned@yahoo.com) as an attachment? im sorry i ask but i am computer incompetent.

Hmm, unfortunately the one person I know who had homebrew Dreamcast games is no longer on this earth, but if he was I am certain that he would have helped you, given that we was the webmaster of this very site. However, I am certain that someone out there might know how to do this.

For those of you wondering whether or not this is an acceptable topic:

Homebrews: I think they are ok so long as we don't get nasty emails or lawsuit threats
Hacks, ROMS, Emulation: Don't make or touch those topics with a ten foot pole.

Perhaps too this may be better suited for Video Game Generation? Yes, no?

move it if you want to, i really wasnt sure where to put this.

What format is the image in currently? 
Why do you want to make it a .cdi?  Do you only have Disc Juggler?

right now the file is just unzipped.  the contents are:
HEXEN.WAD
mini.cfg
IP.BIN

then there are the folders:
games
images
mini
readme

i did have a .cdi, but i deleted it.
i also have downloaded bootdreams, will that help?
i can download anything for a trial version.

Or, if you are a reeealy horrible person, you can download anything.

what do you mean?

Check this out, as I saw the files for download in SBI format on those pages:

http://www.dchomebrew.org/burnsbi.shtml (http://www.dchomebrew.org/burnsbi.shtml)

As for burning w/ Discjuggler (CDI), I know that newer versions of DJ can have problems with CDI's created using the older versions.  I know that I've burned a few homebrews (Doom DC being one of them),  but it's been about 5 years.  Give that a shot and let me know if it works.

i did the .sbi format, and it kind of worked.  it brought up a menu but no games.  i tried it twice and the same thing happened both times.  i thought i was out of CD-rs except i found a blank one cleaning my room. 

EDIT: i burned it, and put it in the dreamcast, and it took me to a screen with a blank menu.  i pressed start and it just brought a black screen.  i really hate to ask, but could someone email me the .cdi (for the hexen (full version) one (http://consolevision.com/members/sbiffy/browse/browse.cgi?browse&Games)?)?  i could burn it then.

Thanks,
Ty

alright i figured it out but it still doesnt work. this is what happens. i created the sbi, i then went and went to self boot inducer and created the .cdi image. i burned it, and it brought up the menu. when ever i press a on hexen, it takes me to the title screen again! (not of hexen, of the dreamcast) help please!

i know why.  someone from benheck asked me if i had a windows xp, and they said that it doesnt burn right on an xp :(