Can someone help me with smartphone emulation?

[JaySw34]

I have a Samsung Galaxy s5 and I downloaded the Dreamcast emulator, Reicast. And so far that's all I've done. I've watched a couple Youtube videos but I'm still having trouble. I was wondering if someone can explain to me step by step what I need to do after downloading the Reicast app. I'm dieing to play Shenmue I again and don't have a Dreamcast anymore so this is the only way for me. I've never emulated anything before. Help would be appreciated greatly

[NeoShredder]

First thing you need to acquire the files dc_boot.bin and dc_flash.bin download them onto your computer.

(dc_boot.bin may also be called dc_Bios.bin. They are the same. Rename it to dc_boot.bin if necessry.

Then connect your phone to your computer by USB and put these two files into your phones Internal storage. Make a new dedicated folder.

then open reicast. This is what you should see first of all:




Open the tab to extend the options. Select 'Paths' here:



It says "system path" here as you can see. The other one is for the game, we'll worry about that later



This where you tell reicast to find those two files I mentioned earlier. thaey emulate the DC OS itself.

Navigate to the folder you made, and press 'select current folder'.



Note. You are nominating the folder were the files are located, not the files themselves)

select Browse to go back to that first menu, select 'boot Dreamcast Bios'.

Hopefully this should allow you to boot to the Dreamcast start screen.



Let us know how that goes.

Edit; UPDATED TO BE MORE HELPFUL

[JaySw34]

Thank you. I'll try it tomorrow morning when i have access to my computer

[NeoShredder]

Happy to help. Just updated with some effort with screens from my actual phone

[JaySw34]

And as far as downloading the Rom for Shenmue disc 1, do I just download it and put it in my phone? Will the Reicast app find it and recognize it or will I need to put it somewhere specifically?

[NeoShredder]

And as far as downloading the Rom for Shenmue disc 1, do I just download it and put it in my phone? Will the Reicast app find it and recognize it or will I need to put it somewhere specifically?

Similar procedure to those other files. if you've seen the other screen above, you have to nominate where the image is contained in that line that says "storage path". Download your game image files and dump them in a new folder called 'iso' and link to that folder. However, once you've linked the folder, you should just be able to.dump files in there and they'll appear on the 'browse' list.

[BakaDoniu]

I did had to downgrade from android Lollypop to Kitkat, in order for reicast to work...

so if you have lollypop and reicast doesn't work maybe could be that..

[NeoShredder]

I did had to downgrade from android Lollypop to Kitkat, in order for reicast to work...

so if you have lollypop and reicast doesn't work maybe could be that..

What? Running it on my phone with lollipop just fine:

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[BakaDoniu]

What? Running it on my phone with lollipop just fine:

Luky you, well I wasn't really happy with lollypop anyway...

but as i tell you reicast didn't run the games in my galaxy S4 with lollipop... downgraded and it worked like a charm

[JaySw34]

It didn't work for me. I made a dedicated folder for those bios files. Nominated that folder and nothing happened.

[NeoShredder]

It didn't work for me. I made a dedicated folder for those bios files. Nominated that folder and nothing happened.

Did you get any particular error messages?

[JaySw34]

It didn't work for me. I made a dedicated folder for those bios files. Nominated that folder and nothing happened.

Did you get any particular error messages?

No.. my phone would just quickly vibrate. I'd go back to the main Reicast screen and it still tells me the bios files are missing and to configure the game directory

[JaySw34]

Never mind shredder I've got it working now. Thank you very much for all your help bro