Hey all,
Sorry for having my first post be what probably seems like a redundant question, however I have searched (this site, along with many others) and I cannot seem to find an answer to my situation...
I recently purchased Shenmue II - PAL format to play on my NTSC-U (US) Dreamcast (Rev 0). I'm using a decent quality third party VGA cable run through an HDMI 1080P upscaler. I've never had issues with any other import games, however I can't get Shenmue II to work for me...
I have tried:
Dreamcast Import Enabler (DC-IE) - retail version
Action Replay CDX - burned
GameShark CDX - burned
All of the above take me back to the home screen when I insert the disc...
I have seen several people say Utopia works; I have attempted to use 3 or 4 different sources for Utopia and cannot find a version that doesn't just take me to a black screen (or give me a VGA error in one case). I have tried the 'blind' method of waiting for the disk to wind down at the black screen, then switching, but it just hangs at the black screen... For the one version that didn't support VGA, I pulled the cable before boot, then plugged it in after the first spin-up (the Evolution VGA method) and it just took me to the black screen, which produced the same results as the others above...
The odd thing is, I happened to try Disc 2 using Action Replay CDX and it spun right up and went into the game... No such luck with Disc 1. All discs are absolutely mint condition, so it's not a damage issue.
I've heard DC-X works, however I really don't want to throw another $40-$60 out if I'm going to have the same issues (I've also heard cdx and IE work, but those have proven wrong for me)...
Does anyone have any insight??
I just played through Shenmue again, and was looking forward to seamlessly transitioning into the second, but no such luck!!
Thank you very much for any help you all can offer!
-Prodigy