It plays many commercial games with excellent speed and compatibility. Is the simplest emulator to configure and is updated fairly frequently. Note that each emulator uses these differently. You will need to search around the net for these. The buttons map pretty much perfectly to a Dreamcast pad and work with Windows very easily.Īll emulators require the Dreamcast BIOS files. It is also recommended that you use an Xbox 360 control pad. Several emulators also exist for Linux with LXDream ( ) for both Linux and Mac. The USB version can be found for under £20 brand new at game shops and online. You can get it from here.įor controllers, the Xbox 360 controller is ideal as it maps conveniently onto the Dreamcast pad and it works well with Windows. The latest version of DirectX is essential.

Having a 64-Bit processor has no real advantage in this area. Some individual games will have higher requirements than the rest and have speed issues even on system's with a higher specification that the general requirements. General requirements are Windows XP (will not work under Windows 9X/ME), a fast processor at least 1.6Ghz that has SSE2 (a dual core CPU is recommended) and a fast Nvidia or ATI Video card supporting Shader Model 2.0 as a minimum.

There are some online tutorials worth checking out. Be sure to read the configuration information for each program as some can be tricky to setup. There are a fair number of programs to consider but the most popular are detailed below.

Demul bios files