Game Over for GD-Rom Format?
Posted by Gill Figno. Filed under News, Retro. Tagged with Dreamcast.
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I guess it was a short lived victory.
It seems that just after the news of three new Japanese Dreamcast games for 2007, Sega of Japan is ceasing production of it’s GD-Rom format in February. The format is used exclusively on Sega’s Dreamcast and NAOMI hardware, from which most recent Dreamcast games have been ported.
This means that every Dreamcast game that comes out from now on will not be an official release and would be on the laser killing CD-R format. (Hey, it killed two of my Dreamcast’s, anyway.) I believe this is currently a rumor, however and I don’t have any official confirmation, but this could potentially be the end of Dreamcast-ery as we know it. The good folks at Dreamcast-Scene have started a petition to get Sega of Japan to rethink their decision to end production.
I’m calling all Sega Nerds, Dreamcast fans and anyone who really, really, wants to see Dynamite Deka EX ported to Dreamcast (I happen to be all of the above) to sign this petition. What could be Dreamcasts darkest hour can be lightened by the Autobot Matrix of Leadership that is us nerds signing a petition. Remember Sega Nerds:
You’ve got the touch. You’ve got the power. Now transform and roll out…your keyboards and sign that petition!
[Via Dreamcast-Scene]
Comments on this article
There have been 4 responses to this article.
Correct me if I’m wrong. Is a GD-Rom not just a NORMAL CD- but one that can hold 1 Gig of data???
If it is then Sega tecnically don’t hold the rights to it- as you can buy CD-Rs that store 1Gig of data.
I could be wrong- maybe they are unique discs, but if they are how come CD-Rom drives can read them?
G
Posted January 15th, 2007 at 6:58 am.
GD-ROMs are similar to CD-ROMs, but they’re not the same. The difference is the data on GD-ROMs is packed more closely together, so they’re not interchangeable. The GD-ROM is a proprietary format that was developed jointly by Sega and Yamaha and is currently still in use in NAOMI arcade games and the upcoming Dreamcast releases.
Nathan
Posted January 15th, 2007 at 8:03 am.
the reason CD drives can read GD-Roms is because they have a sort of dummy section that holds CD-Rom information. That’s how you can get the ‘This is a Sega Dreamcast disc’ message on a CD Player and the ‘Omake’ or bonus section if you put it in your PC.
Warren
Posted January 15th, 2007 at 11:38 am.
It’s just a rumor folks, just a rumor.
random
Posted July 15th, 2007 at 12:09 am.