CDI4DC and MDS4DC, two utilities to generate selfboot disc images for your Sega Dreamcast, are now open source.
Tools are now part of the same package: IMG4DC – Dreamcast Selfboot Toolkit.
A selfboot image is a disc image format specially prepared to boot on your Dreamcast. In clear, by burning a selfboot image to a standard blank CD-R, the software containted into this disc image will run onto your Dreamcast, as a legit game disc, without any modchip or other hacking device.
Content of the package :
CDI4DC: Designed to make Padus DiscJuggler (CDI) images, the source is the lastest 0.3b release.
Supports Audio/Data (with fake audio track) and Data/Data formats.
MDS4DC: Designed to make Alcohol 120% (MDS/MDF) images, the source is the lastest 0.1b release.
Supports Audio/Data (with fake audio track), Audio/Data (with custom CDDA) and Data/Data formats.
To use this software package, you must have mkisofs from the cdrtools project. This tool will create the source ISO image needed by img4dc.