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[anton]

I have not seen a lot of resources on this so I'm hoping somebody here can help me.

I'm wondering how good does Wiikey handle GC backups.  I've read somewhere that Wave Race is a no-no and I have a backup of PN 03 PAL that does not seem to work boot up.  I read in a chinese forum that PN 03 PAL and USA fails on Wiikey.

Is that true?  Are there more games that are not compatible?

[DeVS]

There are only about 5 GC games that don't work. They are the ones that use audiostreaming. I know Wave Race and Eternal Darkness are two of them but can't think of the others. The games will boot, but the audio will be a loud scratchy sound.

[anton]

That's strange.

I've had 2 GC back ups here that don't even boot up.  Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition disc and P.N. 03.  Maybe it's a bad iso dump... if you're telling me Wiikey should be able to recognize the disc.

[Perseid]

I've noticed that the streaming audio games crash randomly. I can only play Ikaruga for about 5 seconds and Mario Baseball about 10 minutes before they both crash. I've seen a partial list and I unfortunately don't remember where. It is about 20-30 games and I THINK the Zelda collector disc is one of them. I don't think PN03 is.

You should check to make sure you're not trying to play games cross-region. If the game goes green on boot in my experience it means I'm trying to play a PAL game on my NTSC system.

[anton]

I know what you mean, but the Wii can't even recognize the disc as a game in the first place, so it's not a 50 vs 60 Hz thing.

[Perseid]

Are you using GCOS? It's a bootloader than allows you to put multiple games on a disc, lets you attempt to force a region, etc. I have discs with 6-8 working games on one DVD-R.

As for the games that don't work: Are you sure the images you're burning aren't bad? Are there scratches, spots or rings on the discs? Are they from a foreign region and you have Force Region turned off?

[anton]

GCOS?  What's that? :lol: :lol:

I've heard something nifty that allows you to slam GC games into one DVD.  Haven't tried it, and I'm not sure if I can.

In all honesty, I don't know how to test the images, so I burn and cross my fingers.  P.N. 03 I have is from PAL, but I've managed to run V-Rally 3 (Pal) on my NTSC Wii, so I presume Region restrictions are turned off.

The media I use is DVD+RW, don't remember the kind of disc.  This DVD rewritable is the same one I use to burn and test images (it's the only way I know how to test images, burn and cross fingers).  I've managed to burn V-Rally 3 (PAL), WWE Day of Reckoning (NTSC), Godfather BH Edition (NTSC), SSX Blur (NTSC), etc. on it.  The last one I managed to burn was SSX and that worked fine (immediately before trying out P.N. 03).  The disc does have some bit of marks and scratches though, I presume... I think there's a clear mark where burnt GC games stop writing on a full size DVD.

I hope to put in info on what ImgBurn says about my DVD+RW.

[Perseid]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=53005 is a link to GCOS. You should also google for FSTFIX.

The DVD+RW may well be the problem. The Wii prefers -Rs. Try a good -R and see if the problem goes away.

[anton]

What's the FSTFIX?  My P.N. 03 image has FSTFIX of which I have no idea what it is.

And by the way, I burnt all those games into the DVD+RW and they all work okay.  So, I'm not sure what to think of about this problem...

You're sure it's a RW problem?

This is what ImgBurn tells me.
Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: NANYA-DRW-00
Book Type: DVD+RW

This my DVD-R data:
Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: GSC003

[anton]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=53005 is a link to GCOS. You should also google for FSTFIX.

The DVD+RW may well be the problem. The Wii prefers -Rs. Try a good -R and see if the problem goes away.

Just wondering if I can use GCOS on my PN 03 image to get it to boot.  Is that something possible?

[anton]

DAMN!  Just slapped PN 03 on GCOS and it's working.  But I do think the problem stems from the DVD+RW.  I had another burn and that did not work.

Anyway, thanks a lot for all the help!!!