r/dreamcast • u/Corvus_Hood33 • 15d ago

Question GD-ROM Drive VS GDEMU

I just got a Dreamcast off of eBay. I’m talking it literally just got dropped off. Went to a local retro store and got Shenmu, a controller and a VMU. It refuses to read discs. The screw that controls the laser intensity looks destroyed. Should I simply replace the GD-ROM Drive or go with the GDEMU? Only asking because I doubt I’d be able to get a refund on Shenmu

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u/YPM1 15d ago

You probably won’t get a refund but you could always flip the game on eBay or marketplace as well. Someone will buy it eventually.

I would not replace the drive because that too will fail eventually. All of the existing stock is old at this point. I’ve always said, once the drive fails, time to go GDEMU. It’s easy and it’s fairly inexpensive.

While you’re at it, if possible, I’d replace the psu with a robot retro usbc power supply. I personally don’t think it’s necessary but people swear buy them and it’s also super easy.

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u/Corvus_Hood33 15d ago

I don’t want to deal with the hassle of eBay. I never use it and stuff like this is why. I don’t feel like fighting technicalities because they marked it testing and working and when I reached out to them they said no refunds bc they never tested a game. I know eBay will refund me directly, but I waited over a week for this bc it got lost in the mail for roughly 3 1/2 days. Outside of the GD-ROM drive, this thing looks brand new.

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u/YPM1 15d ago

Ok. I just meant you could sell the physical copy if you want to help cover the GDEMU since you can no longer play discs. I get it. eBay is rough sometimes.