Chankast

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Chankast

The GUI of Chankast
Developer:	Chankast Utilities
Latest release:	Alpha 0.25 / July 7, 2004
OS:	Windows 2000 and XP
Use:	Emulator
Website:	Chanka.org

Chankast is a freeware Sega Dreamcast emulator for x86 platforms. It is the first Dreamcast emulator to successfully run commercial games. The emulation speed varies depending on the system the emulator is run on. The first release was on May 29, 2004. The current version, Alpha 0.25, is the last release from the team to date, and the last show of activity from Chankast Utilities. Using Chankast, commercial games can be played at a decent speed with a 2 GHz CPU.

[edit] Version history

Alpha 0.10 (first release, May 29, 2004)

Emulation of several commercial games

Alpha 0.2 (June 12, 2004)

GFX core capable of games like Shenmue 1&2 and Soul Calibur
Compatibility for Dead or Alive 2, Virtual On and others
Support for PAD plugins

Alpha 0.2a (June 12, 2004)

Vga/NTSC bug fixed
Control pad input fixed
Video rendering bug that caused games to crash fixed

Alpha "WIP" (June 17, 2004)

Full screen implemented
Compatibility for Windows 2000
NAOMI Virtua Striker no longer causes crashes

Alpha 0.25 (July 7 2004)

Full screen for multiple resolutions added
CPU core bugs fixed
LCD CMU support
LCD VMU emulation
Rumble pack emulation
Control and CD plugin support
ASPI driver (Windows 2000) support
Command line support

Beta 0.25.7 (September 4, 2004) [LEAKED? Spanish only version, shows Beta 0.25.7 in titlebar, Alpha 0.25.6 on credits]

Minimum requirements changed
Overall speed improvement
NOTE: No changelog was provided, so the above are just what users noticed in this version

[edit] Get the emulator working

Go here to download the Chankast emulator: Chankast Extract it from the RAR onto your computer.

You will also need Dreamcast BIOS files. Legally, the only way you can obtain these files is to rip or clone these files from your own personal Dreamcast. Extract these files onto your computer and copy the BIOS files to your Chankast directory. After this is done, the emulator should boot DreamCast when you double click the Chankast.exe file and then go to Run --> Start. You will then need to format the VMS card if you want to save your games. This can be done by starting up Chankast with no game loaded. Then while in the mode with no disc go to File --> Select a memory card --> Delete All Memory (Reset). Then select an icon and a color and then confirm your settings. It should then delete the memory card and tell you it was reset. After this, close the Emulator and reopen it. You will now be able to save games. To load games into the emulator, you will either need to use your own Dreamcast games or use Daemon tools to mount Dreamcast game images. Please note that running copies of games that you do not own is illegal. Daemon tools can be found here: D-Tools

After that is installed, and you have restarted your computer, you will see a red lightining icon at the bottom right corner of your Start bar in windows. Right click on it, then Select Virtual CD/DVD ROM ---> Device (no media) --> Mount Image. Locate the game that you have downloaded that you want to mount. When the disc has been mounted, open Chankast again. Go to Options --> Configure drive. Select the Virtual Drive letter that has the game on it. Finally, once this is done, Click Run --> Start. The game that you have should load and then you can play.