Table of Contents for
Gaming Hacks

Version ebook / Retour

Cover image for bash Cookbook, 2nd Edition Gaming Hacks by Simon Carless Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004
  1. Cover
  2. Gaming Hacks
  3. Credits
  4. Contributors
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. How to Use This Book
  9. How This Book Is Organized
  10. Conventions Used in This Book
  11. Using Code Examples
  12. Comments and Questions
  13. Got a Hack?
  14. 1. Playing Classic Games
  15. Legal Emulation
  16. Play Commodore 64 Games Without the C-64
  17. Play Atari ROMs Without the Atari
  18. Use Atari Paddles with Your PC
  19. Run Homebrew Games on the Atari 2600
  20. Create Your Own Atari 2600 Homebrew Games
  21. Play Classic PC Graphic Adventures
  22. Play Old Games Through DOSBox
  23. Play Reissued All-in-One Joystick Games
  24. Play Arcade Games Without the Arcade
  25. Add and Manipulate a MAME Frontend
  26. Keep Your ROMs Tidy and Organized
  27. Learn Game-Specific MAME Controls
  28. Filter Inappropriate MAME ROMs
  29. Autoboot into MAME Heaven
  30. Play Emulated Arcade Games Online
  31. Play Classic Pinball Without the Table
  32. Emulate the SNES on the Dreamcast
  33. 2. Playing Portably
  34. Play Games on Your iPod
  35. Mod Your Game Boy
  36. Take and Print Photos with Your Game Boy
  37. Compose Music on Your Game Boy
  38. Explore the GP32 Handheld Gaming System
  39. Take Your Console with You
  40. Explore the Bandai WonderSwan
  41. Play Real Games on Your PDA
  42. Install a PlayStation 2 in Your Car
  43. 3. Playing Well with Others
  44. Practice Proper MMORPG Etiquette
  45. Understand MMORPG Lingo
  46. Grind Without Going Crazy
  47. Make a Profit in Vana’diel
  48. Write MMORPG Macros
  49. Build an Effective Group
  50. Catch Half-Life FPS Cheaters Redhanded
  51. 4. Playing with Hardware
  52. Build a Quiet, Killer Gaming Rig
  53. Find and Configure the Best FPS Peripherals
  54. Adapt Old Video Game Controllers to the PC
  55. Choose the Right Audio/Video Receiver
  56. Place Your Speakers Properly
  57. Connect Your Console to Your Home Theater
  58. Tune Console Video Output
  59. Tune Your TV for Console Video
  60. PC Audio Hacking
  61. Optimize PC Video Performance
  62. Build a Dedicated Multimedia PC
  63. Use a Multimedia Projector for Gaming
  64. 5. Playing with Console and Arcade Hardware
  65. Play LAN-Only Console Games Online
  66. Hack the Nuon DVD Player/Gaming System
  67. Play Import Games on American Consoles
  68. Find a Hackable Dreamcast
  69. Play Movies and Music on Your Dreamcast
  70. Hack the Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit
  71. Unblur Your Dreamcast Video
  72. Use Your Dreamcast Online
  73. Host Dreamcast Games Online
  74. Burn Dreamcast-Compatible Discs on Your PC
  75. Burn Dreamcast Homebrew Discs
  76. Buy Your Own Arcade Hardware
  77. Configure Your Arcade Controls, Connectors, and Cartridges
  78. Reorient and Align Your Arcade Monitor
  79. Buy Cart-Based JAMMA Boards
  80. Programming Music for the Nintendo Entertainment System
  81. 6. Playing Around the Game Engine
  82. Explore Machinima
  83. Choose a Machinima Engine
  84. Film Your First Machinima Movie
  85. Improve Your Camera Control
  86. Record Game Footage to Video
  87. Speedrun Your Way Through Metroid Prime
  88. Sequence-Break Quake
  89. Run Classic Game ROM Translations
  90. Change Games with ROM Hacks
  91. Apply ROM Hacks and Patches
  92. Create PS2 Cheat Codes
  93. Hack Xbox Game Saves
  94. Cheat on Other Consoles
  95. Modify PC Game Saves and Settings
  96. Buff Your Saved Characters
  97. Create Console Game Levels
  98. 7. Playing Your Own Games
  99. Adventure Game Studio Editing Tips
  100. Create and Play Pinball Tables
  101. Put Your Face in DOOM
  102. Create a Vehicle Model for Unreal Tournament 2004
  103. Add a Vehicle to Unreal Tournament 2004
  104. Modify the Behavior of a UT2004 Model
  105. Download, Compile, and Create an Inform Adventure
  106. Decorate Your IF Rooms
  107. Add Puzzles to Your IF Games
  108. Add Nonplayer Characters to IF Adventures
  109. Make Your IF NPCs Move
  110. Make Your IF NPCs Talk
  111. Create Your Own Animations
  112. Add Interactivity to Your Animations
  113. Write a Game in an Afternoon
  114. 8. Playing Everything Else
  115. Tweak Your Tactics for FPS Glory
  116. Beat Any Shoot-Em-Up
  117. Drive a Physics-Crazed Motorcycle
  118. Play Japanese Games Without Speaking Japanese
  119. Back Up, Modify, and Restore PlayStation Saved Games
  120. Access Your Console’s Memory Card Offline
  121. Overclock Your Console
  122. Index
  123. Colophon

Host Dreamcast Games Online

DC online gaming still has a little life left in it, even after Sega has bailed out.

Because each Sega Dreamcast came with an included modem ( [Hack #50] ), it was one of the first consoles to support mass online gaming ( [Hack #54] ). For a while, Dreamcast online gaming was seriously hot. Unfortunately, Sega shut down the servers for most of their Dreamcast games in June 2003. Many excellent titles such as Bomberman Online, Chu Chu Rocket, Alien Front Online, and the Sega Sports titles are no longer playable on the Net because Sega has not released their server code to third parties.

This is a definite shame, but it doesn’t mean that those games are useless. There are a couple of bright spots in the Dreamcast online canon that you can still log on to and play even today.

Quake III

id’s (http://www.idsoftware.com) Quake III benefitted from synergy with the PC version. PC servers can actually host Dreamcast players, so you’ll never have trouble with anyone shutting down the official servers; you can always create your own!

To set up your own server, you’ll need a copy of Quake III for the PC as well as various extra free downloads. Then you do a bunch of tinkering. The excellent Dreamcast OnlineConsoles site has the best tutorial on how this works (http://dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/phpBB2/content_q3_serversetup.php).

Briefly, you need to run Quake 3 v1.16n on your PC. Download the special Dreamcast-only segapak.pk3 map file (http://dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/q3ss/segapak.pk3) and the Dreamcast map pack (http://www.fileplanet.com/files/60000/61677.shtml). When this is done, you can grab a relevant configuration file, also hosted at the Dreamcast OnlineConsoles site. Create a shortcut with the following Windows syntax (or equivalent on other platforms):

"C:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\quake3.exe" +set dedicated 2 +exec ffa.cfg

Presto! Your Dreamcast friends can play Quake III. PC gamers who have the Dreamcast map pack installed can even join in, though if your Dreamcast buddies are playing with the joypad, you’d better give them a big head start!

Phantasy Star Online

Phantasy Star Online is still available in more than one theoretical flavor. As of this writing, the European versions of PSO, v1 and v2, still have their servers, although the U.S. servers are gone. If you’d like to play on the European servers from the United States, it’s possible to purchase a PAL version of Phantasy Star Online and use the Utopia boot disc to boot the PAL version. You will not need an PAL television, in this case, as the Dreamcast will output NTSC. You can then play the game normally. However, there’s no guarantee how long these servers will stay online; they may be gone by the time this book is released.

Sega seems to have ignored the obvious alternative: reverse-engineering a PSO v2 Server. Some intrepid folks are doing just that. Their plans and site are very much in flux right now, so you’ll need a CodeBreaker tool (an Action Replay-style device) to make things work. Search Google for PSO Dreamcast homebrew server to find the latest information on this valiant effort to keep a closed-down game working.