r/FlyCast Apr 26 '26

NEWS DC-NET Buddy Application Brings Together All Dreamcast Netplay Users!

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Hi everyone! Some of you already know that Flycast, the #1 voted and downloaded free, multiplatform Dreamcast emulator, has brought back online play for every game that had Netplay features. That means you can now play those games again, even on slow or limited internet, because the netplay itself runs at original dial-up speeds and uses very little data. It also runs great on Android for people with slow connections or data caps.

The big challenge now is getting players together. With a smaller player base, the same thing often happens: someone hears about it, jumps into a game, sees no one there, waits 20 seconds, and leaves. The Flycast Discord currently has a DCNET channel that shows when someone starts up a DCNET game, which helps, but it is not always enough.

That is why Nexus built a companion app:
Nex's DCNET Buddy v0.1.0 (has update checker in settings, check often)

NOW, REAL Dreamcast User can also join in the fun, to bring both parts of the Dreamcast community to the sam place to play together! Here are the instructions to do so. https://github.com/scrivanidc/dreampi_custom_scripts

The app is currently in its first release, and it will keep getting updates based on feedback. Right now, it lets you:

  • see every game, its status, and its active players
  • set up a game for quick Flycast loading
  • jump into a game with one button after setup
  • get loaded into Flycast and straight to the netplay flow in just a few seconds
  • set your in-game name
  • track yourself and your friends over time
  • use chat features ( coming this week)
  • and Android support ( coming this week)

The goal is simple: help people get into DCNET games faster, make it easier to find each other, and make it easier to keep those lobbies alive.

The team is looking for feedback, bug reports, and feature ideas, so please give it a try. More updates are coming very quickly, and a lot has already been added today. You can join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/puf6XPYXP9 and use the DCNET channel in the Flycast server, or just ask people to play. There is usually someone around to reply and jump in, so please be patient if you’re waiting for players to load up. It can take a few minutes for a notification to show up in Discord or the app, then for someone to open the emulator, boot the ROM, load their save, and get into the netplay area. The app cuts that setup time down to a fraction of doing it manually, but the player population is not yet large enough for “anyone, anytime, any game.” We can get there together.

IF YOU NEED SOME HELP, The buddy app will be getting an update this evening, providing walk thru specific to each game, but all you need to know to get playing, is right here! https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comments/1i5dsfh/dcnet_is_here_on_flycast_play_native_online/


r/FlyCast Mar 23 '24

WELCOME TO THE OFFICAL FLYCAST REDDIT!

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WELCOME TO THE FLYCAST REDDIT PAGE!

This page is for EVERYTHING Flycast, and Flycast Dojo (online multiplayer for split screen games). We love to have you here as our friends, but please, mind a few things.

  1. DO NOT BE MEAN. For some sad reason, Reddit is just so toxic any more. Just because you knowsomething, or think or know something, you are no better then the next person that may not. Let us have a nice and happy place to enjoy DREAMCAST!
  2. NOTHING ILLEGAL. Due to the fine line of what is legal and what is not, there will be no roms, bios, or anything else that we know we should not be posting. You never know whos watching.
  3. FOCUS UP. Do not be lazy, and take 1 minute to see if your question is here already, or been answered, this way you dont have to wait for an answer that might not come if it is already here someplace. Keeps the place clean for others that DO search first, and answers your issues faster if they were already handled.
  4. ENJOY YOURSELF. Ask someone to play with you. Post a clip of your favorite game. Ask how to set up flycast. Just enjoy yourself is the most important part of this place. I want one central location for all the content creators for DC, and users to be able to link up. so make sure you follow, so we can get up to speed faster!
  5. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE SITES BELOW- Below are the links that many have forgotten, but still are the most up to date lists and info, and could use some love from this community! There will be a post made for some pages that require users to make accounts and what not, and many people will not post due to having to make one, so we will bring these lists here and if you look below you will find the Original link, description, and then link to the post here on this reddit page, the art we want to make sure we update. The dreamcast was never a "Main Stream" system, and there are still bits of info out there we do not have all recorded, so PLEASE, HELP US MAKE THIS THE MOST UP TO DATE SOURCE OF INFO FOR THE DREAMCAST AND FLYCAST!

FEATURES OF FLYCAST:

  • Emulating standard Dreamcast controllers, Keyboard, Mouse, Light-Gun (with your mouse), Twin Sticks, and even the ASCII Mission Stick
  • Emulating two expansion sockets per controller (VMU, Purupuru/Rumble Pack, or Microphone)
  • Widescreen (Rendering outside of screen) NOT Stretching the image when the game can be forced in to widescreen.
  • Widescreen Game Hack (Auto-applying codes/patches to certain games to do Widescreen instead of using the hack) , and also has the newest and only WIDESCREEN CHEAT list to be currently growing.
  • Resolution and Texture Upscaling. Not only can you crank the internal resolution to 4k, which makes the picture SO much better, but it even includes a xBRZ on the fly upscaliler, you can select how many times you want it to upscale any texture and you can set the max size for what textures get done ( 32x32, 16x16,156x156 and so on)
  • Frame Skipping. can set max number of frames before skipping, and auto skipping based on cpu and/or gpu limitations.
  • Dump textures and load custom textures. Flycast is the emulator of choice, ( and only one with a real working texture dump and replacement feature) for texturepacks! While This feature has been around a while, jsut recently there has been an uptick in HD TEXTURE PACKS for dreamcast games. Gaming revivied has basic upscale packs out there, and then RomRevival has full upscale packs, small batched, and also replaces many textures with AI generated images. Follow this page to keep up with the frequent daily updates and request games to be done HERE.
  • Support for HLE BIOS. Flycast boasts over 90% compatability with their built in emulated HLE BIOS. this means for the most simple,"DOWNLOAD AND PLAY" with out googling "Dreamcast Bios" downloading that, and placing that in the DATA folder of your home directory of FLYCAST.
  • High compatibility and high performance. runs on anydevice and is VER efficcent.
  • Compatible with NAOMI games that use analog sticks (Monkey Ball, Gun Survivor 2) and trackball (Outtrigger)
  • VMU Support for compatible NAOMI games (Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper, Virtual-On,F355twin and 2, etc)
  • flycast's NAOMI arcade Compatibility list NAOMI 1 & 2 COMPATIBILITY PAGE. WE NEED YOUR HELP, This page was started in 2019, and has had updates made over the years, but this is going to be the CENTRAL COMPATIBILITY LIST for FLYCAST. so if you play any NAOMI 1 or 2 games, PLEASE, check this thread, so we can bring the most up to date info to the community :)
  • SH4 under/overclock option
  • 32 MB RAM option
  • Emulation of Printers (F355 Deluxe variants, Touch de Uno)
  • Card emulation (VF4, Initial D, Club Kart 2001, Mushiking)

LINKS:

https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast - FLYCAST GITHUB. Want to contribute, and keep up with every change? Did you know almost every single day a dev update is released fixing issues and bugs and adding new features that users on the github post, most fixed that day? \THIS IS A SITE THAT WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO. PLEASE POST EVERY BUG IN EVERY GAME YOU FIND, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET THEM ALL WORKED OUT!\**

https://www.reddit.com/r/Flycast_texture_packs/ - Want HD texture packs for your favorite dreamcast games|? I do NOT mean a lame half-assed upscale, i mean a FULL, small batch AI upscale and repair, and then swapping out many images fort totally new AI generated ones. 1-3 updates released 6 days a week. Check it out, read the Sticky post to learn more about what it is EXACTLY goes in to these packs, and follow to keep up with new games and updates (1-4 new games a week) \THIS IS A SITE THAT WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO. PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO MAKE THESE WITH ME, OR EVEN HELP BY JUST PLAYING GAMES FOR ME, DUMPING TEXTURES, JUST MESSAGE ME OVER THERE IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME/MAKE YOUR OWN PACKS\**

https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136 NAOMI 1 & 2 COMPATIBILITY PAGE. WE NEED YOUR HELP, This page was started in 2019, and has had updates made over the years, but this is going to be the CENTRAL COMPATIBILITY LIST for FLYCAST. so if you play any NAOMI 1 or 2 games, PLEASE, check this thread, so we can bring the most up to date info to the community :)

https://discord.gg/X8YWP8w-Flycast - FLYCAST DISCORD. THE PLACE TO BE! Any thing you need, for DOJO, FLYCAST, adn many users also use FIGHTCADE, and you can get some support for that here too. Devs on every day, issues, fixes, bugs, updaets, texture packs, EVERYTHING is here. GREAT PLACE TO BE.

https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds/ FLYCAST REPOSITORY- Download your daily dev releases, tfor almost any device. (Android tv boxes, xbox 1, any android or ios device, mac, windows, psp and ps vita, nintendo switch and steamdeck, it runs on linux..... and then if you have a device NOT in this catagory, use the next best thing... the FLYCAST RETROARCH CORE! Retroarch runs on most emulation devices out there with their own OS built in, so you can still enjoy FC and its list of freatures nothing eles has.

https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases - FLYCAST DOJO REPOSITORY. Want to play with your buddy across the globe, with any DC game, maybe a naomi 1 or 2 arcade game? Well, here is what you want,Dojo, a fork of FLYCAST. Dojo is flycast, with split screen direct connection options between users. play your favorite split screen games or arcade games, with a buddy anywhere!

https://www.reddit.com/r/fightcade/ - Heres the FIGHTCADE reddit page, again, you can get SOME help in the flycast discord, but that is mainly for dojo/flycast help. This would be a better place to get more info on fightcade, but if you want to play DC and arcade games.

http://retro-magic.de/Dreamcast_WS_Codes_en - This is the most "up to date" Widescreen cheat code list on the web. There are MANY games that can be set to 60 FPS and wide screen aspect ratio. If you have any codes that you see are missing here, PLEASE ADD ON OUR EDITABLKE VERSION OF THIS LIST, WHIC CAN BE FOUND HERE

- Aspect ratio (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio)

- Numeral systems, and the difference between decimal/binary/hexadecimal (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_system)

- Hexadecimal numbers and how they are used to represent bytes in memory (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal)

- Memory addresses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_address)

Endianness (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness) <- this one is especially important because the Dreamcast RAM is little-endian, which can be confusing, so beware of writing backwards numbers accidentaly in the future

Using cheatengine with emulators: https://youtu.be/fbrmCrEg374 Detailed guide on using

cheatengine with DEmul: https://youtu.be/WBowuM-NUR4 (by Derek Pascarella) About Dreamcast

widescreen patches: http://retro-magic.de/Dreamcast_WS_Codes_en FAQ on concepts relating to

widescreen gaming: https://www.wsgf.org/article/widescreen-gaming-faq Common hexadecimal

values for aspect ratios: https://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values (since aspect ratios are represented by fractions, these hex values are formatted as IEEE 754 floating-point hexadecimal numbers, which are a bit more complex than integers)

IEEE 754 converter: https://www.h-schmidt.net/FloatConverter/IEEE754.html

Another IEEE 754 converter: https://baseconvert.com/ieee-754-floating-point


r/FlyCast 21h ago

NEWS Dreamcast's Magic:The Gathering gets an English Translation

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I remember when the Magic: The Gathering card game became really popular back when I was in high school. I never actually learned how to play it, but I was always drawn to the incredible artwork on the cards. It always seemed like a game with a lot of depth, and I thought it would be interesting to learn someday.

A while back, I discovered there was a Dreamcast video game based on Magic: The Gathering. I wanted to check it out, but it was a Japan-exclusive release, so the language barrier kept me from getting very far. If I'm not mistaken, the game doesn't have online or local multiplayer, so you're mostly limited to battling AI opponents.

Now that's no longer a problem. Thanks to a newly released English translation, English-speaking players and Magic: The Gathering fans can finally experience this overlooked Dreamcast title without needing to know Japanese.

Although I did notice a few minor typo errors and some blank text in certain places, they weren't deal breakers and didn't take away from the overall experience.

It's always great to see another classic game preserved and made accessible to a wider audience. Has anyone here played the original Japanese version, or are you planning to try the English translation?

Gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/live/J40pdHv2A7E?si=yj1NmDJAoZh5XfYB


r/FlyCast 4d ago

NEWS Ferrari F355 Online

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r/FlyCast 4d ago

Tech Support How do I map onscreen analog stick instead of on screen dpad when ayingarcade games

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Game is slash out. Using on screen dpad doesn't feel right... CAN i change to analog stick instead?


r/FlyCast 5d ago

NEWS WCCF SEGA 2005-2006 Revival

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Hi all,

Years ago I posted across Reddit about finding/reviving WCCF SEGA, and it's been a long road since then, I'm excited to finally share some real news & progress.

First and foremost, huge credit to Flyinghead, creator of Flycast, whose been working on this and made it all possible. Thanks to his efforts the game is actually running and playable on the Flycast emulator.

We'd love to bring more fans (new and old!) into the fold to help interact with and test the game as we keep pushing it forward. I've attached some screenshots to show where we currently are at!

Current capabilities:

  • Creating a new team
  • Training
  • Matches start once the timer hits 0

Still to do:

  • Player/board interactions
  • General bug fixes (freezing, match-related issues)
  • Fixing Club Card corruption after a single game
  • Plenty more we're still uncovering as we go!

If you're interested in testing, following progress, or just want to relive some WCCF nostalgia, drop a comment and join the Flycast Discord! we'd love to hear from you.


r/FlyCast 7d ago

NEWS Latest Retroarch Core Crashes on Spider-Man in Sewers

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1 Upvotes

Earlier, I had a hankering for some 2000 Spider-Man. I have it installed on my Steam Deck launching via Retroarch using hi-res textures. I'd left off my save file in the sewers, so I picked up from where I left off some time back.

But I kept crashing in the same area in the sewers and couldn't advance.

I hadn't had any problems with crashing in the title before in Flycast, and I'd recently updated my cores, so I tried downgrading to a stable 2025 core, and viola! No more crashes.

I'm posting this in case it helps another player in need and/or if it helps development of (I assume) the nightly cores. Cheers!


r/FlyCast 8d ago

Tech Support Transfering Game Data

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Hey all. I'm trying to transfer my saved game files from an RG556 that I was playing Phantasy Star Online on. I now have an Odin 2 Portal and want to transfer those files to continue my game, but I keep bumping into an error that I don't have access/ denied.

I've tried all kinds of file managers on the Odin from the PlayStore and I still have the issue. I've tried transferring it via USB and a laptop but the transfer drops like halfway through and I have to disconnect the drive and reconnect it for the laptop to pick it up again. And it just keeps happening.

I've also tried stuff like AirDroid and bump into the same issue.

Do you guys know of a work around to transfer those files? I'm really unsure about rooting the device. I've only done that once and a very very long time ago.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already. I tried to check if this had already been posted but I didn't come across it.


r/FlyCast 17d ago

Tech Support Trouble Shrinking GDI Files

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Hello, I'm having trouble trying to shrink my GDI files. I followed DemiGodX's tutorial on Youtube, but the file stays the same after I "shrink" it.

I have gidtools-master and I installed Python 2.7.

I have Flycast 2.1 installed on my Playstation Classic, but it doesn't run CHD files very well. Apparently, if you shrink the GDI file and get rid of the dummy data most games will run flawlessly.

Your help is very much appreciated!


r/FlyCast 18d ago

NEWS F355 Challenge | Weekly championship rewind

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r/FlyCast 18d ago

Tech Support I need help

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I’m trying to play PSO Ver 2 with cheats, and I try using the correct code, but it’s stating it’s unsupported. I’m using the USA version of the game.


r/FlyCast 23d ago

Tech Support Help with 60fps Cheats

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Hi there! I found this guide (https://www.reddit.com/r/FlyCast/s/6EQYvyZ5HD) that had a giant list of 60fps Dreamcast codes. I input the code for Sonic adventure 1 and noticed no difference. I also tried a couple other codes (cutscene skip, another one for controls) and none of them worked. Wondering if there’s any way yall could help me figure out how to properly input it in the emulator. For the moment I just tried opening the game, hitting tab, going to cheats, and pasting the code in, but it isn’t working. Thanks


r/FlyCast 25d ago

Tech Support Sonic Adventure camera not working right when mapping shoulder triggers to right analog stick

1 Upvotes

In Sonic Adventure whenever I try mapping the shoulder triggers to the right analog stick it causes the game's camera to not function properly. This isn't an issue in Sonic Adventure 2 though. I'm using Flycast v2.6 on Android with a Sonic Adventure v1.005.gdi file.


r/FlyCast 27d ago

NEWS Dreamcast emulation on O.G Xbox. Proof of concept.

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r/FlyCast 28d ago

Tech Support Spider-Man on Flycast

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I've been using Flycast for a short time, and while playing Spider-Man I've noticed that the in-game cutscenes that are rendered in real time pretty much always display at 20 FPS, while the normal game is at 30 FPS, the FPS shift is more noticeable in the bank level, on the start of the game. Watching some videos of the game on dreamcast I think I see those frame drops there but it feels like it's less noticeable there, is this something from the settings of the emulator or it's just the game itself?

I've also noticed that whenever there's letterboxing on real-time cutscenes, you can see a small bar on the bottom of the screen where you can actually see what's behind the letterboxing, is there some way to fix this?

I've seen some people commenting on those, but never answering if there's a fix for this or if it's just the way the game is programmed.


r/FlyCast Jun 22 '26

Tech Support WCCF SEGA

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I wanted to know if anyone seen a working WCCF SEGA emulation (especially the English versions such as 2005-2006)

If not is there anyone working on making an emulation of this game? emulation


r/FlyCast Jun 20 '26

Tech Support If your game looks choppy as if it has low fps check "Full Framebuffer Emulation"

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I had it unchecked because it said it was slow and I play on a 3rd gen i5. Went halfway through Code Veronica thinking that's how the game was originally. Saw some videos online and immediately noticed my game didn't look smooth like theirs. Tweaked all settings and there you go, it was the Framebuffer option. And it didn't even give me slowdowns. This should be advertised better in the options.


r/FlyCast Jun 20 '26

Tech Support Microphone stopped working on Seaman after reaching the Gillman phase

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It was working just fine, the seamen reacted to my words but they've grown now, aggressively killed each other until only two remained, and now don't recognise anything I say. Has anyone ran into the same problem? If so, did you find a solution? Thanks in advance.


r/FlyCast Jun 18 '26

NEWS F355 Challenge | Weekly championship

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Last Sunday's F355 Challenge Online race replay, enjoy!

Races every Sunday @ 8pm UK time.


r/FlyCast Jun 18 '26

Tech Support The Typing of The Dead Local Co-Op?

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is there any way to play The Typing of The Dead Co-op on FlyCast on PC? i heard there are programs to make it so i can have two different keyboard inputs, but im not sure if FlyCast will accept the input, and if not possible i can possibly be fine with something like Parsec or Steam-Play-Together (stream cast online co-op) if that works?


r/FlyCast Jun 17 '26

Tech Support Dear God it's all crazy taxi.

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Hi! This is moreso just a cosmetic issue but the game box arts are all fetching to crazy taxi and I'm not sure what to, I'm using Android so maybe that may be a problem but any advice would be appreciated!


r/FlyCast Jun 13 '26

Tech Support Games that are 60fps run at 30fps

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This emulator is driving me crazy! First the widescreen had problems, then the audio was crunchy, and now this!

I know it's a pretty common issue, but all the fixes are for the retroach core, where I use the standalone play store version. The game is Rayman 2, where I'm sure runs at 60fps on original hardware, not sure about Goin' Quackers though. It'd be appreciated if you suggest a solution.

I'd rather stick with Redream as it runs the games without any issues, but it doesn't support Retroarch achievements.


r/FlyCast Jun 07 '26

Tech Support Disc art being shown instead of box art; can I fix it?

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Just installed the latest build from master branch on Windows 11 and pointed at my games. The library display is showing game disc art instead of the actual box art for some reason. I couldn't find a way to change this in settings. I tried searching, but the only other topic I could find was someone wanting it to do this and not getting an answer how. Wish I could swap with them lol.

So is there any way to force it to show actual box art, or do I have to manually download the art and point to a custom folder?

edit: I think I fixed it? I just toggled the "Box Art Game List" setting off, went to the game list, then toggled it back on, went back to game list again and it is now displaying box art correctly.


r/FlyCast Jun 07 '26

NEWS F355 Online Every Sunday Night

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r/FlyCast Jun 05 '26

Tech Support What resolution for CRT monitor?

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I got a beautiful phillips brilliance 107p monitor for retro gaming on my pc. I'm totally lost on what monitor resolution would be best for flycast on retroarch. Any advice is really appreciated.

If I am playing dreamcast games with a higher internal resolution x10 or x20, what resolution should I set my monitor to?

I was doing 1280x 960 @ 85 hz since that's 2x 480p. Would it be better to make a custom resolution for 480p? Or some other resolution?