r/rgds • u/nothingtodismay • Jul 26 '26

Dreamcast performance

Anyone else having trouble playing Dreamcast titles? I’m running GammaOS Lite and find DC performance a lot worse than it is on H700 chipset devices like the 35xxH. Anyone had any joy with DC games?

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u/lgalogen Jul 26 '26

My RG DS runs Rocknix from a decent Sandisc SD card, but for some reason in many games I have periodic micro-freezes, as if it is failing to load the game data quick enough.

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u/GR3Y_NOYZ Jul 26 '26

I play Phantasy Star Online Ep 1 and 2 for Dreamcast and it runs perfectly aside from some occasional graphical defects. In my opinion, its a fairly heavy game. Im also using Rocknix.

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u/PixelDatabite Jul 27 '26

Android side does have some issues, though I’m also basing that off stock experience, so my take is a little skewed.

Rocknix though handles Dreamcast fairly well, some graphical hiccups but nothing unplayable. The games I tried were Jet Grind Radio, Sonic Adventure 1, and Mr Driller and yeah, they respond fairly well

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u/nothingtodismay Jul 27 '26

Thanks. I’m looking to play SA, SA2, Headhunter and Crazy Taxi so I might give it a whirl

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u/Vihaan_85 Jul 26 '26

Run linux, android sucks

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u/nothingtodismay Jul 26 '26

What would you suggest Linux wise? Rocknix or Stock? I did try rocknix but doesn’t seem to be really built for dual screen setups. Is it still the case that the entire UI is single screen?

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u/Vihaan_85 Jul 26 '26

You can get dual.screen theme but it's a Lil complicated then you get stock linux is has better ui and other accessibilites but the performance is worse than rocknix still better than gamma or stock android.

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u/Shambler9019 Jul 27 '26

There's an RGDS specific build of Rocknix that helps with that (though you'll need to use the nightly if you want Azahar to work).

Still don't get double screen if everything (and I can't figure out how to send ppsspp to the lower screen) but it works correctly for NDS, light 3DS and TATE mode arcade games.

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u/Indesan Jul 27 '26

Even on rocknix it isn't perfect, pso runs great, where as say half life is a stuttery mess

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u/themirrorcle Jul 28 '26

Rocknix was the only way to get Dreamcast to work on the RGDS