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You need repack CDI as ISO. This is simple process.

Grandia 2 (NTSC-U)
Boots? No
Tested on: DreamShell 4.0.0 RC1 (sdiso module v0.3.1)
Source: GD rip. Grandia II v1.001 (2000)(Ubi Soft)(NTSC)(US)[!]
Notes: Black screen.

Evolution - The World of Sacred Device (PAL)
Boots? No
Tested on: DreamShell 4.0.0 RC1 (sdiso module v0.3.1)
Source: GD rip. Evolution - The World of Sacred Device v1.308 (2000)(Ubi Soft)(PAL)[!]
Notes: Black screen.

Evolution 2 - Far Off Promise (NTSC-U)
Boots? No
Tested on: DreamShell 4.0.0 RC1 (sdiso module v0.3.1)
Source: GD rip. Evolution 2 - Far Off Promise v1.000 (2000)(Ubi Soft)(NTSC)(US)[!]
Notes: Black screen.

A couple more games tested and confirmed NOT to work. (DS-RC1)

Geist Force RESTORED (Dreamcast resets)
Otoire MIDI sequencer (Shows company logo, then freezes)
PlumPlus (Gives error "System called exit signal". Mashing the A button causes a frozen black screen)

EDIT: Nope, wait, make that 3 games that don't work.

I have gotten Grandia 2 (USA) to work on RC1. The only prob I have run into was the game would freeze entering a battle in a certain place. I can start a new game and even load a game just fine. Other than the one part of the game freezing in a certain spot entering battle, the game runs great.

Whacky races (USA) plays great on RC1.

World Series Baseball 2k1 (USA) plays very well on RC1. The intro sorta skips and the opening music when you start the game skips but the game play it self is just fine.

Illbleed (USA) works good on RC1. The game's intro is off sync and only noticeable towards the end when it becomes easy to notice. While you play the game, there are tiny ( small lag skips ) skips when the game is loading. I have noticed this more so in the start of the game around the main area with the shops and entrances to other areas. These small skips are nothing big. The area where I played the first mission ( first place I went to outside of the main area with shops ) there was not alot of places that needed any loading so the small skips were basically gone. I only gotten so far in the game with the SDISO.

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I forgot to add that Lack Of Love (Japan) plays great on RC1.

блин, вот оно, будущее, наступило) А я-то думал так и не допилят до ума эту штуку, а оно вот как оказ

Thanks for info!
Tokyo Racer 2 loading faster if use CSO format (compressed ISO).

Here's a new batch of SDISOs tested in Dreamshell RC2 and packed using ISO Make Pack 2.2 (unless otherwise noted)

These were tested from an SD card via serial, compatibility may (or may not) be different with IDE.

GAMES THAT WORK
-Skies of Arcadia (disc 1)(North American region)
-Rainbow Cotton (Japanese region)
-Twinkle Star Sprites (Japanese region)
-Dangerous Toys (Japanese region)
-Puyo Puyo~n 4 (packed with alternative SDISO tool) (Japanese region)
-Sonic Adventure (used iso packed for DSbeta3) (North American region) - use memory address 0x8cfe00
-Sonic Adventure 2 (used "GD-ROM ripper" app) (North American region) - use memory address 0x8cfe00
-Basically anything homebrew (tested Halo, DreamMIDI, and Codename Sailor V)

I also noticed that when homebrew (KallistiOS) apps/games crash, Dreamshell normally just reboots the iso rather than doing a full Dreamcast restart. It doesn't always work, but good job!


GAMES THAT DON'T WORK
Cannon Spike (European region) - Black screen
Ikaruga (Japanese region) - Dreamcast reboot
-Geist Force (Region-free) - Black Screen
-Triggerheart Exelica (Japanese region) - Freezes at first loadeing screen
-Kanon (Japanese region) - gives warning message "DCTextLine() failed AllocateResource !" and freezes after pressing start)
-Shenmue (European region) - Black screen

It seems to work better when using the GD-ROM ripper, though I only tested it once. (my GD drive isn't in the best shape)

Good job!
For games, that works partially (freezes at loading or some other in game place), you can solve the problem with help of searching another memory address for the loader on settings page. All settings are saved and load automatically.

Oh cool! I didn't know.

I re-tested all the games I had loading issues with, and it fixed both Sonic Adventures! (no triggerheart sadly ;~; )

updated last post.

When changing memory setting for nba 2k does that make the game work?

Maybe, just try. I have not tried.

dux 1.5 don't work (white screen)

Well i could not get nba 2k1 to work but I got espn nba 2night to work changing the memory setting to 0x8004800, maybe this can be helpful to someone else that like basketball games.

I've created list in Google Spreadsheets long time ago.
Feel free to edit/update it (to replace firtst post with it).

SDISO Compatibility List

Your list is not actual.

all cdi-iso games tested on: DreamShell 4.0 RC 3 + Boot Loader. sd mod, soldered directly to the test points

Alien_Front_Online
Boots/playable: yes/no
Source: all version of rips downloaded from rutracker, emuparadise.me and emuparadise.me. (maybe I'm doing something wrong)
Notes: freese on loading game, after main menu

Virtua_Tennis
Boots/playable: yes/yes
Source: Virtua_Tennis_PAL_DC-DCP
Notes: works great

Nightmare_Creatures_II
Boots/playable: no
Source: Nightmare_Creatures_II_PAL_DC-DCP
Notes: win ce

Grand Theft Auto 2
Boots/playable: yes/yes
Source: emuparadise
Notes: good fps

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2
Boots/playable: yes/yes
Source: emuparadise
Notes: stops responding when auto-saving, if the memory card is not enough space. if space is enough - works fine

Vigilante_8_2nd_Offense
Boots/playable: yes/yes
Source: emuparadise,Vigilante_8_2nd_Offense_PAL_DC-DCP
Notes: There is no music. CDDA emulation has not given effect. maybe a bad rip (or my hands)

Record of Lodoss War
Boots/playable: no/no
Source: rutracker releases and emuparadise
Notes: reboot console

Skies of Arcadia
Boots/playable: yes/yes
Source: rutracker release Skies of Arcadia (Pal, Rus - Vector - FIXED v6, CDI & GDI
Notes: works good

NHL 2K2
Boots/playable: yes/no
Source: rutracker release NHL 2K2 [torrents.ru]
Notes: freese on loading game, after main menu

Phantasy Star Online
Boots/playable: no/no
Source: all rutracker, emuparadise and theisozone releases
Notes: reboot console

It's not actual thread, bohombo. Look at http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-2145.html
If you use ISO with CDDA emulation, you need audio tracks (RAW or WAV) as in GDI.

hello swat ! i used dreamshell rc3 installed in bios mx chip...
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when i load sonic adventure 1 the game loads normal but i have got some black screens constantly, and the game can not running good... this happens only in this game.

Default settings? Region? Image format?