mister_pal Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 (edited) Hello I didnt know where to ask so i'd thought i would put it here. Does anyone know where I can find the ISO for Half Life on the Dreamcast? Thanks in advance. Edited June 18, 2006 by mister_pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Half life will melt your Dreamcast, I've seen it happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I burned it awhile back... I can't remember where I got it. Probably the newsgroups (alt.binaries.dreamcast or something.) The other "place" to get it is to find a torrent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sorry the torrents are completely useless it downloads at 1kbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sorry the torrents are completely useless it downloads at 1kbs Sounds about right. I believe the last DC game I downloaded took about a month. Not useless, but you do have to be really patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sorry but i do not have that kind of patience help still is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 It took me about a day I think to get the torrent. Had it on here until about a week ago when i cleaned things up and deleted a lot of stuff. I got it as a torrent, it would often go down to hardly anything for a few minutes but then would pick up and download pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 Is there any non torrent options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 (edited) Join the DCforums. A torrent for the game (as well as others) is posted frequently and people usually seed pretty good for about a week or so. /edit 1kbps ?! You may need to check your firewall's, router's, or bittorrent's settings or something! That's sick! Edited June 18, 2006 by mojofltr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 I said non torrent options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I said non torrent options. A torrent or other P2P network is pretty much your only download option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 (edited) Geezus, alt.binaries.dreamcast was already mentioned.. do you need it mentioned twice? That's where I'd go. The game gets uploaded there probably every 2 months or so.. or you can request it I guess. Oh.. and alt.binaries.cd.image.dreamcast too. Check that out. Edited June 19, 2006 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I said non torrent options. Sorry, I'm deaf in that eye. Well, there's always eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Geezus, alt.binaries.dreamcast was already mentioned.. do you need it mentioned twice? That's where I'd go. The game gets uploaded there probably every 2 months or so.. or you can request it I guess. Oh.. and alt.binaries.cd.image.dreamcast too. Check that out. I forgot about USENET. I haven't used the USENET since my ISP severely limited access to it. Ok, so there are two options: P2P and USENET. However, I think what he wants is a magical web site full of 700MB pirated images for free download (good luck with that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I forgot about USENET. I haven't used the USENET since my ISP severely limited access to it. Ok, so there are two options: P2P and USENET. However, I think what he wants is a magical web site full of 700MB pirated images for free download (good luck with that).ISP usenet servers generally suck these days. There are some good 3rd party options. Giganews is the premimum one with the best speed, reliability, and retention, but it's a bit pricey (but less so than it used to be). One to try is newsreader.com 30GB/mo for $10/mo, and they're decent for the price. You have to be a pretty hardcore downloader to hit 30GB/mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I think Usenet is the best place to get certain ROMs... (Oh, like alt.binaries.gameboy and such.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 heh, Half Life for the DC started my .torrent lifestyle back in 2001 or 2002 when this iso first hit the torrents i would hate to try and get all the crap i have today a magical web site full of 700MB pirated images for free download that site died when the new systems took over and left the DC all alone some games are close to 800mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 (edited) All the best DC torrents, This was my DC source for ages when I was into the DC, new releases like everyday and none of that 1k a second bullshit either, nice speeds from about 10 to 100k: http://dcforums.co.uk/index.php Edited June 24, 2006 by Shawn Sr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onkyo_emu Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The only place you need to go for DC stuff is emule. I got the entire DC library with maybe 4-5 exceptions in my spare time over 2-3 months last summer. Yes, it was 2-3 months, but like I said, I have the 99.9 percent of the titles. Emule is the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The only place you need to go for DC stuff is emule. I got the entire DC library with maybe 4-5 exceptions in my spare time over 2-3 months last summer. Yes, it was 2-3 months, but like I said, I have the 99.9 percent of the titles. Emule is the key. Emule is as slow as a donkey...lol.. dcforums rocks, try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onkyo_emu Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The only place you need to go for DC stuff is emule. I got the entire DC library with maybe 4-5 exceptions in my spare time over 2-3 months last summer. Yes, it was 2-3 months, but like I said, I have the 99.9 percent of the titles. Emule is the key. Emule is as slow as a donkey...lol.. dcforums rocks, try it. Don't need to. I have everything I could ever play. Every game has been optested, but VERY few have been played. Emule works great. Click on 40-50 games and walk away. Come back and you've probably got 10-20. To each his own, but Emule worked great for me and was fairly quick. Just check your router settings and find a good server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakor Dratic Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Geezus, alt.binaries.dreamcast was already mentioned.. do you need it mentioned twice? That's where I'd go. The game gets uploaded there probably every 2 months or so.. or you can request it I guess. Oh.. and alt.binaries.cd.image.dreamcast too. Check that out. I forgot about USENET. I haven't used the USENET since my ISP severely limited access to it. Ok, so there are two options: P2P and USENET. However, I think what he wants is a magical web site full of 700MB pirated images for free download (good luck with that). Umm I don't thyink that a half life ISO would be considered "pirate" it was never released so it can't really be pirate. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Umm I don't thyink that a half life ISO would be considered "pirate" it was never released so it can't really be pirate. Correct me if I'm wrong. Yes it is pirated software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 It's not all that good on the Dreamcast though. But still nice to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHufnagel Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Torrents are the way to go if you want to download complete ISO sets. But for individual games there are plenty of sites/forums that have people posting downloads. Go to snesorama.us or dc-scene.net to find Dreamcast games. You can find Half Life on both those sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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