What's new

Tekken 4 dvd drive failing

adidas1984x

adidas1984x

Student
Joined
Jun 15, 2020
Messages
36
Reaction score
3
Location
Usa
so my namco system 246 system works fine. however, my dvd drive is failing. it is very hard to find a replacement drive for this game. Do we have a compact flash solution yet? or any advise?
 
The Tattiebogle IDE Simulator is what you want. I have Tekken 4 running on one right now. Currently out of stock, but I'm sure there will be more.

https://shop.tattiebogle.net/product/prod_SbZaqTUGA8JHxa

There's a (very long) thread for it here:

twistedsymphony

Thread 'ATAPI/IDE ODE Testing'

I AM NOT THE CREATOR OF THIS DEVICE. all credit goes to electric_monk
This device is available for purchase here: https://shop.tattiebogle.net/

The original thread below:
====================================================

This discussion started in a few other threads but I think it needs it's own.
I got in the prototype ATAPI/IDE drive emulation device in from Colin yesterday and had a chances to do some testing on System 573. It still needs some polishing but so far it's very promising...
atapi_573.jpg



I'll post my findings in this thread as I do more testing...
  • Like
 
adidas1984x said:
so my namco system 246 system works fine. however, my dvd drive is failing. it is very hard to find a replacement drive for this game. Do we have a compact flash solution yet? or any advise?
Click to expand...
You can try to repair the optical drive.
andymage

Thread '2x6 DVD drive repair'

There are many IDE DVD drives on the market, but they are old and most of them have a problem, the disc tray cannot be removed. So let me teach you how to fix it and make it young and energetic.
fa163dda-3feb-4161-94b7-8c0f34e63c27.png

Every DVD drive has a hole on the door when it leaves the factory. This hole is prepared for the convenience of the drive when it does not come out of the door in the future. So we need to prepare a pin.
QQ20240921-000115.png

Then modify the pin to be long and insert it through the hole. This action is the same as taking your SIM card out of your iPhone.
QQ20240921-000643.png

If your DVD drive sometimes...
  • Like

Tekken 4 is only easy to read discs in the dongle last version D; other Early versions A、B、C are all on a difficult level and are very picky about the optical drive model and reading ability.Therefore, you need to replace this file inside the dongle.
1771637372491.png

This file is an upgraded and improved version for successfully reading DVDs.
 

Attachments

Last edited:
I have a version d with all characters unlocked . I do want to upgrade tho . Anyone have the flash kit available?
 
nem said:
The Tattiebogle IDE Simulator is what you want. I have Tekken 4 running on one right now. Currently out of stock, but I'm sure there will be more.

https://shop.tattiebogle.net/product/prod_SbZaqTUGA8JHxa

There's a (very long) thread for it here:

twistedsymphony

Thread 'ATAPI/IDE ODE Testing'

I AM NOT THE CREATOR OF THIS DEVICE. all credit goes to electric_monk
This device is available for purchase here: https://shop.tattiebogle.net/

The original thread below:
====================================================

This discussion started in a few other threads but I think it needs it's own.
I got in the prototype ATAPI/IDE drive emulation device in from Colin yesterday and had a chances to do some testing on System 573. It still needs some polishing but so far it's very promising...
atapi_573.jpg



I'll post my findings in this thread as I do more testing...
  • Like
Click to expand...

I thought this one had issues playing T4 because it didn't support some older ATAPI commands or somethign or am I thinking of some other issue.
 
Ok I need one when available . Wonder if anyone wants to part ways or trade for it
 
is there also another way to make it tekken 4 version d work with any dvd drive?
 
andymage said:
Tekken 4 is only easy to read discs in the dongle last version D; other Early versions A、B、C are all on a difficult level and are very picky about the optical drive model and reading ability.Therefore, you need to replace this file inside the dongle.
Click to expand...
if that's the case, then reversing both and comparing is kinda worth it...

Wonder what would happen if you replace the ACDVD driver with one from a game of a similar release date that isnt as problematic with drives

There is also this Incomplete and WIP driver that would allow to deal with these disc drive issues more comfortably in the future
https://github.com/PS2Homebrew-arcade/acata-alternative

By redirecting the I/O to a different device, like an ISO image stored on the SDCard of a PSXMemCardGen2
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top