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   Name *Gerson on May 28, 2020 at 22:38

   Hi, I downloaded the whole package. I’m having trouble burning CDs. Only Battletoads have worked so far. I’ve already lost 7 CDs. I’m using ImgBurn, using .cue and recording at 1x speed. Some CDs don’t seem to record anything. Does anyone know what may be happening?

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     Retro32UK on May 29, 2020 at 10:03

     Hi

     I’ve not has an issue with any of the images or disks so far. I could be the CD-Rs you’re using or some issues with you writing at 1x. My CD drive will only let me write at 16x and they work fine. Might be worth giving it a try.

     Hope That helps 🙂

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   mAC on February 8, 2021 at 10:04

   I had a decent set of CD32 images but this has no end of stuff that I’d not gotten my hands on yet – have just fitted a TF330 card to my old CD32 so will have hours of fun going through all of these old gems (and no doubt a few lemons as well!).
   Some great articles on here to read as well, many thanks 🙂

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     Retro32UK on February 8, 2021 at 10:12

     Cheers for that! There are some crackers on the CD32 and with a TF330 it’s an epic WHDLoad machine – the perfect Amiga gaming rig.

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   Pete on November 30, 2022 at 17:14

   ” open the .cue file as extracted and burn the game at the slowest speed your drive will allow”
   “Simply pop your disc into your Amiga CD32 and you’re ready to go!”

   No, this is not so simply as is written 🙂 SOME (not all) games, like AB3D, needs very slow burning (2x – max. 4x), not sure if such burners are still on the market. Manufacturers does not state the lowest CD burning speed at all, you will only find this out at home, where a program like ImgBurn will alert you to the lowest possible burn speed.

   Buying an old burner is a risk and a waste of money, because its mechanism is often worn out, does not work as it should, or is completely non-functional.

   So, AB3D – I did try burn this game on 3 different drives, 2 of them had minimal 8x, one 10x speed.
   I also tried higher speeds, but everytime game simply crashed on CD32 when loading (only menu with a picture appeared).
   And no, it isn’t my CD32 failure, it reads other CDs without any problems. It was a big waste of time and a lot of wasted CDs. I’ve had exactly the same problems with some Sega Saturn games, so the problem with some games isn’t just the CD32.

   A friend of mine helped me and burned game with his very old Plextor burner, which he guards like a treasure. This version is the only one that works for me.

   I would like it if somewhere at least a table was created with new burners, where minimum burning speeds would be written.

   Even the idea of an ODE (Optical drive emulator) doesn’t sound bad. Number of retro console has such a solution today.

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   lesta_smsc on October 13, 2023 at 02:03

   Hello Pete,

   I have recently acquired a CD32 but sadly had no CDs. I was intrigued by your comments in regards to writing AB3D at very low speeds (“2x – max. 4x”), so decided to give this a test using Imgburn and the CD-Rs I have here to my disposal. I am pleased to report, the CD worked fine and was written at 8x !

   Here is the set up which hopefully can be useful for you / others who are in this predicament:

   DVD-writer: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S 1-B0 (SATA) – this drive is readily available!
   Supported Write Speeds: 8x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x, 48x – NOTE: This appeared to change when I inserted the same CD into my laptop DVD-writer, so I suspect this relates to the drive capability rather than CD.
   Disc ID: 97m17s06f
   Manufacturer: Moser Baer India

   In short, there is probably more than just write speed which affects writing of these CDs. I anticipate things such as laser for writing, laser for reading, quality of the CD-R, dye of CD-R etc all influence whether a CD will be successful or not. Therefore, do not lose hope and do not be afraid to use new DVD-writers – in fact, they probably write a cleaner image than old worn out lasers from CD-writers.

   Hope this helps.

   Kind regards,
   Lesta_SMSC

   ps – thank you Retro32 for the info supplied on this page which was a great help in getting some practical use out of these CD-Rs I had laying around and testing out the CD32! 🙂

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   AmigaFan12 on November 17, 2024 at 23:25

   Great post! I love how you’ve detailed the process for downloading and burning CD32 games. It’s awesome to see retro gaming getting some love. I can’t wait to try out some classic titles! Thanks for sharing!

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