Just bought a Shenmue and Shenmue 2 from PA last week,both JAP version.
Because of my US ver. DC,so i need to use a boot disc to load these 2 games.
When i'm trying to enjoy my games,i faced some problems then.
First,after i used the Utopia Boot Disc to load my JAP ver.Shenmue,
it seems like it just can't load the game,the load process stuck when it reach 100%.
Before this,i've try with my fren's Shenmue too.
JAP limited ver. as wat i have,but also met the same problems.
Last time i thought it was the Disc's problems,thats why i never care about it.
But just never realize that i will meet the same problems again,
with the different Disc,same game,same console.
But the most ridiculous is,my DC just work great with other games.
So,just wanna ask,do any bro here knows how to solve the problems?

this is my JAP ver. of Shenmue Chapter 1: Yokosuka,it just won't work on my US DC.Although i have change my Utopia Boot CD from v1.1 to v1.2.
The next problem is about the DC VGA BOX,i have try to connect my VGA BOX to my monitor,and trying to run my Shenmue 2 and Power Stone 2 on it.When i start the games,i can just hear the sound but the screen is totally dark,nothing i can see.As i know,these 2 games are definitely work with VGA BOX(it state on the back cover),but i just don't understand why could this happened on me,and i have checked already,the VGA BOX is definitely function,no problems at all.


my Shenmue 2 and Power Stone 2,it just won't display anything when i connect it from VGA BOX to my monitor,but i can still hear the sound.
If any bro knows how to solve these problems,hope u can kindly let me know about it,thx
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Whoa. Nice to know there are still some pureblood Dreamcast fans here. Welcome to my world! Regarding your issue with Shenmue, I don't think you can boot Japanese games on a US system with the Utopia disc. You either need to modify your console, or use a utility disc. I recommend Gameshark CDX for booting Japanese games. Once upon a time, I bought a Japanese copy of Virtua Figher 3. You know, because I'm such a huge VF nut. Long story short, I ended up with an unusable copy of VF3. Until I stumbled upon Gameshark CDX. Since then, I've started buying Japanese games whenever I get the chance.
About the VGA box, I could be wrong, but this is a hardware compatibility issue. I assume your copy of Shenmue 2 and Power Stone 2 are Japanese, yes? Developers need to include VGA box support for individual games to make sure of compatibility. However, the code is dependent on the region of the console. If you were to run the aforementioned games on a Japanese console, it's certain to work correctly. Hope that helps.