johnnyg says:

Hey guys just wondering how well backup games run that have been burnt to dvd.

I remember playing xbox games off a burnt dvd and they played poorly, slowly and stuttered while data was being read off the disc.

How well do Wii games run compared to the original discs?

Thanks

07/26/2007 Adelaide

phatbass82 says:

It's all identical. You won't notice the difference. The games must be burnt on the slowest setting (no greater than 4x) plus you must have decent media (DVD's). I use Imation. Work's beautifully for me...

You must have had a bad xbox drive. My xbox works perfectly with the backups. I think you must have used some dodgy dvd's...

07/26/2007 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Earth

desi says:

It's all identical if the game works in the first place. Compatibility is kind of wishy-washy.

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jac33au says:

The only thing is sometimes get is i have to reset my wii on occasion when trying to play a newly burnt game and only sometimes a game might take a while to load up.

07/26/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

phatbass82 says:

Yes, as desi said, compatibility is a little wishy-washy, mainly when it comes to imported games from America and Japan. All PAL games work fine.

As with jac33au's problem, I haven't had that problem myself. There are people out there who have had similar problems, but it's not anything to be worried about.

There is a new firmware update for the chip coming out soon, which will hopefully increase compatibility for more NTSC Wii games on PAL consoles.

07/26/2007 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Earth

annirowe says:

jac33au said: The only thing is sometimes get is i have to reset my wii on occasion when trying to play a newly burnt game and only sometimes a game might take a while to load up.

07/26/2007 Mill Park, Victoria

jac33au says:

annirowe said:

jac33au said: The only thing is sometimes get is i have to reset my wii on occasion when trying to play a newly burnt game and only sometimes a game might take a while to load up.

Well unlike phat I have actually seen that problem. Sometimes the wii tells me that an error has occurred and I have to reboot.

No big drama but.

07/26/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

pacochico says:

ISO's with wiikey shud run fine unless....

1. U have a bad installed wiikey,
2. The Region of the game is different from ur console
3. U have burned them wrong
4. The dvd u have used to burn is crap and cheap (sometimes the wii dvd rom dont work well with some brands)

The occasional error occurred like anniwore said above is normal has happened to me like 3 times since i got my wiikey so no big deal.

07/26/2007 New York

annirowe says:

jac33au said:

annirowe said:

jac33au said: The only thing is sometimes get is i have to reset my wii on occasion when trying to play a newly burnt game and only sometimes a game might take a while to load up.

Well unlike phat I have actually seen that problem. Sometimes the wii tells me that an error has occurred and I have to reboot.

No big drama but.

Yeh exactly. Although your heart does miss a beat everytime it takes those few seconds longer on the black screen. Its abit like the windows bluescreen of death.

07/26/2007 Mill Park, Victoria

pacochico says:

annirowe said:

jac33au said:

annirowe said:

jac33au said: The only thing is sometimes get is i have to reset my wii on occasion when trying to play a newly burnt game and only sometimes a game might take a while to load up.

Well unlike phat I have actually seen that problem. Sometimes the wii tells me that an error has occurred and I have to reboot.

No big drama but.

Yeh exactly. Although your heart does miss a beat everytime it takes those few seconds longer on the black screen. Its abit like the windows bluescreen of death.

The worst is when you put a disk in not realising it has the NTSC update on it.

Now even though I have the latest firmware the damn game still says its updating the console...

I dont care how many times that happens I nearly cry while I wait for it to reboot...

07/26/2007 New York

phatbass82 says:

Running the patch on the ISO doesn't get rid of the automatic update on the disc. Super Paper Mario had the update. Just making sure your Wii is up-to-date with it's firmware is all you need to protect against "Bricking" your Wii.

07/26/2007 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Earth

Raszor says:

First of all I had a few problems with backed up games to run on my system but I used a program called ImgBurn aat 1x speed and now it's flawless. Actually sometimes I get an error on startup of the game but its REALLY rare and nothing a game reset won't do. Im very happy with wiikey

07/26/2007 Newcastle

pacochico says:

phatbass82 said: Running the patch on the ISO doesn't get rid of the automatic update on the disc. Super Paper Mario had the update. Just making sure your Wii is up-to-date with it's firmware is all you need to protect against "Bricking" your Wii.

07/26/2007 New York

annirowe says:

For you guys in the US then maybe a program like that is necessary but here in OZ our firmware is newer than yours and will probably always be so It doesnt impact on us.. We can run the NTSC games without a problem (provided our Wii's are updated)'


Edit** Brain Academy also has an update but it could possibly be a PAL one. Not to sure but it definately tried to update my console.

07/26/2007 Mill Park, Victoria

phatbass82 says:

Well, that was the only time i've had worries about a game stuffing up my Wii. Most people should try to aim for PAL games, since a lot more of the American NTSC games will not run at all on PAL Wii's, especially games made by Nintendo themselves, regardless of them being patched...

07/26/2007 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Earth

pacochico says:

ummm not really anniwore... some NTSC games dont work on PAL machines... i have a PAL machine.

So in reality not all NTSC games work without a problem take Brain for example... NTSC version dont work on PAL ...

But we were talkin about the Updates on the games anyways

But like u said.... if u have a PAL game for a PAL machine no probs

07/26/2007 New York

annirowe says:

Oh yeah fully aware some NTSC games dont run..........and im gonna cry here... Trauma Centre!!!!!

07/26/2007 Mill Park, Victoria

pacochico says:

yeh dude i agree trauma centre kicks ass

Im waiting for naruto n bleach to work

07/26/2007 New York

jac33au says:

annirowe said:
Edit** Brain Academy also has an update but it could possibly be a PAL one. Not to sure but it definately tried to update my console.

07/26/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

mono_locco says:

yeh dude... i was never asked to update on Brain game either....
is ur console upto date??

YAY GOT UNBANEDDD!! THANKS GUYS

I promise ill be good

ID LIKE TO THANK PACOCHICO FOR HIS TRUE FRIENDSHIP N HELP!!

TRUE FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND

07/26/2007 Sydney

annirowe says:

Yes Yes. My console is up to date. Geez! lol

I seriously think I must have downloaded a NTSC version labelled as PAL.

Anyway no biggy! Its all working.

As for JAc. have you tried paper Mario. That 100% has an update included. So unless your getting post patched games then you will see the update.

07/26/2007 Mill Park, Victoria

desi says:

mono_locco said: yeh dude... i was never asked to update on Brain game either....
is ur console upto date??

YAY GOT UNBANEDDD!! THANKS GUYS

I promise ill be good

ID LIKE TO THANK PACOCHICO FOR HIS TRUE FRIENDSHIP N HELP!!

TRUE FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND

07/26/2007 I'm in your profile, deleting your spams for Great Justice.

jac33au says:

annirowe said: Yes Yes. My console is up to date. Geez! lol

I seriously think I must have downloaded a NTSC version labelled as PAL.

Anyway no biggy! Its all working.

As for JAc. have you tried paper Mario. That 100% has an update included. So unless your getting post patched games then you will see the update.

07/26/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

monolocco says:  

thanks desi ur the man!! can i kiss u....

lol maybe not

haha

anyways cool!

07/26/2007 Sydney

desi says:

monolocco said: thanks desi ur the man!! can i kiss u....

lol maybe not

haha

anyways cool!

07/26/2007 I'm in your profile, deleting your spams for Great Justice.