Release: Shenmue Beta with All Playable Beta Maps (OUTDATED)

[shengoro86]

UPDATE: THIS RELEASE IS NOW OUTDATEDD. PLEASE USE MY EXPLORATION MOD RELEASE!
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Hi all,

I know I have been releasing a couple of these cdi files.

The last one with all of the beta maps was emu only since it was too big for a 99 min CD-R.

Well here is my answer to that.

This release is a version of the Shenmue Beta from Shendream with the beta maps now playable.

Credit to this mod goes to Wude, he did all of the hex editing. I am merely releasing this out to the public.


What does this include?
- The following maps are playable:
--Beta Yamanose
--Beta Sakuragaoka
--Wish Road

What can this be played on?
-Confirmed on
--Dreamcast Hardware (CD-R NTSC)
--DEMUL (Windows)
--NullDC (Windows)
--Reicast (HTC One Android 4.4.2 Rooted)

How can I play?
-Hardware
--Burn cdi as RAW DAO (burn confirmed with Alcohol 120%)

How do I load the Beta Maps?
-From Debug Menu
--Beta Yamanose
Continue NO/OFF
Scene 01
Area JU00
Entry 00

--Beta Sakuragaoka
Continue NO/OFF
Scene 01
Area JD00
Entry 01

--Wish Road
Continue NO/OFF
Scene 01
Area D000
Entry 01
Note: Run towards Mountains to get to the road

Note about beta maps
These were made playable by fusing these maps with their retail counterparts. Fusing map data to make it walkable.

These replace the maps, making the game unplayable. This is more for the purpose of seeing the beta maps yourself.


Enjoy Everyone!


Download Link:

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https://mega.co.nz/#!CIlSwSyD!uQc6gaKE1kjugBMWTX3QaWnREkfxLvgbg6G2PETKT58

[shengoro86]

Downloading.

You can add DEMUL emulator with playable softwares. It's the best emu for Dreamcast.

And thanks a lot for sharing it

[shengoro86]

Done! And no problem!

Enjoy!

[el_clown]

THANK YOU!! I love this mod!! I've always found Beta Yamanose to be lovely! So much green along the road to Hazuki Dojo, the shrine is spectacular! The first mod video I saw of it a few years ago blew my mind... so much hidden content in the first Shenmue... It really opened the possibility to find the rest of Shenmue, or pieces of it, inside the retail copy of the first game. Until the last GDC, most of what we knew of the possible future of the Saga, was what had been hinted through reverse ingeneering the two available games. I've always found this sort of... game archeology movement around Shenmue to be one of its kind, that to this day (recent Shenmue Saturn artwork found at tower of babel beta) brings new fruits into the scene. And to me, what opened the window to that modding scene was that video in Youtube (and before that, a wmv in the old Dojo) of Yamanose Beta (had been done by LanDC? I don't remember...). So being able to actually move around Beta Yamanose through my own Dreamcast, has been an awesome experience. Thank you very much for all the extra effort guys!! I SALUTE YOU!

[KiBa]

This is really wonderful. Thank you, Wude & Shengoro.

[GrimMeNaCe]

Pretty awesome stuff man!

[shengoro86]

Please do not credit me.

100% goes to Wude. I merely compiled the disc.

Thanks!

[Esppiral]

Time to play it on actual hardware, thanks!

[ReeceKun]

OMG i just ran the entire distance of Wish Road and it was AMAZING (took AGES===SEGA)

Please add 'Remove/Detach Memory Card (in NullDC too) to the instructions and also to 'press start'

I spent ages getting it to work, but then I saw your youtube video

Nice View of the Shrine


And I thought the Yamamoto house didnt exist in the beta map


Perhaps oneday a GTA map (I ripped the complete model)

[shengoro86]

The Wish Road found in this release is actually incomplete due to the method used to get it playable.

There is a way that Wude does it where he freezes the timer and allows you run the entire length of the Road.

Unfortuantely, Wude has fallen off the face of the world and I have no time to figure out how to recreate that.

[ReeceKun]

The Wish Road found in this release is actually incomplete due to the method used to get it playable.

are you thinking of a different release ... I DID run the entire road all the way to the docks , there is no timer

unless you mean Replay the Bike ride without the timer , im sure with 'nulldc cheater' you could freeze the timer

[Scott]

Can someone help me with this please?

I'm using NullDC and can't load any of these maps. I put in things like:
Scene 01
Area JU00
Entry 00

and nothing happens when I press start, just pauses for a fraction of a second.

[BlueMue]

Go to the maple options to "unplug" the VMU or make a new one or just delete your Shenmue save.
Just make sure to get rid of that as the Beta refuses to start if you have a US or PAL save file on the VMU.
It is, however, compatible with Japanese saves!

[Scott]

Removing the VMU worked, thanks. I hadn't read that anywhere.

[shengoro86]

Yeah lol sorry I forgot to include that.

I replaced this release with my exploration mod which has everything here and more.

I mentioned the VMU issue in that README text file thinking that people wouldnt use this release anymore.

Here is the updated release:
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=47225

Note: I updated the first post here with the updated link.