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Dreamcast Resurrection - 2010 (since 2008)

Check for more releases at these forums (search for user "TuxTheWise"):
snesorama.us (all releases, see my signature)
segahub.org (recent releases)
dreamcast-talk.com (recent releases)

NOTE: I've seen some people uploading my releases in other servers. I recommend you always getting
my releases of my uploads in the forums above, because sometimes I release fixes or re-launch some
games that have problems. If you get my uploads you'll be sure of having the latest releases.
Additionally, you'll get the original package, not images made from discs, so you'll be sure that
nothing is corrupted.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (NTSC-U) *Repack*

Ripped: Ambient sounds (see readme)
Downsampled: Levels preview mini-videos; some companies videos.
Source: GD dump.

=== ATTENTION: ===
You need to execute the "unpack.bat" before burning, it will unpack the .ecm file and create your
.cdi image.

If you need to apply any patch, do it in the unpacked .cdi file, not in the .ecm file.

I've attached the original readme below this one, you should give it a look. Just a correction, I
said before that the ripped ambient sounds could not be noticed when you played with music, but
the true is that they're not played at all if music is playing. The only ocasion when they play is
if you set Music Volume to 0 in the options menu, and I doubt anyone would want that.

This repack is pretty much the same of the last release, except that I've moved second session
start closer to the border of the disc to correct reader's movement at some points. Additionally,
I could make more space re-linking redundant files, and videos were re-encoded with a better
encoder. Note that only logos and preview mini-videos were re-encoded, and it's almost impossible
to notice any difference.

If you are not familiar with the last release, you should grab this one right now. Intact videos
and much much much better reading performance, some things that only DCRES can do for you.

PAL users, this game will already boot in 60hz on your consoles.

Have fun with another release.

Features of my release:
- Not corrupted files at all, it was made with GD dump files.
- Used custom DCRES optimization techniques. It means faster loadings and less Dreamcast reader
noise.
- Selfboot.

About the game:
- It has VGA Box support.

Other comments:
- "Extras" folder in the pack contains some useless stuff.
- Release comes with covers.

OLD RELEASE README:

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (NTSC-U)

Dreamcast Resurrection - 2009 (since 2008)

Check snesorama.us forums for more releases

Ripped: Ambient sounds (can't be noticed, see readme).
Downsampled: Some videos (only companies logos, other videos are intact).
Source: GD dump.

First of all, I'd like to say I'm very proud of the work I made in this game. All important videos
(introduction, ending videos) are intact, so as sound of them and in-game music. How I did that?
First, I examined the "preview" videos, you know, the little ones that plays when you select a
level. Like the music videos in THPS 1, they're encoded them with the same quality of the main
videos (bad work, bad work...), including the sound (yeah, I know they don't play any sound!). So
I re-encoded then to a very little bitrate, and guess what, I played them side by side and
couldn't notice any difference. Well, at this point I still needed some space, so I took a look at
the music files. Each level has a ambient "music", and you can't hear them with music turned on.
It's useless sounds like birds in the school, horns in NY, etc. I deleted them, and you wouldn't
notice if I haven't tell you. It doesn't affect the gameplay at all. The only way to notice that
is if you play without music, and I doubt anyone do that. At this point files almost could fit in
a CD-R. To get the extra space I needed, I downsampled companies intro videos (I haven't touched
the cool introduction video!), and you can't notice any difference (even if you could, who care
about them?). As a bonus, I adjusted the volume of Activi... logo, because the guys that ported
the game just used copy/paste in the intro of other game, and volume level was different of the
other videos. Anyway, I got the space I needed. Again: all videos except companies logos and mini
level preview are intact, it means full quality and stereo sound. Same about the sounds and music,
nothing touched, full quality and stereo sound. Echelon got the space they needed downsampling the
videos, but I found a better solution. Last thing was adjusting file order. Last thing but the
most important, because files were a mess, all in alphabetic order (again, bad work!). You
remember Echelon's release? Everything you select made your Dreamcast reader moves a lot making
noises? Well, that's solved. I optimized file order as I did in THPS 1, and results got very
alike. Your reader almost don't move during reading! It means faster loadings and MUCH LESS noise.
A lot less. After making that I hacked binary and burnt the disc with a little dummy file. If you
like this game and have played other releases, I really recommend that you try this one, it's much
better for sure.

Don't forget that the Dreamcast version is the better version ever made of this game, because
Playstation version (ignoring its bad graphics) has a lot of "fog" (your view distance is very
small) and choppy videos (15fps?). Same happens with PC version, that is a port of Playstation
game. It's the same crap but in higher resolution. In Dreamcast you have a very nice view distance
and 30fps videos. Enjoy!

Features of my release:
- Not corrupted files at all, it was made with GD dump files.
- Used a much improved file order, loadings are much faster, Dreamcast reader makes much less
noise.
- Selfboot.
- Dummied for 700mb CDs.

About the game:
- It has VGA Box support.

Other comments:
- "Extras" folder in the pack contains some useless stuff.
- Release comes with covers.