• 4 gig SCSI Hard Drive
• 1 possible 2: 2 gig FAT16 partitions
• Can be reformatted to one 4 gig FAT32 or NTFS drive

Physical GD-ROM:

• 120 Minutes
• 1 Gig of data

Definition of Data Areas:

• Low Density Area: 4 minutes long and holds ~35MB of data
• High Density Area: 112 minutes long and holds ~1GB of data

Track Types:

• CDDA: Contains raw audio files.Each audio file must be on its own track
• Mode1: These tracks contain game data information and the game executable

Definition of Sessions:

• Session 1: Low Density Area of GD
  • Both tracks must contain 4 sec of data:
    • Track 1 - Mode1: GD buffer
    • Track 2- CDDA: Stores audio file to be played when inserted into a CD player
• Session 2: High Density Area of GD
  • Need for two Mode1 tracks:
    • Track 3: Mode1 buffer area
      • Needs 4 secs of data
      • Track Tab: Pad Track Check Box
    • Track 4: Mode1 Game Data
      • Outer most track on physical GD
      • Contains 1ST_READ.BIN File
      • Files can be reordered for file read speed optimizations via the listview option

Adding of Digital Audio Tracks:

• Insertion of CDDA tracks
• Reorder of last Mode1 track

GD-Mastering

Compilation of a Bootable File:

• All example files contain a BIN option
• In the EXE directory the BIN file is created
• BIN file must be placed on the last Mode1 track

IP.BIN: The First File Loaded:

• IP.BIN and IP0000.BIN are required to be present in the project
• IP0000.BIN = IP.BIN x8
• Creation of IP.BIN and IP0000.BIN is included in the release in the Shinobi samples directory
• This file contains several different fields which need to be customized for each title:

  Hardware ID Maker ID Device Information Area Symbols Peripherals Product Number

  Version Release Date 1st Read File Name Software Maker Info 90 - d0: Title String info Game Title

Placement of IP.BIN files within the project:

• Disc tab within GD-Workshop
• System Area File (single): IP0000.BIN
• System Area File (high): IP.BIN

Testing Your Bootable Project:

• Close the drawer
• Reset the Dev Station

Burning the Image:

• Add the GD-Writer
  • Configuration\SCSI Bus
  • Select the GD-Writer and Add as GD-Writer
• Testing Burning
  • Emulator\Test Write
  • Goes through the process of burning without turning on the laser
• Final Burning
  • Emulator\Write
  • ~1 hour to burn
• Testing the Burn
  • Switch GD Emulator to GD-ROM mode
  • This mode allows booting from the GD drive
  • Insert GD and reset Dev Station