How to: Play Shenmue I & II (1 + 2) on your PC! tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to get that cracking series, (including Shenmue III when its finished, lets hope,) on your pc, fully playable and enjoyable like it was all those years ago. All you need is a pc with marginal specs (sorry, i dont know specifics), and a thirst for Shenmue!

-

First of all you will need to download Null DC. (Its a Dreamcast emulator for the PC.) I have tried others but they are for a better word... rubbish. So I will upload my version for you guys to use, (including my settings just so you know what's what/get it running like a dream - as it does on my laptop!)

(My setup Megaupload.com)

-
Now you need to set the beast up! (Note: These are my settings and work great for ME; you should tinker around with yours and see what works best for you, but if you have problems post a comment.) Open the rar, extract the files into a folder called Launcher and open up Launcher.exe.

Step One: You might find yourself lumped with this error to begin with. Null DC is looking for the d3dx9_37 DLL, so what you need to do is put it out of its misery; find the dll online, download it and shove it into the launcher folder! Simples.

Step Two: After you've sorted that out, because you haven't got a normal boot file, it will ask you to configure Null DC... Your settings (try these, if not, change them), should look like the below. This works for me great!

Step 3: Time to check all the plugins are optimized to the perfection! You can copy my configuration, if yours didn't default to this initially.

Now go to Config of Aica, and make it look like this:


NOTE: 2048 seems to be the best option for Vista Users
and although I use 4096 for XP,
if you find the audio lags or is late, it is suggested that you use 1024...

(Follow this pathway to configure controls).

Step four: Your Null DC is totally set up! All you need now is the game!

Ps. I don't know Vista or Windows 7 Compatibility, so you guys will kind of be testers! I know my version is the 32 bit, so if you aren't 32 don't even bother downloading mine - go here --->> (Emudev.org)

-

Now you will need a original Shenmue Disc for the Dreamcast. (Although, you could just download the files used to play it on any number of emu forums in a simple, easy, playable CDI format.) NO! That is naughty and I don't condone that whatsoever ;) But really once you have the disc plugged in, or if you have downloaded ripped the CD to your PC, it should be as straight forward as clicking BOOT.

(In truth, I downloaded Shenmue 2 as a CDI onto my PC, even though I own the game! The reason being, I downloaded a modified CDI that includes the Xbox' English VO cutscenes, whilst keeping the Japanese with subs everywhere else. Its great; if anybody wants it, I'm sure you can find it).

NOW once you have the CDI's, you are a stone's throw away:
click system, start, find your CDI - load it up
(and if you aren't in full screen), it should look like this!

ENJOY!

(Note: This should work with most Dreamcast games).