The Big Set, the PAL full set for GDEMU under OpenMenu… but not only that.

One year after releasing L’essentiel, my “small” OpenMenu compilation—100% complete in French—here comes the Big Set: the full PAL set running on OpenMenu!

For those who are new here: what exactly is this?
It’s simply an SD-card-based compilation for Dreamcast systems using GDEMU—fully plug-and-play, and featuring the more modern and polished interface: OpenMenu.

In details :

  • Over 400 games in total
  • The complete PAL full set (Europe)
  • NTSC exclusives (USA)
  • Japanese exclusives, most of them translated
  • VGA / 60Hz versions for PAL titles that weren’t originally compatible
  • The best homebrew games
  • New ports (GTA III / Vice City / Wipeout…)
  • Complete cover artwork for every game (official and custom!)
  • A description for each game (strengths/weaknesses)
  • A rating from Dreamcast Junkyard for every title
  • Maximum number of players and minimum VMU block requirements
  • Utilities included: VMU Archiver, VMU Explorer, XDP Moonlight, DreamKey 3.0
  • CodeBreaker options enabled with integrated cheat codes
  • Interchangeable original themes
  • Fully compatible with the VMU Pro
  • I think that covers everything, haha!

You can find the full game list in the small text file below.

(clik on Miss Ess) :

ALL OF THIS FOR FREE — and plug & play.

How it works:
Download the (large) ZIP file, extract it (this may take a little while), then copy the contents onto your SD card (formatted in FAT32), and you’re all set.
If you’re feeling a bit unsure about transferring everything to your SD card, you can check out the original tutorial right here.

Here is a short presentation video (Sorry i’m not Spielberg ahah) :

To download this marvel, you have two options:

1 – Via my cloud
The download link may temporarily stop working, as the traffic is limited to 2 TB per month.

2 – Backup solution: Archive.org
You can download the ZIP file from the small column on the right side of the page.

Here are the links to download the complete compilation (in ZIP format).
The longest part for you will probably be the download and the extraction, but don’t forget — it’s free…

<<<< Direct pCloud link — just click the image on the left.

<<<< Direct Archive.org — just click the image on the left.

The compilation is now available in two languages. Originally, it’s a French distribution (no, it’s not Clair Obscur!), but the simple method to change the language is explained in the video above :)


To wrap things up, I absolutely have to thank the people from DreamcastTalk for all their work on OpenMenu, GDEMU Card Manager, and everything else — they’re amazing: Sonik, MrNeo, Derek Pascarella, Ian Michael, Megavolt85, RazorX, and many others, as well as the active French members of Darius Saturnwith their incredible library, the mind-blowing encyclopedia work of Laurent Combi and his website Dreamcast Info games, and of course the members of my small Discord who helped and advised me — come join us:

And if you feel like it — and if you can afford it — you can throw a few coins my way (in euros, of course) to help cover the website hosting, buy me a pair of slippers, or simply to thank me for the work this represents… you pack of muskrats!!!!!! ( ;) ) :

There you go! You now have, inside your lovely Dreamcast/GDEMU setup, probably the best French OpenMenu distribution out there — and a complete one at that!

I hope it brings you joy, and that you’ll have a great time playing, discovering, or rediscovering the legendary games of our favorite console!

Hugs to everyone — I’m going to get some rest now! ;)

14 réponses à « The Big Set, the PAL full set for GDEMU under OpenMenu… but not only that. »

  1. Avatar de emergencyprinz
    emergencyprinz

    The Big Set is simply amazing! Great work, I’m thrilled!

    A couple of things I’ve noticed:

    The games « Rainbow Cotton » and « Boko Dream Master » won’t start. The Dreamcast crashes and you end up in the console menu.

    I’ve also noticed that the game « Bang Busters » is actually « Battle Crust ».

    Best regards, emergencyprinz from Berlin/Germany

    (Sega Sports DC with DCHDMI & GDEmu & PSU Mod)

    PayPal donation sent :)

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    1. Avatar de Zaraye

      Thanks Emergency, I’ll have to check out those three games, and I’ll post an update with any changes. Feedback is important, thanks again for the donation, it’s much appreciated!

      J’aime

  2. Avatar de Oleander69
    Oleander69

    Any chance to include Star Fox 64 ? Maybe i missed the title in the list :)

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    1. Avatar de Zaraye

      Unfortunately, Star Fox was released right after the compilation was distributed. I’ll add the game in the next update. I’m waiting for reports of other issues before distributing it, as it takes a considerable amount of time to recreate and transfer everything.

      J’aime

      1. Avatar de Oleander69
        Oleander69

        That makes sense ! :) So after the change you made we have to download the whole set again or is there any way to provide a small update only ?

        Btw, great work! Im short in money right now but within the next two weeks i PayPal you a donation. Keep up your great work!

        Best from Germany, Cologne

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      2. Avatar de Zaraye

        If you can’t afford it, don’t donate! That’s an order! :)

        For Star Fox, you’ll just need to download the game from my website or elsewhere and change the data menus in your GDEMU card manager; you won’t need to download everything again. Apparently, three games are causing problems (Rainbow Cotton, Bang 2 Buster, and another one).

        J’aime

      3. Avatar de Oleander69
        Oleander69

        Don’t worry! Im not always short in money 🤣 I was able to download Star Fox already but I’m struggling to download the latest version of Mario Kart 64 from Archive.org . Only one seeder 😩 Any chance that you have uploaded this version somewhere here ?

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  3. Avatar de albert
    albert

    Hi thanks a lot for your work. I just have a problem I cannot save my settings in the otpions menu, I can apply it but it never save the settings.

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    1. Avatar de Zaraye

      Strage, you’re referring to the menu in OpenMenu on the console, right? Do you have a VMU in your controller? Settings are saved on your VMU. Perhaps it’s full and you can’t save? Check the console’s boot menu or the VMU Explorer application at the end of the game list.

      J’aime

  4. Avatar de Albert
    Albert

    ok my bad I am new to using gdemu. I thought settings were saved on the sd card. Now it works. Thank you !

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  5. Avatar de Zaraye

    No problem, don’t worry :) The main thing is that it works now :)

    J’aime

  6. Avatar de Albert
    Albert

    Hi,

    Just another question I tried to remove a game using GD menu card manager following you tutorial, and now it doesnt display the covers anymore. Do I have to update or edit any file ?

    J’aime

    1. Avatar de Albert
      Albert

      ok I got the answer in your new post !

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      1. Avatar de Zaraye

        ahaha good news ;)

        J’aime

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Bienvenue sur Dreamcast French ! Un petit blog amateur conçu pour la diffusion gratuite des compilations pour Gdemu : Le Big Set, L’Essentiel et la slim 64.

3 compilations de différentes tailles renfermant les meilleurs jeux Dreamcast pour vos consoles équipées en GDemu. L’ originalité, en plus d’être gratuite et plug n’Play, est qu’elles fonctionnent sous Open-Menu, une interface totalement retravaillée avec la totalité des illustrations des jeux, leur synopsis originaux, fait maison, et d’autre détails ne se trouvant pas sur l’ancienne version plus ancienne : GDmenu.

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