The vast majority of the Dreamcast game library has either native VGA (i.e., 480p) support, or can be forced to run in VGA mode. Several games which cannot be forced have had VGA patches developed for them. Note that some of the below patches will force VGA mode, thus rendering them incompatible with CRTs that only support interlaced video content (despite the video cable type being used). If you plan to use the same set of games on multiple displays (i.e., progressive scan and interlaced), it's advised that you maintain both the original and the VGA-patched version in your set.
Forcing VGA Mode
Forcing a game to boot in VGA mode is achievable in several ways, depending on hardware configuration.
- ODE
- GDEMU - Set "Force VGA" to "On" in GDMenu settings (note that openMenu forces VGA by default, with no setting to turn it on or off).
- MODE - Set "Auto VGA Patch" to "On" in the settings menu.
- USB-GDROM - Use the "IP.BIN Editor" tab in Universal Dreamcast Patcher to enable the VGA flag.
- Original Disc
- Use a boot disc like "Code Breaker" to force a game to boot in VGA mode.
- Emulator
- By default, most Dreamcast emulators are set to VGA mode, which also serves to force boot where available.
Additionally, disc images can be rebuilt to turn on the VGA support flag inside the IP.BIN file. Patching IP.BIN can be achieved through manual modification via hex editor, or with an automated utility like Dreamcast GDI Quick Patcher.
VGA Patches
The following list represents games which had no native VGA support across all three territories (PAL, NTSC-U, NTSC-J) until a patch was developed. Note that additional VGA patches have been developed outside of those listed below (namely for PAL titles), but are considered redundant as their NTSC-U equivalents already have native VGA support.
Many of these patches were sourced from japanese-cake's VGA patch repository (mirror).
 | These patches can be applied using Universal Dreamcast Patcher. |
Unsupported Games
The following list represents those games which have no native VGA support, cannot be forced to boot in VGA mode, and have no VGA patch developed for them.
- Caesars Palace 2000
- World Neverland Plus - Olerud Oukoku Monogatari