Burning disk images to cds

I have a .dmg file of a game that requires more than one disc to play (meaning you have to change the discs mid-game). Previously, I was just mounting the .dmg file right onto my computer and playing the game that way, but now I need to change discs (a separate .dmg file). So I was wondering if there's a way to somehow burn the mounted disc image to a cd, so that when I put the cd in the drive it acts as if it were the real thing, not just a cd with a .dmg file on it. I hope this question makes sense.

Hi Lief, how did you do it before?
Open Disk Utility, choose burn there and select that DMG to Restore to CD.

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Klaus1 wrote:
Most of us make CDs and DVDs from disk images.
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Don't think that Your wish is possibly. You most probably has to build
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