Sega Dreamcast

budge1972 · 1 Dec 2019 at 11:05

Nice work, and good luck finishing ECCO

it was extremely hard to complete for me.

almoststew1990 · 9 Jan 2020 at 20:14

I was planning on putting my 40mm Noctua fan in today - turns out I bought the 12v version, doh!

I'll get the 5v version and put the 12v version on my Voodoo 3 or something.

vanpeebles · 10 Jan 2020 at 12:58

I finished Shenmue 1 & 2 over Christmas. Just finished the second one last night. I still have my DC originals of both, but played it on xbox one.

naefeart · 11 Jan 2020 at 11:00

Has anyone played the DC version of flashback?

Just picked this up for the megadrive and it's great. I then found out they released it on the DC.

I've got to look at the fan mod and perhaps the battery mod too. First I want to get a new controller, appears there's a couple of third parties releasing updated versions. Am I a bad person for not getting on with the original?

almoststew1990 · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:34

The originals gave pretty poor analogue sticks, and the D pad is not great either. It's shape is not quite right for my small hands. No judging from me for getting a different controller!

naefeart · 11 Jan 2020 at 18:11

Cool, not just me then. I thought It was maybe years of being spoiled by Playstation controllers, but even the old SNES pads were awesome and worked better. Anyway I'll keep an eye on these next gen DC controllers and post back when they become available.

Mucky_Pup · 14 Jan 2020 at 16:19

Seems to be a slew of GDEMU's on ebay now, ranging from £35, anyone have any experience with any of these cheaper clones, tempted to give it a go.

Gray2233 · 14 Jan 2020 at 16:25

naefeart said:
Has anyone played the DC version of flashback?

Just picked this up for the megadrive and it's great. I then found out they released it on the DC.

I've got to look at the fan mod and perhaps the battery mod too. First I want to get a new controller, appears there's a couple of third parties releasing updated versions. Am I a bad person for not getting on with the original?

Such a good game, I've only ever played it on the Megadrive though.

The sequel is worth a look also, Fade to Black, although it's a 3D game as opposed to the originals 2D.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_to_Black_(video_game)

jrwagh333 · 16 Jan 2020 at 10:53

New controller by retrofighters looks interesting.

naefeart · 1 Feb 2020 at 17:08

Just pre ordered one. If its as good as their N64 controllers, this should bring a new lease of life to my DC. I just can't get on with the original controller. Guess we'll see (in April!).

iamtheoneneo · 4 Feb 2020 at 08:21

Mucky_Pup said:
Seems to be a slew of GDEMU's on ebay now, ranging from £35, anyone have any experience with any of these cheaper clones, tempted to give it a go.

I have a legit one (yes it was a miracle). They are great but obviously you have to decide if losing the cd drive is worth it. If you already have a vast collection then its probably not...
I know the clone ones are a bit hit and miss with quality - some use cheaper chips, some eventually run into timing issues that need fixing but I guess thats part of the risk of a considerably cheaper version.

Worth a shot for less than £40 id say.

reecevxr · 4 Feb 2020 at 14:53

my dreamcast likes to randomly reset itself whilst im playing, any ideas?

Mr Gimp · 4 Feb 2020 at 15:49

That was what was left of my collection from launch day. I sold it all a few years ago now, but so very many happy memories.

ShortWarning · 5 Feb 2020 at 13:23

Awesome collection.

I still have a dreamcast in my loft. I'm tempted to get a GDemu and the HDMI mod. It's so much money to get a a 20 year old console going though.

Darkpassenger · 26 Feb 2020 at 16:12

Loved MSR and Sega Rally split screen!!

jrwagh333 · 16 Mar 2020 at 07:57

@Slurm and anybody else.

I'm looking at getting the SD card replacement as I want to dig my DC out and play some games that I've got but the discs are all a bit scratched. Especially Zombies Revenge, it's still got the pre owned GameStation sticker on it! But it crashes at level 5 all the time.

Any recommendations on where to buy? The official GDEMU at over £100 is way more than I'd like to pay.

I also would like to do the HDMI mode but that's also pretty expensive so I've found a £20 VGA box that I'm going to grab instead.

Steeps · 16 Mar 2020 at 09:21

I went with a Dreamcast HDMI cable which connects direct to the AV out as my TV no longer has a VGA in. Was a lot simpler than trying to convert the signal again. The SD card replacement I'd like to try on my spare console as I found out it locks up in games too.

jrwagh333 · 16 Mar 2020 at 14:22

But is that HDMI cable giving just as good a signal as the VGA box would?

almoststew1990 · 17 Mar 2020 at 09:35

The quality is pretty good on my silly HDMI set up with multiple adapters. Cheap VGA cable to cheap VGA female to female adapter to cheap VGA -> HDMI adapter (including audio) which then plugs into my 1440p monitor (thankfully has a 4:3 mode). The whole lot cost about £15.

I would imagine a "Dreamcast HDMI cable" is still using the VGA mode of the Dreamcast like the VGA box and I am not sure what processing the VGA box does. They're pretty old now (I had one about 10 years ago at uni) so I wouldn't be surprised if the tech had been streamlined into a cable adapter thing like mine - the adapter is about 1/4 of the size of the old VGA boxes (but obviously can't switch to composite etc)

pingwing · 17 Mar 2020 at 21:06

Here's my boxed games collection! Not pictured the key games I don't have in boxes (sonic adventure 2, virtual athlete 2k and headhunter)

Big update is I replaced the battery in my DC so it now remembers the time... also throughly recommend the vga box for games that support it, otherwise the rgb cable does a standup job