General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: 90snostalga on September 19, 2013, 07:24:16 pm
Title: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 19, 2013, 07:24:16 pm
Anyone know of anywhere that you can obtain a modded Dreamcast VMU with a back light? I'm having trouble playing Resident Evil 2 at night on the Dreamcast because I cannot see the display for my ammo and health on the VMU
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: soera on September 19, 2013, 07:33:19 pm
Instead of wasting a ton of money on that DC junk, Resident evil 2 is actually available on a real system - the Playstation! http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-Consoles-/1249/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=resident+evil+2&_dcat=139973&Platform=Sony%2520PlayStation%25201&rt=nc
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 20, 2013, 12:14:50 am
There are several mods out there. But I don't know anyone selling them. I have to wonder how long the battery would last though... I knew of a guy who tried selling them but the demand just isn't there.
Nice going on the Dreamcast version. Aside from the Gamecube remake, it is my favorite. Much better than the playstation version... I mean look at this playstation screenshot: :P
Surprisingly, you can also play the original PS version of Metal Gear Solid on a Dreamcast using Bleemcast and achieve better visuals than the PSOne or PS2 outputs the game. Seems even a backdoor hacked version on a SEGA platform is better than an officially made version on a Sony console... that was released later... :P Sorry, I like picking on Soera.
The screenshot is obviously in jest, but the bleemcast video is true and damn impressive,
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 20, 2013, 08:32:00 am
;D at Soera. I know its on the PlayStation, but I love the Dreamcast version better. It has better and sharper graphics, better sound quality and I love the VMU feature where I do not have to pause the game to check the status of my health.
sin2beta, Thanks for the info. I'll just have to deal with the VMU regular light. It would be cool to play in the dark and just glance at the VMU when I need to.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: varkias on September 20, 2013, 12:54:50 pm
The Gamecube remakes are excellent as well! Good luck with the VMU
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 20, 2013, 05:05:32 pm
The Gamecube remakes are excellent as well! Good luck with the VMU
Thanks Varkias!! I'll have to keep searching on Ebay to see if a modded VMU pops up. And I forgot about the Gamecube remakes. Would you recommend the Gamecube over the Dreamcast one's?
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: soera on September 20, 2013, 05:44:58 pm
Gamecube is definitely better than Dreamcast!
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: foxhack on September 20, 2013, 07:05:10 pm
... it's the -same friggin' game-. :P
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 20, 2013, 08:40:15 pm
Thanks Soera. I'm going to try it on Gamecube as well :D
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 20, 2013, 10:56:04 pm
Agreed. On both the game and system. The Gamecube RE games are amazing. Moreover, the Gamecube is a totally top notch system.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: soera on September 20, 2013, 11:25:52 pm
The Gamecube is actually my favorite Nintendo brand system. The controllers are pretty comfortable, the game selection is smaller than most but fairly packed with good options and when you add the GB player, you have access to so many other games and can play them on a TV.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 21, 2013, 07:26:41 am
Agreed. On both the game and system. The Gamecube RE games are amazing. Moreover, the Gamecube is a totally top notch system.
@sin2 beta, I checked out your youtube page. Are you ever going to put a video on there as a game room tour of your collection or something? I like watching those on youtube sometimes.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 21, 2013, 12:06:25 pm
Agreed. On both the game and system. The Gamecube RE games are amazing. Moreover, the Gamecube is a totally top notch system.
@sin2 beta, I checked out your youtube page. Are you ever going to put a video on there as a game room tour of your collection or something? I like watching those on youtube sometimes.
Yeah, I do plan on it. But it will probably be a while. I'm keeping an eye out for a nice deal on a video camera. And I'm also learning about cameras. I know nothing about them. Plus, most of my collection is not interesting. The most interesting part is how I actually have the consoles hooked up. And I'm not quite finished with that. Those are two primary things.
Then the other thing is I've been working on a series to explore the SG-1000 games. This is taking time from other videos. But I think is something that should be done. There is nothing out there about the SG-1000 on youtube or, really, even the web. I'm having a hell of a time researching this stuff. Even the great channel Chrontendo, which set out to play every Nintendo, Sega, and Turbografx, game. Skipped the SG1000. Which is weird since the SG1000 was released the same day as the famicom, which is the starting point of the chrontendo timeline. So, Ive been working on the rather stupidly named series, SG-Awesome. I'm hoping to get an intro video out by Monday and then do weekly videos after that. The ultimate goal is to have a video exploring every SG-1000 game. I'm going by catalog number to gain a sense of development and historical perspective. I've found a lot of cool stuff about the games so far and found some games, such as starjacker, that should never have been forgotten.
But once the series kind of get into a work pattern and locate equipment, I plan to due a room tour, monthly pickups, etc. I really like interacting with the youtube community. I also like watching gameroom videos.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 21, 2013, 03:27:49 pm
Ah cool :D Can't wait to check out the vids, but I have no idea what SG-1000 is, so I guess I"ll learn something ;)
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: burningdoom on September 21, 2013, 07:26:01 pm
Ah cool :D Can't wait to check out the vids, but I have no idea what SG-1000 is, so I guess I"ll learn something ;)
Sega's first home console, released in 1983, but exclusive to Japan. A few of the more popular games for it were re-released on Sega Master System in English, though.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 22, 2013, 01:36:59 pm
Ah cool :D Can't wait to check out the vids, but I have no idea what SG-1000 is, so I guess I"ll learn something ;)
Sega's first home console, released in 1983, but exclusive to Japan. A few of the more popular games for it were re-released on Sega Master System in English, though.
It actually had a wider release. The platform was released in Australia, parts of Europe (Spain, Italy), the US (if you consider the telegames personal arcade however we received no games that I know of) and most successfully Taiwan. The system was quite popular in Taiwan (somewhat akin to the Master System in Brazil). Due to the massive popularity there, that territory even kept the mark naming all the way to the Genesis and Mega Drive. In Taiwan the Mega Drive is the Mark V, a name chosen in no small amount due to the popularity of the SG 1000. Some interesting things were made in that territory due to the popularity/install base making certain types of piracy worth it. The console is very similar to a Colecovision or MSX, which allowed for an adapter that increases the memory of the SG1000-II and allows for ports of MSX games on the SG-1000. Bock from SMS power supplied these awesome pictures:
It was actually released elsewhere, but SEGA used third party distributors pretty much exclusively at this time. This is the reason why Spain had the SG1000 but the UK did not. It was all based on the third party distributor's region.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: burningdoom on September 22, 2013, 01:52:54 pm
I read about the Dyna system in the U.S., also could play ColecoVision games, IIRC. From what I understand, it was a VERY limited release, though, that you could only get through a certain mail-order catalog.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 22, 2013, 02:29:04 pm
I read about the Dyna system in the U.S., also could play ColecoVision games, IIRC. From what I understand, it was a VERY limited release, though, that you could only get through a certain mail-order catalog.
Yeah, I haven't heard of it being sold outside the catalog. That clone (which is why I would not really consider it an SG1000 release) had a fatal flaw where if you played the system for too long the system would cook itself. So, not a good choice if you actually want to play your games.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: burningdoom on September 22, 2013, 02:45:20 pm
I read about the Dyna system in the U.S., also could play ColecoVision games, IIRC. From what I understand, it was a VERY limited release, though, that you could only get through a certain mail-order catalog.
Yeah, I haven't heard of it being sold outside the catalog. That clone (which is why I would not really consider it an SG1000 release) had a fatal flaw where if you played the system for too long the system would cook itself. So, not a good choice if you actually want to play your games.
Oh, that's terrible. I'm glad you said that, becuase if I ever ran across one I would've snatched it up in a heartbeat. Now I won't.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: pacpix on September 22, 2013, 06:10:07 pm
I read about the Dyna system in the U.S., also could play ColecoVision games, IIRC. From what I understand, it was a VERY limited release, though, that you could only get through a certain mail-order catalog.
Yeah, I haven't heard of it being sold outside the catalog. That clone (which is why I would not really consider it an SG1000 release) had a fatal flaw where if you played the system for too long the system would cook itself. So, not a good choice if you actually want to play your games.
Oh, that's terrible. I'm glad you said that, becuase if I ever ran across one I would've snatched it up in a heartbeat. Now I won't.
Yeah same here. Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 22, 2013, 06:42:18 pm
I read about the Dyna system in the U.S., also could play ColecoVision games, IIRC. From what I understand, it was a VERY limited release, though, that you could only get through a certain mail-order catalog.
Yeah, I haven't heard of it being sold outside the catalog. That clone (which is why I would not really consider it an SG1000 release) had a fatal flaw where if you played the system for too long the system would cook itself. So, not a good choice if you actually want to play your games.
Oh, that's terrible. I'm glad you said that, becuase if I ever ran across one I would've snatched it up in a heartbeat. Now I won't.
Yeah same here. Thanks for the heads up!
Yeah, I was looking for it as well. Atari2600.com obtained the system a while ago. It's still there as well. Basically, what happens is the mainboard draws too much power. It's fine for a while but slowly destroys components. I suspect this is due to the system being overstock from BitCorp. BitCorp was a Taiwan based company that produced the SG-1000 clone (SG-1000 being fairly popular there as mentioned earlier). Unfortunately, Taiwan uses 60Hz, A,B style outlets, and 110V. The US is identical except for 120V. I would suspect that if you used a regulator keeping it at 110V, it might be fine. But it also could just be a cheap, Taiwan-made, clone system that cooks itself even at its own country's 110V.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 25, 2013, 09:11:46 pm
Not to hijack the thread even more. But since this turned into SG-1000 talk, here is my completed first episode of SG-Awesome.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 26, 2013, 01:34:22 am
Not to hijack the thread even more. But since this turned into SG-1000 talk, here is my completed first episode of SG-Awesome.
great vid!!! I enjoyed the old sg-1000 commercials and I had no idea the famous "SEGA" sound came from the early 80s. I'm going to watch episode 2 when you put it out. Question. I just want to make sure I got it correct. With a card adapter, I can bypass some verification code and play the SG-1000 games on a Master System??? I have a NTSC model 1 Master system. Or do you have to get a master system from another region???
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 26, 2013, 01:39:32 am
Oh and when you said next video will be on catalog number 001, are you referring to the very first game for the sg 1000?? So each video you will be providing information for each game?
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 26, 2013, 02:04:28 am
Not to hijack the thread even more. But since this turned into SG-1000 talk, here is my completed first episode of SG-Awesome.
great vid!!! I enjoyed the old sg-1000 commercials and I had no idea the famous "SEGA" sound came from the early 80s. I'm going to watch episode 2 when you put it out. Question. I just want to make sure I got it correct. With a card adapter, I can bypass some verification code and play the SG-1000 games on a Master System??? I have a NTSC model 1 Master system. Or do you have to get a master system from another region???
Not quite. The Card Catcher is to play the card games on the older SG-1000s. To play SG-1000 games on a western system, you have to use a flash cart you put roms on. Such as, http://www.stoneagegamer.com/flash-carts/master-everdrive-master-system/all-regions-en-2/
If you want to play the actual carts and not just the hardware, you have to get a Japanese Master System or earlier. Personally, I would go with the Flash Cart. Most SG1000 stuff is fairly expensive due to its rarity. You can also always go the emulator route to just experience the game. Capturing footage for the series, I'm running the games off of a Dreamcast using an emulator. It gets the color right, And I just use an arcade stick. It feels fairly accurate.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 26, 2013, 02:09:46 am
Oh and when you said next video will be on catalog number 001, are you referring to the very first game for the sg 1000?? So each video you will be providing information for each game?
That's the plan. I'm starting with the first game and going in order to the last game. The goal is to go at a rate of one a week. We'll see though... ::) I'm aiming for Wednesday releases. I like to lounge around Sundays working on it. Then refine it a bit on Monday and Tuesday. Seems to work well. I'm a bit of a ways through researching and playing Borderline. I've come up with a lot more content than I originally thought I would.
Interestingly enough though. I got a content warning from World Wrestling Entertainment stating I was using some of their copyrighted material. :o I thought that was funny. We'll see how that goes and if anyone at Youtube or WWE watches the video before trying to take it down.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 26, 2013, 04:32:24 pm
Oh and when you said next video will be on catalog number 001, are you referring to the very first game for the sg 1000?? So each video you will be providing information for each game?
That's the plan. I'm starting with the first game and going in order to the last game. The goal is to go at a rate of one a week. We'll see though... ::) I'm aiming for Wednesday releases. I like to lounge around Sundays working on it. Then refine it a bit on Monday and Tuesday. Seems to work well. I'm a bit of a ways through researching and playing Borderline. I've come up with a lot more content than I originally thought I would.
Interestingly enough though. I got a content warning from World Wrestling Entertainment stating I was using some of their copyrighted material. :o I thought that was funny. We'll see how that goes and if anyone at Youtube or WWE watches the video before trying to take it down.
you theif!!!! ;) I'm not big on online games. Never did an emulator or rom but I'm going to watch each weeks and take note of some games I want to play, then I may get that rom cart or find the cheapest version of another region to play the sg-1000 games. That Garden Girl looked pretty cool :)
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 26, 2013, 11:46:41 pm
Oh and when you said next video will be on catalog number 001, are you referring to the very first game for the sg 1000?? So each video you will be providing information for each game?
That's the plan. I'm starting with the first game and going in order to the last game. The goal is to go at a rate of one a week. We'll see though... ::) I'm aiming for Wednesday releases. I like to lounge around Sundays working on it. Then refine it a bit on Monday and Tuesday. Seems to work well. I'm a bit of a ways through researching and playing Borderline. I've come up with a lot more content than I originally thought I would.
Interestingly enough though. I got a content warning from World Wrestling Entertainment stating I was using some of their copyrighted material. :o I thought that was funny. We'll see how that goes and if anyone at Youtube or WWE watches the video before trying to take it down.
you theif!!!! ;) I'm not big on online games. Never did an emulator or rom but I'm going to watch each weeks and take note of some games I want to play, then I may get that rom cart or find the cheapest version of another region to play the sg-1000 games. That Garden Girl looked pretty cool :)
Oh my god! Girl's Garden is so freaking good! And I feel weird saying that and everything else about it. But, in the game, you basically pick flowers for a boy you like. That's it. But it's so fun. For some reason there's bears out to get you. And it turns out love can only take a finite number of bear attacks. That number is two. I found that fact profoundly interesting. Plus, at the top of the screen is a timer. It turns out if you take too long your two-timing hussy of a boyfriend goes to the girl down the street.
And the mini-game-based-challenge stage has you launching the girl over bears. I couldn't stop laughing when that happened. Then I felt bad about laughing at a girl being launched over bears.
Plus, it's Yuji Naka's firs game. He is best known for creating Sonic.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: pacpix on September 26, 2013, 11:53:05 pm
Oh and when you said next video will be on catalog number 001, are you referring to the very first game for the sg 1000?? So each video you will be providing information for each game?
That's the plan. I'm starting with the first game and going in order to the last game. The goal is to go at a rate of one a week. We'll see though... ::) I'm aiming for Wednesday releases. I like to lounge around Sundays working on it. Then refine it a bit on Monday and Tuesday. Seems to work well. I'm a bit of a ways through researching and playing Borderline. I've come up with a lot more content than I originally thought I would.
Interestingly enough though. I got a content warning from World Wrestling Entertainment stating I was using some of their copyrighted material. :o I thought that was funny. We'll see how that goes and if anyone at Youtube or WWE watches the video before trying to take it down.
you theif!!!! ;) I'm not big on online games. Never did an emulator or rom but I'm going to watch each weeks and take note of some games I want to play, then I may get that rom cart or find the cheapest version of another region to play the sg-1000 games. That Garden Girl looked pretty cool :)
Oh my god! Girl's Garden is so freaking good! And I feel weird saying that and everything else about it. But, in the game, you basically pick flowers for a boy you like. That's it. But it's so fun. For some reason there's bears out to get you. And it turns out love can only take a finite number of bear attacks. That number is two. I found that fact profoundly interesting. Plus, at the top of the screen is a timer. It turns out if you take too long your two-timing hussy of a boyfriend goes to the girl down the street.
And the mini-game-based-challenge stage has you launching the girl over bears. I couldn't stop laughing when that happened. Then I felt bad about laughing at a girl being launched over bears.
Plus, it's Yuji Naka's firs game. He is best known for creating Sonic.
lol its a crazy story line for girls garden but seems fun to play. I'm adding that to my wish list. I checked out your retro reviews for Double Dragon and Rampage. Great reviews. I would personally say tho, that Double Dragon seemed best for the Genesis. But I think your video was just comparing the 8 bit systems.
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 27, 2013, 08:56:56 pm
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
No, I just picked it up. The game is common as dirt. There is just a lot of hype around a UPC sticker slapped on some North American boxes for our retail systems. Me and Soera could probably go on about that ridiculous sticker. My particular copy is from the UK.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: burningdoom on September 27, 2013, 09:13:21 pm
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
No, I just picked it up. The game is common as dirt. There is just a lot of hype around a UPC sticker slapped on some North American boxes for our retail systems. Me and Soera could probably go on about that ridiculous sticker. My particular copy is from the UK.
Even the EU version is a bit hard to come by, in the U.S., though. Even if it isn't nearly as rare as the "U.S." version.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 28, 2013, 12:26:32 am
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
No, I just picked it up. The game is common as dirt. There is just a lot of hype around a UPC sticker slapped on some North American boxes for our retail systems. Me and Soera could probably go on about that ridiculous sticker. My particular copy is from the UK.
Yea I remember reading about the sticker on the American versions and thats the only difference. Did you pick up the case or just the cartridge?? Regardless, congrats on the pick up. I have never seen that game no matter what region
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: sin2beta on September 28, 2013, 12:30:07 am
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
No, I just picked it up. The game is common as dirt. There is just a lot of hype around a UPC sticker slapped on some North American boxes for our retail systems. Me and Soera could probably go on about that ridiculous sticker. My particular copy is from the UK.
Yea I remember reading about the sticker on the American versions and thats the only difference. Did you pick up the case or just the cartridge?? Regardless, congrats on the pick up. I have never seen that game no matter what region
Yeah, it's complete. I did a swap with a collector in the UK.
Title: Re: Dreamcast VMU
Post by: 90snostalga on September 28, 2013, 03:54:47 am
P.S. Did you just add the legendary Sonic for the Master System to your collection????!! Or has that been there and I just noticed it? ::) ???
No, I just picked it up. The game is common as dirt. There is just a lot of hype around a UPC sticker slapped on some North American boxes for our retail systems. Me and Soera could probably go on about that ridiculous sticker. My particular copy is from the UK.
Yea I remember reading about the sticker on the American versions and thats the only difference. Did you pick up the case or just the cartridge?? Regardless, congrats on the pick up. I have never seen that game no matter what region
Yeah, it's complete. I did a swap with a collector in the UK.
Ah okay cool! 8) Nice add to your collection especially complete :D