The Sega Dreamcast's VMU was a technological marvel in its day: a memory card with its own screen and control setup that hosted its own basic minigames. Well, one modder decided to take its ...

Since the Raspberry Pi range of boards first appeared back in 2012, we’ve seen them cleverly integrated into a host of inventive form factors. Today we bring you the latest offering in this space, ...

----- The Unofficial Dreamcast VMU PC to DC File Transfer FAQ! by Daniel Green-Lee (AKA DCStriker) danzig21188@yahoo.com 12/16/2004 For Sega Dreamcast Table of Contents 1.Introduction ...

The Dreamcast VMU was a curious piece of hardware. Part memory card, part low-end LCD gaming toy, its fate was sealed once SEGA abandoned the console platform on January 31, 2001. With a limited ...

Valve reminds me of Nintendo. The Seattle-based company isn’t afraid to utilise the revenue generated from its Steam storefront and games to explore other avenues that could benefit both developers ...

A crowdfunded 2023 product made for the 1999 Dreamcast console. It’s the same design but with modern features like a sharper screen, USB-C charging, microSD card support, and more. A crowdfunded 2023 ...

Did you know about the N64 Secret Screen? It’s not anything new to see peripherals get announced before being tossed aside. This was especially true for older consoles but one peripheral that was ...

One intrepid Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit homebrew developer takes it upon themselves to bring Pokemon GO over to the device, with a VMU port of the title in the pipeline. Although Pokemon GO has ...

Editor’s note: I had no idea that the Dreamcast VMU played games. I’m surprised by the variety of these games. Sounds like Sega had a pretty good idea. Matt details his favorite VMU games for the ...

Memory cards are something we don’t really need anymore. The Switch does use SD cards, but these are universal storage items that can be used on PCs, phones and other hardware. No, the days of ...

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Sega Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (VMU) is an 128K memory card with a built-in LCD screen that plugs into the control pad for use with Dreamcast games as a memory device or game-enhancing peripheral ...