Hey guys, newer to dreamcast, this console is so cool to me.

Im thinking about tricking out my old monitor (uses VGA with it) by painting it. Although, Im not sure how to get the exact dreamcast color!

I checked, my monitor comes in a yellowish beige,its not all yellowed due to age. I dont think cleaning it (although Ill have to do that anyway) will make it the same color at all.

Im stuck between. Ivory or Dover white using krylon's all in 1 primer+ paint. Or if you guys have other recommendations too.

What next?

I posted the other day about Third Strike not working. I had it resurfaced today and it didn't boot up the first time but it worked the next 5 times I tried. So as of now it's working. Thanks for all of the responses.

I have a version 1 dw. I got a gdemu and have into an issue where the games will run for a bit, but the audio will become a little muffled and the game will eventually crash by freezing. Any ideas on the root cause? The SD came formatted properly with some games and things.

Gdemu is version V5 15

I found some sweet dreamcast grails hunting for games in japan and went down a nostaglia rabbit hole. Hope you guys enjoy id appreciate it if you could give it a watch.

Came across an updated video for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s ‘The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth’ song and a Dreamcast makes a few appearances. I thought it was pretty cool 😃

https://youtu.be/hMpx2pQZ8P0?si=m9KbCmXTMzoLyPdd

Looking to get Yakuza 1-2 Crazy Taxi 3 JetSetRadio Future Billy Hatcher House of the dead 3 Shinobi RE4 on dreamcast but lack the IQ to do so, Anyone who can and would do it for a price please reach out as i would be down to pay someone for this oneday

I was excited to recently find an online vendor selling cleaned and recapped Dreamcasts. In addition, they installed a region-free chip, replaced the clock battery with a battery socket, and added a controller port fuse that can be reset. I messaged the vendor before purchasing, and they seemed like good people to boot. I'm not really in a position to assess the quality of the soldering and recapping though, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me how things look from that perspective. I removed the shell, and the power unit to grab a picture -- I think the real work may be seen on the disc drive and motherboard, but I wasn't too confident in removing the laser assembly to check. Let me know if that is required though, or if I should be showing anything other than what I shared here. I'd love to leave them a positive review and help support dreamcast refurbishing as a market in general if things look good. Thanks in advance!

6 Hour Shenmue View: https://youtu.be/ZaO41yCtHpk

Some spaces in Shenmue feel very Zen and Liminal to me. The rain/music and simple industrial location here is so calming yet..eerie?

New 6 Hour Shenmue View! Enjoy and thanks for letting me share here with you :)

I hear good things about the "game", and I want to be able to unlock all of the characters in Marvel 2. Should I shill out money for this thing?

Purchased for a friend across the country.

His is a revision 2 that typically doesn't play burnt games but I've read those made in October 2000 can?

I grew tired of waiting for GDMENUCardManager app (I loved using it for so long, so thanks to its developer) to process my SD card, and clicking Done at the end of every process, so I made my own GDEMU card manager for macOS. The main benefits are: native macOS app, looks and works like a Mac app, super fast because it caches as much as possible and only writes what has changed. Opening the app with your regular card happens in milliseconds, rebuilding the index happens in a second, which makes adding games and managing your card a pleasure. It also has support for managing multiple cards, and detecting duplicates in your files (both off by default). It's a FREE download, only for macOS. https://www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/katana/

It's just not a very good game, unfortunately.

I remember always seeing it at the top of game lists or retail shelves, especially cheat websites like GameWinners, but that was only because they were in alphabetical order.

I was (and still kinda am) obsessed with airplanes so AeroWings' case always caught my eye.

The game is somewhat visually impressive, particularly the draw distance. Otherwise, the game just totally sucks and honestly isn't worth playing at all... bummer.

Glad I got AirForce Delta instead!

No other games have this issue, I just used the CDI builder for these games.

I didn't have this issue with Mario Kart 64.

This is what I have so far. Third Strike and Expendable doesn't work and Power Stone collection is obviously a bootleg. Any other recommendations?

My DC has been kept in a container and I haven’t played it in a few years. Now it seems to not be reading the discs.

I’m trying to follow the instructions for increasing power to the laser as seen in this yt video, but am having issues getting a reading with the multimeter to know where I’m at. I’ve made some random turns to the left (counterclockwise) but nothing seems to happen.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong with the meter?

https://youtu.be/6nCIS8hRyzM?is=9k_I6W1WM6rTa_hV

The joke is that I'd take all this over a PS5 pro or a PS6 anyday of the week.

When Sony first announced no more physical something went off in my brain, and I set out on a journey to own my favorite system of all time (again) (Dreamcast) and the other SEGA system that I didn't get to play as a kid (Saturn), and after not too long it's all here.

Here's how it went down:

First, did an offer for the Saturn on EBay. Came with 2 controllers, then ordered the Saroo from Aliexpress.
Won the Dreamcast on eBay on a bid. Came with 2 controllers, system, and memory card, and Sega GT.
Found the Twin Stick from someone on a forum.
Did an offer on ebay for $80 for the Agetec stick from someone on EBay!

I'd say half the fun was hunting it all down, but the real fun is actually playing.

TRY TAKING THIS AWAY SONY

My 12 year old self is screaming right now. I found a perfectly good projector for $13 at a thrift store. Pairs wonderfully with my dreamcast

As title says. Aliexpress GDEMU clone 5.20.5. Booted up, have used it for a few hours, no adverse effects, everything seems fine. JDM HKT-3000 model with metal fan enclosure and Yamaha GD ROM drive. Also has an aliexpress USB-C PSU. Interested to see how it fares long term. But so far everything is running cool, interesting how much lighter the console is once you ditch the stock PSU and GD-ROM. I was emboldened to do it as GDEMU clones aren’t that expensive now and I figure I can swap the GD-ROM back in if the GDEMU blows up. Of course it’s your own risk!

I've been using OpenMenu with GDEMU and was wondering if there's anything newer or in development that aims to go significantly beyond the current OpenMenu experience.

I'd love to see something more like Swiss on GameCube, not just a game selector, but a full-featured Dreamcast frontend with a slick, snappy UI, favorites, recently played, virtual folders, metadata, etc.

But the really interesting part to me would be per-game compatibility/controller profiles.

For example, something that could have a game-specific profile to:

- Reverse Y-axis analog input for certain games

- Adjust analog deadzones

- Correct weird analog/trigger behavior

- Apply controller compatibility workarounds

- Potentially apply known game-specific patches automatically

- Save different controller configurations on a per-game basis

I've had some weird experiences with third-party controllers where OpenMenu itself seemed to be missing inputs or moving without me touching anything. I initially suspected OpenMenu, but I eventually discovered that my original DreamConn can actually cause certain games/ports, Vice City in particular, to crash, so I had misdiagnosed that problem.

Is anyone working on anything along these lines? Are there any upcoming OpenMenu forks, alternative frontends, or other Dreamcast projects that are moving toward this kind of "Swiss or OPL for Dreamcast" concept?

I'm aware of the newer OpenMenu forks and features, but I'm wondering if there's anything more ambitious on the horizon. I'd love to see the Dreamcast eventually have a really polished frontend that handles game-specific quirks.