The Sega Dreamcast wasn’t the first home console to store game saves on a portable memory card, but its virtual memory unit (VMU) stood out with a built-in screen, controls, and playable mini ...

8BitMods has released the VMU Pro, a Dreamcast memory card with enhanced storage, battery life, and integrated 8-bit emulators.

In a particularly nice touch the Pi’s USB connectivity is brought out alongside the SD card on the end of the Zero, under the cap that would have originally protected the VMU’s connector.

Part memory card, part second screen accessory, the VMU was also a mini-game console with its own small library of mini-games. It wasn’t perfect but it was such a cool idea.

The VMU is a nice piece of hardware and an iconic feature of the Dreamcast’s legacy. While you’re playing your Dreamcast games to celebrate its birthday, grab a watch battery and revive your VMU.

The Dreamcast lives on with a new ‘next-gen’ iteration of its iconic VMU memory card The Dreamcast never dies - and this latest project aims to bring its most significant peripheral up-to-date.

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Sega Dreamcast’s iconic memory card is making a (fundraised) comeback A crowdfunded 2023 product made for the 1999 Dreamcast console. It’s the same design but with modern features like a ...

Between the Dreamcast itself and the Virtual Memory Unit (VMU), a funky peripheral released alongside it, there’s a steady stream of new releases to play on there.

8BitMods’ VMU Pro Sega Dreamcast memory card launches this week with unlimited storage for game save data, a color screen, and emulation for 8-bit retro games.