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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit (known to most Dreamcast players as the VMU) was a great piece of innovative tech. Instead of just being another memory card, Sega created a self-contained device ...
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.
It was the memory card for Sega’s last foray into the console market, the Dreamcast, and unlike those of its competitors it formed a tiny handheld console in its own right.
Dreamcast VMU------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Unofficial Dreamcast VMU PC to DC File Transfer FAQ! by Daniel Green-Lee (AKA DCStriker) danzig21188 ...
The Sega Dreamcast launched in North America 20 years ago, on Sept. 9, 1999. The system enjoyed a brief but memorable time in the limelight with some truly fantastic games and a few features that ...
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.
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.