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 VMU, or Visual Memory Unit, makes an interesting choice for an enclosure, because it is a relic of one of console gaming’s dead ends. ... Raspberry Pi Zero, sega, sega dreamcast, vmu.

The VMU wasn’t perfect. It didn’t have a lot of storage, a problem for a memory card. It also used harder to find watch batteries and was prone to bugs and other issues.

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 ...

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 ma… ...

As a custom unit made from an original Sega VMU shell, there may be some wear and tear on the case since it could two decades old. The Circuit Gem isn’t cheap. Priced at $235, ...

The moment you memory addicts have all been waiting for has finally arrived, as Sega has shipped the official 4X VMU to retailers across the country. The unit contains 800 blocks for game storage ...

T he 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 ...