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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

They flopped at launch, but now they’re in every home. See how early tech misfires like the Virtual Boy and DigiCash became ...

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 ...

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 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 ...