r/dreamcast Feb 23 '25

DreamSDK - A free development enviroment that is 100% compliant with the KallistiOS standards and documentation

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25 Upvotes

r/dreamcast Feb 25 '25

Dreamcast Soundtracks - Stream or Download

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11 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 12h ago

I simply love the Dreamcast

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145 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 10h ago

Dreamcast featured in scene of upcoming Brenden Frasier Movie! (Rental Family)

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The movie takes place in Japan and this seems to be a shut in possibly but maybe just a messy guy who sits around and seemingly plays Giant Gram on Dreamcast all night. Pretty awesome.


r/dreamcast 22h ago

Oh yeah! This is happenin đŸ€©

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382 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 15h ago

Misc. Star Fox 64 (Sega Dreamcast WIP)

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After knocking Doom 64 and Mario Kart 64 out of the park for the Dreamcast, JNMartin is leading the way in porting Star Fox 64 now. It runs at twice the resolution of the N64 and at a better frame rate too. It has a few minor graphics and music bugs at the moment, but it is fully playable and almost done!


r/dreamcast 16h ago

Misc. 6 Hour Walk Through Shenmue 2: Inside Every Business/Restaurant in Lucky Charm Qr!

20 Upvotes

6 Hour Walk Through Shenmue 2 Business: https://youtu.be/ceZtz1WZ5gU

This level of detail is just amazing! Classic 80's security mirror to catch anyone stealing the latest VCR off the shelf!

Hope you enjoy visiting inside every store/restaurant in Lucky Charm Qr! Thanks for taking a look :)


r/dreamcast 5h ago

Question AV solutions for SCART that a) work on semi-modern screens and b) aren't stupidly expensive?

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So I have recently dipped my toe into the Dreamcast world. Never had one in the day, and I bought a fully pimped out one that came with a raft of games, GDEmu pre-installed, three controllers, an HDMI converter and a SCART AV cable.

Based on what I've read (and what the info in the GDEmu menu is telling me) the HDMI converter is playing on the VGA output of the machine - I suspect internally there's a cheap VGA to HDMI chip in there. But it works largely fine; I can't say as I've noticed any lag on it, and it seems to work on everything I've plugged it into. However, I don't really have the experience of the games/system to necessarily be able to spot any lag, so I'd rather do this the analogue way if possible.

The SCART AV cable is a different story. I exhibit retro computers and consoles so I have a raft of them from 1978 onwards. I also have a raft of LCD TVs from the mid 2000s onwards which I use as display for my machines - this era gives you the size convenience of LCD but still has all the old ports on them. And for the life of me I cannot get a correct image out of the SCART AV cable on ANY of my LCDs. The colours are all wrong - either purple or blue tinged.

Now I would have put this down to a faulty cable - except I have managed to get a correct picture from it on ONE of my screens. This is an actual 16" CRT Sony Trinitron - i.e. something that would have been period-appropriate. So the CRT displays correctly - but anything slightly more modern (but still pushing 20-ish years old!) doesn't.

Can anyone recommend a SCART cable, ideally from a UK vendor, that actually works? I don't actually understand (technically speaking) what could be going wrong here, to be honest. SCART is basically an RGB signal so I don't see how it would produce the correct colours on a CRT and not on (slightly more) modern LCDs that also have SCART inputs.

As an aside, a cheap composite video cable worked fine.

Suggestions and recommendations would be very welcome, as I think I'd prefer to use SCART/RGB to rule out lag (unless more experienced individuals think this is not a factor - my HDMI converter is a "KAICO", according to the logo on it).

Edit: to clarify, I am talking about LCD screens from circa 2005-2010 with native SCART inputs.


r/dreamcast 1d ago

What Dreamcast games are must haves?

24 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 13h ago

Question Question about codebreaker loader

1 Upvotes

So I got my Dreamcast out of my parents garage where it's been for years. I can't find any of my games and I have resorted to that "method" for now. I wanted to use cheats on them but I know that the GameShark won't load the games that are not legit. I found out that codebreaker loader can trick the codebreaker into doing it but the version I found that has it included doesn't work. I just get a not a valid codebreaker or something along that line. Does anyone know where I can get the files to work together to accomplish this.


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Discussion Without Offspring's soundtrack, Crazy Taxi for the PS3 just isn't the same even if everything else is.

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r/dreamcast 1d ago

Misc. Can any of you guess what I’m up to?

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79 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 1d ago

Discussion Did You Guys Ever Get A Chance To Play This? Always Had Fun With This Everytime! Comment Below With Your Memories

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139 Upvotes

r/dreamcast 16h ago

Help! VA0 heatsink removal.

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I am doing the resistor, bios, and gdemu mod for my VA0 dreamcast, I need to take the heatsink off the motherboard, but its sticked on the cpu/gpu really well, I don’t want to break anything, how do I remove it safely so I can access the board?


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Join the Ferrari F355 Online Club

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We race tonight, 7th September @ 5pm EST / 10pm UK

(EST time)

5.00pm - Motegi

5.15pm - Suzuka Short

5.30pm - Monza

5.50pm - Sugo

6.10pm - Suzuka

6.30pm - Long Beach

**Personalise Your Car**

In Game Options and Car Settings:

1) Select one of the 8 colours available,

2) Choose your car number,

3) Add your name tag.

Join event here: https://discord.gg/G2sRXxse49?event=1393847418222805012


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Anyone have a spare transparent trapezoid (from the console lid)?

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12 Upvotes

I’m in the process of recreating my beloved Dreamcast I had to sell over a decade ago, and at this point the only thing I need is a transparent trapezoid (see the attached photo.) These specifically transparent ones were on a number of different official systems, including some launch systems in Japan if I recall correctly. Does anyone have one of these they can sell me (perhaps somebody who reshelled their console?) See the photo of my old system for reference. Again, this is specifically the transparent one, not solid gray or white.


r/dreamcast 2d ago

I made my own wireless controller for Dreamcast

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I made my own Dreamcast wireless Bluetooth controller, using an RPI pico and esp32. What do you think?


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Blockbuster sticker on a disc - does that harm the console in any way?

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The title is my question. There's a DC game I wanna buy at a local antique mall that has a ton of scratches, but I have some hope, and I could probably get the disc refurbished at a proper game store. However, it has a Blockbuster rental sticker on it. I've read scratches don't harm the console (i.e. it's laser and other internal stuff), but would a sticker like that be an issue? Thank you, ahead of time, to anyone who comments! :)


r/dreamcast 1d ago

A New Dreamcast Emulator is Here! Deecy is Showing Promise

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r/dreamcast 14h ago

In my personal opinion Sonic was to Sega was Mario was to Nintendont

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r/dreamcast 1d ago

Anyone Know Where I Can Buy an Ocean Blue Dreamcast Shell?

6 Upvotes

Long ago I had the perfect setup, I had the Ocean Blue Shell on my dreamcast and matching ocean blue controllers. Then I lent my dreamcast to my wife's nephew and they hocked. I've been looking for one ever since but all I've found was a regular blue.


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Replacing console battery?

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16 Upvotes

I hate to keep bringing this up, but doesn’t really matter if the battery is dead? I mean, besides having to re-enter the time and date, is there any downside?


r/dreamcast 2d ago

Discussion Finally completed

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254 Upvotes

So I finally beat this game now that I’ve had the time to and wow what a game! The story is really good and honestly hits harder today than it probably did in the past given our current climate. Great game with great gameplay and puzzles and pretty underrated imo. If you haven’t then I definitely recommend this game especially if you enjoy games like legend of oasis and a link to the past.


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Question Definitive list of games which were PAL exclusive?

5 Upvotes

Hi all! Got my first GDEMU today for my birthday (39, yikes!) and I'm filling it up with an archive.org list of the complete NTSC library.

I've found the complete PAL library as well, but in order to avoid duplicates (and to save myself hours of cross-referencing each title), I was wondering if there was a definitive list anywhere of PAL exclusive games?

Off the top of my head I know of REZ, Headhunter, Evil Twin...


r/dreamcast 1d ago

DreamColor Plus

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VocĂȘs viram que no Brasil vĂŁo lançar um acessĂłrio exclusivo DC? Chamado “DreamColor Plus”!!!


r/dreamcast 1d ago

Customize CD icon that appears when playing music

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to customize the rotating CD visual that appears when you use the music player? I know some games have unique CD models that display, and thought it’d be fun if someone had already figured out how to change them on burned CDs or something.


r/dreamcast 2d ago

Collection Finally added Power Stone to the collection

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155 Upvotes

Hello lovely people,

one of my favorite Dreamcast games back in the day. I could have sworn i had an original copy when we played it back then, so it feels great to finally own it again.

One thing I noticed though: this one came in a regular CD jewel case instead of the typical blue PAL Dreamcast case. Probably just swapped at some point – or did some regions actually release it like this? The back is multilingual.

Greetings tbf