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Millennium Falcon Dreamcast Mod

By Ubergizmo

Millennium Falcon Dreamcast Mod

One look at this mod and you shouldn’t need much more information on why you should mod your Dreamcast in this way – it just looks cool. A modder seems to have done a rather good job by turning Sega’s short-lived Dreamcast console into the Millennium Falcon. Surprisingly, the Dreamcast seems to fit the mold rather well, which kind of makes you wonder if the Dreamcast and Millennium Falcon were meant for each other. Video showcasing this mod is available after the jump.

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Sony’s PlayStation 2 celebrates 10 years as a fallen, bygone generation of consoles looks on in envy

By Paul Miller

Dreamcast? GameCube? Xbox? They’re cute and endearing to look back on now, because they really never stood a chance. Sony practically redefined what it meant to be dominant in a console generation with the PlayStation 2, which was launched on March 4, 2000 in Japan (the US got it that October), went on to sell over 140 million units, and is still going strong. It’s strange to think that for what many people was their first DVD player turned out to be powerful enough to bring us the cinematic experiences of Shadow of the Colossus, God of War II and Final Fantasy XII, and enough of a kicker to make it into the latest round of Madden releases. Of course, its foray into online gaming took a second fiddle to Microsoft’s Xbox, and many of Sony’s high-minded, living room-invasion promises of the console (remember that FireWire port? The hard drive slot?) never really panned out. Still, we’d say it’s been a pretty good 10 years for this thing. Feeling extra-nostalgic? Check out Sony’s own timeline of PlayStation it pumped out for the 15 year anniversary of the brand last year. Brings a tear to our eye every time.

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Sony’s PlayStation 2 celebrates 10 years as a fallen, bygone generation of consoles looks on in envy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s mysterious universal video game controller patent portends PS3 Virtual Console (or maybe it doesn’t, who knows?)

By Nicholas Deleon

This is more interesting than I had originally thought. Sony filed a patent last year (it was only unearthed today or yesterday) describing a universal video game controller. You know how there’s universal remote controls, smart devices that can control a TV, cable box, DVD player, etc.? It’s the same principle here: a single device that’s about to function as a video game controller for all sorts of consoles.

Video: IntoDream, the portable DreamCast, explained

By Nicholas Deleon

This is the IntoDream, a homemade, portable DreamCast. It’s a bit of a Frankenstein’s monster of sorts, being part DreamCast, part PSone, and part N64.

Chinese Dreamcast portable mod may inspire KIRFs, or already is one

By Richard Lai
You thought the DreamTrooper would be the last portablized Sega Dreamcast mod you’d ever see? Nah. Turns out some folk in China quietly showed off an Oriental take on the mod — not too dissimilar from the form factor of the GameBoy Advance — just before the DreamTrooper’s debut. Details are thin here, but we’re hoping for a built-in optical drive and a decent battery life. If we’re lucky, some KIRF makers might pick up this idea and revive the legendary Dreamcast brand, so don’t go selling your dusty game collection on eBay just yet. Go ahead and watch some The King of Fighters action after the break. We know the Swirl still captivates your heart.

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Chinese Dreamcast portable mod may inspire KIRFs, or already is one originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Sega Dreamcast keeps dropping in price

By Matt Burns

Last time Dreamcasts were spotted for sale, the price was north of $100, but Amazon now has the system for only $79. It’s NIB too. Ladies, this could make a great Christmas gift for your nerd boyfriend.

Dreamcast-mounted iPhone dock sends VMU into jealous rage

By Tim Stevens
Dreamcast-mounted iPhone dock sends VMU into jealous rage

It was just over 10 years ago that Sega made the ill-fated move to release the Dreamcast, taking it down a road that would result in the company ditching the hardware scene entirely — well, almost entirely. Out of the deal we got this wonderful white console, which Jay Hauf has remembered with this bit of simple hackery. He’s popped the D-pad out, removed the controller’s bottom-mounted cable, threaded an iPhone dock through, then, apparently, went back to creating cute little box-headed figurines. It’s perhaps not the most amazingly complex controller mod of all time, but a worthy one nevertheless.

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Dreamcast-mounted iPhone dock sends VMU into jealous rage originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pandora rolls into production this month, emulates Dreamcast now

By Joseph L. Flatley

The OpenPandora kids have dropped us a line to say that yes, finally, “after a lot of serious tweaking,” it looks like Pandora is ready to roll. And as an added bonus, they’ve given us a little demonstration of the open source game platform rocking a Dreamcast emulator. Not that you’ll be able to play The House of The Dead 2 flawlessly on the thing — apparently the CPU suffers from some sort of floating point unit problem and a great many texture / blending modes are not supported. So don’t abandon that Dreamcast Tablet just yet. As far as getting your hands on the handheld yourself, here’s the skinny: of the four thousand devices in the initial lot, there are about a hundred units unspoken for and still available for pre-order. Priced at $330 each, if you’re interested you’d better jump now — there won’t be another batch until 2010. In the meantime, you can see that Dreamcast emulator we told you about in action after the break.

[Thanks, Devon]

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Pandora rolls into production this month, emulates Dreamcast now originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony may get exclusive Dreamcast titles

By Doug Aamoth

The year was 2002. Two friends and I had just finished moving into a swanky three-bedroom affair a block away from Lake Calhoun in the trendy Uptown area of Minneapolis. Upon waking up after a blowout house warming party with what seemed like 500 of our closest friends, I found my SNES, Genesis, and Dreamcast covered in beer and orange juice. I haven’t felt complete since that very moment. If you could punch someone’s soul, that’s how it feels.

Now it appears that Sony’s “currently in discussions to bring a number of Dreamcast titles exclusively to PSN,” according to MCV.

Sega’s Dreamcast turns 10, inspires us to find that VMU and finish Shenmue

By Darren Murph

In at least a few time zones, today is 09/09/09. Aside from being the same day that Apple holds a keynote on the left coast, Leica launches something and The Beatles: Rock Band encourages gamers everywhere to call in sick, today also marks the ten year anniversary of Sega’s iconic Dreamcast. Looking back, it’s hard to believe that the always-Thinking console was only in production for two years, but even today it holds an oh-so-special place in our hearts. We still maintain that the defunct VMU could eventually be the next coming of the Tamagotchi, and there’s still zero doubt that the designer of Seaman was on copious quantities of LSD during the conception process. Any particularly touching stories as we celebrate a solid decade of The Swirl? Share ‘em below — tissues are on us.

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Papercraft NES and Dreamcast cost less, play just as many cutting edge games

By Vladislav Savov

Finally, your lovingly prepared SNES model is getting some well-heeled new friends to hang out with. Cubeecraft is a website wholly dedicated to the paper-based recreation of cultural icons, and it’s prepared a pair of exquisitely detailed clones of the NES and Dreamcast. While some such projects might require patience and finesse, putting together the above templates doesn’t even ask for any glue or tape. So what are you waiting for, grab your scissors and run to the links below for full 150dpi printouts — just be sure to make the time for some imaginary Contra action afterwards.

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Papercraft NES and Dreamcast cost less, play just as many cutting edge games originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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