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The Dreamcast is a console which perhaps made a more significant impression on the world of gaming than its humble sales figures would suggest. It was the first home system to launch with the ability to connect to the internet and pioneered many other cool features – such as the VMU for saving...

Publisher Read-Only Memory is reprinting its superb Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works book. Originally published back in 2019 and written by award-winning author Simon Parkin, the book is produced in collaboration with Sega and is packed with "never-before-published materials and specially...

SEGA has partnered with Limited Run for a special collector's edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations, the upcoming remaster of the beloved platformer, and it's laser-targeted to get fans all nostalgic. With a heavy emphasis on the Dreamcast, we've not seen something so perfectly aimed at editor...

Limited Run games is collaborating with Sega to release a very special collector's edition of the upcoming Sonic X Shadow Generations on Switch. Arriving at some point in 2025 and retailing for an eye-watering $249.99, the package nevertheless comes with some pretty cool extras. At the top of...

If you owned a Dreamcast in the early 2000s and loved vehicle-based games, you may have come across Red Dog: Superior Firepower in the past. A collaboration between the Star Fox and Croc developers Argonaut Games and the publisher Sega (note: the game was published in North America under Crave...

Update [Tue 27th Aug, 2024 11:30 BST]: The patch is now live. You can grab it here. There's been a lot of chatter surrounding the Capcom vs. SNK crossover series of late, driven mainly by the fact that SNK characters are appearing in Street Fighter 6, so we're pleased to add to that noise by...

One of the most unexpected Sega Dreamcast ports of recent years was Crazy Viking Studios' Volgarr The Viking. Originally developed for the PC, the brutal action-platformer made its debut on the Sega console back in 2015, thanks to the incredible efforts of a software engineer named Marc Hall...

If you've heard of the name 8BitMods, then you'll almost certainly be aware of the fact that the company creates an amazing line of 'new' memory card options for consoles like the PS1, PS2 and GameCube. It would seem that the company's next project is for the Dreamcast. It has shown off a PCB...

Remember when Sega first demonstrated the power of its Dreamcast console by showing a 3D model of then-present Shoichiro Irimajiri being manipulated and illuminated in real time? Well, fast-forward a few decades, and the development community has taken this concept to the next level, thanks to a...

The Dreamcast VMU was really ahead of its time. Primarily a memory card for Sega's final home console, it had its own built-in LCD screen and controls, which allowed it to host very basic mini-games based on the titles you played on the main console. While we're sure that this isn't the first...

Doom 64 has been the black sheep of the series for quite some time, and it wasn't until a few years ago that Doom 64 got an official modern port to consoles and PC (Steam). Although Doom 64 is sometimes overlooked, it is still a very good and highly atmospheric sequel to Doom 2. While Doom 64...

The classic dungeon crawler Diablo is being ported to the Sega Dreamcast by @azi_hassan. The port is being created using Devilution, and is currently in a somewhat rough state; there's no audio and the network functionality isn't present – plus there are "other unspeakable things" that Hassan...

The team behind the SuperSega FPGA console has shown off its Dreamcast core in a new video. Crazy Taxi, Gunbird 2 and Super Street Fighter II were shown off in the footage. The system, which is expected to be completed later this year, also runs Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Sega CD...

When it comes to the most requested fan ports for Sega Dreamcast, Grand Theft Auto III for PS2 is often high on the list. And it's easy to understand why. Not only is it a landmark title that pushed the game industry forward with its 3D open-world exploration but it also famously began life on...

The Sonic homebrew and hacking community is for sure one of the most active communities when it comes to game modifications themselves. The fanbase has even made their own hacking contests and fan game events to showcase modified games from the franchise, to even games inspired by the blue blur...

Update [Wed 17th Jul, 2024 09:30 BST]: jnmartin84's fan port of Doom 64 to the Sega Dreamcast is now available to play. In order to play the game, you'll need to acquire a Doom 64 ROM in Z64 format and download the source files and tools from GitHub to build the game yourself. A full build...

A new fan-made port of Metal Slug has been released for the Sega Dreamcast which is even better than the 1996 original. Developed by Ian Micheal, this port leverages the developer's DreamNeo CD Neo Geo CD emulator to deliver the smoothest and most feature-rich conversion of the game yet seen...

Getting a vintage console to output HDMI is one of the top priorities for many retro gamers, and to this end we've seen a wide array of external and internal solutions. The very best examples take the direct digital signal from your console, while other options – such as the Retrotink 5X – turn...

Cross-play remains a hot topic even in 2024. While many of the most popular titles are available across multiple formats, it's not always a given that players from one platform will be able to compete with those on another – but what's truly amazing is that such barriers were being overcome as...

Capcom vs. SNK 2 is one of the most beloved 2D fighters of the early 2000s, and was released on PS2, GameCube and Xbox. However, it actually began life on Sega's NAOMI arcade hardware, and the PS2 version was accompanied by a Dreamcast port on the same day in Japan (September 13, 2001). While...