Shadow Gangs Zero has successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, securing roughly £108,554, more than double its original £40,000 target. The game returns as a 16 bit style prequel to the original Shadow Gangs, paying homage to classic action arcade titles and planned for platforms including Neo Geo, Sega Genesis and Mega Drive, Dreamcast, […]
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Developer Euan Forrester (@photoeuan) has added complete Visual Memory Unit (VMU) support to his online Dreamcast save file converter, expanding compatibility with formats like .vmi, .vms, .dci and raw flash images (.bin, .vmu, .flash). The tool even supports extended VMU filesystems and can handle misformatted images. The update also includes a detailed guide on how […]
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A brand-new fan project is bringing Star Fox 64 to the Sega Dreamcast, and it’s already looking impressive. Developer jnmartin has been hard at work porting the classic Nintendo 64 shooter to Sega’s console, and the latest footage shared by Falco Girgis shows it running smoothly on real Dreamcast hardware. Everything runs fast and responsive, […]
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Developer Falco Girgis shared an impressive milestone on social media, showing a hardware capture of Esppiral rendering a scene from Final Fantasy X running natively on an actual Sega Dreamcast. In the short clip, Yuna can be seen on-screen, smoothly animated with authentic lighting and shading effects, proving the Dreamcast’s hardware is still capable of […]
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A new patch by Vague Rant restores the original brightness and color levels of Bangai-O on Dreamcast to match the Japanese release Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O. Using Derek Pascarella’s Universal Dreamcast Patcher, players can now apply the fix to the European, US, or VGA-patched versions of the game. The patch adjusts the visuals to their intended […]
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Alice Sisters is a charming puzzle-platformer that first appeared on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and has since been ported to PC, Game Boy Advance, Atari Falcon, and Sega Dreamcast. The story follows Alice and her sister on a quest to rescue their mother from the villain of the Big Mountain. Across 28 levels in 4 […]
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A prominent figure in the Dreamcast homebrew and porting development community, Falco Girgis, shared a video via an X post, showing a scene from Dragon Quest 8 on the SONY PlayStation 2 running on the SEGA Dreamcast. Hopefully, this will turn into a fully-fledged port, similar to Falco’s previous GTA ports. Either way, this looks […]
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Iced Lizard Games has released Mute Crimson DC, a brand-new, completely free game for the Sega Dreamcast. The stylish precision platformer, originally released as Mute Crimson DX, has now been adapted to Sega’s hardware with impressive results. The game features nine worlds packed with wall-climbing, double jumps, boss battles, hidden secrets, and a striking black, […]
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The Sega Dreamcast just received a surprising new accessory in the form of the Dream Color Plus, developed by Nai Adventure in Brazil. This unique controller stands out as the first Dreamcast controller capable of displaying game information in full color, a major leap over the classic monochrome VMUs that fans are used to. Not […]
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DreamSDK is a ready-to-use development kit that simplifies coding for the Sega Dreamcast, providing all the tools you need in one package. Designed for Windows users, it’s been the go-to setup for homebrew developers looking for a smooth start. Now, DreamSDK R4 is here. Created by SiZiOUS, this release brings better compatibility, new features, and […]
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