![]() ![]() ![]() All the VMU Games are in one folder, and you run them through a emulator on the TV and on the VMU screen sitting in the square ole your controller When these games are compressed, you can't se them in the game, but this is very handy for games you don't play often that take a lot of blocks. Also, there is a disc you can get that also features a tool called VMUZIP, which lets you compress the amount of blocks a save file takes. VMUBackupCD: Available at El Bucanero, this disc has a very simple layout with full descriptions on each file. I'll be reviewing both of these discs, as well as showing you the best downloads for the VMU The two best discs are VMUBackupCD by and VMUTOOL by. VMU Collections have been made that can be burnt to a CD-R and played through the Dreamcast, which not only feature save files for every released DC game but all the other downloads too. This is where the wonderful world of HomeBrew development comes in again. Now most people won't want to go to the hassle to set up their DC online, however, how can you get all this stuff? While only one game can be placed on a VMU at any time, there are in total there are around 100 games for download out there. In the end not many commercial games actually used this feature (mainly Sega and Capcom titles), but like all things Dreamcast, the Homebrew scene got into the act and programmed countless games, animations and even music for the device. These were unlockable in certain titles, and as long as you have some watch batteries in the VMU, you could play little games on it on the move. Then of course there were the Mini games. These include some lovely seasonal themes and extra race tracks for the Sonic Adventure games, new mini-levels for Rayman 2 and replacement characters for ChuChu Rocket. As if the screen and buttons weren’t a dead giveaway,īack when the Dreamcast was online, many games had websites you could access on the disk which would have special downloads to add to your games. Thing is, a lot of people who are first time buyers of a Dreamcast won't know of the possibilities of this little thing, other than saving progress. Sony tried to rip it off just months after the Dreamcast launch in Japan with the PocketStation, and Nintendo did there own teeny tiny handheld with the Pokemon Mini, but this is still the best smaller-than-a-game-boy-micro hand held out there. ![]() The VMU, Dreamcast's memory card thingy, is a truly underrated piece of kit and I'm surprised that the idea never managed to stick with consoles that came after it. ![]()
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