A gamer has turned a SEGA Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit (VMU) into a handheld game console. This creative project was done by Tito from Macho Nacho Productions. The upgrade makes the VMU work on its own as a portable gaming device.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Db2IqCgxwThe updated VMU features a Raspberry Pi Zero W as its core processor, significantly enhancing its gaming capabilities. It now includes a 128x128 pixel LCD display for improved visuals, an 850mAh battery and charger for portability, and a speaker to enhance sound quality. These upgrades enable the VMU to function as a standalone console, capable of playing a wider array

A gamer has turned a SEGA Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit (VMU) into a handheld game console.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    Wasn’t the VMU, from the start, already a portable handheld console? Sure it was just minigames, but thats the V in VMU. I remember playing the Skies of Arcadia minigame.

    Dreamcast did have Memory Units that didn’t have the screen so they wouldn’t have been VMUs, but were still MUs. I appreciate the hack of a Pi Zero and a full color screen though. :)

  • sundrayEnglish
    141·
    2 months ago

    I hope this isn’t another project claiming to repurpose old tech, only to instead core it like an apple and stuff a SOC in its guts…

    Goddammit.

    • M600@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, it’s pretty lame.

      I’d be ok if they just swapped the screen and maybe added a better power source. But all they are doing is putting another computer in it.

  • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Would be hilarious if the next version of the pi zero was strong enough to emulate Dreamcast and play full Sonic adventure on the VMU