Interested in getting DC for homebrew/emulation....

[Mourningstar]

OK, Ive been thinking about getting a DC again just for homebrew and emulation...

So I would like to know everything about it before I actually purchase one.

How hard is it?

What, in all, do I need?

What are the best emus?

Links to FAQs/tutorials?

Etc.?

Please help me the best you can. ;)

[Christuserloeser]

1. Pretty easy. Just download and burn. Visit http://www.DCEvolution.net for premade images.
Creating images is very easy too if you use BootDreams:
http://www.consolevision.com/members/fackue/

2. A Dreamcast and a bunch of CDRs.

3. Amiga 500
UAE4All
http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/neo4all.html

Apple 2 SoulCaptor
http://www.dcemulation.com/dcemu-apple2.htm

Atari ST
DCastaway
http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/dcastaway.html

Atari VCS2600
StellaDC v2f
http://our-arca.de/DCstella/

C64
DreamFrodo 64
http://frodo.boob.co.uk/

ColecoVision
[D]Colem
http://www.dcemulation.com/dcemu-dcolem.htm

Game Boy Color
DCGNUboy
http://www.dcevolution.net/goto.php?id=29

NeoGeoCD
Neo4All by Chui & Fox68K
http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/neo4all.html
NeoDC by Quzar
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/neodc.shtml
http://www.screamcast.net/

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom
NesterDC v6.0 or v7.1+b
http://www.dcevolution.net/goto.php?id=65
http://www.dcemulation.com/dcemu-nesterdc.htm

Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG1000
SMSplusDC v02b & Dream-O-Rama
http://www.dcevolution.net/goto.php?id=54
http://www.pascalorama.com/dcsmsplus.htm

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
GenesisPlusDC PVR Preview v03
http://consolevision.com/members/sbiffy/ - [The file is called 'Genplus3_bO.sbi']
http://consolevision.com/dreamcast/emus/genesis/

Sinclair Spectrum
DC Speccyal K
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/dcspeccyalk.shtml
http://www.speccyal.be/

Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom
DreamSNES v098by Marcus Comstedt, Peter Bortas and Per Hedbor
http://www.dcemulation.com/help/dreamsnestutorial.htm
http://mc.pp.se/dc/dreamsnes/
Super Famicast by Scherzo
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/superfamicast.shtml

Check out http://www.consolevision.com/members/sbiffy and download the SBIs to try them out on one disc.

4. http://www.DCEvolution.net/DCHelp

[Mourningstar]

Thanks a lot! ;)

I believe i will pick up a used DC in a couple of days...

Do I need a VMU? If so, does it matter what brand?

[curt_grymala]

I would highly recommend trying to buy only actual Sega peripherals wherever possible.

I would also recommend reading this article (http://consolevision.com/dreamcast/tuts/buying/) before buying your DC, too.

EDIT - Also - you don't need a VMU, but it would benefit you to have one or two. Especially if you plan on checking out To-Eleven (an mp3 player whose GUI is entirely within the VMU screen, rather than on the television screen).