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Tomlo
March 13th, 2006, 06:44
I was just searching around on the sega of japan website using babelfish translator and I found some hardware for dreamcast that I have never heard of before.

The Sega Karaoke Unit:

http://www.sega.co.jp/dc/hard/img/o_segakara.jpg


http://www.sega.co.jp/dc/hard/img/o_karaoke.jpg


The Sega Dreameye:

http://www.sega.co.jp/dc/hard/img/o_eye.jpg

Does anyone know anything about these products?

ish420ism
March 13th, 2006, 10:56
SEGA DREAMCAST...LONG LOST LOVE...where have the times gone :rolleyes:

Elsid
March 13th, 2006, 11:14
aaahhh, i remember those days...(falls into a deem dream)...

Erghize
March 13th, 2006, 11:57
I've heard of the Karaoke thing and the Microphone and Camera, but never before have I seen them O_o

I really wish the Dreamcast didn't die out like it did :(

Cast128dreams
March 13th, 2006, 18:52
Hey cool adapter.....Hey wondering maybe it got in production?
A few and rare speices

iniquitous_beast
March 13th, 2006, 19:19
I remember seeing the camera in Popular Science a few years back. Would have been cool back then. Digital Cameras weren't that common yet.

iniquitous_beast
March 13th, 2006, 19:26
I just did some hunting. The camera was released in Japan as the Dreameye. There is one currently on sale on ebay for about $55. Here is a link to some pictures of the dreameye from different angles.

http://www.vidgame.net/SEGA/dreameye.htm

The ebay auction link is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/DREAMEYE-sega-dreamcast-jp-import-DIGITAL-CAMERA_W0QQitemZ8266337544QQcategoryZ41054QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Enjoy!

Darksaviour69
March 13th, 2006, 19:56
yeah , i think bluecrab (dc coder) has a Karaoke Unit

Erghize
March 13th, 2006, 20:31
Wow...that would be so awesome to have the camera :(

Tomlo
March 13th, 2006, 21:17
:( the japs get all the cool stuff...

vazel
March 13th, 2006, 22:57
i just came across the karaoke unit here. http://videogameimports.com/hw_index.htm

haha, they have a hello kitty dreamcast.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1421/dchellokittypink1791996st.jpg

Erghize
March 13th, 2006, 23:02
Wow, awesome.

...I actually want a Hello Kitty Dreamcast >_< :P

It'd just be cool to say I have one.

ryutenmen
March 14th, 2006, 01:02
well if you search harder you will find "dreamhand" , its(was) only o prototype or just a project, try in google

quzar
March 14th, 2006, 03:04
yeah , i think bluecrab (dc coder) has a Karaoke Unit

Bluecrab has a DreamEye. I have a DreamKara (karaoke unit) and a DreamEye.

Max
March 14th, 2006, 12:01
I have all three iteams here (Hello Kitty, DreamEye, Karaoke Unit).

The DreamEye should have been also released in Europe in late 2001, but it was canceled in the end. But a few European press shots exist.

Some of our other equipment:

http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/uploads/Main/GC20005-DCSBooth-05.p.jpg http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/uploads/Main/GC20005-DCSBooth-10.p.jpg http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/uploads/Main/GC20005-DCSBooth-19.p.jpg

ptr.exe
March 14th, 2006, 21:10
Bluecrab has a DreamEye. I have a DreamKara (karaoke unit) and a DreamEye.
Did you post a pic a while ago on dcemulation.com? One of the coders there has a DreamKara.

Segata_Sanshiro
March 14th, 2006, 21:35
How does the DreamKara exactly work? Is there any trouble in pluggin it to a 220V DC?

The DreamEye also looks great... And it normally is quite cheap, I hope i can get one some day.

It's a shame that the mp3 vmu was never released.

Erghize
March 14th, 2006, 22:35
I thought the MP3 VMU looked a bit shit to be honest =\

I would just love the Zip drive though...:P

SSaxdude
March 15th, 2006, 01:39
Was the DVD add-on ever released, or as a prototype?

Darksaviour69
March 15th, 2006, 02:37
just a prototype. actually, was there even a prototype?

MetaFox
March 15th, 2006, 07:41
just a prototype. actually, was there even a prototype?
As far as I know, it was just an empty shell.

quzar
March 15th, 2006, 08:08
Did you post a pic a while ago on dcemulation.com? One of the coders there has a DreamKara.

that was me.


How does the DreamKara exactly work? Is there any trouble in pluggin it to a 220V DC?

The DreamEye also looks great... And it normally is quite cheap, I hope i can get one some day.

It's a shame that the mp3 vmu was never released.

DreamKara requires a 110/120v power supply, because you plug it into the wall, then it powers the dreamcast through a crossover cable. The other downsides to it are that it can't be used with the vga box at all. It simply doesn't have the pins to do so. The software for it is also pretty bad, you must subscribe to a service and pay in order to download the songs you want.

Max
March 15th, 2006, 11:36
Is there any trouble in pluggin it to a 220V DC?

Yes, it would start to smoke and maybe even burn.

Segata_Sanshiro
March 16th, 2006, 19:36
DreamKara requires a 110/120v power supply, because you plug it into the wall, then it powers the dreamcast through a crossover cable. The other downsides to it are that it can't be used with the vga box at all. It simply doesn't have the pins to do so. The software for it is also pretty bad, you must subscribe to a service and pay in order to download the songs you want.

Hm thanks for that. It might not be a good investment after all.


Yes, it would start to smoke and maybe even burn.

That wouldn't be nice :D Luckily I'm always careful before plugging things, especially videogame items.

kohan69
May 28th, 2006, 10:18
Great site w/ all the peripherals (most) of which never came out

http://www.vidgame.net/SEGA/dc_peripheral.htm

GagaMan
May 28th, 2006, 12:39
One thing that always got me was how the Dreameye has the blue logo on it rather than the orange one, even though it was only released in Japan...

Tomlo
May 31st, 2006, 17:45
Are you sure, I think it came out in euro land too... Or atleast it came very close to being launced before canned.

GagaMan
May 31st, 2006, 18:40
Nope, I don't recall Sega Europe ever really mentioning anything about it getting a Euro release.