New Official Dreamcast Hardware?

**MetaFox** · March 15th, 2006, 06:41

Originally Posted by Darksaviour69

just a prototype. actually, was there even a prototype?

As far as I know, it was just an empty shell.

***quzar*** · March 15th, 2006, 07:08

Originally Posted by ptr.exe

Did you post a pic a while ago on dcemulation.com? One of the coders there has a DreamKara.

that was me.

Originally Posted by Segata_Sanshiro

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, 10:36

Originally Posted by Segata_Sanshiro

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, 18:36

Originally Posted by quzar

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.

Originally Posted by Max

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

That wouldn't be nice

Luckily I'm always careful before plugging things, especially videogame items.