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#303736 5-Mar-2023 20:23

Daughter was at a friends this afternoon, and walked across the road to get her lift home.... saw a box next to a letterbox marked "FREE". So she opened it and took a look.....

No idea if it works, not tried powering on yet. Looks in good condition, nothing rattling inside.... but no AV cable etc. So will try powering it up and if get positive result, will track down an AV cable and a game and see what happens :)

XPD / Gavin

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#3046137 5-Mar-2023 21:47

looks like alien technology

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#3046148 6-Mar-2023 07:03

“Crazy Taxi” time.....

but seriously , Dreamcast are analog era devices ... so you’ll need to find a TV with either RCA or s video input....

Apparently an aftermarket hdmi adapter does exist and might your best bet to connect to a modern TV

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#3046152 6-Mar-2023 07:29

Didn't bother with consoles except Playstation around this era, never knew anyone with a Dreamcast. So will be interesting.... not holding out much hope if it works, but be cool addition to the small collection of "retro" consoles I seem to be collecting :)

Got a couple of TVs with RCA inputs still, so not a problem there.

If I get positive result from powering it, I'll pickup some AV cables etc from AX.

XPD / Gavin

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#3050314 15-Mar-2023 11:34

Best Connection for the Dreamcast was the VGA Cable when used with compatible games. I still have my Dreamcast and had many a night playing Soul Calibur and Rayman 2 on a 21" HP Monitor via the VGA cable. For the time it was console gaming at its finest.

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#3050383 15-Mar-2023 12:32

That picture brings back many weeks of time spent on one of those!

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#3050386 15-Mar-2023 12:37

There are good optical drive emulators for the dreamcast now, available on aliexpress as well. Just watch that there are listings that are only the plastic case that are priced at about half what the actual emulator costs but well above the price that the plastic should cost.

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#3050429 15-Mar-2023 14:30

I found $500 USD back in the early 90s