New portable Dreamcast the DreamTrooper
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Retro, Sonic, Video. Tagged with Dreamcast, DreamTrooper, Fan Stuff, Portable, Sonic Adventure 2.
A guy called Hailrazer, over at the Benheck forums, has constructed a pretty cool handheld Dreamcast. There are a few fan-made portable Dreamcasts knocking around these days, but it is always a joy to see new ones coming around.
Halrazer’s Dreamcast, called the DreamTrooper, as the casing resembles a Storm Trooper’s helmet from Star Wars, is certainly one of the better made portable Dreamcasts.
The device was cobbled together using the shell of something called a “Lazer Doodle” (no idea what that is, I guess it’s an American toy), the LCD screen off a PS1 portable, a Quantum Fighter pad for the controls and some expensive rechargeable batteries.
The DreamTrooper is not 100% complete just yet, but it is in full working order and appears to have built-in memory. On the Benheck forums, before he made the device, he mentions the idea of an in-built VMU, but the video doesn’t specify if he has, or where it is. But when he loads Sonic Adventure 2, it looks like he has a few saved files there already.
Finally an affordable hand held Dreamcast right on your PSP?
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Retro, Sony PSP. Tagged with Dreamcast, Emulation, Sonic Adventure 2.
[Update: A lot of people think that the video is a fake. In all honesty I'm not sure - it certainly had me convinced. Hopefully the guy will put up some more videos, and I shall try to do some digging in the mean time. If it's a fake then I shall hold up my hands and say "Yeah you got me, well done." But if it's real then... "Woohoo!"]
We’ve seen a few hand held Dreamcasts being made over the last few years, one we reported on quite recently.
The biggest problems with these hand helds is that you either need to be a technical/electronics wizard, or have a healthy cash flow - and buy it off those that are wizards. But it seems now you won’t need to possess much more than the Internet (which, if you are reading this, you must have already), and a PSP!
I knew that the emulation and homebrew scene has been steadily growing over the past few years, but this is the first time I have actually seen a PSP running Dreamcast games. And to be honest, I’m pretty damn excited by the concept! As you can clearly see, the video shows the PSP running Sonic Adventure 2, and it looks pretty much perfect in game play.
Unfortunately I’m not totally sure on all the information here. All that I can really tell you is that it is running on the “AutoBrew” emulation software - which supports several retro consoles, including; Ps1, N64 and (of course) Dreamcast.
Hopefully we can find some more information on this for you guys soon.
[Source: TheGameForum]