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Preserving the Dreamcast (with Ben Franks)


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This week, we talk to Ben Franks, Dreamcast aficionado, and discuss the various ways its preservation has taken form. Your nice hosts also take a short trip down memory lane as we reminisce about our favorite video game hardware.

Here's a video Martha captured while we were recording the episode, as Ben open… - Nice Games Club with Ben FranksYouTube
Preserving the Dreamcast
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Preserving the Art of Play - Jacob BroganSlate

Here are the Xbox 360 and PS3 emulators Stephen mentioned. Less than 20% of their game libraries are fully playable.

This Facebook group wants Dreamcast GD ROM Drive Emulation to happen.

Clean room engineering uses formal methods and iteration in software developmen… - Wikipedia

The Dreamcast’s SH4 processor has an open source version called J-core.

Remember Game Gear? - Levi BuchananIGN
Elysian Shadows is being developed for Dreamcast, PC and...Ouya?
  •  Here are the tidy insides of a Dreamcast:
    • More pictures of Ben’s Dreamcast stuff!
    • Windows CE did indeed run on Dreamcast. Here’s a list of games that used it.
    • KallistiOS, a prograde development system for Dreamcast. - Cryptic Allusion Game Dev
      The Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit. - Wikipedia
      Sonic Adventure had a pretty robust Chao raising minigame. - Sonic Retro
      Sonic Shuffle, Sega’s attempt at a Mario Party-like game.
      The creators of Elysian Shadows have created a VMU emulator called ElysianVMU. - The DreamCast Junkyard
      How to burn a Dreamcast CDI. - The .ISO zone
      A guide to replace a Dreamcast GD-ROM drive. - I Fix It
      Ben Franks
      Guest

      Ben Franks hosts Gaymer Space at GlitchHQ. You can also email him at [email protected] with all your Dreamcast questions!

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