EXCLUSIVE: DREAMCAST 2.0 TO BE FULLY V.90 MODEM COMPLIANT
Reader “Matt” has provided our first look at the hardware design of the upcoming Dreamcast 2.0, also confirming initial launch software plans and the console’s connectivity options.
Yes, we are now the UK’s #1 online care resource for the mental. When no one else listens to you or looks at your photographs and videos or clicks on the like button when you say something… “You could always try UKR.”
Shouldn’t really be contacting you like this but it feels as though some people are abandoning all hope of DC 2.0.
I can’t reveal everything, but I have attached a couple of shots of the current prototype including some of the AWESOME new controller types.
I can confirm the following:
– DC2 will be available as hardware or as an iPhone App.
– DC2 will feature a fully V.90 compliant 56k modem.
– DC2 is compatible with both the CDTV and the CD32.
– DC2 will employ an improved version of the original VMU featuring a full colour 14″ CRT display.Unconfirmed speculation:
– Terrier Games may be approached to supply launch title.
– Final case design could be sought from Pininfarina.
– Sony have voiced concerns over their inevitable crushing defeat.That’s all I can risk saying right now.
Thanks Matt! We’ll be along with your mashed banana and the feeding tube shortly. This picture is a surprisingly realistic vision of what we imagine most people’s gaming set-ups actually look like today.
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July 20th, 2010 on 11:11 am
I think Sega might be in trouble with the Dreamcast 2, it appears they’ve based the design on the innards of a broken Xbox 360. At least they’ve added more fans, because the original design wasn’t noisy enough.
July 20th, 2010 on 11:14 am
‘How’ instead of ‘now’ top first paragraph.
July 20th, 2010 on 12:22 pm
@Bulk Slash: It looks like they’ve used a Thermaltake fan though so might not be too bad. If they’d really wanted to up the noise they could’ve put a Delta ‘screamer’ in there.
Is this going to be ebayed? Should I fire up a draft bitbroken post ready?
Not sure what to make of Zorg’s decision that this is now the “#1 online care resource for the mental” though, so following Zorg’s glowing recommendation of Tumblr I figured I might as well set one up.
Cue random Lukasaltarstyle link:
Steam Clean Jewellery
July 20th, 2010 on 1:13 pm
I like that Sega seem to have given up on designing the box, and so it just ships as an exposed mass. Presumably this will cut down on overheating, as the Dreamcast 2 will be so POWERFUL.
Gary Cutlack Tennis
(This is a real game, in the works. Be prepared.)
July 20th, 2010 on 1:19 pm
@GigerPunk: I’m hoping they’ll mount the orange fan to the front of the system and paint a swirl on it, so that even when the machine is broken you can be hypnotised by the spinning swirl.
It definitely looks like Sega have planned for all eventualities, it comes with a towel for performing the overheating trick and a solder remover for when the overheated CPU and GPU start leaking solder everywhere.
Best of all, it appears the Serial ATA has been hooked up to a spark lighter. I can only assume this is to allow owners to easily set the system on fire for insurance fraud purposes.
July 20th, 2010 on 3:47 pm
I’d actually quite like to play a game that had that guitar controller.
Also, I’m not the same Matt as the Matt that sent this stuff in. I wish I had picked a more specific name to avoid situations like this.
July 20th, 2010 on 4:28 pm
BUT HOW MANY POLYGONS???
Such vital questions never seem to be asked anymore :'(
July 20th, 2010 on 5:00 pm
It will certainly appear on ebay/bitbroken if it decides to go for it’s sixth E74 attempt.
All four fans are fed 12v so it is _slightly_ noisy, the towel is in fact for damping vibrations and preventing the whole thing from racing across my desk.
I have chosen to replace the “Measuring greatness using a randomly picked polygon count” system with how much noise the console generates. I can tell you this console wins. Even against my car.
Erm, obviously this Dreamcast 2 prototype shares one or two common components with the xbox 360. This will be a major selling point as it can actually play 360 games once you remove the Sega sticker :)
July 21st, 2010 on 7:09 pm
This would cleary produce some polygons. So, Mike, the answer to your question would be “some”.
Those eager young days of the Saturn. Wide eyed wonderment of Virtua Fighter in the home, where you could count the polygons by hand, or on an abacus if you were feeling frisky.
July 22nd, 2010 on 7:43 pm
Terrier Games is proud to announce it is working on 2 games for the Dreamcast 2 launch.
Working with the obligatory full-body motion peripheral, we are developing:
Super SexDrive – a full-body version of Project Rub. Comes with elastic band and rubber glove in box.
Lets! Drown Shadow – a fun game for all the family where you take it in turns to see how quickly you can drown Shadow the Hedgehog in a dingy public toilet.
Sadly, Sega have neglected to send us a development kit, or in fact any details on the Dreamcast 2, so we are currently working with a modified Gameboy…