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Dreamcast Scart Lead
by cheekychops83
Now I am not into my technology but even I know when I am onto a good thing with Scart Cables. These products connect all of your electronic equipment together such as TVs will have a rectangle hole in the back of the system and you can connect your console or games systems with it.
Now I never knew until I was speaking to my ... girlfriends dad at a house party once that there was any difference in products. Some of them can range from £45 to £10 He recommended this one I brought it on line and found that there was a difference in the picture that I received.
It was much clearer and crisper than before. I did also notice a slight difference in the sound quality with this product too.
My friends have noticed the difference when they come round to my house and play Fifa and it is noticeable that there is a difference in the game play. It is more responsive than before and makes it easy to manoeuvre the players. There is no doubt that it expensive and that you can pick up other Scart leads for way less money. At a little under £20 then you may decide this to be a luxury purchase especially if you are like me who normally gets these second hand. However it does make a difference to the images on the screen.
You can also tell that this is a bit better than cheaper scart leads as it fitted nicely into the socket too and often I have to force my older ones into back of the TV.
Overall
If you a re looking for a product that will improve the function of your TV then you can get a bit of extra quality from changing your scart lead. I didn't know that this was possible until I tried it.
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Dreamcast Gun
by shaneo632
The light gun came about after its initial success on the PlayStation with the brilliant Time Crisis and Point Blank games. However, with House of the Dead winding up on the Dreamcast, Sega released their own version, a more sleek and sexy gun that doesn't look as clunky as the PS1's gun.
The gun is very light and not as ... chunky and cumbersome as the PS1's one. It looks like a futuristic, sci-fi style gun, and looks more like something you'd shoot at a laser quest. However, what I really like about it is how it promotes interactivity with the console, for the Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (VMU) can plug straight into the gun, allowing you not only to save, but also presenting a few fun graphical representations of how you're fairing against the enemy. While generally "auto" settings are considered cheating and not used for "official" light guns, the Dreamcast's gun is different: it has a full range of settings, such as semi-auto and full-auto, meaning you can rip through the enemies by just aiming and not having to physically fire. I generally don't use this as it's cheating, but it's fine if you're finding it hard or are letting a younger player have a go.
As for the game selection, well, there aren't that many, sadly. House of the Dead 2 is far and away the best, but Confidential Mission was also an excellent game. They're the only two games I ever had, though, and for such a great peripheral, it's a shame that they didn't release more. However, with the multiplayer support offered by HOTD2, it's worth picking up two light guns and making a night of it, because this is still a very fun accessory for your Dreamcast!
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Sega Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit
by shaneo632
Although the Dreamcast may no longer be kicking around the homes of many people, I still maintain that it didn't deserve the fate it was resigned to, and was in fact in many ways too ahead of its time, it seems. Of all the pieces of technology that would prove that, it is perhaps the console's online capabilities, and also its Visual ... Memory Unit that do in the greatest capacity.
Sega's VMU is refreshing because it has 200 blocks of memory, which allows it to hold a lot more games than any memory card of the same generation could, such as either the PS1 OR PS2. Of course, for any serious gamer, you're going to need a memory card of some sort, and so the VMU for the Dreamcast is a must unless you want to leave your Dreamcast on pause all night (which isn't a good idea as Dreamcasts have very poor lasers). What's more, in a hugely innovative feature, the VMU has its own read-out, and allows little extras in games, occasionally giving you the ability to play mini-games on the VMU itself! Also, little features like graphical read-outs during games are quite handy (such as the VMU displaying your hit/miss ratio in Ready 2 Rumble, and in Tony Hawk's it will detail how many points your last trick scored). Fortunately despite all of this it doesn't need to be charged during games and can be plugged directly into the controller. If you want to use it on its own though, it will need batteries.
It's a shame that the DC never took off, because great ideas like this don't come along often, and surprisingly the other developers haven't copied it. The VMU is still my favourite memory card because it's fun, well designed, and at the time was a lot more affordable than the rip-off prices Sony were charging for memory cards!
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