Dreamcast Windows CE & the Dreamcast

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I had always wanted a Dreamcast.

I had been wanting one since the very second I learned of its existence.

Why? Because I thought that it was the coolest thing ever, a godsend that would finally deliver on all those promises gaming and computer magazines liked throwing around while talking big about the advent of truly next-gen machines capable of rocking your socks off with all their features and capabilities.

And this glorious plastic shell certainly threatened with fulfilling all of those geeky fantasies with its keyboard support, internet capabilities, Linux compatibility and VMUs, but I'll admit that this is the one feature I was most curious about when acquiring the system:

Like many others, I didn't know what to make out of it and promptly began dreaming about turning my console into a second PC I could install Age Of Empires and other computer favorites on, enjoying them from the comfort of my own living room — but alas... that was not to be.

Still pretty cool, though. And I'm genuinely glad that SEGA made a — frankly very rare — good judgement call on their way out by forfeiting Windows CE as software powering their final console.

It's crazy to think how dead the DC would be today if they hadn't.

 

[FlantasticFlantasy]

i got a dreamcast and the windows ce is only really used for homebrew and was officially used porting pc games to the dreamcast which is COOL AS FUCK!!!!

 

[IamtheWalrus]

If you do eventually venture into buying a Dreamcast, be sure it's either a Model 0 or Model 1 as those are the only versions that had the CD-R exploit that allowed you to play backups of games. The Model 2 requires you to need to mod it to do so.
Honestly, the Dreamcast was an amazing console and keeps showing what you can do with it, even apparently capable of using the Wiimote via the Motecast, which is a gimmick but does open ideas in my opinion. Yuji Yokoo used Ruby as a proof of concept for developing Dreamcast games via mruby. I'm sure we'll probably keep seeing things being possible with the Dreamcast, people are just that creative.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

If you do eventually venture into buying a Dreamcast, be sure it's either a Model 0 or Model 1 as those are the only versions that had the CD-R exploit that allowed you to play backups of games. The Model 2 requires you to need to mod it to do so.

I didn't know that — thanks for the tip!

But the thing is... I already own one (and love it) ^^U

 

[IamtheWalrus]

I didn't know that — thanks for the tip!

But the thing is... I already own one (and love it) ^^U

Well, regardless, glad you love it.
I do recommend watching the channel Ian Micheal, he's a BRILLIANT Dreamcast developer and does some insane works. He's currently working on a disc that allows you disc-swap to play NeoGeoCD backups (not official ones) on the Dreamcast, even made a program that allows you port Genesis games and Game Gear games (separate programs for separate hardware) to play on the Dreamcast.

Ian Micheal

Dreamcast development , Of my project i have written for dreamcast, I have been a homebrew dc coder since 2002 :) Dev videos of projects ported written for dreamcast

www.youtube.com