Hey guys. It's been a while since I've posted. But I'm hoping to get more information from the community on this.
I have a buddy who's a big Dreamcast nut and collector like most of us here. He bought this particular unit on eBay a while ago, and had no idea what it was, or used for. He did his own research, reaching out to several Dreamcast aficionados on the net (including a former SEGA employee), and he found out that it is 1 of 4 units that were handmade for the sole purpose of testing beta versions of Shenmue at a corporate event at SEGA in Japan. You can see it came with a copy of 'What's Shemmue?'.
Supposedly, #1 and #4 were destroyed, somehow for whatever reason. As you can see this is #3 of "said" 4 units. #2 has yet to surface.
He also says there are some unidentified demo files on the VMU. I'm waiting for him to send me a screenshot.
Here is the eBay posting... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dreamcast-de ... true&rt=nc
And here are some pics my buddy sent me the other day.
See how ports C and D are blocked off?
Does anyone recognize this?
More importantly, can someone please translate the Japanese text written on the console, controllers and VMU??
Thanks!
Rare demo Dreamcast unit? Need info/translation!
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Re: Rare demo Dreamcast unit? Need info/translation!
The white letters on the console say Dreamcast Trial Edition
The 2 red lines next to the phone say something about setting the dial tone to pulse for a network connection, the rest I have not idea as the picture is blurry
The 2 red lines next to the phone say something about setting the dial tone to pulse for a network connection, the rest I have not idea as the picture is blurry
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Trial web acces for japs
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On the gamepad it says "Dreamcast trial version"
I dont see any text on the VMU?
I dont see any text on the VMU?
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Re: Rare demo Dreamcast unit? Need info/translation!
Thanks fellas!!!
Check out the pics on the eBay posting.
Strik3r91 wrote:I dont see any text on the VMU?
Check out the pics on the eBay posting.
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Tell him to upload the VMU files to http://dreampipe.net/dpwww/upload right away
Edit: listing says;
So it's probably nothing
Edit: listing says;
Added free white VMU. Working as is
So it's probably nothing
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Its sold. Did he back up the VMU saves?
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Re: Rare demo Dreamcast unit? Need info/translation!
Strik3r91 wrote:Its sold. Did he back up the VMU saves?
The saves are still on the VMU according to him. He'll be sending me screenshots soon.