Dreamcast Hardware Upgrades for Noobs?

[marchegiano]

Yes! House 2 is an absolute must!

If I could pair house of the dead 2 with the movie house 2 the second story on a GDemu for 100% more house 2 goodness and make a cab covered in House of the Dead 2 art on one side and House 2 The Second Story art on the other I would do it.



Anyway, right now I'm thinking I'll buy one of these pre-done models. I can't believe Dreamcasts are so cheap still. I thought game collectors had ruined all the consoles' prices and made everything old worth more than 500.

Seems like you can pick up a gdemu/psu combo pretty easily for around 300 and those seem to be the parts everyone can agree are worth getting.

Think I'll spring for those sexy black ones. Always wanted one as a kid but I lived so rural we hardly got the white ones. I didn't see a black one in real life until I was an adult. Just online and in mags prior. So, gonna get me a black one with gdemu, and, I don't see people doing it to make their led redder, I seen blue and green, but I always felt like the light on DC was orange and I'd rather a red.


Thanks a bunch for the input fellas. Y'all helped a ton!

[DCTurbo]

Blue LED is awesome for PAL DC's, matches the EU logo theme. Just de-solder the old one and drop in a replacement 5mm globe. Need to make sure you match the polarity for anode/cathode.

[megavolt85]

Seems like you can pick up a gdemu/psu combo pretty easily for around 300 and those seem to be the parts everyone can agree are worth getting.

people with soldering skills solve this problem very cheaply, just buy three mini560 from aliexpress and solder them
the price of the modification is cheap, and the quality is much higher than that of the most expensive PSU

[DCTurbo]

people with soldering skills solve this problem very cheaply, just buy three mini560 from aliexpress and solder them
the price of the modification is cheap, and the quality is much higher than that of the most expensive PSU

Any photos / diagram of mini560 installed?

[megavolt85]

Any photos / diagram of mini560 installed?

to be honest, I have no idea what diagrams are needed, the modules are signed IN + IN- and OUT + OUT-

[marchegiano]

Seems like you can pick up a gdemu/psu combo pretty easily for around 300 and those seem to be the parts everyone can agree are worth getting.

people with soldering skills solve this problem very cheaply, just buy three mini560 from aliexpress and solder them
the price of the modification is cheap, and the quality is much higher than that of the most expensive PSU

I only just looked at an image of them and the inside of a DC but from the looks of it all, seems simple enough. Thanks bud.