VMU archiving project

[streeker]

15 years since the birth of our beloved Dreamcast and its little companion, the VMU. Still, there is no complete list/collection of all the officially released VMU content - such as mini games, tools, clocks, etc.. About time to change this! I've already been going through lots of web sources, FAQs, game manuals and game directories. By now, I think I've successfully gathered all the VMU extras released in North America and Europe. Yet, there are still some Japanese releases, that need to be checked properly. I'd really appreciate any help. Someone with some Japanese language skills would be great! Since most of what I can do now, is to vaguely work with google translate

Anyway, here's a list of my achievements so far:

Akihabara Dennou-Gumi PataPies!: PataPies [Minigame]
Animastar: Mini Anima Notebook [Tool]
BassRush Dream: BassRush Mini [Minigame]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Kero Breakout [Minigame]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Kero Oyatu [Minigame]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Kero Tobakero [Minigame]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Keroberos Clock [Clock]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Sakura Kinomoto Clock [Clock]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Syaoran Li Clock [Clock]
CardCaptor Sakura - Tomoyo No Video Daisakusen: Tomoyo Daidouji Clock [Clock]
Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan [Special Edition VMU]: Asonde Kid DC DC [Minigame]
Culdcept 2: Culdcept 2 Pocket Book [Tool]
Eve Zero - Ark Of The Matter [DLC]: Beam Force [Minigame]
Evil Twin [DLC]: Fat Rain [Minigame]
Evil Twin [DLC]: Glucky Laby [Minigame]
Evil Twin [DLC]: Paper Attack [Minigame]
Evil Twin [DLC]: Swampy [Minigame]
Evolution 2 - Far Off Promise: Linear Watch [Clock]
Giant Gram - All Japan Pro-Wrestling 2: Giant Channel [Minigame]
Godzilla Generations [Special Edition Godzilla VMU]: Atsumete Godzilla [Minigame]
Guru Guru Onsen 1: Chiisana Kotori Uranai [Minigame]
Guru Guru Onsen 2: Chiisana Kotori Uranai [Minigame]
Hello Kitty Otonaru Mail: Hello Kitty Diet Room [Minigame]
Jet Set Radio [DLC]: Jet Set Radio Graffiti Download Tool [Tool]
Kiteretsu Shounen's Gangagan: Kotodamashi Encyclopedia [Tool]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Asagiri Ayame Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Asagiri Minami Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Narumi Rio Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Sakagami Hazuki Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Sakagami Miyuki Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Sasagawa Sanae Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Sasagawa Asami Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Mikami Satoru Clock [Clock]
Maborosi Tukiyo: Gose Satsuki Clock [Clock]
Marionette Company 1: Heartful Catch [Minigame]
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - VS.COM [Tool]
Nakoruru - Ano Hito Kara No Okurimono: Manari Clock [Clock]
Nakoruru - Ano Hito Kara No Okurimono: Nakoruru Clock [Clock]
Nakoruru - Ano Hito Kara No Okurimono: Rera Clock [Clock]
Nakoruru - Ano Hito Kara No Okurimono: Rimururu Clock [Clock]
Namco Museum: PAC-it [Minigame]
NBA 2K1 [DLC]: NBA 2K1 VMUv [Animation]
[MISSING...] NFL 2K1 [DLC]: NFL 2K1 VMUv [Animation]
Pier Solar: Pier Solar Labyrinth [Minigame]
Pocke-Kano: Yumi, Shizuka, Fumio: Pocke-Kano: Yumi [Minigame]
Pocke-Kano: Yumi, Shizuka, Fumio: Pocke-Kano: Shizuka [Minigame]
Pocke-Kano: Yumi, Shizuka, Fumio: Pocke-Kano: Fumio [Minigame]
Pop'n Music 2: Pop'n Music Anywhere vol.1 [Minigame]
Pop'n Music 3: Pop'n Music Anywhere vol.2 [Minigame]
Pop'n Music 4: Pop'n Music Anywhere vol.3 [Minigame]
Power Stone 1: Power Stone Mini: Falcon's Aerial Adventure / Ayame's Shuriken Training / Gunrock's Gun-Gun Slots [Minigame]
Power Stone 2: Power Stone 2 Mini Book [Tool]
Pro Soccer Club Wo Tsukurou! 1: Make Soccer Anywhere #1 [Tool]
Pro Soccer Club Wo Tsukurou! 1 - Sakatsuku Special Edition: Make Soccer Anywhere #2 [Tool]
Pro Soccer Club Wo Tsukurou! 2: Make Soccer Anywhere #3 [Tool]
Pro Yakyu Team De Asobou!: Let's Play! VMU Trade [Tool]
Quake III Arena: Quake III Maze (Final Challenge) [Minigame] [not a standalone game]
Real Sound - Kaze No Regret: Bababa Battle [Minigame]
Rent A Hero No. 1: F San Gogo [Animation]
Rent A Hero No. 1: Collect Gachara [Animation]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: Mixed [Minigame]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: Animals [Minigame]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: English [Minigame]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: Food [Minigame]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: Places [Minigame]
Roommania #203: Mojipuchi: Roommania [Minigame]
Sakura Momoko Gekijou Coji Coji: Coji Coji Watch [Clock]
Sakura Taisen 3: Pari No Futari [Minigame]
Sakura Taisen Online - Paris No Yuugana Hibi: VM Business Card Exchange-Kun [Tool]
Sakura Taisen Online - Teito No Nagai Hibi: VM Business Card Exchange-Kun [Tool]
Seaman: Seaman Storage Matrix [Tool]
Sega GT: Pocket GT America [Minigame]
Sega GT: Pocket GT Europe [Minigame]
Sega GT: Pocket GT Japan [Minigame]
Sega Rally 2: Sega Rally 2 Record Viewer [Tool]
Sengoku Turb - Fanfan I Love Me Dance: Pixel Art - I Love Me [Animation]
Sengoku Turb - Fanfan I Love Me Dance: VM-Chan 1 [Minigame]
Sengoku Turb - Fanfan I Love Me Dance: VM-Chan 2 Matrix [Minigame]
Shenmue 1 (Passport) [DLC]: Shenmue Goodies [Animation]
Skies Of Arcadia: Pinta Quest [Minigame]
Sonic Adventure 1: Chao Adventure 1 [Minigame]
Sonic Adventure 1: Chao Puzzle [Minigame] [not a standalone game]
Sonic Adventure 2: Chao Adventure 2 [Minigame]
Soul Calibur [DLC]: Soul Calibur Mini-Game 3 Pack: Voldo Panic / Word Scramble / Cannon Dare [Minigame]
Soul Calibur [DLC]: Soul Calibur Text Adventure: Shenhua's Story [Minigame]
Speed Devils: Speed Devils Championship Viewer [Tool]
Super Runabout: Runabout Mini Madness [Minigame]
Super Runabout: Climax Editor #2: Icon Editor / Name Editor [Tool]
Tantei Shinshi Dash!: Minto To Issho [Minigame]
Tech Romancer: Tech Romancer Mini: Love & Punches / Phantasm Unit / Rock-Paper-Scissors [Minigame]
Time Stalkers: Climax Editor #1: Icon Editor [Tool]
Time Stalkers: Dungeon IV [Minigame]
Time Stalkers: Moonlighter [Minigame]
Time Stalkers: Stuff: Chicken / P-S-R / Boing! / Slots [Minigame]
Time Stalkers [jap.]: Nanwaka Lengend [Minigame]
Time Stalkers [jap.]: Rich Life Collection: Climax Editor #1 / Phone Directory / Fortune Teller [Tool]
Time Stalkers [jap.]: Yogurt's Big Adventure: What Yogurt / Yogurt Mansion [Minigame]
Tokyo Bus Guide: Tokyo Bus Guide: PDA Quiz [Minigame]
TrickStyle: TrickStyle jr. (Snake) [Minigame]
World Neverland Plus 2: Imuppi [Minigame]
[MISSING...] World Series Baseball 2K1 [DLC]: World Series Baseball 2K1 VMUv [Animation]
Yukawa Moto Senmu No Otakara Sagashi: Space Senmu [Minigame]
Zombie Revenge: Zombie Raising: Zombie Fishing / Zombie Doubt [Minigame]
(---) [Special Edition Gamera VMU]: Gamera Dream Battle [Minigame]
(---) [Special Edition Mothra VMU]: Mothra Dream Battle [Minigame]
(---) [DLC]: VMU Football [Minigame]


Edit: Meanwhile the achievements of this project have been released as "VMU ARCHIVE 1.0"...
It's available in the Downloads section of this forum.

[streeker]

++ MISSING GAMES/ITEMS ++

DLC-only files, that used to be on the following websites:
NFL 2K1 VMUv (Animation): https://web.archive.org/web/20040212090 ... ndex.shtml
World Series Baseball 2K1 VMUv (Animation): http://www.angelfire.com/games4/segafan ... games.html

Character animations, that could have been exchanged for winning cans in "Shenmue Passport":
Here's a listing of the files, that are still missing: https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/vi ... 80#p129742

[einstein95]

Any chance I could get a copy of these games, if you hae them?

[streeker]

Let's try to complete this first, okay?
So, let me ask again: anyone around here, who could help with translating some Japanese text??

[Raen]

Have you ever checked the TOSEC project? They have a big collection of VMU dumps, if not complete...

[dark]

I don't understand what you want done re: Japanese language. Do you want me to check those websites in your second post to see if they mention a VMU game? Is that it?

[streeker]

@Raen: I've checked a TOSEC package once. And for the most part it was PD, homebrew, etc. That's not, what I'm aiming at. It's all about officially released titles here.

@dark: Exactly! If you could do that, it would be much more concrete than juggling around with google translate, I guess. Furthermore, there'll be some VMU extras, for which I'll be needing the exact titles. In this regard, take a look at the two screenshots for "Rent A Hero No.1", please.

[dark]

I was going through the list, but then realized that you want notes on everything re: downloadable content, animations, etc. And not just which games have mini games.

I'll get to this later, but your list of jpn titles does have several with mini games and downloadable content, and some stuff I don't understand what it would be - such as "using the vmu to exchange business cards" - no doubt related to something in the particular drama game that description was for.

[streeker]

Update:

++ added three new items:
Animastar: Mini Anima Notebook [Application]
Marionette Company 1: Heartful Catch [Minigame]
Real Sound - Kaze No Regret: Bababa Battle [Minigame]

++ added correct titles for 'Rent A Hero No. 1: F San Gogo' and 'Rent A Hero No. 1: Collect Gachara'

[Blai]

Great project!!!!!

Thanks in name of all the DC lovers