Now this is very very exciting news, the chaps over at spanish site Dreamcast.ES have posted that an SD Adapter for the Dreamcast has been released.





From the translation

[Loosley translated from the Chinese site]

"DIY's dedicated DC SD card reader directly uses the serial port without modifying the motherboard. Comes with boot disks, and your choice of 1 of 5 different styles. With this you can play the games of FC DC MD SFC GBA GBC PCE NEOGEOCD MAME and many other emulators and homebrew games."

Pretty much you would use this for putting emulators and homebrew games on it, and many other Dreamcast applications such as Xvid movies and music.

These can run retail games, but if they use CDDA, they lag a lot.

The ability to play Homebrew on the Dreamcast without the need to mess about burning to a CD means this is the best hardware release in years for the Dreamcast, for those who understand Chinese you can try and order one here --> http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=7818521031

Anyone who buys one let us know how you go on.

For more information and downloads, click here!

The Lavalit Team have released a new version of Openbor for Consoles,Wii, PSP, Dreamcast, Dingoo, Gp2x and Wiz.

OpenBOR is a continuation of Beats Of Rage originally created by the wonderful
folks over at http://www.senileteam.com


History
----------------------
As fans of the 'Streets of Rage' series that originally appeared on the SEGA
megadrive/genesis, we always wanted to see streets of rage 4. But the waiting
proved futile, and streets of rage 4 never came. That's why we tried to correct
this mistake and fill the void by making the ultimate tribute to Streets of Rage:
Beats of Rage!!


Development
----------------------
Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.

Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level. It is available
for many systems

Rev 2828 2010-06-09 18:50:05
Author: plombo

Log message:
No need to calculate the viewpoint matrix on every update when it always stays the same.

For more information and downloads, click here!

The Lavalit Team have released a new build of Openbor for the Dreamcast, Dingoo, PSP, Gp2x, Wii and Wiz.

OpenBOR is a continuation of Beats Of Rage originally created by the wonderful
folks over at http://www.senileteam.com


History
----------------------
As fans of the 'Streets of Rage' series that originally appeared on the SEGA
megadrive/genesis, we always wanted to see streets of rage 4. But the waiting
proved futile, and streets of rage 4 never came. That's why we tried to correct
this mistake and fill the void by making the ultimate tribute to Streets of Rage:
Beats of Rage!!


Development
----------------------
Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.

Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level. It is available
for many systems

Whats New

Author: plombo

Log message:
Changed 32-bit integers in sound mixer from long to int for 64-bit compatibility.

For more information and downloads, click here!

News via http://www.dreamcast.es/news.php?readmore=356



This news will brighten more than one user, especially the geeks to retro. Also to the veterans of this web ... Let us remember

If you remember the old website DCIberia.net, Launched an "alpha" of VIGASOCO (which was lentil, no sound, only keyboard and graphics CPC). Well, hold on to the chair because I updated the port and change often!

For those who may not know, VIGASOCO is a framework designed to understand how some classic games. Its main purpose is to be a learning tool for understanding the inner workings of the games. This version lets you play as a clasicazo "The Abbey of the crime". Perhaps one of the games "made in spain" world's best known.

It is best that you consult the new official website VigasocoSDL, including extensive documentation, and discharge (CDI image.)

Official Site: http://sites.google.com/site/vigasocosdl/

Dreamcast Version: http://sites.google.com/site/vigasocosdl/home/dreamcast

Sega Dreamcast version courtesy of www.dreamcast.es

Sound Support
VGA graphics are supported (PC remake) and CPC (original)
Plugins can not be loaded dynamically
It supports load / save game
Need a VMU in port A1
The game took 4 blocks of memory
Tested
Real Hardware
NullDC Emulator
Makaron Emulator
320x240 resolution and a frame rate close to 50fps
Support 50/60 Hz selector
Controls
D-Pad: William and Adso Movement
Start: Pauses
L: Load game
A: Save Game
A: Area (for moving screens and pick up / drop objects)
Y: Switch between CPC and VGA graphics
B: Answer yes to the questions / Q in the mirror room
X: Answering NO to questions / R in the mirror room
Keyboard: Supported with original keys VigasocoSDL

For more information and downloads, click here!