I was fooling around searching random stuff on Google, and I was surprised to find that the old VMU Backup CD I coded for the SEGA Dreamcast was actually recorded on a YouTube video.

So many good old memories came back life while I was watching my VMU disc booting on a TV screen once again!

Anyways, here’s the video, just for the record:

I’ve just realized that my Dreamcast VMU saves download links were not working, due to a change over SourceForge’s servers.

I fixed the links, updated the VMU listings, and now everything should be back online!

Don’t worry, even if our beloved last SEGA console is 10+ years old, I still care about it and I’ll keep my downloads, tools and VMU files available.

For those who are worried…. my Dreamcast blog is not dead!
I´m just pretty far away from the DC scene lately, and I don´t have the needed time to keep developing new stuff.

So, before everything gets vanished from my hard drives, I decided to upload into SourceForge´s SVN servers the source code from all the Dreamcast tools and apps I coded in the last few years.

My project´s SourceForge.net Subversion repository can be checked out through SVN with the following instruction set:

svn co https://vmutool.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vmutool vmutool

Note: This is a generic Subversion checkout command which will pull all modules, tags and/or branches of the project.
You can browse the repository with your web browser; in most cases, you will want to add ´/trunk´ to the HTTPS URL above to check out only trunk (main development line).

As I´ve promised at DCForums.co.uk, I made the Shenmue Save Converter so you can load your completed Shenmue 1 save on Shenmue 2 PAL.
Download the beta version: shenfix_beta.rar

If someone wants, burn the self-boot image (Padus DiscJuggler .CDI) and try it out.

Some notes about it: you might notice the logos and screens saying VMZip, but don’t worry, its because I didn’t have time to make new screens for the beta.
Using the converter is pretty simple: browse and select your Shenmue 1 save file, press “A”, and then select the destination VMU to save the fixed PAL Shenmue save.

My suggestion for beta testing: save the converted file in a different VMU, so you won’t overwrite your existing (and WORKING!) save file.

If it works nice for the beta testers, then I can do a proper official release.

I hope to hear your comments, c ya!

So… yesterday I was messing around with some files I had with tons of GameShark codes, and I decided to build an online Dreamcast cheat code database using PHP+MySQL.

Right now there are 3500+ GameShark/ActionReplay CDX cheat codes for 254 dreamcast games, but I’ll keep adding more games and codes I’ve around. I also have a couple of related projects in mind that will help Dreamcast’s gamers to handle cheat codes.

You can access the GameShark / ActionReplay CDX Cheat Code Database here:

https://www.bucanero.com.ar/dreamcast/codes/

I hope this page is useful for the Dreamcast community!

Some weeks ago I used my VMU2GIF tool with all the Dreamcast saves I had around, just to see how strong was my tool after all.

With all those Dreamcast icons around, I had to do something with them.
So, I uploaded those .gif icons to my web server and now I can proudly announce that my VMU Saves Archive will display the original Dreamcast icon of each save available!

I know it’s just a cosmetic update, but I belive it’s a nice touch!