English translation patch released for “Capcom vs. SNK 2” on the SEGA Dreamcast!

Download Patch: https://github.com/DerekPascarella/Capcomvs.SNK2-EnglishPatchDreamcast   Exactly one year in the making, today I proudly announce our English translation patch release for “Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001” on the SEGA Dreamcast! What started as a simple “can I port over the PS2 assets?” exercise turned into a full-blown, highly polished patch of which I am […]

New “Skies of Arcadia” patch enables multi-language 60hz RGB SCART support for the first time ever!

Download Patch: https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18173   Riggles has just released a major quality-of-life patch for “Skies of Arcadia” on the SEGA Dreamcast. Now, for the first time ever, the multi-language PAL version of the game can be run in full 60hz over RGB SCART without any audio desync! For some background, the NTSC-U version of “Skies” supported […]

English translation patch released for “Team Innocent” on the NEC PC-FX!

Launch Trailer   Download Patch https://github.com/DerekPascarella/TeamInnocent-EnglishPatchPCFX   After more than a decade in development and having passed through many hands, the long-awaited version 0.9 of the English translation patch for Team Innocent: The Point of No Return – G.C.P.O.SS has finally been released! Marking the 30th anniversary of NEC’s PC-FX, this milestone brings the classic […]

DreamConn S: The ultimate next-generation Dreamcast wireless controller!

I’ve just put together a video overview of the brand-new DreamConn S from Chris Daioglou of DreamMods.net. While no official product page exists for it yet, by purchasing a DreamConn+ from his website today, you are automatically signing up for a DreamConn S. With that out of the way, let’s talk about this amazing wireless […]

VM2 now supports per-game automatic switching with original discs or any ODE for about 90% of the library!

Some of you may remember the article I published on April 17th this year highlighting a brand-new VM2 feature that allowed openMenu, the open source menu software for the GDEMU ODE, to bring automatic per-game virtual VMU switching to the SEGA Dreamcast for the very first time. To draw a comparison for the uninitiated, this […]

Custom VMU Disc Builder for the SEGA Dreamcast

Download Toolkit: https://github.com/DerekPascarella/VMU-Disc-Builder These days, we have many options for transferring save files to or from our VMUs and computers. For instance, a cheap serial SD card reader is readily available on Amazon that works wonderfully with DreamShell. Additionally, the VM2 and upcoming VMU Pro from 8BitMods make this sort of task a breeze thanks […]

Dreamcast video tutorial for converting GDmenu SD card to openMenu (and configuring artwork)

Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjUgXkdiVq4 Though I’m not much of a video production guy (and more much of a software engineer/hacker), I decided to put together a video tutorial to help all of the people out there asking me and others for help with openMenu. So, what is openMenu, you ask? It’s a completely free and open source […]

English translation patch released for all six discs of “Birdcage of Horrors” (Grauen no Torikago / グラウエンの鳥籠) on the SEGA Dreamcast!

Download Patch https://github.com/DerekPascarella/BirdcageOfHorrors-EnglishPatchDreamcast/   Last month, I released restoration patches for all six discs of “Birdcage of Horrors” (Grauen no Torikago / グラウエンの鳥籠) on the SEGA Dreamcast. Today, I’m proud to announce my team and I have released a full-blown English translation patch, covering a grand total of 407 FMVs! If you’ve never heard of […]