Preserving the Dreamcast (with Ben Franks)

This week, we talk to Ben Franks, Dreamcast aficionado, and discuss the various ways its preservation has taken form. Your nice hosts also take a short trip down memory lane as we reminisce about our favorite video game hardware.

• Here's a video Martha captured while we were recording the episode, as Ben open… - Nice Games Club with Ben Franks, YouTube

Preserving the Dreamcast HardwarePreserving the Art of Play - Jacob Brogan, Slate

Here are the Xbox 360 and PS3 emulators Stephen mentioned. Less than 20% of their game libraries are fully playable.

This Facebook group wants Dreamcast GD ROM Drive Emulation to happen.

Clean room engineering uses formal methods and iteration in software developmen… - Wikipedia

The Dreamcast’s SH4 processor has an open source version called J-core.

Remember Game Gear? - Levi Buchanan, IGN Elysian Shadows is being developed for Dreamcast, PC and...Ouya?

•  Here are the tidy insides of a Dreamcast:

• Morepictures of Ben’s Dreamcaststuff!
• Windows CE did indeed run on Dreamcast. Here’s a list of games that used it.

KallistiOS, a prograde development system for Dreamcast. - Cryptic Allusion Game DevThe Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit. - WikipediaSonic Adventure had a pretty robust Chao raising minigame. - Sonic RetroSonic Shuffle, Sega’s attempt at a Mario Party-like game.The creators of Elysian Shadows have created a VMU emulator called ElysianVMU. - The DreamCast JunkyardHow to burn a Dreamcast CDI. - The .ISO zoneA guide to replace a Dreamcast GD-ROM drive. - I Fix ItBen FranksGuest

Ben Franks hosts Gaymer Space at GlitchHQ. You can also email him at ben@franks.net with all your Dreamcast questions!