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Dreamcast Virtual Memory Unit: Blue
Dreamcast Virtual Memory Unit: Blue
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Category: Video Games

Buy New: $5.86
Buy New/Used from $3.95

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5881

Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 1

MPN: Unknown
UPC: 010086501216
EAN: 0010086501216
ASIN: B00004SA3J

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Take parts of a game with you and play with them away from home
  • Virtual Memory unit has its own microprocessor, screen, memory and controller
  • 200 blocks of memory space
  • Hi-resolution LCD screen
  • For 1 player

Customer Reviews:   Read 20 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars vmu   January 8, 2008
the vmu is really awesome ive had one before and lost it and i couldnt save my files without it. it is really neat how it displays the game logo when you insert a game into the dc. so i give this product a thumbs up.


5 out of 5 stars It's Great   March 29, 2005
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is OK and the bad thing is sometimes you have to replace the battery which allows you to play the mini games.


3 out of 5 stars It's an okay memory card, but...   June 17, 2004
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This memory card (or Visual Memory Unit/VMU) is an original idea for saving games. Now you can play minigames, custimize your existing game, and hook up to another VMU to trade information, or just delete save data. In some games, this memory unit shows info (for instance, In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, it displays your health). There is one problem: Memory space. There is not enough space. 200 blocks just doesn't cut it. Example, most minigames require 128 blocks of memory. Then you get a game like Dino Crisis and it's 8 blocks. So far so good....until you get a game like Shemmue, which is 80 blocks. So, you didn't have enough space to save Shemmue because of the minigame, and now you need to delete memory or buy another card....Frustrating, huh? If all your concerned with is memory, get a 4x card. If you care more about a LCD screen and some buttons, get a VMU. Your choice.


5 out of 5 stars BULL!   January 31, 2003
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This thing RULES ALL MEMORY CARDS TO THE POINT OF NO END!!!!!
So what is the matter with it? No they are wrong, I saved one 2K2 game and one Capcom vs. SNK 2 game on the same VMU, believe all when said "A must have!" It truly is!!!!!



5 out of 5 stars The best memory card yet, in different colors   December 10, 2002
  3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Considering past memory cards for past systems may not have had all the memory one could have hoped for, Sega decided to change things up when they released the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a step ahead in designing home system memory cards. Included is a small LCD screen with working buttons to play mini-games along with other features (for example raising Chaos in Sonic Adventure or playing a Pac-Man type game with Namco Museum). You can take the top off the VMU and transfer files into another VMU or link it up to play mini-games together. The VMU can hold up to 200 blocks of memory, and while this may seem like a lot, most of Sega's 2K2 sports titles take just about 200 blocks of memory just to save options let alone a team season. Not to mention that after a while the battery life of the VMU LCD screen will die, and that happens quicker than expected, but the LCD screen isn't necessarily needed if your just using the VMU as a memory card and nothing more. All in all, I would recommend at least 3 or 4 VMU's for Dreamcast owners; they're cheap and affordable and you can still find them at game retailers.


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